Current Members

Victoria Cinnater synthesizes porphyrin-based supermolecular assemblies to probe the chirality induced spin selectivity (CISS) effect. Victoria loves having a fun time at work with her lab mates.

Riley Stephenson designs, synthesizes, and characterizes superstructures based on nanoscale carbon to study fundamental photophysics and free carrier dynamics. Riley’s favorite part about the Therien lab is that we are well equipped to do the majority of our synthesis and characterization in-house. So, one can build interesting structures and study their properties – all with a nice view of the Duke chapel from our lab!

Lindsay Pederson synthesizes perfluoroalkyl porphyrin arrays and iron-NHC complexes for applications in solar energy conversion. Lindsay’s favorite thing about the Therien lab is the view from her hood (fifth floor of French) – best view at Duke. Outside of lab, Lindsay enjoys cooking, crocheting, and hiking/camping.

Jianan Yang synthesizes polymers for polymer wrapped single walled carbon nanotubes and studies applications of carbon nanotubes. Jianan cherishes the friendship in the lab, as well as immerses himself in experiments. Outside of the lab, he enjoys running and meditating.

Xin-Yi Ye is interested in studying photophysics, excited state dynamics and ultrafast spectroscopy.

Sontee Irvin In her free time, Sontee enjoys crafting with her friends.

Sangwon Nam

Emily Matas is interested in the field of photophysics along with synthesizing polymer wrapped carbon nanotubes. Outside of the lab, she enjoys hiking, reading, skiing, and all forms of crafting!

Olivia Dube is studying how to tune the fundamental photophysics of organic-carbon nanotube systems to optimize solar cell capabilities and all-carbon recyclable microelectronics. Outside of lab she enjoys playing sports, hiking, baking, and a good craft night!

Kevin Kuyper is a Materials Science & Engineering graduate student working with carbon nanotubes, focusing on purification and characterization, and exploring their potential applications in next-generation devices. In his free time, he’s usually outdoors skiing, fly fishing, or chasing whatever other adventure is in season.