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GRADUATE STUDENTS

Dr. Gregory Pitch
Email: gpitch@ucsc.edu
Entered UCSC: 2016
PhD: December 2021
Dissertation Title:
Synthesis, Characterization, and Photophysical Properties of PFNGX Chemical Series in Conjugated Polyelectrolyte Complexes
Undergraduate Institution: Humboldt State University
Fun Fact: “I met Mike and Frank of American Pickers in Northern California, it was a real surprise.”

Dr. Carmen J. Segura
Joined Group: 2014
PhD: September 2019
Dissertation Title:
Towards Hierarchical Structural Self-Assembly of Conjugated Polyelectrolyte Light Harvesting Complexes
Undergraduate Institution: UC Santa Barbara
Fun Fact:
“I’ve never lived farther than 30 miles away from the ocean, and I play the harmonica.”

Dr. Michael Roders
Joined Group: 2014
PhD: June 2019
Dissertation Title:
Mircrostructure and Optoelectronics of Small Molecule Charge Transport Networks in Polymer Solar Cells
Undergraduate Institution: University of Florida

Dr. William R. Hollingsworth IV
Joined Group: 2014
PhD: June 2019
Dissertation Title:
Photophysical Investigations into Oppositely-Charged Conjugated Polyelectrolyte Complexes
Undergraduate Institution: Occidental College
Fun Fact:
“I could run for Congress before I could ride a bike.”

Dr. Vincent V. Duong
Joined Group: 2014
PhD: September 2018
Dissertation Title:
Resonant Photoemission Spectroscopy as a Probe for Ultrafast Electron Transfer in Organic Semiconductors
Undergraduate Institution: UC Irvine
Fun Fact:
“On TWO separate occasions, I ate a raw potato. Not because of a bet or anything, I just didn’t know how to cook it.”