Guillermo Bazan
Institute Role
Head of Production & Storage Solutions Group
Role in Affiliated Centers
Co-Director of the Center for Polymers & Organic Solids;
Member of the Center for Energy Efficient Materials and the Mitsubishi Chemical
Center for Advanced Materials
Research
Gui Bazan’s research interests include synthesis of organic molecules
with architectures that optimize optoelectronic performance and photophysics of
conjugated organic solids. He applies these interests to the development of
higher efficiency organic “plastic” solar cells by using an interdisciplinary
approach to identify the limiting factors in solar cell performance. Specific research
applications include investigating the effects of incorporating metal
nanoparticles with organic devices to improve the efficiency of emitting
devices and solar cells, and using conjugated polyelectrolytes to develop new
fabrication methods for optoelectronic devices, such as organic LEDs and solar
cells. Additional research interests include understanding the electronic
delocalization between organic chromophores in the solid state, the design of
biosensors based on light-harvesting macromolecules and oligomerization and
polymerization reactions of olefins using well-defined organometallic
catalysts.
Biography
Gui Bazan obtained a B.Sc. degree from the
University of Ottawa and a Ph.D. from MIT.
After working at Caltech as an NSERCC postdoctoral fellow, he started
his academic career in the Chemistry Department at the University of Rochester
in 1992. In 1998, Bazan joined UC Santa Barbara as a Professor of Chemistry and
in 1999, he joined the faculty of the Department of Materials (Engineering). In
June 2000, he became the Director of the Center for Polymers and Organic
Solids. Bazan’s awards include the Humboldt Foundation’s Bessel Award (2005); an
NSF Special Creativity Award (2003); two Union Carbide Innovation Award (1998,
1999); Closs Lecturer at University of Chicago (1997); the Camille and Henry
Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Aears (1996-1998); the Sloan
Research Fellow Award (1996-1998); an NSF Career Award (1995-1998); and the Dreyfus
New Faculty Award (1992-1993).
