PVIC FACULTY & STAFF

ADMINISTRATIVE FACULTY & STAFF

Name/Position	Contact Information	Field of Research
Dr. Randy Ellingson Professor and PVIC Endowed Chair in Photovoltaics	419.530.2648 \| MH 3007 419.530.3874 \| R1 2100G randy.ellingson@utoledo.edu	Photovoltaics Optical Spectroscopy Ultrafast Spectroscopy Functional Nanomaterials
Dr. Mike Heben Director, PVIC, McMaster Endowed Chair in Photovoltaics, Distinguished University Professor	419.530.3870 \| MH 3005 419.530.5332 \| R1 210 michael.heben@utoledo.edu	Condensed Matter (exp) Photovoltaics Hydrogen Storage Nanomaterials
Dr. Adam Phillips Research Professor and PVIC Lab Manager	419.530.3884 \| R1 adam.phillips@utoledo.edu	Perovskites CdTe Thin Film PV Tandem solar cells
Dr. Nikolas Podraza Professor and Department Chair; NEG Endowed Chair in Silicate Science	419.530.4905 \| MH 2025 419.530.3708 \| R1 2100E nikolas.podraza@utoledo.edu	Photovoltaics
Dr. Yanfa Yan Distinguished University Professor and Ohio Research Scholar Chair	419.530.5335 \| MH 4002 419.530.3918 \| R1 2100D yanfa.yan@utoledo.edu	Materials science theory Photovoltaics Water splitting

Name/Position	Contact Information	Field of Research
Dr. Abudulimu Abasi Research Assistant Professor	abasi.abudulimu@utoledo.edu	Solar Cell Characterization Photovoltaic Material Analysis Carrier Dynamics in Solar CellS
Dr. Shan Ambalanath Research Assistant Professor	419.530.4717\| R1 2200A ambalanath.shan@utoledo.edu	Ellipsometry Instrumentation Photovoltaics
Dr. Ebin Bastola Research Assistant Professor	ebin.bastola@utoledo.edu	Thin Film Devices Nanomaterials Synthesis and Characterization
Dr. Richard Irving Research Professor	419.530.2589 \| MH 2010 richard.irving@utoledo.edu
Dr. Kara Kile Sr. Research Associate	419.530.6164 \| R1 2100 kara.buehrer2@utoledo.edu	CdTe-based PV Thin Film Deposition Instrument Development
Dr. Balaji Ramanujam Research Associate	balaji.ramanujam@utoledo.edu	Electro-optics Engineer R& D Spectroscopic Ellipsometry Multi-layer Data Analysis Product Prototyping
Dr. Zhaoning Song Assistant Professor	419.530.3785 \| R1 2100D zhaoning.song@utoledo.edu	Photovoltaics Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting Photodetectors
Dr. Xiaoming Wang Research Assistant Professor	xiaoming.wang@utoledo.edu	Condensed Matter and Materials Theory Optoelectronics, thermoelectrics. Light-matter interaction and charge/spin transport.

Name	Contact Information	Research Group
Dr. Mohammad Alaani	mohammed.razooqi@utoledo.edu	Podraza Group
Dr. Haoran Chen	haoran.chen@utoledo.edu	Yan Group
Dr. Jaehoon Chung	jaehoon.chung@utoledo.edu	Yan Group
Dr. Tom Fiducia	thomas.fiducia@utoledo.edu	Heben Group
Dr. Sheng Fu	sheng.fu2@utoledo.edu	Yan Group
Dr. Manoj Jamarkattel	manoj.jamarkattel@utoledo.edu	Heben Group
Dr. Venkanna Kanneboina	venkanna.kanneboina@utoledo.edu	Podraza Group
Dr. Vijay Karade	vijaychandrakant.karade@utoledo.edu	Ellingson Group
Dr. Yin Yifan	yifan.yin@utoledo.edu	Yan Group
Dr. Tingting Zhu	tingting.zhu@utoledo.edu	Yan Group