Assistant Professor Andrew Pun Joins the Faculty

Professor Pun earned his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Columbia University in 2019. His research focuses on the photochemistry of organic and inorganic semi-conductors, exploiting these systems to enhance the efficiency of photovoltaics via photon upconversion. This research is at the nexus of chemistry, engineering, and materials science, combining fundamental studies with applied research. Prof. Pun was a Postdoctoral Scholar at ETH Zurich where he researched the growth of inorganic semiconductor nanocrystals. He has earned numerous awards, such as the Columbia University Chinweike Okegbe Service Award, CAS Future Leader Award, the Sparrho Early Career Researcher Prize and the Optical Engineering Lab Barry Service Award. As a post-doc, he was recently awarded an ETH Zurich Career Seed Grant to pursue his independent research.