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Ewing, Nj

• Developing commercializable stable and efficient blue phosphorescent emitters for OLED• Developing stable high-triplet host materials for deep-blue phosphors

Los Angeles, Ca

• Developed highly efficient deep-blue phosphorescent emitters• Designed host materials with high triplet energies for blue phosphorescent OLED• Performed large-scale theoretical calculations for predicting physical properties of new materials

Evanston, Il

• Developed novel solid-state spintronic devices on anodic aluminum oxide substrates (AAO) based on organic D-C-A (donor-chromophore-acceptor) molecules as a prototype for the next generation data storage devices• Renovated the molecular structure to enable the key step in quantum information transfer process by photo-triggered spin teleportation for ultra-fast quantum computers• Characterized molecular spin dynamic using EPR with continuous-wave, time-resolved, and pulsed experiments• Mentored high school teachers in their job shadowing research program

Taipei, Taiwan

• Collaborated with AU Optronics Corporation (Taiwan, 2011 to 2012) to develop new type of highly efficient electron-transport host materials for OLED commercialization• Developed organic dyes with tailored physical properties for highly-efficient OPVs• Created controllable nanoscale self-assembly aggregates from organic molecules with ionic residues• Lead and coordinated research projects to develop new materials for solving existing obstacles of optoelectronic devices

Taipei, Taiwan

• Collaborated with Universal Display Corporation (New Jersey, 2005 to 2008) to develop efficient and economic synthetic routes for the company’s proposed molecules• Collaborated with China Petrochemical Development Corporation (Taiwan, 2007 to 2008) to mentor 4 R&D senior scientists in organic synthesis to efficiently obtain their products with ultra-high purity• Collaborated with Chi-Hsin Technology Corporation (Taiwan, 2005 to 2006) to investigate UV-curable luminescent materials for stability enhancement• Designed and synthesized thermal cross-linkable moieties for solution-processed thermal polymerizable materials• Designed and synthesized highly-efficient luminescent materials for OLED and LEC application• Developed hole-transport, electron-transport, and ambipolar materials with high carrier mobilities to boost OLED efficiency close to theoretical limit• Built up structure-property-performance relationships of novel organic or organometallic materials by systematically analyzing the physical properties of chromophoric moieties to further optimize the molecular structure to meet the needs of specific optoelectronic devices• Investigated novel organic sensors for sensing various transition metal ions• Taught an advanced organic chemistry course to 50 junior students

Los Angeles, Ca

• Pioneered research on new generation multi-functional organometallic materials • Fabricated, tested, and optimized OLED and LEC devices