Welcome to the So Lab!
The So Lab harnesses chemical intuition to approach fundamental challenges in physics to tackle climate change and public health challenges. Within this framework, we are focused on three vital areas of contemporary physics: energy transfer, charge transfer, and interfacial phenomenon. Our key accomplishments thus far are discovering energy and charge transfer pathways within metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), understanding interfacial interactions of adsorbents and MOFs for water decontamination, and studying conductive guest-induced MOFs for improving (bio)electronics.
Elucidating the transport of charges have broader impacts on the development of energy conversion devices, biomedical devices, and semiconductor processing industries, while understanding interfacial interactions help improve the rational design of nanomaterials for removing environmental contaminants. Synthetic organic and inorganic chemistry will be used to target metal-organic coordinated assemblies, while spectroscopies will be used to probe materials. Electrical and electrochemical measurements will aid in interpretation of emerging physicochemical phenomena.
My research program offers undergraduate students (a) a personalized and challenging research experience and (b) an invaluable opportunity to develop oral and written communication skills. Each student will make and measure their materials. Every student will learn synthetic techniques, microscopy, spectroscopy, electrochemical characterization, and device fabrication. Specific materials of interest include metal-organic frameworks, perovskites, and polymers. For more information, refer to the Research tab. These experiences will aid my students to become more competitive in advanced graduate studies and their future careers.
The So Lab harnesses chemical intuition to approach fundamental challenges in physics to tackle climate change and public health challenges. Within this framework, we are focused on three vital areas of contemporary physics: energy transfer, charge transfer, and interfacial phenomenon. Our key accomplishments thus far are discovering energy and charge transfer pathways within metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), understanding interfacial interactions of adsorbents and MOFs for water decontamination, and studying conductive guest-induced MOFs for improving (bio)electronics.
Elucidating the transport of charges have broader impacts on the development of energy conversion devices, biomedical devices, and semiconductor processing industries, while understanding interfacial interactions help improve the rational design of nanomaterials for removing environmental contaminants. Synthetic organic and inorganic chemistry will be used to target metal-organic coordinated assemblies, while spectroscopies will be used to probe materials. Electrical and electrochemical measurements will aid in interpretation of emerging physicochemical phenomena.
My research program offers undergraduate students (a) a personalized and challenging research experience and (b) an invaluable opportunity to develop oral and written communication skills. Each student will make and measure their materials. Every student will learn synthetic techniques, microscopy, spectroscopy, electrochemical characterization, and device fabrication. Specific materials of interest include metal-organic frameworks, perovskites, and polymers. For more information, refer to the Research tab. These experiences will aid my students to become more competitive in advanced graduate studies and their future careers.