Mahshid Ahmadi Phone: 972-***-****

www.linkedin.com/pub/mahshid-ahmadi/41/303/314/

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SUMMARY Over 7 years of active involvement in the area of CleanTech and microelectronics.

Multidisciplinary background with technical contribution over a broad range of topics

including:

Design, Fabrication and Metrology tools in the area of Solar Cells and Semiconductor

Devices, Materials Characterization and Spectroscopy, Materials Manufacturing,

Nanotechnology and Thin Films.

PROFESSIONAL Research Technology Consultant,

EXPERIENCE Hunt Energy Enterprises, LLC, Dallas, USA, 2013-2014

• Device fabrication and characterization in energy field with an emphasis on alternative

energy

o Designed and fabricated high efficiency Organometal halide Perovskite solar cells, one of

the top 10 science breakthrough of 2013.

o Designed concise and meaningful experiments and interpret data in line with the project

plan.

o Developed metal oxide semiconductor nanoparticles for desired purposes.

o Responsible for thin films processes including thermal evaporation, spin coating and

screen printing.

Visiting Research Scientist

NanoTech Institute, University of Texas at Dallas, USA, (Jan- Aug) 2013

• Development of inorganic semiconducting materials for energy applications

Research Assistant

Energy Research Institute at Nanyang Technological University (ERI@N), Singapore 2008-

2012

• Development of semiconductor inks for electronic applications

o Designed heterostructures for multi-junction solar cells using molecular-beam epitaxy

(MBE)

o Investigated Opto-electrical properties of semiconductor materials, Band gap engineering

o Investigated compositional and crystallographic properties of semiconductor nanocrystals

using SEM, TEM, EPMA, XRD and Raman spectroscopy

Project Engineer

Nanocluster Institute, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 2007-2008

• Design, fabrication and system integration of organic thin film transistors (OFET)

o Developed solution processable dielectrics for organic field effect transistors

o Designed, fabricated and tested different field effect transistors

Project Supervisor

• Supervised undergraduate projects: teaching the theory and lab practice including lab safety

and equipments (lead a team of 6 undergraduate students in the area of microelectronics and

photovoltaics)

EDUCATION • Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore,

2013

• M.S. Characterization, Selection, and Method of Materials Manufacturing, Shiraz University,

Iran, 2007

• B.S. Industrial Metallurgy, Shiraz University, Iran, 2004

SKILLS • Materials/Device Characterization: • Fabrication Experiences:

o Worked in clean room class100

o Photoluminescence (PL)

o Familiar with Fab safety requirements

o UV-VIS-NIR Spectroscopy

o Dry/Wet etch

o TEM, HRTEM, EELS, TEM sample

o Ion implantation

preparation, FIB

o Photolithography

o SEM, EDS

o Epitaxial growth (MBE)

o X-ray diffraction (XRD)

o CVD

o AFM

o Thermal evaporation

o Raman Spectroscopy

o DC and RF magneto sputtering

o XPS

o Spin coating and screen printing

o Electrical device testing

o Oxygen plasma and UVO3 surface treatment

AWARDS • Four-year full scholarship for PhD degree at Nanyang Technological University (Singapore

International Graduate Award, SINGA Scholar), 2008-2012

• Two academic scholarship award for bachelor and Master of Materials Science and

Engineering, Shiraz University, Iran, 1998 & 2004

• First Class Honour, MSc., Shiraz University, Iran, 2007

• Encouraging Award winner of Nanotechnology Initiative (INI), 2007

SELECTED 1- Ahmadi, M., et al. “Synthesis of Cu2SnSe3 nanocrystals for solution processable

PUBLICATIONS photovoltaic cells” published in Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 52 (2013), 1722–1728.

2- Ahmadi, M. et al. “Evolution Pathway of CIGSe Nanocrystals for Solar Cell

Applications” published in Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 116 (2012), 8202.

3- Ahmadi, M. et al. “Solution processable nanoparticles as high-k dielectric for organic

field effect transistors” published in Organic Electronic, 11 (2010), 1660-1667.

4- Ahmadi, M. et al. “Study of Er-Doped ZnS Quantum Dots Synthesized by Chemical

Capping Method” published in Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 47 (2008), 5089-5092.

5- Translation of "Materials Science and Engineering" written by D.R. Askeland to Farsi.

SELECTED 1- Ahmadi, M. et al. “Understanding the Growth of CuIn0.5Ga0.5Se2 Nanocrystals in the

PRESENTATIONS Hot Coordination Method”, Oral presentation, EMRS 2011, Nice, France.

2- Ahmadi, M. et al. “Synthesis of Tunable Band Gap CuInxGa1-xSe2 Nanoparticles and

Investigation of their Optical and Electrical Properties”, Poster presentation, EMRS

2011, Nice, France.

3- Ahmadi, M. et al. “Synthesis and investigation of the feasibility of Cu2SnSe3

nanocrystals as alternative solar absorber material”, Poster presentation, ICMAT 2011,

Singapore.

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