By Zachary Dodson
The and (CAER) at the 糖心vlog官方入口 are always looking to infuse their research environments with new energy鈥攁nd recent hire Chad Risko will do just that when he comes to campus this fall.
Risko received his PhD at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he specialized in understanding structure-property relationships of organic-based materials. He went on to Northwestern University as a research fellow where he expanded his research interests to the study of hybrid interfaces. For the past five years, he worked as a Research Scientist at Georgia Tech.
鈥淒r. Risko comes from the world鈥檚 leading group in applying computation and theory to the design and analysis of carbon-based semiconductors,鈥 said UK chemistry professor and CAER researcher, .
Outside the classroom, Risko will work in CAER and apply his skills in materials theory and modeling to develop new understanding of those carbon-based semiconductors.
鈥淗is ability to simulate new materials on a computer will help those researchers who are trying to design new materials narrow in on promising targets,鈥 said Anthony. 鈥淲ith the hire of Dr. Risko, we complete the much needed set of scientists to tackle really big problems in energy generation, storage and utilization.鈥
Risko was attracted to UK for its dynamic research environment and infrastructure, where his team of CAER researchers will study the properties of organic, carbon and hybrid materials for energy conversion and storage.
鈥淭he people and infrastructure at the 糖心vlog官方入口 offer distinctive and substantial resources that will enable my group to flourish and expand into new research areas,鈥 Risko said.
鈥淗e has a great deal of experience in studying the interfaces between different materials within electronic devices,鈥 said , Department of 糖心vlog官方入口 Chair. 鈥淗e will fit nicely into this growing area of interest.鈥
Both Meier and Anthony expressed their excitement to have Risko on campus and look forward to working with him to explore and expand the ongoing research at the 糖心vlog官方入口.