Sponsors

Research Funding

National Science Foundation

NSF I-Corps: Translation Potential of a Rare Earth-Free Micro Light-Emitting Diode (LED) Lighting Platform. Award No. 2627441, Principal Investigator, $50,000, Aug 2026 - Jul 2027.

NSF CAREER: Lead-Free Pseudohalide/Halide Perovskites for Next-Generation White Light-Emitting Diodes. Award No. 1945558, Principal Investigator, $440,000, May 2020 - Apr 2025.

NSF MRI: Acquisition of an Integrated Spectral Analysis Instrument. Co-Principal Investigator, 2020 - 2021.

University of Missouri

Research Council Grant: Development of High-Performance White LEDs Using Lead-Free Perovskites and Advanced Micro/Nanostructure Fabrication for Sustainable Solid-State Lighting. PI, 2025.

College of Engineering Seed Grant: Development and Application of Chalcogenide Perovskite Materials through Advanced Synthesis and 3D Printing Technologies for Sustainable Energy. PI, 2024 - 2025.

Materials Science and Engineering Institute: Micro/Nanostructures for Enhancing the Efficiency of Solid-State White LEDs. PI, 2024 - 2025.

Materials Science and Engineering Institute: Development of Highly Efficient and Low-Threshold Perovskite Lasers. Co-PI, 2023.

Research Council Grant: Exploration of Two-Dimensional Halide Double Perovskites as Novel Photocatalysts for CO2 Reduction. PI, 2023.

The University of Tulsa (2017 - 2022)

Faculty Development Summer Fellowships (2017, 2018, 2022) and the Shark Tank Kick Start Program (2019).

Computing and AI Resources (in-kind)

NSF ACCESS Explore Allocation (CHE260180): Surface O-H Bond Free Energies of MSn(OH)₆ Perovskite Hydroxides for Hydrogen Atom Transfer. Principal Investigator, 200,000 ACCESS credits of computing time, Sep 2026 - Sep 2027.

Anthropic AI for Science Program: Claude-Assisted Curation of an Open Luminescent-Materials Dataset for Lead-Free Solid-State Lighting. Principal Investigator, $50,000 in Claude usage credits, 2026.