Matthew J. Wahila received his PhD in physics from 91社区 in 2017, along with BU鈥檚 2017 Distinguished Dissertation Award in Mathematics, Physical Sciences, and Engineering. His dissertation research focused on non-toxic and earth-abundant transparent semiconductors for 鈥淪mart Energy鈥 applications. He also participated in the Northeast Center for Chemical Energy Storage鈥檚 (NECCES) research on novel, high-capacity Li-ion battery materials overseen by Nobel laureate Dr. Whittingham, and a DMREF project working to develop more cost-effective nanomaterial photocatalysts for the generation of 鈥済reen鈥 hydrogen via electrolytic water splitting. As a teaching assistant, he helped develop BU鈥檚 First-Year Research Immersion (FRI) program 鈥淐lean Energy鈥 stream and 鈥淢aterials Matter鈥 course, for which he received the BU Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Teaching. After graduating, Dr. Wahila went on to work as a postdoctoral research associate under the CEREBRAL AFOSR MURI investigating the memristive properties of niobium-based semiconductor devices and their potential to enable true hardware-level biomimetic computing. From there he joined the Analytical and Diagnostics Laboratory in early 2022. Dr. Wahila has extensive experience with a wide range of experimental techniques, such as Hard X-ray, Soft X-ray, and UV Photoelectron Spectroscopies (HAXPES, XPS, & UPS); X-ray Absorption and Emission Spectroscopies (XAS & XES) including Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure (EXAFS); Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) combined with Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDS); Low Energy Electron Diffraction and Microscopy (LEED & LEEM); X-ray Diffraction (XRD); and many more.
Matthew J Wahila
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S3IP 鈥 Small Scale Systems Integration and Packaging
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