Education Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 2011 B.S. Chemical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, 2006

Chemical Synthesis and Assembly of Nanostructured Electronic Materials Solution-processable/Quantum Dot Electronic Devices Photovoltaics,Renewable Energy, and Energy Efficiency Advanced Electron Microscopy of Nanomaterials

Panthani, M.G.; Crisp, R.W.; Kurley, J.M.; Dietz, T.C.; Ezzyat, T.; Luther, J.M.; Talapin, D.V., “High Efficiency Solution Processed Sintered CdTe Solar Cells: The Role of Interfaces,” Nano Letters (2014), 14 (2), 670-675. Panthani, M.G.; Stolle, C.J.; Reid, D.K.; Rhee, D.J.; Harvey, T.; Akhavan, V.A.; Korgel, B.A., “High open circuit voltages in CuInSe2 Quantum Dot Photovoltaics,” Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters (2013), 4 (12), 2030-2034. Panthani, M.G.; Khan, T.; Reid, D.K.; Hellebusch, D.; Rasch, M.R.; Maynard, J.M.; Korgel, B.A., “In Vivo Whole Animal Fluorescence Imaging of a Microparticle-Based Oral Vaccine Containing (CuInSexS2-x)/ZnS Core/Shell Quantum Dot,” Nano Letters (2013), 13 (9) 4294-4298. Panthani, M.G.; Hessel, C.M.; Reid, D.K.; Casillas, G.; Yacaman, M.J.; Korgel, B.A., “Graphene-Supported High Resolution TEM and STEM Imaging of Silicon Nanocrystals and their Capping Ligands,” Journal of Physical Chemistry C. (2013), 116 (42), 22463–22468. Chockla, A.M.; Panthani, M.G.; Holmberg, V.C.; Hessel, C.M.; Reid, D.K.; Bogart, J.D.; Harris, J.D.; Mullins, C.B.; Korgel, B.A., “Electrochemical Lithiation of Graphene-Supported Silicon and Germanium for Rechargeable Batteries,” Journal of Physical Chemistry C. (2012), 116 (22), 11917–11923. Hessel, C.M.; Reid, D.K.; Panthani, M.G.; Rasch, M.R.; Goodfellow, B.G.; Wei, J.; Fuji, H.; Korgel, B.A., “Synthesis of Ligand-Stabilized Silicon Nanocrystals with Size-Dependent Photoluminescence Spanning Visible to Near Infrared Wavelengths,” Chemistry of Materials. (2012), 24 (2), 393–401. Panthani, M.G.; Korgel, B.A., “Nanocrystals for Electronics,” Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. (2012), 3(1), 287-311. Hessel, C.M.; Pattani, V.; Rasch. M.; Panthani, M.G.; Koo, B.; Tunnell, J.; Korgel, B.A., “Copper Selenide Nanocrystals for Photothermal Therapy,” Nano Letters. (2011), 11(6), 2560–2566. Ye, H.; Park, H.S.; Akhavan, V.A.; Goodfellow, B.W.; Panthani, M.G.; Korgel, B.A.; Bard, A.J., “Photoelectrochemical Characterization of CuInSe2 and Cu(In1− xGax) Se2 Thin Films for Solar Cells,” Journal of Physical Chemistry C. (2010), 115(1), 234-240. Holmberg, V.C.; Panthani, M.G.; Korgel, B.A., “Phase Transitions, Melting Dynamics, and Solid-State Diffusion in a Nano Test Tube,” Science (2009), 326, 405-407. Steinhagen, C.; Panthani, M.G.; Akhavan, V.; Goodfellow, B.; Koo, B.; Korgel, B.A., “Synthesis of Cu2ZnSnS4 Nanocrystals for Use in Low-Cost Photovoltaics,” Journal of the American Chemical Society (2009), 131 (35), 12554–12555. Panthani, M.G.; Akhavan, V.; Goodfellow, B.; Schmidtke, J.P.; Dunn, L.; Dodabalapur, A.; Barbara, P.F.; Korgel, B.A., “Synthesis of CuInS2, CuInSe2, and Cu(InXGa1-X)Se2 (CIGS) Nanocrystal "Inks" for Printable Photovoltaics,”Journal of the American Chemical Society (2008), 130 (49), 16770-16777.