Dr. David Zigler
Associate Professor
Specialties:
Inorganic Chemistry
Photochemistry
Education:
Post-doc, UNC-Chapel Hill, Center for Solar Fuels
Post-doc, UC Santa Barbara
Ph.D. Chemistry, Virginia Tech.
B.S. Chemistry, Eastern Illinois University
Office: Frost Center - Bldg. 181 - 419
Phone: (805) 756-2661
E-mail: dzigler@calpoly.edu
Research Interests: Group Research Website
- Artificial photosynthesis using earth-abundant transition elements
- Synthesis of new ligands and metal complex photosensitizers
- Computational modeling of redox and excited state properties
- Photophysics and photochemistry using optical spectroscopies
- Electrochemistry to study redox reactions of the new molecules
- Interactions between quantum dots (nanoparticles) and biomolecules in the environment and body (in collaboration with Professor Jones)
- Synthesize semiconductor nanoparticles of various sizes
- Use optical spectroscopies (Raman, UV-Vis, Photoluminescence) to study the nanoparticle/biomolecule interface
