Latest News

Apr

Thanks ACS Energy Letters for the Energy Spotlight piece about out paper. Read the piece here, and check out the paper on our Publications page!

Apr

Abby and Dr. Leite release a new paper in ACS Energy Letters, entitled "Machine Learning Enables Prediction of Halide Perovskites’ Optical Behavior with >90% Accuracy". Thanks to all our collaborators!

Apr

The Leite Lab takes Spring MRS by storm! Marina delivers two invited talks, Abby and Peifen also give talks on hybrid perovskites and photonics, respectively.

Mar

Marina presents a summary of the group's work and its connection to the College of Engineering Next Level Research Vision at the Engineering on Tap online event. Thank you to our Associate Dean for Research, Raissa, for invitation.

Feb

Big congrats to Peifen for receiving the 2023 College of Engineering (COE) Excellence in Graduate Student Research Award. Go Peifen!

Feb

Kevin and Micah's paper entitled "Optical Tunability and Characterization of Mg−Al, Mg−Ti, and Mg−Ni Alloy Hydrides for Dynamic Color Switching Devices" is published in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. Read the paper on our Publications page now.

Feb

Marina presents the Colloquium in the Chemistry Department at the Federal University of Pernambuco and the one in the Physics Department at the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco (Brazil). Big thanks to Claudete and Ferraz for these invitations!

Feb

Tao, Peifen, and Dr. Leite submit a new paper to ACS Applied Optical Materials entitled "Scalable Superabsorbers and Color Filters Based on Earth-Abundant Materials". Well done all!

Feb

Professor Leite honored in Optica's Women in Science Tribute. Thanks for the kind words!

Feb

Marina presents a seminar at the Physics Department in Recife, Brazil. Thanks Anderson and Cid, for the kind invitation!

Jan

Leite Lab grad student Abby Hering presents her research in a talk entitled "Automated Optical Measurements and Machine Learning Analysis of Cs-FA Halide Perovskites" at SPIE Photonics West. Great job Abby!

Jan

Congrats to Ece for advancing to candidacy. Great job Ece!

Jan

Abby presents our work on machine learning applied to hybrid perovskites at the SPIE Photonics West Meeting in San Francisco. Well done Abby!

Nov

The group presented some of our recent results at the Fall Materials Research Society (MRS) Meeting in person and virtual. Marina gave two invited talks, Margaret presented her work on refractory materials for high-temperature photonics, and Abby gave a talk on the potential of machine learning to forecast the behavior of perovskites.

Nov

Congrats to Margaret on advancing to candidacy. Well done Margaret!

Oct

Marina presents an invited talk on machine learning applied to perovskites at the nanoGe meeting. Thanks Qiang, for the invitation - it was awesome to be back to in-person meetings!

Oct

Marina presents the group's work on photonics at the FiOS - Frontiers in Optics + Laser Science. Thanks Willie for the kind invitation!

Sep

Leite Lab members Abby, Ece, Mansha, and Peifen attend the UC Davis CHMS Graduate Research Symposium, where Peifen is awarded the Best Poster Presentation award. Congratulations!

Aug

Marina gives a Keynote talk at the LAOP - Latin American Optics and Photonics Conference. Thank you Anderson for the kind invitation!

Aug

Congrats to Peifen for advancing her candidacy. Well done Peifen!

Jun

Marina is elevated to the grade of IEEE Senior member.

Jun

Congrats to Peifen for being awarded the Summer Graduate Student Researcher (GSR) Award for summer 2022-23!

May

Marina delivers an invited talk on thermophotovoltaics at the Spring MRS Meeting.

May

Meghna is awarded the College of Engineering Jeffrey Gibeling Best Master’s Thesis Award. Well done Meghna!

May

Richa successfully defends her Ph.D. dissertation. Congratulations Dr. Lahoti!

Apr

Peifen and Tao’s paper on Transient Structural Colors with Magnesium-Based Reflective Filters has been published in Advanced Optical Materials. Check the article here.

Apr

Our paper on hot-carrier dynamics in near-infrared photocatalytic metals is published in Physical Review B.

Apr

Margaret is awarded the prestigious NSF-GRFP. Congrats Margaret!

Mar

John’s paper on machine learning applied to halide perovskites is published in the Journal of Physical Chemistry.

Jan

Leite is nominated a UC Davis Chancellor’s Fellow!

Jan

The Leite Lab is awarded the University Partnerships Investment Area Team, a collaboration with Dr. Kenny Chowdhary from Sandia National Laboratories. Together, we will implement machine learning methods to unravel degradation mechanisms in perovskite solar cells.

Dec

The group welcomes Mansha and Abby, new grad students!

Nov

The Leite Lab takes Fall MRS by storm! Ece, Richa, and Meghna present their results on solid-state batteries and halide perovskites for solar cells at the in-person meeting. Peifen and Margaret shared their findings on transient photonics and thermophotovoltaics during the online meeting. MSL was one of the meeting Chairs. Thanks MRS, for a fantastic meeting!

Oct

Leite presents invited talks at the AVS 67 and the XXXV Brazilian North and Northeast Regional Physics Meeting.

Sep

Leite presents a Colloquium at the Department of Physics, Federal University of Minas Gerais (Brazil). Thanks Carol, for the kind invitation. It was great seeing several old friends and colleagues!

Sep

John and Erica’s paper on perovskites’ dynamic response to humidity and light is highlighted on the front cover of Adv. Optical Materials.

Sep

Leite and Dr. Míguez (from the Institute of Materials Science of Seville) co-edit a special issue on “Photophysical Processes in Metal Halide Perovskites” for Adv. Optical Materials.

Aug

Leite becomes an SPIE Senior Member.

Aug

Meghna’s paper on machine learning for perovskite solar cells is now published on J. Phys. Chem. Letters. Good job Meghna!

Aug

Leite presents an invited talk on materials for thermophotovoltaics at SPIE.

Aug

Leite gives an invited talk on transient photonics at the RAPID Meeting.

Jul

John’s article on Emission Dynamics in Triple-Cation Halide Perovskites is published in Adv. Optical Materials. Well done John!

Jul

Leite presents an invited talk at META.

Jun

Leite shares the groups’ latest results on perovskites for optoelectronics with an invited talk at the 2021 Photonics North meeting.

May

Tom's article on selective etching properties of Mg thin films is published in Optical Materials Express. Good job!

Apr

We welcome David, a new undergraduate student that will be working on perovskite solar cells!

Apr

Leite gives an invited talk at the Spring MRS Meeting, Frontier Energy Science in Halide Perovskite Symposium. Thanks for the organizers for the kind invitation!

Mar

Congrats to Meghna for receiving the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship award!

Mar

Richa presents a talk at the 2021 American Physical Society (APS) March Meeting!

Mar

Tao and Meghna present talks at the 2021 SPIE Photonics West Meeting.

Mar

Leite presents an invited talk about the group’s most recent work on perovskites at the NanoGe Spring Meeting.

Feb

Leite is a speaker for the “Professional development in Materials Science series of talks, as part of the Materials Outreach Corporation - an MSE/UC Davis undergraduate organization.

Dec

Welcome Margaret Duncan, a new PhD student in the group!

Dec

Congrats to Meghna for winning the best poster award at the Fall MRS Meeting!

Dec

Leite presents three invited talks at the 2020 Fall MRS Meeting!

Dec

Leite gives an invited talk at the Pacifichem 2020. Thanks to Mihri Özkan for the kind invitation.

Oct

Tao and Peifen’s invited review article is published in Adv. Optical Materials. Good job Tao and Peifen!

Oct

The Leite group, in collaboration with Prof. Munday (ECE) and Prof. McCormick (MSE), is awarded a DARPA grant to realize materials for ultra-high temperature photonics!

Aug

We are delighted to have Prof. M. Dias joining us at UC Davis for her sabbatical.

Jul

New invited review article on Imaging Metal Halide Perovskites Material and Properties at the Nanoscale is on the cover of Adv. Energy Materials. Great job, John and Richa!

Jun

Leite Lab is awarded an NSF grant to advance the understanding of environmental stressors on perovskite’s stability. Thanks NSF!

May

Our collaboration with J. Munday and A. Rocha is published in ACS Photonics and featured as a supplementary cover. Check the article here

Apr

New paper on correlative microscopy of perovskite solar cells is published and highlighted on the front cover of Adv. Materials Interfaces.

Feb

Paper about the ISOS Protocols for Stability Assessment and Reporting for Perovskite Photovoltaics is published in Nature Energy.

Jan

Leite is featured on the “Women Scientists at the Forefront of Energy Research: A Virtual Issue, Part 2” of ACS Energy Letters.

Jan

Paper about perovskite photovoltaics is published in Nature Energy!

Jan

Our most recent review paper on perovskite solar cells is now published in Adv. Energy Materials.

Jan

Leite is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of ACS Energy Letters!

Jan

Welcome Dr. Tao Gong, new post-doc in the group!

Nov

John is awarded Best Poster at the Fall MRS Meeting for his work on machine learning applied to perovskite solar cells. Congrats John!

Nov

Our paper on PdxAu1−x alloys is on ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces.

Nov

Our latest paper on perovksite solar cells is published on the cover of Chemistry of Materials!

Nov

Big welcome to 3 new PhD students: Peifen, Meghna, and Ece!

Oct

Our invited review on metal alloys is featured as a supplementary cover in ACS Accounts of Chemical Research!

Sep

The Leite Lab moves to UC Davis! We are looking forward to the upcoming years in sunny CA…

Sep

Leite gives an invited presentation about the group’s work on perovskite materials and the opportunities in machine learning at SPIE Optics + Photonics, in San Diego.

Jul

Leite presents an invited talk at META (International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics), in Lisbon.

Jun

Our invited review paper on metallic alloys is now published on ACS Accounts of Chemical Research. Great job Mariama!

Jun

Leite gives an invited talk at the TechConnect World Innovation, in Boston.

May

Our ongoing collaboration with ARL (in Adelphi, MD) and the Institute for Theroretical Physics (in Brazil) related to Pd-Au alloys and their promise for catalysis is now published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces!

May

Leite is promoted to Associated Professor at UMD.

May

Sabrina’s work on stretchable Si for electronics is published online on Adv. Electronic Materials. Good job Sabrina!

Apr

Leite delivers an invited talk at the WiTec Confocal Imaging Workshop at George Washington University, in DC.

Apr

Leite gives an invited talk at the Spring MRS meeting (“Perovskites’ Recovery and Degradation from the Macro- to the Nanoscale“). PhD student Tom presents a talk on his research on optical materials (related to our recent publication in ACS Photonics).

Apr

Leite will be one of the 2021 Fall MRS Meeting Chairs. Stay tuned for news about the meeting!

Apr

One more award to John! He has been selected for the UMD Graduate Student Summer Research Fellowship.

Apr

Alumni Brady (now PhD student at Princeton) is awarded an NSF-GRF. Well done Brady!

Apr

Congrats to John, awarded the UMD Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship (Fall 2019).

Mar

Leite presents an invited talk at APS March Meeting!

Feb

John’s invited Perspective in on the cover of Joule!

Feb

Our latest paper on perovskite solar cells is on the cover of ACS Nano!

Feb

Welcome Richa Lahoti, new PhD student in the group!

Feb

Alumni PhD student Elizabeth is awarded the Marie Sklodowska-Curie post-doc fellowship. Congrats Beth!

Feb

Leite gives an invited talk at the SPIE Photonics West Meting, in San Francisco, as part of the “Physics, Simulation, and Photonic Engineering of Photovoltaic Devices VIII” Symposium. Thank you L. Lombez (CNRS) for the invitation.

Jan

Tom’s first paper is on the cover of ACS Photonics! See our work on Transient Photonics here (PDF).

Jan

Leite presents an invited talk at the Perovskite and Organic Photovoltaics and Optoelectronics International Conference (IPEROP19), in Kyoto.

Jan

Leite presents an invited talk at the 46th Conference on the Physics and Chemistry of Surfaces and Interfaces (PCSI-46) Meeting, in Santa Fe. Thanks L. Lauhon (Northwestern) and C. Palmstrøm (UCSB) for the kind invitation.

Jan

Our paper “Cesium-Incorporated Triple Cation Perovskites Deliver Fully Reversible and Stable Nanoscale Voltage Response” is now available online.

Nov

Leite gives two invited talks at Fall MRS (photonic materials and perovskites symposia), and John presents our work on pervoskites’ dynamics, including our new Joule perspective paper on machine learning, and on tomography of carrier recombination in solar cell materials.

Nov

Leite presents invited talk at the OSA LAOP meeting, in Lima. Thanks A. Silva (Samsung) and G. Wiederhecker (UNICAMP), for the very kind invitation. Loved Peru!