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