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Career

· Elmore Professor, Purdue University2023–
· Associate Professor, Purdue University2017–2023
· Assistant Professor, Purdue University2012–2017
· Research Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology2011–2011
· PhD in Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology2007–
· Postdoctoral Researcher, Massachusetts Institute of Technology2007–2011
· MPhil in Physics, Cambridge University2002–
· BS in Physics, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill2000–

Publications (598)

Meep: A flexible free-software package for electromagnetic simulations by the FDTD method
Computer Physics Communications · 2010
2,728
cited
Improving thin-film crystalline silicon solar cell efficiencies with photonic crystals.
Optics Express · 2007
669
cited
Improving accuracy by subpixel smoothing in the finite-difference time domain.
Optics Letters · 2006
432
cited
Design and global optimization of high-efficiency thermophotovoltaic systems.
Optics Express · 2010
265
cited
Enabling high-temperature nanophotonics for energy applications
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2012
248
cited
Demonstration of enhanced absorption in thin film Si solar cells with textured photonic crystal back reflector
2008
246
cited
Radiative sky cooling: fundamental physics, materials, structures, and applications
2017
204
cited
Toward high-energy-density, high-efficiency, and moderate-temperature chip-scale thermophotovoltaics
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2013
186
cited
Tailoring high-temperature radiation and the resurrection of the incandescent source.
Nature Nanotechnology · 2016
181
cited
Solar thermophotovoltaic energy conversion systems with two-dimensional tantalum photonic crystal absorbers and emitters
2014
172
cited
Enhanced nonlinear optics in photonic-crystal microcavities.
Optics Express · 2007
170
cited
Solar thermophotovoltaics: reshaping the solar spectrum
2016
147
cited
Frequency-selective near-field radiative heat transfer between photonic crystal slabs: a computational approach for arbitrary geometries and materials.
Physical Review Letters · 2011
137
cited
Roadmap on optical energy conversion
2016
112
cited
Lightweight, Passive Radiative Cooling to Enhance Concentrating Photovoltaics
Joule · 2020
110
cited
Single-photon all-optical switching using waveguide-cavity quantum electrodynamics
2006
109
cited
Electronic and optical properties of ultra-thin 2D tungsten disulfide for photovoltaic applications
2018
107
cited
Optics-Based Approach to Thermal Management of Photovoltaics: Selective-Spectral and Radiative Cooling
IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics · 2017
102
cited
SELECTIVE SOLAR ABSORBERS
2012
100
cited
Tailoring thermal emission via Q matching of photonic crystal resonances
2011
98
cited
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