Prof. Dr. Thuc-Quyen Thai Nguyen

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsSynthesis and Properties of Functional Materials,Physical Chemistry of Molecules, Liquids and Interfaces, Biophysical Chemistry
Keywordsdoping, charge transport and film morphology, organic electrochemical transistors, organic photodetectors, device physics, organic solar cells
Honours and awards

2025: American Chemical Society Henry H. Storch Award in Energy Chemistry

2025: French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) Ambassador in Chemical Sciences

2025: Suffrage Science Award

2024: Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences (EurASc)

2023: De Gennes Prize for Materials Chemistry from Royal Society of Chemistry

2023: Elected to the United States National Academy of Engineering

2023: Fellow of the United States National Academy of Inventors

2023: Wilhelm Exner Medal

2019: Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)2019

2019: Hall of Fame, Advanced Materials

2019: The World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds; Top 1% Highly Cited Researchers in Cross-Field by Clarivate Analytics

2016: Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry

2015: Humboldt Research Award

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CitySanta Barbara, California
InstitutionUniversity of California, Santa Barbara
InstituteDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Dieter NeherInstitut für Physik und Astronomie, Universität Potsdam, Golm
Prof. Dr. Anna KöhlerLehrstuhl für Experimentalphysik II, Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuth
Start of initial sponsorship01/03/2016

Programme(s)

2015Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Nguyen is recognized wordwide for her outstanding work on efficient organic solar cells using solution-processable small molecules. She has also pioneered and advanced scanning probe microscopy techniques to image nanoscale properties of multicomponent semiconductor layers. In Germany, Professor Nguyen focuses on fundamental processes in solution-processed optoelectronic devices, with particular emphasis on the effect of energetic disorder on charge carrier dynamics and device characteristics.