Research

Current Research

Campillo-Alvarado Group (5/2024-)

Materials Engineering for Organic (Opto)electronics

My research in organic electronics focuses on understanding how molecular organization and intermolecular interactions govern the properties of organic semiconductors. I use crystal engineering and supramolecular chemistry to modify molecular packing of semiconductors to tune their optical, mechanical, and other functional properties. Current projects extend these design principles toward mechanically compliant and multifunctional organic semiconductors.

Mechanistsic Studeis of Dynamic Materials

I am interested in materials whose structures and properties evolve in response to their environment. My work examines how molecular motion and reversible intermolecular interactions can translate thermal, chemical, and mechanical stimuli into changes in optical response, photoreactivity, and mechanical properties. Ongoing work investigates how molecular-level rearrangements induce adaptive mechanical responses in organic materials.

Ultra-Soft Materials

More recently, I have been extending structure-property design principles from molecular crystals to soft, ionically conductive materials. I am interested in understanding how composition and nanoscale organization collectively govern mechanical response, ionic transport, and stability in soft material networks. My current research explores strategies for connecting molecular and nanoscale structure to the macroscopic performance of these materials.

Past Research 

Dannenhoffer-Lafage Group (1/2024-5/2024)

Computational Biophysics 

I used coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations to study liquid–liquid phase separation in intrinsically disordered proteins. Specifically, I investigated how different models of temperature-dependent intermolecular interactions affect the protein phase behavior.