Graduate Student, Steven G. Louie Group
Department of Physics, UC Berkeley
NSF Fellow
Nano IGERT Fellow
M.A. in physics, UC Berkeley, May 2008
B.S. in chemistry and physics, University of Chicago, June 2005
Research interests
surface photoisomerization
electronic transport in molecular junctions
organic-inorganic interfaces
surface science
thermoelectrics
photovoltaics
multiple-exciton generation
non-linear optics
Publications:
MJ Comstock, N Levy, A Kirakosian, J Cho, F Lauterwasser, JH Harvey, DA Strubbe, JMJ Fréchet, D Trauner, SG Louie, MF Crommie, "Reversible photomechanical switching of individual engineered molecules at a metallic surface," Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 038301 (2007).
Abstract
In Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology, 30 July 2007.
In Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research, 1 August 2007.
Science Editor's Choice: "Surface science: Getting a leg up"
arXiv: cond-mat/0612201v2
Berkeley Lab View: "The little engine that could: Light powers world's smallest piston"
Nanoscale Views blog: "The accidental session chair"
Berkeley Science Review articles:
Richter Scale ["Strontium" at DeYoung art museum], Spring 2006
(Meta)material World: A new class of materials promises to give scientists even greater control over Nature , Fall 2006
Catch a Wave [direct observation of polaritons], Spring 2007
Chasing Cars: Traffic researchers work to replace "stop and go" with "go with the flow", Fall 2007
A Berkeley student in Basque country, Fall 2008
Former co-president, Berkeley Nanotechnology Club
Team manager, Accretion Disc ultimate frisbee