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<strong>Christopher</strong> R. <strong>McNeill</strong><br />
Senior Lecturer, Future Fellow and VESKI Innovation Fellow<br />
Department of Materials Engineering<br />
<strong>Monash</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia<br />
Email: christopher.mcneill@monash.edu<br />
Employment History<br />
2007 – 2011 EPSRC Advanced Research Fellow, Optoelectronics Group, Cavendish Laboratory,<br />
<strong>University</strong> of Cambridge<br />
2005 – 2007 Post‐doctoral research associate, Optoelectronics Group, Cavendish Laboratory,<br />
<strong>University</strong> of Cambridge<br />
Qualifications<br />
2005 Ph.D., The <strong>University</strong> of Newcastle, Australia<br />
2001 B.Sc. (Hons. I and <strong>University</strong> Medal), The <strong>University</strong> of Newcastle, Australia<br />
2000 B.Math., The <strong>University</strong> of Newcastle, Australia<br />
Research Interests<br />
Organic semiconductors, organic optoelectronic devices, device physics, structural properties of<br />
organic thin films, photophysics of organic semiconductors, soft X‐ray synchrotron techniques (eg<br />
STXM, NEXAFS)<br />
Active research Grants<br />
“Nanostructuring and nanocharacterisation of organic semiconductor devices,” ARC Futrue<br />
Fellowship FT100100275, chief investigator, $705k, 2011 – 2014.<br />
“Nanostructuring and nanocharacterisation of organic semiconductor devices,” VESKI Innovation<br />
Fellowship, $150k, 2011‐2013.<br />
Previous research Grants<br />
“Structural Nanoprobes of Organic Semiconductor Devices,” EPSRC EP/E051804/1, principal<br />
investigator, £744k, 2007 ‐ 2012.<br />
“Manufacturable nanoscale architectures for heterojunction solar cells,” EPSRC EP/F056702/1, co‐<br />
investigator, £595k, 2008 ‐ 2011.<br />
“SUPERGEN Excitonic Solar Cell Consortium,” EPSRC EP/G031088/1, co‐investigator, £625k, 2009 ‐<br />
2013.<br />
“Interfacial domain structure of polycrystalline semiconducting polymer films,” EPSRC<br />
EP/G068356/1, co‐investigator, £140k, 2009 ‐ 2013.<br />
“Heterointerface Control of Organic Semiconductor Devices,” EPSRC EP/G070738/1, co‐<br />
investigator, £7,632k, 2009 ‐ 2014.
Publications<br />
51 peer‐reviewed papers since 2004 (h‐index 15) with 30 as corresponding author with many in high impact<br />
journals such as Nano Letters, Advanced Materials, Advanced Energy Materials, Advanced Functional<br />
Materials, Macromolecules and Small.<br />
51. B. Watts and C. R. <strong>McNeill</strong>, “Imaging Nanostructures in Organic Semiconductor Films with Scanning Transmission<br />
X‐ray Spectro‐Microscopy,” Synth. Met. Accepted 5/9/11.<br />
50. C. Sciascia, N. Martino, T. Schuettfort, B. Watts, G. Grancini, M. R. Antognazza, M. Zavelani‐Rossi, C. R. <strong>McNeill</strong>,<br />
and M. Caironi, “Sub‐micrometer charge modulation microscopy of a high mobility polymeric n‐channel field‐effect<br />
transistor,” Adv. Mater. In press DOI: 10.1002/adma.201102410.<br />
49. T. J. K. Brenner, Z. Li, and C. R. <strong>McNeill</strong>,* “Phase‐Dependent Photocurrent Generation in Polymer/Fullerene Bulk<br />
Heterojunction Solar Cells,” J. Phys. Chem. C 115(44) 22075‐22083 (2011).<br />
48. S. Dalgleish, J. G. Labram, Z. Li, J. Wang, C. R. <strong>McNeill</strong>, T. D. Anthopoulos, N. C. Greenham and N. Robertson,<br />
“Indole‐substituted nickel dithiolene complexes in electronic and optoelectronic devices,” J. Mater. Chem. 21(39)<br />
15422 (2011).<br />
47. T. J. K. Brenner and C. R. <strong>McNeill</strong>,* “Spatially Resolved Spectroscopic Mapping of Photocurrent and<br />
Photoluminescence in Polymer Blend Photovoltaic Devices,” J. Phys. Chem. C 115(39), 19364–19370 (2011).<br />
46. B. Friedel, T. J. K. Brenner, C. R. <strong>McNeill</strong>, U. Steiner and N. C. Greenham “Influence of solution heating on the<br />
properties of PEDOT:PSS colloidal solutions and impact on the device performance of polymer solar cells,” Org. Elec.<br />
12(10) 1736‐1745 (2011).<br />
45. C. R. <strong>McNeill</strong>,* “Imaging the domain structure of organic semiconductor films,” J. Polym. Sci. B 49(13), 909‐919<br />
(2011).<br />
44. K. Asadi, H. J. Wondergem, R. S. Moghaddam, C. R. <strong>McNeill</strong>, N. Stingelin, B. Noheda, P. W. M. Blom and D. M. de<br />
Leeuw, “Spinodal decomposition of blends of semiconducting and ferroelectric polymers and the relation with<br />
resistive switching,” Adv. Funct. Mater. 21(21) 1887‐1894 (2011).<br />
43. Z. Li and C. R. <strong>McNeill</strong>,* “Transient photocurrent measurements of PCDTBT:PC70BM and PCPDTBT:PC70BM Solar<br />
Cells: Evidence for charge trapping in efficient polymer/fullerene blends,” J. Appl. Phys., 109(7) 074513 (2011).<br />
42. Z. Li, F. Gao, N. C. Greenham and C. R. <strong>McNeill</strong>,* “Comparison of the operation of polymer/fullerene,<br />
polymer/polymer and polymer/nanocrystal solar cells: A transient photocurrent and photovoltage study,” Adv. Funct.<br />
Mater. 21(8) 1419‐1431 (2011).<br />
41. S. Gélinas, K. R. Kirov, C.‐N. Brosseau, O. Paré‐Labrosse, C. R. <strong>McNeill</strong>, I. A. Howard, R. Leonelli, R. H. Friend and C.<br />
Silva, “The Binding Energy of Charge‐Transfer Excitons Localized at Polymeric Semiconductor Heterojunctions,” J. Phys.<br />
Chem. C, 115(14) 7114–7119 (2011).<br />
40. B. Watts, T. Schuettfort and C. R. <strong>McNeill</strong>,* “Mapping of domain orientation and molecular order in polycrystalline<br />
semiconducting polymer films with soft x‐ray microscopy,” Adv. Funct. Mater. 21(6) 1121‐1131 (2011).<br />
39. J. R. Moore, S. Albert‐Seifried, A. Rao, S. Massip, B. Watts, D. J. Morgan, R. H. Friend, C. R. <strong>McNeill</strong> and H.<br />
Sirringhaus, “Polymer Blend Solar Cells Based on a High‐Mobility Naphthalenediimide‐Based Polymer Acceptor: Device<br />
Physics, Photophysics and Morphology,” Adv. En. Mater., 1(2) 230‐240 (2011).<br />
38. T. Schuettfort, S. Huettner, S. Lilliu, J. E. Macdonald, Lars Thomsen and C. R. <strong>McNeill</strong>,* “Surface and bulk structural<br />
characterization of a high‐mobility electron‐transporting polymer,” Macromolecules, 44(6) 1530‐1539 (2011).<br />
37. H. Yan, S. Swaraj, C. Wang, I. Hwang, N. C. Greenham, C. Groves, H. Ade and C. R. <strong>McNeill</strong>,* “Influence of annealing<br />
and interfacial roughness on the performance of bilayer donor/acceptor polymer photovoltaic devices,” Adv. Funct.<br />
Mater. 20(24) 4209–4399 (2010).
36. B. Collins, E. Gann, G. Lewis, X. He, C. R. <strong>McNeill</strong> and H. Ade, “Molecular Miscibility of Polymer‐Fullerene Blends,” J.<br />
Phys. Chem. Lett. 1(21) 3160‐3166 (2010).<br />
35. B. Watts and C. R. <strong>McNeill</strong>,* “Simultaneous surface and bulk imaging of polymer blends with x‐ray<br />
spectromicroscopy,” Macromol. Rapid Comm., 31(19) 1706‐1712 (2010).<br />
34. S. Swaraj, C. Wang, H. Yan, B. Watts, J. Luning, C. R. <strong>McNeill</strong>* and H. Ade, “Nanomorphology of bulk heterojunction<br />
photovoltaic thin films probed with resonant soft x‐ray scattering,” Nano Letters, 10(8) 2863‐2869 (2010).<br />
33. T. J. K. Brenner, I. Hwang, N. C. Greenham and C. R. <strong>McNeill</strong>,* “Device physics of inverted all‐polymer solar cells,” J.<br />
Appl. Phys., 107(11) 114501 (2010).<br />
32. B. Friedel, C. R. <strong>McNeill</strong>, and N. C. Greenham, “Influence of alkyl side‐chain length on the performance of poly(3‐<br />
alkythiophene)/polyfluorene all‐polymer solar cells,” Chem. Mater., 22(11) 3389‐3398 (2010).<br />
31. W. D. Oosterbaan, J.‐C. Bolsée, A. Gadisa, V. Vrindts, S. Bertho, J. D’Haen, T. J. Cleij, L. Lutsen, C. R. <strong>McNeill</strong>, L.<br />
Thomsen, J. V. Manca, and D. Vanderzande, “Alkyl chain length independent hole mobility via morphological control<br />
with poly(3‐alkylthiophene) nanofibers,” Adv. Funct. Mater., 20(5) 792‐802 (2010).<br />
30. C. R. <strong>McNeill</strong>,* K. Asadi, B. Watts, P. W. M. Blom and D. M. de Leeuw, “Structure of phase‐separated<br />
ferroelectric/semiconductor polymer blends for organic non‐volatile memories,” Small, 6(4) 508‐512 (2010).<br />
29. I Hwang, C. R. <strong>McNeill</strong> and N. C. Greenham, “Drift‐diffusion modeling of photocurrent transients in bulk<br />
heterojunction solar cells,” J. Appl. Phys., 106(9) 094506 (2009).<br />
28. H.‐G. Flesch, R. Resel and C. R. <strong>McNeill</strong>,* “Charge transport properties and microstructure of<br />
polythiophene/polyfluorene blends,” Org. Electron., 10(8) 1549–1555 (2009).<br />
27. C. R. <strong>McNeill</strong>* and N. C. Greenham, “Conjugated Polymer Blends for Optoelectronics,” Adv. Mater., 21(38‐39)<br />
3840‐3850 (2009).<br />
26. C. R. <strong>McNeill</strong>,* A. Abrusci, I. Hwang, M. A. Ruderer, P. Müller‐Buschbaum and N. C. Greenham, “Photophysics and<br />
photocurrent generation in polythiophene/polyfluorene co‐polymer blends,” Adv. Funct. Mater., 19(19) 3103‐3111<br />
(2009).<br />
25. B. Friedel, P. Keivanidis, T. J. K. Brenner, A. Abrusci, C. R. <strong>McNeill</strong>, R. H. Friend and N. C. Greenham, “Effects of<br />
Layer Thickness and Annealing of PEDOT:PSS Layers in Organic Photodetectors,” Macromolecules, 42(17), 6741–6747<br />
(2009).<br />
24. C. R. <strong>McNeill</strong>,* I. Hwang and N. C. Greenham, “Photocurrent transients in all‐polymer solar cells: Trapping and<br />
detrapping effects,” J. Appl. Phys., 106(2) 024507 (2009).<br />
23. C. R. <strong>McNeill</strong>,* B. Watts, L. Thomsen, W. J. Belcher, N. C. Greenham, P. C. Dastoor and H. Ade, “Evolution of<br />
Laterally Phase‐Separated Polyfluorene Blend Morphology Studied by X‐ray Spectromicroscopy,” Macromolecules,<br />
42(9) 3347‐3352 (2009).<br />
22. K. Burke, W. J. Belcher, L. Thomsen, B. Watts, C. R. <strong>McNeill</strong>, H. Ade and P. C. Dastoor, “The Role of Solvent<br />
Trapping Effects in Determining the Structure and Morphology of Ternary Blend Organic Devices,” Macromolecules,<br />
42(8) 3098–3103 (2009).<br />
21. S. Swaraj, C. Wang, T. Araki, G. Mitchell, L. Liu, S. Gaynor, B. Deshmukh, H. Yan, C. R. <strong>McNeill</strong>, and H. Ade, “The<br />
utility of resonant soft x‐ray scattering and reflectivity for the nanoscale characterization of polymers,” Eur. Phys. J.<br />
Special Topics 168, 121–126 (2009).<br />
20. C. R. <strong>McNeill</strong>* and N. C. Greenham, “Charge transport dynamics of polymer solar cells under operating conditions:<br />
Influence of trap filling,” Appl. Phys. Lett., 93(20) 203310 (2008).<br />
19. A. R. Campbell, J. M. Hodgkiss, S. Westenhoff, I. A. Howard, R. A. Marsh, C. R. <strong>McNeill</strong>, R. H. Friend and N. C.<br />
Greenham, “Low‐temperature control of nanoscale morphology for high performance polymer photovoltaics,” Nano<br />
Letters, 8(1) 3942‐3947 (2008).
18. C. R. <strong>McNeill</strong>,* B. Watts, S. Swaraj, H. Ade, L. Thomsen, W. Belcher and P. C. Dastoor “Evolution of the<br />
nanomorphology of photovoltaic polyfluorene blends: Sub‐100 nm resolution with X‐ray spectromicroscopy,”<br />
Nanotechnology, 19(42) 424015 (2008).<br />
17. C. R. <strong>McNeill</strong>,* J. J. M. Halls, R. Wilson, G. L. Whiting, S. Berkebile, M. G. Ramsey, R. H. Friend, and N. C. Greenham,<br />
“Efficient polythiophene/polyfluorene co‐polymer bulk heterojunction photovoltaic devices: device physics and<br />
annealing effects,” Adv. Funct. Mater., 18(16) 2309‐2321 (2008).<br />
16. R. A. Marsh, C. R. <strong>McNeill</strong>, A. Abrusci, A. R. Campbell and R. H. Friend “A unified description of current‐voltage<br />
characteristics in organic and hybrid photovoltaics under low light intensity,” Nano Letters 8(5) 1393‐1398 (2008).<br />
15. J. Zaumseil, C. R. <strong>McNeill</strong>, M. Bird, D. L. Smith, P. P. Ruden, M. Roberts, M. J. McKiernan, R. H. Friend and H.<br />
Sirringhaus, “Quantum efficiency of ambipolar light‐emitting polymer field‐effect transistors,” J. Appl. Phys. 103<br />
064517 (2008).<br />
14. C. R. <strong>McNeill</strong>,* S. Westenhoff, C. Groves, R. H. Friend and N. C. Greenham, “Influence of nanoscale phase<br />
separation on the charge generation dynamics and photovoltaic performance of conjugated polymer blends –<br />
Balancing charge generation and separation,” J. Phys. Chem. C, 111(51) 19153 – 19160 (2007).<br />
13. P. C. Dastoor, C. R. <strong>McNeill</strong>, H. Frohne, C. J. Foster, W. J. Belcher, W. M. Campbell, D. L. Officer, I. Blake, P.<br />
Thordarson, M. J. Crossley, N. S. Hush, J. R. Reimers, “Understanding and improving solid‐state polymer/C60‐fullerene<br />
bulk‐heterojunction solar cells using ternary porphyrin blends,” J. Phys. Chem. C, 111(42) 15415 – 15426 (2007).<br />
12. C. R. <strong>McNeill</strong>,* A. Abrusci, J. Zaumseil, R. Wilson, M. J. McKiernan, J. J. M. Halls, N. C. Greenham, R. H. Friend, “Dual<br />
electron donor/electron acceptor character of a conjugated polymer in efficient photovoltaic diodes,” Appl. Phys.<br />
Lett., 90(19) 193506 (2007).<br />
11. C. R. <strong>McNeill</strong>,* B. Watts, L. Thomsen, W. J. Belcher, H. Ade, N. C. Greenham & P. C. Dastoor, “X‐ray microscopy of<br />
photovoltaic polyfluorene blends: Relating nanomorphology to device performance,” Macromolecules, 40(9) 3263‐<br />
3270 (2007).<br />
10. C. R. <strong>McNeill</strong>,* B. Watts, L. Thomsen, W. J. Belcher, A. L. D. Kilcoyne, N. C. Greenham & P. C. Dastoor, “X‐ray<br />
spectromicroscopy of polymer/fullerene composites: Quantitative chemical mapping,” Small, 2(12) 1432‐1435 (2006).<br />
9. C. R. <strong>McNeill</strong>,* B. Watts, L. Thomsen, W. J. Belcher, N. C. Greenham & P. C. Dastoor, “Nano‐scale quantitative<br />
chemical mapping of conjugated polymer blends,” Nano Letters, 6(6) 1202‐1206 (2006).<br />
8. C. R. <strong>McNeill</strong>* & P. C. Dastoor, “Photocurrent pattern formation in polymer/methanofullerene blends imaged by<br />
near‐field scanning photocurrent microscopy,” J. Appl. Phys. 99, 033502 (2006).<br />
7. C. R. <strong>McNeill</strong>,* C. J. R. Fell, J. L. Holdsworth, and P. C. Dastoor, “Screening for artifacts in near‐field scanning<br />
photocurrent microscopy images of polymer solar cells,” Synth. Met. 153(1‐3), 85‐88 (2005).<br />
6. C. R. <strong>McNeill</strong>,* H. Frohne, J. L. Holdsworth, & P. C. Dastoor, “Near‐field scanning photocurrent measurements of<br />
polyfluorene blend devices: directly correlating morphology with current generation,” Nano Letters 4(12) 2503‐2507<br />
(2004).<br />
5. C. R. <strong>McNeill</strong>,* H. Frohne, J. L. Holdsworth, & P. C. Dastoor, “Direct influence of morphology on current generation<br />
in conjugated polymer:methanofullerene solar cells measured by near‐field scanning photocurrent microscopy,”<br />
Synth. Met. 147(1‐3) 107‐110 (2004).<br />
4. H. Frohne, C. R. <strong>McNeill</strong> and P. C. Dastoor “Photoenhanced injection currents in organic solar cells,” Appl. Phys.<br />
Lett., 85(6) 1042‐1044 (2004).<br />
3. H. Frohne, C. R. <strong>McNeill</strong>, G. G. Wallace and P. C. Dastoor, “Enhancement of polymer electronics via surface states on<br />
highly doped polymeric anodes,” J. Phys D., 37(2) 165‐170 (2004).<br />
2. C. R. <strong>McNeill</strong>, H. Frohne, J. L. Holdsworth, B. V. King and P. C. Dastoor, “Direct Photocurrent Mapping of Organic<br />
Solar Cells Using a Near‐Field Scanning Optical Microscope,” Nano Letters, 4(2) 219‐223 (2004).
1. C. R. <strong>McNeill</strong>,* M .J. Clifton‐Smith, J. S. Quinton, B. V. King, S. Hotta and P. C. Dastoor, “The photovoltaic properties<br />
of phenyl‐capped thiophene oligomers,” Curr. Appl. Phys. 4(2‐4) 335‐338 (2004).<br />
Conference organisation<br />
� Principal organiser of symposium N “Controlling and characterising the structure of organic semiconductor<br />
films” at the 2011 Spring Meeting of the E‐MRS, Nice May 9 – 13 2011.<br />
Conference/workshop Participation<br />
(INVITED) “Polymer blend solar cells: Morphology Device Operation,” Workshop on Emerging Materials for Thin Film<br />
Solar Cells, <strong>University</strong> of California, Santa Barbara, USA, August 7 – 12, 2011.<br />
(INVITED) “Organic devices. New perspectives provided from soft x‐ray characterization,” March Meeting of the<br />
American Physical Society, Dallas, USA, March 21 – 25, 2011.<br />
(ORAL) “Surface and Bulk Structural Characterization of a High‐mobility Electron Transporting Polymer,” Symposium E,<br />
Fall Meeting of the Materials Research Society, Boston, USA, Nov 29 – Dec 3, 2010.<br />
(INVITED) “Plastic Solar Cells,” Advances in Photovoltaics Workshop, Institute of Physics, London, UK, September 15<br />
2010.<br />
(ORAL) “Characterisation of the microstructure of semiconducting polymer films with soft x‐rays,” 7th International<br />
Conference on Synchrotron Radiation in Materials Science, Oxford, UK, July 12 – 14 2010.<br />
(POSTER) “Interface structure of poly(3‐alkylthiophene) FETs: Influence of alkyl side‐chain length and SiO2<br />
dielectric on FET mobility,” Symposium HH, Spring Meeting of the Materials Research Society, San Francisco, USA,<br />
April 5 ‐ 9 2010.<br />
(INVITED) “Numerical modelling of light in‐coupling and transient photocurrents in organic solar cells,” Fluxim<br />
International <strong>User</strong>s’ Simulation Workshop ‘09, Winterthur, Switzerland, June 30 – July 1 2009.<br />
(ORAL) “Analysis of Photocurrent Transients in Polymer Solar Cells,” Symposium A, Spring Meeting of the European<br />
Materials Research Society, Strasbourg, France, June 8 – 12 2009<br />
(POSTER) “Structural investigations of photovoltaic organic thin films with soft X‐ray synchrotron radiation” ,”<br />
Symposium R, Spring Meeting of the European Materials Research Society, Strasbourg, France, June 8 – 12 2009.<br />
(ORAL) “Analysis of Photocurrent Transients in Polymer Solar Cells,” Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics Conference,<br />
Benidorm, Spain, May 10 – 13 2009.<br />
(POSTER) “Nanomorphology of conjugated polymer blends probed in real and reciprocal space with soft X‐ray<br />
spectromicroscopy and resonant scattering,” Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics Conference, Benidorm, Spain, May 10<br />
– 13 2009.<br />
(ORAL) “Photocurrent generation in efficient all‐polymer solar cells,” Symposium Q, Spring Meeting of the European<br />
Materials Research Society, May 26 – 30 2008.<br />
(ORAL) “Universal n‐type/p‐type operation of a red polyfluorene in efficient photovoltaic devices,” Young Chemists’<br />
Workshop on Organic Photovoltaics, Spa, Belgium, April 18 – 20 2008.<br />
(INVITED) “Device physics of organic solar cells,” 32nd Annual Condensed Matter and Materials Meeting, Wagga<br />
Wagga, NSW, Australia, Jan 30 ‐ Feb 1 2008.
(INVITED) “Dual Electron Donor/Electron Acceptor Character of a Conjugated Polymer in Efficient Photovoltaic<br />
Devices,” Symposium H, Nanostructured Solar cells, 2007 Fall Meeting of the Materials Research Society, Boston, USA,<br />
November 26 – 30 2007.<br />
(ORAL) “Universal n‐type/p‐type operation of a red polyfluorene in efficient photovoltaic devices,” 7 th International<br />
Conference on Optical Probes of π‐Conjugated Polymers and Functional Self Assemblies, Turku, Finland, June 11 – 15<br />
2007.<br />
(ORAL) “Probing Film Structure and Device Action on the Nanoscale in Polymer‐blend Devices” presented at the<br />
symposium entitled Science & Technology of Next Generation Photovoltaics at the 232nd American Chemical Society<br />
Annual Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, 10‐14 September 2006.<br />
(POSTER) “X‐ray Microscopy of Polymer/Fullerene composites: Nanoscale Quantitative Chemical Imaging” presented<br />
at the International Conference on the Science and Technology of Synthetic Metals (ICSM), Dublin, Ireland, July 2 – 7<br />
2006.<br />
(ORAL) “Direct 2‐Dimensional Current Mapping of Polymer Solar Cells,” The International Conference on Synthetic<br />
Metals 2004, Wollongong, Australia, June 28 – July 2 2004.<br />
(ORAL) “Direct 2‐Dimensional Current Mapping of Polymer Solar Cells,” Symposium F, Spring Meeting of the European<br />
Materials Research Society, Strasbourg, France, May 24 – 28, 2004.<br />
Invited Seminar Presentations<br />
June 2010 ‐ Condensed Matter Physics Group, Durham <strong>University</strong>.<br />
March 2010 – Department of Chemistry, <strong>University</strong> of Cambridge.<br />
September 2009 – Department of Materials Engineering, <strong>Monash</strong> <strong>University</strong> Australia.<br />
September 2009 – CSIRO Molecular and Health Technologies, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.<br />
July 2009 ‐ International Graduate School: Materials Science of Complex Interfaces, Technical <strong>University</strong> of<br />
Munich.<br />
June 2009 – Nanophysics research group seminar, Cardiff <strong>University</strong>.<br />
April 2009 ‐ Molecular Materials and Devices group seminar, Imperial College London.<br />
March 2009 ‐ Physics of Soft Matter group seminar, <strong>University</strong> of Potsdam, Berlin.<br />
March 2009 ‐ Solid State Seminar, Technical <strong>University</strong> of Graz.<br />
January 2009 ‐ Condensed Matter Seminar, Birmingham <strong>University</strong>.<br />
Refereeing Activity<br />
Member of the EPSRC “College of Experts”<br />
Internal Ph.D. examiner, <strong>University</strong> of Cambridge (Claudia Duffy, Astrid Gonzalez‐Rabade, Annamaria<br />
Petrozza, Chuan Liu, Andrew Campbell, Siong‐Hee Khong, Jennifer Moore, Matthew Bird)
External Ph.D. examiner, <strong>University</strong> of Newcastle, Australia (Daniel Cotton), <strong>University</strong> of Pisa (Sagar<br />
Kersarkar)<br />
Selected as a referee for the following journals: Accounts of Chemical Research, ACS Nano, Advanced<br />
Functional Materials, Advanced Materials, Applied Physics Letters, European Polymer Journal, Journal of<br />
Polymer Science: Polymer Physics, Journal of Applied Physics, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Journal of the<br />
American Chemical Society, Macromolecules, Macromolecular Rapid Communications, Nano Letters,<br />
Organic Electronics, Solid State Communications, Synthetic Metals, Thin Solid Films<br />
Other Administrative Activity<br />
Member of Governing Body of Clare Hall, 2008 – 2011.<br />
Member of Principal Investigators Advisory Group, <strong>University</strong> of Cambridge, 2008 – 2009.<br />
Music committee Clare Hall, 2009‐2011.<br />
Examiner of first year PhD reports, <strong>University</strong> of Cambridge (Certificate of Post Graduate Studies)<br />
Member of Mott Colloquium committee, 2005 – 2007.<br />
Organiser of optoelectronics group seminar series, 2005 – 2007.