Tisdale Lab @ MIT

wparit@mit.edu
Office: 66-216
Phone: 617.324.9637

Watcharaphol “Oat” Paritmongkol joined the Tisdale Lab in January 2016 as a PhD student in Physical Chemistry. His research interest is in the synthesis of novel semiconductor nanomaterials and the use of time-resolved laser methods to probe their excited state dynamics. Originally from Thailand, Oat holds a Masters degree in Chemistry from the University of Oxford, UK, where he worked on development of ultrafast vibrational spectroscopy techniques.

swinslow@mit.edu
Office: 66-216
Phone: 617.324.9637

Sam joined the group in Spring 2016 as a PhD student in Chemical Engineering. He graduated with Honors, earning a dual-degree in Chemical Engineering and Engineering & Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University in 2015 where he worked with Professors Aditya Khair and Robert Tilton on modeling the adsorption kinetics of surfactant at an oil/water interface. Sam spent his junior year abroad at Imperial College, London. In the Tisdale Lab, Sam’s primary interest is combining molecular dynamics simulations with synchrotron X-ray and neutron scattering experiments to understand, characterize, and ultimately control the self-assembly of colloidal quantum dot (QD) superlattices. Sam is co-advised by Professor James Swan in Chemical Engineering.

skha89@mit.edu
Office: 66-216
Phone: 617.324.9637

SK joined the group in January 2016 as a PhD student in Chemical Engineering. Originally from South Korea, he graduated summa cum laude from Seoul National University in 2015 with a B.S. in Chemical & Biological Engineering and a minor in Physics. As an undergraduate, he worked with Professor Kookheon Char developing synthetic procedures for InP quantum dots with reduced blinking. In the Tisdale Lab, SK is focusing on the synthesis and optoelectronic application of novel semiconductor nanocrystals, including halide perovskite nanoplatelets. He is a recipient of the Kwanjeong Fellowship.

wenbiw@mit.edu
Office: 66-216
Phone: 617.324.9637

Wenbi joined the group in November 2016 as a PhD student in Physical Chemistry. She graduated cum laude from the University of Washington (UW) double-majoring in Chemistry and Biochemistry with a minor in Mathematics. At UW, she worked with Professor David Ginger on hybrid organic/inorganic polymer/quantum dot systems. In the Tisdale lab, she is studying exciton dynamics in colloidal semiconductor nanostructures using ultrafast laser spectroscopy and optical microscopy techniques.

erpowers@mit.edu
Office: 66-216
Phone: 617.324.9637

Eric joined the group in December 2017 as a PhD student in Chemical Engineering. He graduated summa cum laude from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2013 with a B.S. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. While there, he worked with Professor Mark Prausnitz on ocular drug delivery via microneedle injection. After completing his undergraduate degree, he worked in industry for several years as an engineer at the ExxonMobil Baton Rouge Refinery before beginning his graduate studies. Eric’s current work with the Tisdale Lab focuses on using ultrafast spectroscopic techniques to study exciton dynamics in optoelectronic semiconductor nanomaterials, including perovskite quantum dots and 2D nanoplatelets. Eric is a recipient of a National Defense Science & Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship and an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship.

wanr@mit.edu
Office: 66-216
Phone: 617.324.9637

Ruomeng joined the group in November 2018 as a PhD student in Inorganic Chemistry. She graduated from California Institute of Technology with a B.S. in Chemistry in 2018. At Caltech, she worked with Professor Theodor Agapie on the synthesis of molybdenum complexes supported by a hemilabile P-pyridine-P ligand for small molecule activation. Ruomeng is a joint member of the Tisdale and Dincă research groups, where she focuses on exploring exciton dynamics in metal-organic frameworks.

makhsud@mit.edu
Office: 66-216
Phone: 617.324.9637

Makhsud is a visiting scholar from the University of Toronto, where he is a Banting Postdoctoral Fellow in Ted Sargent group. Makhsud is passionate about chemistry and physics of novel inorganic and organic-inorganic hybrid materials for light detection, conversion and emission applications. Makhsud received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Moscow State University (2013) and worked as a post-doctoral fellow with Osman Bakr at KAUST (2014-2016). Makhsud is a co-inventor in 8 international patents and co-authored over 40 papers in peer-reviewed journals.