Alan Sellinger received his B.S. in Chemistry from Eastern Michigan University in 1989. After 2 years as a Research Associate at Gelman Sciences, Inc., he obtained his Ph.D. degree in 1997 from the University of Michigan in Macromolecular Science & Engineering under the guidance of Prof. Richard M. Laine. He then moved to Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, NM for postdoctoral work with Prof. C. Jeffrey Brinker. From 1998 to 2003, he worked as a Research Scientist in the industrial R&D laboratories of Canon Research Center Americas, Palo Alto, CA and Opsys US Corporation, Fremont, CA. From 2003-2008, he held the position of Senior Scientist at the Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), under the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Republic of Singapore. In 2008 he moved to Stanford University as both Consulting Associate Professor in Materials Science & Engineering, and Executive Director of the Center for Advanced Molecular Photovoltaics (CAMP). His research interests are in the synthesis of new materials for application in organic electronics such as light emitting diodes (OLED), photovoltaics (OPV), and thin film transistors (OTFT).

Xu earned her B. E. in Materials Science and Engineering in 2001 from Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China. She received her Ph. D. in Chemistry from Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada, in 2009. She is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow in Materials Science and Engineering. She is involved in the collaborative research activity, entitled “Synthesis of Organic Semiconductors for Applications in Solar Cells, Transistors and White Lighting”. This project falls under the umbrella of the Center for Advanced Molecular Photovoltaics (CAMP) at Stanford. Current efforts include the design of and synthesis of novel non-fullerene-acceptor materials for application in solar cells. She enjoys skiing, camping, and hiking.

Jinhee received her BS in Environmental Materials Sciences and Business Administration, and MS in Environmental Materials Sciences from Seoul National University (Korea). She is currently a graduate student in Materials Science and Engineering at Stanford. Her research interests include dye-sensitized solar cells and synthesis of novel organic materials for solar cells. Jinhee enjoys playing squash, swimming and skiing.

Tommaso Giovenzana received his laurea degree in Chemistry from Università degli Studi di Milano in Italy in 2004 and is in his final year in Ph.D. program in Prof. Renato Ugo’s lab working on synthesis of Polysiloxanic Scaffolds as Models to Study Organic and Organometallic Species on Silica Surface. He started working in Prof. Alan Sellinger’s lab in April 2009 as a visiting researcher for 6 months on an exchange program working on new materials development for Organic Semiconductors for Application in Solar Cells. When not in the lab, Tommaso enjoys any kind of sports, in particular fencing, mountain sports, and soccer.

Tomas is a second year student pursuing a BS in Chemical engineering. His current work is on increasing the surface area of the titania layer for dye sensitized solar cells. For fun, he likes to play guitar, soccer, and to dress in orange to support the Dutch homeland.

Kaetochi is currently a junior pursuing her BS in Chemical Engineering at Yale University. She is researching at Stanford this summer through the Center on Polymer Interfaces and Macromolecular Assemblies (CPIMA) Summer Undergraduate Research Experience. She is synthesizing acceptor molecules for the active layer of organic photovoltaic cells. Kaetochi enjoys singing and reading.