Letian Dou Group

The group warmly welcomes a new visiting undergrad student joining us. Devansh Drolia is a senior chemical engineering student in Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani. Devansh will work on fabrication and characterization perovskite solar cells. Welcome to the group!

The group warmly welcomes a new postdoc fellow Dr. Chenjian Lin joining us. Chenjian received his PhD in Physical / Organic Chemistry from Northwestern University with Prof. Michael Wasielewski. Chenjian will work on synthesis of novel OSiPs and heterostructures. Welcome to the group. Look forward to working together!

Jee receives prestigious Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship from the Graduate School of Purdue University. Congratulations!

Dr. Dou is selected for the 2022 Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) Rising Star in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology award. The institute, located at the University of Waterloo, has recognized emerging leaders from around the globe whose research aligns with the institute’s thematic areas and the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) since 2018. Congratulations! Read Purdue news release here.

Dr. Dou is again recognized as a Highly Cited Researcher 2022 in Cross Field by Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics).

Jeonghui Kim joins our group as a first-year graduate student. Jeonghui receives her BS and MS in Chemical Engineering from Inha University. She is interested in both halide perovskite and polymer materials. Welcome to the group!

Yuanhao passes his PhD qualifier exam. Congratulations!

Zitang (Tim)’s work entitled “Side-Chain Control of Topochemical Polymer Single Crystals with Tunable Elastic Modulus” has been published in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Congratulations!

In this work, we report a systematic study on the side chain functionalization of the bis(indandione) derivative system that can be polymerized under visible light. Precisely engineered side chains help organize the monomer crystals in a one-dimensional fashion to facilitate polymerization and improve mechanical properties. Read the story here.

Dr. Dou is selected for the prestigious 2022 AIChE Owens Corning Early Career Award. He will present a plenary lecture during the annual conference in Phoenix this fall. Congratulations!

We welcome Dr. Sung-Doo Baek, a research professor from Department of Materials Science and Engineering of Yonsei University, visiting us for 6 months. Dr. Baek is an expert on perovskite LEDs. Welcome to the group and look forward to working together!