Erin L. Ratcliff
Contact Information
- eratcliff8@gatech.edu
- Publication Links
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Erin L. Ratcliff
Awards
- EFRC 10@10: Developing the Next Generation of Scientific Talent 2019
- Office of Naval Research Summer Faculty Fellow 2017, 2020, 2021, 2024
- Director of the Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC) entitled "Center for Soft PhotoElectroChemical Systems (SPECS)" 2022 2024
- Associate Director of Scientific Continuity for SPECS 2024 - present
Education
- B.A. in Chemistry, Mathematics, and Statistics in 2003 from St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN
- PhD in Physical Chemistry from Iowa State University in 2007
- University of Arizona 2007 - 2024
- Postdoctoral Research 2007 – 2010
- Research Scientist 2010 – 2012
- Research Assistant Prof 2012 – 2014
- Assistant Prof Materials Science 2014 – 2020
- Associate Prof Chemical Engineering 2020 - 2024
Research
Laboratory for Interface Science of Printable Electronic Materials
In LISPEM, we combine electrochemistry and transport phenomena with spectroscopy and microscopy to understand materials functionality and performance. We work on fundamentals and devices, with applications including solar cells, transistors, photoelectrodes, transistors, capacitors, and batteries. The group is experimental and uses a combination of electrochemistry, spectroscopies, microscopies, and synchrotron-based techniques to understand fundamental structure-property relationships of next-generation materials for energy conversion and storage and biosensing. Materials of interest include metal halide perovskites, π-conjugated materials, colloidal quantum dots, and metal oxides. Current research is focused on mechanisms of electron transfer and transport across interfaces, including semiconductor/electrolyte interfaces and durability of printable electronic materials. Such an interdisciplinary group welcomes students and postdocs with training in materials science, chemical engineering, chemistry, and physics, among others.