Fall 2022 Research Group

Magnetic, Aliovalent Dopants in Metal Oxides Subgroup Enes Buz, 6th yearKoç University, Turkey (M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering andB.S. in Molecular Biology and Genetics) Gaurav Mitra, 4th yearUniversity of Pune (M.S. in Analytical Chemistry)University of Calcutta (B.S. in Chemistry

Group Alumni

Alumni (graduate): Haneen Mansoor (Ph.D., 2022: Materials Engineer at Electrified Thermal Systems) Jillian Denhardt (Ph.D., 2022: Instructor at University of Hawai’i at Mānoa) Muhammad Abdullah (Ph.D., 2021: Postdoctoral Researcher at Colorado State University; currently at Global Foundry) William Harrigan (Ph.D.,

Dr. Haneen Mansoor (2022)

Undergrad: Lahore University of Management Sciences Research ProjectIdentifying the interplay of defects and heterovalent or isovalent transition metal dopants in metal oxide semiconductors. PUBLICATIONS 1. Mansoor, H.; Harrigan, W.L.; Lehuta, K.A.; *Kittilstved, K.R. “Reversible Control of the Mn Oxidation State

Kevin Kittilstved

Department of Chemistry University of Massachusetts Amherst 374 Lederle Graduate Research Tower 710 North Pleasant Street Amherst MA 01003 Office: Physical Sciences Building 177 Synthesis Lab: Physical Sciences Building 130 MCD Lab: Goessmann 272 & 273 Student Offices: Physical Sciences

Dr. Fumitoshi Kato

PhD CandidateBS: Western Washington University RESEARCH PROJECTMetal-ion exchange and speciation of dopants in semiconductor nanoclusters PUBLICATIONS 2. Kato, Fumitoshi; *Kittilstved, Kevin R. “Site-Specific Doping of Mn2+ in a CdS-based Molecular Cluster” Chem. Mater., 2018, 30, 4720–4727 (view). 1. Pittala, Swamy; Mortelliti, Michael J.; Kato, Fumitoshi;

Dr. William Harrigan

PhD: University of Massachusetts AmherstBS: University of Binghamton RESEARCH PROJECTSynthesis and characterization of transition metal dopants in colloidal SrTiO3 semiconductor nanocrystals. PUBLICATIONS 3. Mansoor, H.; Harrigan, W.L.; Lehuta, K.A.; *Kittilstved, K.R. “Reversible Control of the Mn Oxidation State in SrTiO3 Bulk

Dr. Muhammad Abdullah “AB”

RESEARCH PROJECTSynthesis and characterization of transition metal dopants in colloidal metal oxide semiconductor nanocrystals. PUBLICATIONS 5. Upadhyaya, Meenakshi; Lu-Díaz, Michael; Samantha, Subhayan; Abdullah, Muhammad; Dusoe, Keith; Kittilstved, Kevin R.; Venkataraman, Dhandapani; Akšamija, Zlatan; “Raising Dielectric Permittivity Mitigates Dopant-Induced Disorder in