Joseph B. Herzog, Ph.D.

Current Position:

Welch Postdoc Research Associate
Department of Physics & Astronomy
Rice University

Former Positions:
Research Assistant
Department of Electrical Engineering

Instructor
College of Engineering

B5 Fitzpatrick Hall
Phone: 574-631-9333
Personal Page
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Ph.D. University of Notre Dame 2011
M.S. University of Notre Dame 2008
B.S. Louisiana State University 2005

Areas of Interest:

Optical Properties of Nanostructures and Devices: Quantum Dots, Nanowires, Superlattices, Photonic Crystals, and Lasers
Renewable Electrical Energy Extraction: Solar cells, photovoltaics, thermophotovoltaics, etc.
Energy Conversion Materials and Devices: Solid State Lighting, LEDs, Nanoelectronics, optoelectronics, Lasers, etc.

Previous Projects:

Master Thesis: Infrared Reflectivity Spectroscopy of Short Period AlGaN/GaN Superlattice Optical Phonons. (May 2008)

PhD Dissertation: Optical Spectroscopy of Colloidal CdSe Semiconductor Nanostructures (June 2011)