Principal Investigator
Dr. Daniela RaduGroup Principal Investigator, Associate Professor
NASA CRE2DO Center Director
NSF PREM Center Director
DOD COE-CIREE Center Director
Research Interests:
Nanostructured materials for solution-processed solar photovoltaics: Gen 2 PV (thin film crystalline absorbers)
Advanced functional materials for optoelectronic applications 2D nanostructures and lasing materials
Chalcogenide nanoparticles for photothermal cancer therapy: CuxS
Sensor design: detecting heavy metals, nitrates and phosphates in water
Engineered nanoparticles: toxicity evaluation.
Materials for Quantum Science and AI
Perovskite solar cells
Low-dimensional Perovskite
Additively Manufactured Electronics
Plant-based Nanomaterials for Optoelectronics
Spinning Fiber for Soft Electronics Applications
Contact Info:
dradu@fiu.edu
(305) 348-4506
Postdoctoral Researchers
Dr. Neetesh Kumar
Postdoctoral Researcher
Research Interests:
2D/3D Perovskite solar photovoltaics, semiconducting thin films, plasmonics materials, namomaterials and biomaterilas for optoelectronic device applications.
Dr. Navdeep Kaur
Postdoctoral Researcher
Research Interests:
Dye-Sensitized and Perovskite Solar Photovoltaics, Metal Oxide-based gas sensors
Graduate Students
Tim Chen-Yu Chang
Ph.D. student in Materials Science and Engineering
Research Interests:
Solar cells, batteries, inorganic synthesis of semiconducting chalcogenide materials.
Rishabh Sahani
Ph.D. student in Materials Science and Engineering
Research Interests:
Perovskite solar cells, 2D perovskites
Melissa Venedicto – NSF GFRP Fellow – FIU Presidential Fellow
Ph.D. Student in Materials Science and Engineering
Research Interests:
2D Materials, Multifunctional Mesoporus Silica Nanoprticles (MSN) for Theranostic Nanomedicine, Hybrid materials for Regenerative Medicine, 3D printing
Daniel Muñoz
Ph.D. Student in Materials Science and Engineering
Research Interests:
Synthesis of metal oxides, electronic inks
Jeffrie Fina
Ph.D. Student in Materials Science and Engineering
Research Interests:
Dye-sensitized and tandem perovskite solar photovoltaics.
Linisha Biswal
Ph.D. Student in Materials Science and Engineering
Research Interests:
Plasmonic nanocrystal-based sensors.
Dakota Thomas
Ph.D. Student in Materials Science and Engineering
Research Interests:
High-throughput additive manufactured electronics.
Undergraduate Students
Alex Prieto – Recent Graduate
Filippo Latte
Research Interests:
3D printed electronics and 3D Printing of Fused Filament Fabrication.
Michael Keyack
Research Interests:
3D printed electronics.
David Vinerean
Research Interests:
Carbohydrate functionalization and characterization
Past Students and Postdoctoral Researchers
Dr. Mimi Liu
Postdoctoral Researcher
Mujtaba Ali Haqqani Mohammed
Masters, Engineering Management
Roberto Prado-Rivera 
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering
Interested in joining our group or collaborating? Please contact Dr. Radu at dradu@fiu.edu .