Principal Investigator
Dr. Daniela Radu
Group Principal Investigator, Associate Professor
NASA CRE2DO 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
Contact Info:
dradu@fiu.edu
(305) 348-4506
Co-Principal Investigator
Group Co-Principal Investigator, Visiting Professor
Research Interests:
2D nanomaterials, biological applications of nanomaterials.
Contact Info:
clai@fiu.edu
Courses Taught:
Fall 2019 – CHM 4611 Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, CHM 5620 Graduate Inorganic Chemistry, EGN 3365 Materials Engineering
Postdoctoral Researchers
Dr. Mimi Liu
Postdoctoral Researcher
Research Interests:
Inorganic synthesis, solution-processed thin-films, chalcogenides, photovoltaic devices.
Contact Info:
mliu@fiu.edu
Graduate Students
Roberto Prado-Rivera
Masters Student in Mechanical Engineering – LSAMP Bridge to Doctorate Fellow
Research Interests:
First-principle calculations of materials properties, density functional theory, computational methods of solid-state physics, 2D nanomaterials, nanostructured semiconductors.
Tim Chen-Yu Chang
Ph.D. student in Materials Engineering
Research Interests:
Solar cells, batteries, inorganic synthesis of semiconducting chalcogenide materials.
Aleida Vieyra
Masters student in Materials Engineering – LSAMP Bridge to Doctorate Fellow
Research Interests:
Biological application of nanomaterials, mesoporous nanomaterials for drug-delivery and cancer treatment.
Helga Zepf
Ph. D. student in Mechanical Engineering
Research Interests:
Biological application of nanomaterials, mesoporous nanomaterials for drug-delivery and cancer treatment.
Undergraduate Students
Carlos Caiaffa
Interested in joining our group or collaborating? Please contact Dr. Radu at dradu@fiu.edu .