Alejandro L. Briseno

Degree Information:
B.S./M.S., Biology/Chemistry, Cal State LA, 2000/2004 (F. Zhou)
M.S., Chemistry, UCLA, 2006 (F. Wudl, Z. Bao)
Ph.D., Chemistry, University of Washington, 2008 (Y. Xia)
Postdoc, Chemistry, UC Berkeley, 2009 (P. Yang)

Mailing Address:
Department of Polymer Science and Engineering
Room 120, Conte Research Center
University of Massachusetts
120 Governors Drive
Amherst, MA 01003

Phone: 413-577-1213

Email: abriseno@mail.pse.umass.edu

Fax: 413-545-0082

Research Interests:
1-D self-assembly, crystal chemistry, synthesis of organic/polymer semiconductor electronic materials, organic/polymer nanocrystals/nanowires, soft lithography/microfluidics, structure-property studies, semiconductor device physics including organic field-effect transistors, integrated circuits, photovoltaic devices, bioorganic electronics, and new device technologies.

Current Research:
Our polymer research group focuses on balancing interests not only in technological applications, but also into answering fundamental questions that hone in on specific disciplines. Our researchers encompass a broad-range of scientific backgrounds including those of biology, chemistry, physics, materials science, and electrical engineering. The goal of our interdisciplinary team is to nucleate new and exciting research in the following Areas:

• Organic and Polymer Semiconductor Single Crystals
• Polymer Semiconductor Devices (e.g., Transistors, Sensors, Photovoltaics, etc.)
• Structure-Property Relationships, Fundamental Knowledge in Polymer Semiconductors
• Synthesis of Novel Organic and Polymer Semiconductors
• Polymer/Biomedical Sensors, Microfluidics

Honors and Distinctions:

2012 Umass Faculty Exceptional Merit Award
2012 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists & Engineers (PECASE)
2011 NSF Polymer Division Grant
2011 Office of Naval Research Young- Investigator Program Award (ONR-YIP)
2010-2012 3M Nontenured Faculty Grant
2008 ICI Student Award in Applied Polymer Science (PMSE)
2008 Frank J. Padden, Jr. Award for Excellence in Polymer Physics (Finalist)
2008 XEROX Technical Minority Scholarship
2007 MRS Graduate Silver Award
2007 Best Poster Award, MDITR Conference and Expo
2007 Excellence in Graduate Polymer Science Research Award (ACS POLY Division)
2005 Carl Storm Underrepresented Minority Award Fellowship, Gordon Conference
2004 UCLA Graduate Division Award Fellowship (only one awarded)
2003 Bell Labs Graduate Research Fellowship, Lucent Technologies (2003-2007)
2003 CSULA Graduate Student of the Year Award
2001 NIH-Fellowship (MBRS-RISE Program, California State University- Los Angeles)