I kinda like his resume... ...the more resident brainiacs at QMC, the better ;) Looks like he's probably the guy (at least in-part) tasked w/ developing QMCs' NHMQD's as well ;) "James Puthussery R&D Chemist at Quantum Materials Corporation San Marcos, Texas" **"Background....Summary Research Chemist with strong experience in the synthesis of inorganic nanomaterials for energy storage and solar energy applications. Strengths include inorganic nano- and organic material synthesis, material characterization and photophysical properties. Background includes procedure & process development, laboratory management, training and communication. Good publication record and presentation experience. Specialties: Synthesis of nanomaterials and their characterization using TEM, XRD and SEM. Surface characterizations using FTIR-ATR and Raman. Synthesis of organic materials using multistep procedure and their characterization using NMR and mass spectrometry. Handling air sensitive organometallic reagents using schlenk line and glove box. Photophysical characterization using UV-Vis absorption, photoluminescence and various time resolved measurements. Strong knowledge of Origin, Chemdraw and MS Office."
**"Experience
R&D Chemist Quantum Materials Corporation
September 2013 – Present (1 year 3 months)|San Marcos, Texas Setting up new lab at San Marcos facility Developing new nanomaterials for light emitting applications Standardizing and scaling up existing nanomaterial synthesis
Post doctoral research associate University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
March 2012 – May 2013 (1 year 3 months)|Milwaukee Responsible for design and synthesis of nanomaterials as anodes in Lithium Ion Batteries. • Set up new synthetic facility for the group which enabled solution based chemical synthesis of materials. • Initiated the synthesis of silicon based nanostructures and standardized the procedure for silicon nanowire synthesis.
University of California, Irvine Post Doctoral Fellow University of California, Irvine
December 2008 – December 2010 (2 years 1 month)|Irvine, CA Performed synthesis and characterization of earth abundant materials for solar cell applications. • Developed hot injection method for colloidal iron pyrite nanocrystals (< 15 nm). Thin films on the order of 1 micro meter were fabricated by dip coating procedure using these nanocrystals for solar cell devices (USPTO No. 13/079697. http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20111006ptan20110240108.php). • Trained undergraduate and graduate students on wet chemical synthesis and managed chemical inventory.
University of Notre Dame Post Doctoral Fellow University of Notre Dame
December 2006 – December 2008 (2 years 1 month)|Notre Dame, Indiana Responsible for developing solution based synthesis for II-VI nanowires and IV-VI nanowires. • Developed solution-liquid-solid (SLS) growth for cadmium sulfide nanowires with average diameter of 15 nm using gold/bismuth core/shell particles as catalyst. Optical properties of nanowires were explained by band filling theory which was unique in these dimensions. • Improvised solution based nanowire synthesis by introducing bismuth salts as catalyst and experimentally demonstrated the growth of II-VI nanowires (cadmium sulfide, cadmium selenide, cadmium telluride). This method avoided the use of air sensitive gold/bismuth and bismuth nanocrystals as catalysts and made the nanowire synthesis easily accessible to scientific community. • Managed and maintained wet chemical lab and other equipment including glove box and trained undergraduate and graduate students."
**"Education National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (CSIR) PhD, Chemistry
2002 – 2006 Title of the thesis: Synthesis of phenyleneethynylene based molecular systems and their optical properties • Performed synthesis of phenyleneethynylene based molecular systems and investigated optical properties. • Standardized the procedure for air sensitive palladium catalyzed coupling organic reactions for various molecular systems. Synthesized conjugated phenyleneethynylene based fluorescent oligomers and detailed theoretical and optical characterizations of these materials were carried out. These studies led to a better understanding of the rotation of these molecules in their ground and excited state. • Designed and synthesized new donor-acceptor systems based on phenyleneethynylenes. The photophysical investigation of these materials showed that they are potential candidates for light emitting applications and molecular switches.
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