robert.collison@asrc.cuny.edu
rcollison@gradcenter.cuny.edu
Rob Collison obtained his B.S. in Chemistry and Biochemistry from the University of Michigan in 2012. From 2012 through 2014 he worked with Dr. Bing Liu as an intern and then a member of the technical staff at IMRA America in Ann Arbor, Michigan. At IMRA, he fabricated colloidal gold nanoparticles using femtosecond pulsed laser ablation, and conjugated these with antibodies for immunological assays. He graduated from the CUNY Graduate Center with a Ph. D. in Chemistry. He is also a Nanofabrication Fellow at the CUNY Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC). Rob is currently a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Rochester.
Currently Rob is investigating the use of photonic and plasmonic crystals for enhancing light absorption and charge extraction in organic photovoltaics and related systems.
Research Interests:
· Nanostructured surfaces for photonic and plasmonic devices
· Plasmonic-dielectric and plasmonic-organic hybrid nanostructures
· Renewable energy
· Organic and thin-film solar cells
· Photocatalysis and solar fuels
· Nanofabrication methods (electron beam lithography, thin film deposition, dry etching)
· Catalysts for commodity chemical production or waste stream treatment
· Alternative, non-precious metal plasmonic materials
· Semiconductor SERS
