April and May were busy months for KSC but more so for five KSC PhD candidates who prepared and successfully defended their PhD dissertations.

KSC wishes to thank Frederico, Ru-Ze, Sara, Maxime, and Rizwan for their scientific contributions and wishes them all continued success in their future careers.

You can read more about their work in the links below:

Frederico Cruciani

Donor and Acceptor Polymers for Bulk HeteroJunction Solar Cell and Photodetector Applications 

Ru-Ze Liang

Device Strategies Directed to Improving the Efficiency ofSolution-Processed Solar Cells

Sara Ali Abbas

Solution-Processed Smart Window Platform Based on PlasmonicElectrochromics

Maxime Babics

Solution-Processed Molecular Organic Solar Cells: Relationbetween Morphology and Device Performance

Muhammad Rizwan Khan Niazi

Solution Processing of Small Molecule OrganicSemiconductors: From In situ Investigation to the Scalable Manufacturing ofThin Film Transistors