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Mike Scarpulla+ Associate Professor
Materials Science & Engineering and
Electrical & Computer Engineering.

+ Adjunct, Assoc. Prof. Chemical Engineering

+ Editor, IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics
Materials Science of Compound Semiconductors, Thin Film Photovoltaics, Laser Processing of Compound SemiconductorsOffice: 2138 MEB
Phone: (801) 585-1231
Fax: (801) 581-5281
Lab: (801) 587-5679 or (801) 585-3241
Email: scarpulla@ece.utah.edu

Mailing Address:
Room 2355 MEB, ECE Dept. Receiving
50 S. Central Campus Dr.
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT 84112-9206

Visiting Faculty
Postdocs
Rujun SunPostdoc 2019-2021Defect manipulation and characterization in Ga2O3
Grad Students
Kyle AhnECE MS (2019-2021)Radiation induced defects in GaN
Brian EisnerMSE MS (2019-2021)Manipulation and Characterization of Defects in Ga2O3
Jason MerrellMSE PhD (2019-)Growth and defects of CdTe
Undergraduates
Monica Mahoney
Becca Izat
Visiting Students
Chalapathi Uppala(2014)CZTS Growth & Cell Fabrication
Rujun Sun(2016-2017)Electrical Characterization of CZTSe solar cellsEmail: sunrj13@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn
Collaborators (in no particular order)
Phillip Dale GroupU LuxembourgLaser Processing of Electrodeposited Cu(In,Ga)Se2http://wwwen.uni.lu/recherche/fstc/physics_and_materials_science_research_unit/people/phillip_dale
Zang, Vardeny, Whittaker-Brooks Groups University of UtahPerovskites for Photovoltaics
Chris Ferekides GroupU South FloridaLaser Processing of CdTe
Kenji Yoshino GroupU MiyazakiBulk crystals of CZTSSe
Andrei PostnikovUniversité de LorraineAb-initio vibrational free energy of point defect formation
Glenn Teeter GroupNRELCharacterization of combinatorial CZTS
Mike Toney GroupSSRLXray characterization of thin film PV materials
Kirstin Alberi GroupNREL
Ingrid Repins GroupNRELDefect Spectroscopies on CZTSe
Naba PaudelU ToledoLaser Processing of CdTe
Kelvin LynnWSUCrystal Growth, fun ideas
Matt McCluskeyWSUDefect characterization
Elif ErtekinUIUCDefect Calculations
John McCloyWSUGa2O3 Crystal Growth
Akira NagaokaU MiyazakiCdTe growth and doping using THM
Ed SeebauerUIUCDefect injection and diffusion
Joel Varley LLNLDefect Theory
Nasim AlemPenn State UElectron Microscopy
Azaree Linteurer Penn State UIrradiation and damage response of semiconductors
Emily MacePNNLIrradiation and damage response of semiconductors
Petra SpechtLBNLElectron Microscopy of semiconductors
Danny FeezelUNMMOCVD Growth and characterization of GaN
Cynthia FurseU UtahSSTDR monitoring of PV installations
Joel HarleyU FloridaSSTDR monitoring of PV installations
Berardi Sensale-RodriguezU UtahDefects and characterization of Ga2O3
Sriram KrishnamoorthyU UtahGrowth and fabrication of Ga2O3 epilayers and devices
Chris DelineNRELSSTDR monitoring of PV installations
Amit Munshi, Walajabad SampathCSUGrowth and fabrication of CdTe based solar cells
Alumni
Akira NagaokaVisiting Postdoc (2015-2017). JSPS Postdoc FellowshipBulk crystals of CZTSSe & CdTeProfessor, University of Miyazaki, Japan
https://srhumdb.miyazaki-u.ac.jp/html/100002083_en.html
Mehmet (Eray) ErkanPostdoc (2013-)
Vipul KherajAssistant Professor, SVNIT, Surat, India2013-2014. Defects in CZTS, surface photovoltage spectroscopy, aging of perovskites. Faculty Page
Brian SimondsPostdoc (2012-2014)Laser processing of CdTeNIST Boulder
Volodymyr KosyakPostdoc (2011-2013)Defects in CZTSSeSumy State University, Ukraine
Win Maw Hlaing OoPostdoc (2009-2011)Defects in CZTS
Junyi ZhuPostdoc (2012-2013)Ab-initio defects in CZTS City University of Hong Kong
James NagelPhD ECE (2010-2012)Light Trapping in Thin Si, scattering by dielectric nanoparticles, modes in lossy waveguidesTerahertz Devices
Ashish BhatiaPhD MSE (2008-2013)Laser processing of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 (CIGSe)Intel
Elizabeth (Liz) LundPhD ChemE (2010-2014)Defects in CZTSSe
Sudhajit MisraPhD ECE (2013-2019)Optoelectronic charcterization of thin film semiconduuctors,
laser processing of CdTe, CuInSe Solar cells
Postdoc Oak Ridge National Lab
Dennis PruzanPhD MSE (2013-2018)Compositional Fluctuations in thin film solar cellsLead Scientist, DPS Skis
Peter PeroncikPhD Phys (2014-2015)Properties of CH3NH3PbI3 perovskites
Anna CarusoMS ECE (2013-)Defect spectroscopies on CZTSSe
Carina HahnBS/MS MSE (2016)CZTSSe Devices, CdTe
Makarand (Mak) KarmarkarMSE (2011-2014)CZTSSe
Laura TreiderMS ECE (2014-2017)III-V Band Offsets
Alex GibbsBS Phys, MS MSE (2012-2016)CZTSSe devices
Kholoud Al-AjmiMS ECE (2015-2018)Capacitance Characterization of thin film solar cells
Omar SalahBS MSE (2015)CZTSSe Devices
Tom WilenskiBS ECE (2015)
MS ECE (2018)
DLTS Instrumentation
Yukee OoiPostdoc IV, CV, DLTS, PL of GaN and Ga2O3
Sophia GardnerMSE BS/MS 2020EL, IV, CV measurements on GaN diodes