Discovery Corps Postdoctoral Fellowship: Spatially-Dependent Evolution of the Electronic Properties of Organic Photovoltaic Systems And Marketing Based-Education in Seattle

化学系支持华盛顿大学（UW）的Liam Pingree作为2007-2008和2008-2009学年的发现队博士后研究员。Pingree博士的研究目标是开发新的原子力显微镜（AFM）技术，专注于了解有机太阳能电池的效率和寿命。Pingree将使用原子力显微镜（AFM）检测纳米尺度上的电子特性，以监测迁移率的波动、电荷衰减率和单色效率的变化。这将使详细研究材料的物理结构与其电子特性之间的关系成为可能。对这些关系的更好理解可能会导致有机太阳能电池的重大改进。该项目的服务部分侧重于公众对替代能源的教育。Pingree将与西澳大学艺术学院的视觉传播和设计项目以及西澳大学技术传播系合作，在西雅图地铁公交系统上设计和实施一项教育活动。这项活动将侧重于过境教育，同时将人们引导到一个网站，该网站提供有关华盛顿大学更详细的主题和其他教育资源的信息。该活动的目标是接触到传统推广计划所遗漏的个人，并提高西雅图公众的科学素养。如果成功，这些项目可以在美国其他大都市地区实施。探索队奖学金计划寻求新的博士后和专业发展模式，将研究专长与专业服务相结合。探索队成员通过解决国家需要领域的项目利用他们的研究专长。他们的项目提高了研究能力和基础设施，有助于劳动力发展和创造就业机会。探索队项目同时支持博士后和高级研究员。

The Division of Chemistry supports Liam Pingree of the University of Washington (UW) as a Discovery Corps Postdoctoral Fellow for the 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 academic years. Dr. Pingree's research is targeted at the development of new atomic force microscopy (AFM) techniques focused on understanding organic solar cell efficiencies and lifetimes. Pingree will examine electronic properties at the nanometer scale using AFM to monitor fluctuations in mobility, charge decay rates, and variations in monochromatic efficiency. This will enable detailed studies of the relationship between the physical structure of the materials and their electronic properties. An improved understanding of these relationships could lead to significant improvements in organic solar cells. The service component of this project focuses on the education of the public on alternative energy sources. Pingree will design and carry out an educational campaign on the Seattle metro bus system in conjunction with the UW School of Art's Visual Communications and Design Program and the UW Department of Technical Communications. This campaign will focus on on-transit education while directing people to a website that provides information on more detailed topics and other educational resources at the University of Washington. The goals of the campaign are to reach individuals missed by traditional outreach programs and to improve the scientific literacy of the Seattle public. If successful, these programs could be implemented in other metro areas within the United States.The Discovery Corps Fellowship Program seeks new postdoctoral and professional development models that combine research expertise with professional service. Discovery Corps Fellows leverage their research expertise through projects that address areas of national need. Their projects enhance research capacity and infrastructure and contribute to workforce development and job creation. The Discovery Corps Program supports both Postdoctoral Fellows and Senior Fellows.