Research
My research interests are centered around the development of (supra)molecular materials for smart nanotechnologies that can respond to various external stimuli and adapt to their operation conditions, with a particular interest in renewable energy conversion in photovoltaics. I rely on a multidisciplinary approach and international collaborations at the interface of chemistry, physics, material science, and engineering in the design, synthesis, and characterization of materials and devices.
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Projects

Materials that are responsive to physical stimuli, such as electric charge or light, are relevant for adaptable technologies. We are interested in the development of such stimuli-responsive (supra)molecular materials that preserve their functionality in the solid-state and enable advanced control in functional devices.
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Layered hybrid perovskite materials based on organic spacers templating hybrid perovskite slabs, which are stable under operating conditions of voltage bias and light, are of interest to various optoelectronic and optoionic devices. We develop layered hybrid perovskites with enhanced functionalities towards smart nanotechnologies.
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Hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites have emerged as one of the most promising materials in thin-film photovoltaics, yet their limited stability under operating conditions hampers practical applications. We strive to address this challenge by relying on (supra)molecular strategies to control the function of perovskite materials and devices.
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Conferences
Oral presentations
- Invited speaker at the NanoBio Conference, Sep 2023, Heraklion, Greece.
- Contributing talk at the IUPAC Chain Congress, Aug 2023, The Hague, The Netherlands.
- Invited speaker at the International Conference on Organic Electronics, July 2023, Madrid, Spain.
- Keynote speaker at the Light Management in New PV Materials Conference, Jun 2023, AMOLF, The Netherlands.
- Invited speaker at the Swiss Nanoconvention, Jun 2023, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
- Keynote speaker at the Photochemistry, Photophysics, and Photosciences (CP2P) Conference, May 2023, Mulhouse, France.
- Invited speaker at the BeNeFri yougnSCS Meeting, Adolphe Merkle Institute, Apr 2023, University of Fribourg, Switzerland.
- Invited speaker at the Institute of Advanced Materials, UJI, Apr 2023, Castello, Spain.
- Invited speaker at the Athena European University Colloquial Talks, Nov 2022, Greece.
- Invited speaker at the ZHAW Workshop on Mixed Conductivity, Sep 2022, Switzerland.
- Invited speaker at the International Nanoscience Student Conference, Aug 2022, Germany.
- Invited speaker at the Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, Aug 2022, Japan.
- Invited speaker at the Frontiers of Global Science, Royal Scientific Society, June 2022, Jordan.
- Invited speaker at the Swiss Photochemistry Symposium, June 2022, Fribourg, Switzerland.
- Invited speaker at the Nanochemistry Group Retreat, MPI-FKF, June 2022, Munich, Germany.
- Contributing at the Women in Renewable Energy Conference, June 2022, E-MRS Spring Meeting.
- Discussion leader at the Gordon Research Conference on Fundamental Processes in Organic and Inorganic Hybrid Materials and Their Applications, May 2022, Castelldefels, Spain.
- Invited speaker at the APS Conference, Mar 2022, Chicago, USA.
- Invited speaker at the Condensed Matter Physics Laboratory, Feb 2022, Oxford, UK.
- Invited speaker at the NIPHO Conference, Feb 2022, Pavia, Italy.
- Invited speaker at the SPIE Optocs+Photonics Conference, Aug 2021, San Diego, USA.
- Invited speaker at International Conference on Materials for Humanity, July 2021, Singapore.
- Contributing talk at the International Conference in Photochemistry, July 2021, Geneva, Switzerland.
- Invited talk at the OMEGA Lab, July 2021, KAUST, Saudi Arabia.
- Contributing talk at the E-MRS Online Conference, Energy Materials Symposium (Exotic Materials and Innovative Concepts for Photovoltaics), June 2021, Strasbourg, France.
- Invited speaker at the session Empowering citizens for the transition towards climate neutral and sustainable Europe, May 2021, EuroNanoForum, Portugal.
- Invited speaker at the OrgMatPerPV Online Conference, April 2021, nanoGe Meetings.
- Invited talk: Sustainability in solar-to-electric energy conversion, Nov 2020, EuChemS webinar.
- Tutorial talk on Templating Hybrid Perovskites, Oct 2020, HOPE-PV (Online School), Russia.
- Invited talk at the Theory of Condensed Matter Group, Oct 2020, Cambridge, UK.
- Invited talk: A Supramolecular Approach to Hybrid Perovskite Photovoltaics, Oct 2020, nanoGe Fall Meeting (Symposium “FunPero”), Barcelona, Spain.
- Contributing talk: A Supramolecular Approach to the Stability of Hybrid Perovskites, Aug 2020, Swiss Chemical Society Fall Meeting, Switzerland (virtual meeting).
- Selected talk: Supramolecular Engineering of Smart Nanomaterials for Energy Conversion, July 2020, Lise Meitner Excellence Program Selection Symposium (Virtual), Berlin, Germany.
- Invited talk: A Supramolecular Approach to Perovskite Stability, June 2020, nanoGe Meetup.
- Invited talk: Supramolecular Engineering for Hybrid Perovskite Photovoltaics, May 2020, Adlinger
Center, Princeton University, USA (Virtual). - Invited participant at the Bürgenstock Conference, April 2020, Brunnen, Switzerland.
- Invited talk: Supramolecularly Engineered Hybrid Perovskites for Photovoltaic Applications, Feb 2020, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart, Germany.
- Contributing talk: Supramolecular Engineering of Hybrid Layered Perovskite Materials for Stable
Perovskite Solar Cells, Nov 2019, NanoGe Conference, Berlin, Germany. - Invited talk: Supramolecular Engineering of Layered Perovskite Architectures, Oct 2019, Moscow Autumn Perovskite Photovoltaics International Conference, Moscow, Russia.
- Invited talk: Supramolecular Engineering – From Molecular Grippers to Hybrid Perovskite Solar Cells, Sep 2019, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
- Invited talk: Supramolecular Engineering of Hybrid Perovskite Solar Cells: From Molecular Modulation to Layered Perovskite Architectures, July 2019, University of Tübingen, Germany.
- Contributing talk: Supramolecular Engineering of Hybrid Perovskite Materials for Stable Perovskite Solar Cells, July 2019, IUPAC World Chemistry Congress (C7), Paris, France.
- Selected talk: Supramolecular Engineering of Functional Nanomaterials for Energy Conversion, July 2019, Lise Meitner Excellence Program Selection Symposium, Berlin, Germany.
- Contributing talk: Supramolecular Engineering of Layered Hybrid Perovskites for Stable Perovskite Solar Cells, July 2019, IUPAC World Chemistry Congress, Paris, France.
- Invited talk: Supramolecular Engineering – From Molecular Grippers to Hybrid Perovskite Materials, June 2019, University of Fribourg, Switzerland.
- Invited talk: Supramolecular Engineering Towards Stable and Efficient Hybrid Perovskite Solar Cells, May 2019, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany.
- Contributing talk: Multifunctional Molecular Modulation to Layered Two-Dimensional Architectures for Perovskite Solar Cells, May 2019, EMRS Conference, Nice, France.
- Invited talk: Supramolecular Engineering – From Molecular Machines to Hybrid Perovskite Solar Cells, April 2019, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart, Germany.
- Invited talk: From Molecular Modulation to Supramolecular Engineering for Highly Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells, Jan 2019, Swiss Snow Symposium, Saas Fee, Switzerland.
- Invited talk: Supramolecular Engineering and Molecular Modulation for Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells, Dec 2018, Conference in Molecular Electronics (ElecMol2018), Paris, France.
- Invited talk: From Molecular Machines to Supramolecular Engineering for Optoelectronics, Dec 2018, Institute Charles Sadron, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
- Contributing talk: Molecular Engineering to Highly Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells, July 2018, Gordon Research Seminar: Electronic Processes in Organic Materials, Lucca, Italy.
- Contributing talk: Photoredox-Switchable Molecular Grippers: Radical Control of Molecular Machinery, Molecular Machines Nobel Prize Conference, Nov 2017, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.
- Invited talk: Photoredox-Switchable Molecular Grippers: Radical Control of Molecular Machinery, Institut Le Bel, Nov 2017, University of Strasbourg, France.
- Selected talk: Bioinspired Photoredox-Switchable Nanogrippers: Radical Control of Molecular
Machinery, Dec 2016, Kekulé Workshop – Women in Science, University of Bonn, Germany. - Invited talk: Photoredox-Switchable Molecular Grippers: Radical Control of Molecular Machinery, Nov 2016, Technical University of Graz, Austria.
- Contributing talk: Paramagnetic Molecular Grippers with Semiquinone Walls: The Elements of Six-State Redox Switches, Aug 2016, ElecMol2016, Paris, France.
- Contributing talk: Photoredox-Switchable Molecular Grippers: Paramagnetic Intermediates of Six-
State Redox Switches, July 2016, Gordon Research Seminar: Conductivity and Magnetism in Molecular Materials, Mount Holyoke College, Massachusetts, USA. - Invited talk: Photoredox-Switchable Resorcin[4]arene Cavitands: Molecular Grippers, May 2015,
Max-Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Mülheim, Germany.
Poster presentations
- Poster: Supramolecularly Engineered Layered Perovskites for Hybrid Photovoltaics, July 2020, Gordon Research Conference: Electronic Processes in Organic Materials, Lucca, Italy.
- Poster: Supramolecular Engineering of Hybrid Perovskite Solar Cells, Oct 2019, International Conference on Perovskite Solar Cells and Optoelectronics (PSCO), Lausanne, Switzerland.
- Poster: From Molecular Modulation to Supramolecular Engineering in Perovskite Solar Cells, Sep 2019, Swiss Chemical Society Fall Meeting, Zurich, Switzerland.
- Poster: Multifunctional Molecular Modulation for Stable and Efficient Hybrid Perovskite Solar Cells, May 2019, HOPV Conference, Rome, Italy.
- Poster: From Molecular Modulation to Supramolecular Engineering for Hybrid Perovskite Solar Cells, March 2019, EuChemS Conference, Bremen, Germany.
- Poster: Molecular Engineering Towards Highly Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells, Sep 2018, Swiss Chemical Society Fall Symposium, Lausanne, Switzerland.
- Poster: From Molecular Machines to Highly Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells, July 2018, Gordon Research Conference: Electronic Processes in Organic Materials, Lucca, Italy.
- Poster: Photoredox-Switchable Molecular Grippers: Paramagnetic Intermediates of Six-State Redox Switches, June 2016, ISMSC, Seoul, Korea.
- Poster: Photoredox-Switchable Molecular Grippers: Paramagnetic Intermediates of Six-State Redox Switches, June 2016, Gordon Research Conference (GRC): Electronic Processes in Organic Materials, Lucca, Italy.
- Poster: Paramagnetic Photoredox-Switchable Molecular Grippers, Jan 2016 and Sep 2016, Swiss Chemical Society Industrial and Fall Symposium, Zurich, Switzerland.
- Poster: Photo/Redox-Switchable Resorcin[4]arene Cavitands, Sep 2014, Swiss Chemical Society Fall Meeting, Zurich, Switzerland.
- Poster: Student Symposium, June 2013, F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Basel, Switzerland
Organisation
- 2022 – 2026 Chair of the GRC “Hybrid Electronic and Photonic Materials and Phenomena“.
- 2022 – 2023 Chair of the conference on “Dynamic Materials, Crystals, and Phenomena” #DynaMiC.
- 2022 – 2023 Chair of the workshop on “Stable Hybrid Perovskite Materials for Photovoltaics under Real-World Conditions” #StabPeroWorkshop.
- 2021 – 2022 Organizer of the Spring MRS Meeting 2022 Symposium “EQ05”.
- 2020 – 2022 Organizing committee of the European Young Chemists’ Meeting 2022.
- 2020 – 2021 Chair of the NanoGe Spring Meeting 2021.
- 2019 – 2021 Co-organizer of the NanoGe Fall Meeting Symposium “PerEmer21”.
- April 2020 Organizer of the international nanoGe Online Meetup Conference on “Contemporary Challenges in Hybrid Perovskite Photovoltaics”.
- 2019 – 2022 Coordinating a special issue dedicated to Prof. M. Grätzel at the International Conference for Photochemical Conversion and Storage of Solar Energy (IPS-23) in Switzerland.
- 2018 – 2022 Chair the Gordon Research Seminars on “Electronic Processes in Organic Materials”.
Membership
Editorial Advisory Board Member of the J. Phys. Chem. Lett.
Early-Career Advisory Board Member of the APL Energy
Board Member of the MatChem Network of the Swiss Chemical Society
Advisory Board Member of Thieme’s Organic Materials
International Advisory Board Member of the Institute of Advanced Materials
Early Career Advisory Board Member of Helvetica
Early Career Advisory Board Member of Elsevier’s Materials Today Electronics
Guest Editor for a Special Issue of Frontiers in Energy Research (Solar Energy)
Guest Editor for a Special Issue of Appl. Phys. Lett.
Guest Editor for a Special Issue of Helvetica Dedicated to Michael Graetzel
Editorial Board Member for the nanoGe Symposia – supporting 5 symposia in 2021–2022
Early Career Advisory Board Member of Chemistry – A European Journal
Editorial board member at Springer Nature Applied Sciences (SNAS)
Reviewer at more than 35 journals and international funding agencies, including: J. Power Sources, Springer Nature Applied Sciences (SNAS), J. Am. Chem. Soc., Nat. Commun., Sci. Adv., Joule, Adv. Mater., Adv. Energy Mater., Adv. Funct. Mater., Adv. Sci., Angew. Chem., J. Mater. Chem. A/C, Dyes & Pigments, Energy Techn., Chem. Mater., Inorg. Chem., Polym. Chem., Science, Nature, ACS Appl. Energy Mater., ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., Nano Lett., J. Photovoltaics, APL, Cell Rep. Phys. Sci., ChemSusChem, Nano-Micro Lett., Nature Chem., Nature Energy, Nature, IEEE, DFG/AUB/ANR etc.
Member of the Materials Research Society (MRS)
Member of the American Chemical Society (ACS)
Member of the Swiss Chemical Society (SCS)
Funding

Swiss Young Network for Science Policy and Diplomacy (SYNESPOD) is a joint project within the Swiss Young Academy since December 2022

Research Partnership Grant at the Swiss Leading House for Latin American Region (23’000 CHF for 1 year) as co-applicant with Prof. Daniel Estiben Ramirez Zora at the University of Antioquia, Colombia

Collaborative PNU Global Star-5 Research Facility Innovation Project (50’000 kwon = 39’519 CHF / year) as co-applicant with Prof. Ji-Youn Seo, Pusan University, South Korea

Swiss National Science Foundation PRIMA project no. 193174 (1’389’320 CHF) as principal investigator
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