Welcome to the Exstrom undergraduate research page! Since 1996, I have worked with over 35 undergraduate research students on various projects pertaining to solvatochromism, studies of solute-solvent intermolecular interactions, and development of nanocrystalline and thin-film solar cell materials.
I and fellow UNK chemistry faculty member Scott Darveau lead the UNK Solar Energy and Nanoscience Research Group (SENRG). In collaboration with University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) electrical engineering faculty members Rod Soukup and Natale Ianno, we are developing and studying new thin-film and nanocrystalline solar cell materials in the CuIn1-xMxSe2 (M = Ga, Al, B) family. In the last five years, our group has had five refereed journal articles, numerous professional conference presentations, and over $2 million in grant funding from the U.S. Department of Energy and the Nebraska Research Initiative Program.
At UNK, solar cell materials research focuses on the preparation of nanocrystalline materials and micro-Raman spectroscopy analysis of these and thin-film materials produced by our UNL colleagues. Click here (link to be added soon) for more details about the project.
Exstrom Group Members -- click here for pictures!
Post-Doc: Jiri Olejnicek
Undergraduates:
Matt Ingersoll
Brandon Karlin
Anatole Mirasano*
David Paprocki*
Megan Schliefert*
Laura Slaymaker
Ashley Vandeventer*
Kaiya West
*summer 2008 undergraduate research students receiving finanical support from U.S. Department of Energy, NASA, and Nebraska Research Initiative grants.
Listing of Recent Student Presentations and Conferences
Listing of all Exstrom Undergraduate Research Students & Projects, 1996-present