eisler lab
Welcome, all! The Eisler Lab is in the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department of the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
We believe that transformative technologies and fundamental scientific advances will be possible at the intersection of chemical approaches to materials synthesis and nanophotonics.
News and Events
Senior Sendoff Event 2023
Standing (left to right): Nadia Owen, Finn Olsen, Rishab Gupta, Sunny Tran, Adison Guo, Cody England, Brendan Russ, Ella Levine, Leonna Gaither, Danny Katz
Squating (left to right): Alyssa Vu, Lindsey Parsons, Mounika Dudala, Alexandra (Sasha) Grishchenko, Carissa Eisler
Danny Katz & Mounika Dudala Advance to Candidacy - Congratulations on successfully reaching another significant milestone in the PhD process!
SPIE Conference - Lindsey and Carissa presented recent work at the SPIE Optics and Photonics conference in San Diego, CA!
Senior Sendoff 2023 - Congratulations to Rishab Gupta, Adison Guo, Nadia Owen, Alyssa Vu, & Sunny Tran for graduating! You will all be missed!
Ella Levine Accepted into the Clare Boothe Luce Scholars Program - As part of the Clare Boothe Luce Scholar, Ella will be optimizing luminescent solar concentrator designs and developing solar cell computational models. Way to go, Ella!
AIChE 2022 - Lindsey and Carissa presented their recent work at the AIChE Annual Meeting in Phoenix, AZ!
Leonna Gaither Admitted to the SURP Program - Leonna Gaither joins the Eisler lab through the SEAS Summer Undergraduate Research Program and is supported by Women in Engineering @ UCLA. Welcome, Leonna!
Eisler Lab Work Featured in Frontiers in Photonics Invited Research Topic - Our new manuscript, Photonic Luminescent Solar Concentrator Design for High Efficiency, Low Cost Multijunction Photovoltaics, was published in Frontiers in Photonics for their Invited Research Topic Advanced Opto-Electrical Modeling of Photovoltaic Materials and Devices. It was an honor to be featured in this suite of amazing work!
Senior Sendoff 2022 - ConGRADulations to our graduating undergraduate researchers, Roma Modi, June Chang, Spencer Goldrich, Karina Akers, and Morgan Silverman. We are so proud of you!
Mounika Dudala and Danny Katz Pass the PWE Exam - Their hard studying payed off, congratulations to Mounika and Danny for passing the first hurdle in their PhD studies!
Lindsey Parsons Awarded NSF GRFP and NDSEG - Lindsey was chosen as a recipient of the 2022 Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation and also was chosen as a recipient of the National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship Program. Well done, Lindsey!
Kaylie Bair Sponsored by UCLA IoES - Kaylie was selected to be sponsored by UCLA IoES for a research project focusing on Energy Efficient Optical Displays for Personal Electronics and Energy-Efficiency in Photovoltaic Devices. Way to go, Kaylie!
Kaylie Bair Awarded Future of Physics Award - Kaylie was awarded a Future of Physics Award from the Princeton Department of Physics for Promise in Plasma Physics and Quantum Technology. Great job, Kaylie!
Nadia Owen Sponsored by Siemens EDA - Nadia was selected to be sponsored by Siemens EDA to work on a research project related to semiconductors as part of the Semiconductor Research Corporation Undergraduate Research Program. Congrats, Nadia!
Alyssa Vu to Begin JPL/NASA Internship - Alyssa will be starting a part-time internship in thermal engineering during the school year through JPL and NASA. You've got star quality, Alyssa!!
Ella Levine Presents Work at SURP - Ella participated in our Summer Undergraduate Research Program as a Samueli Research Scholar (SRS). She presented and published her work on "Annual Power Output for Multi-Junction Solar Cells in Los Angeles County" for the UCLA Undergraduate Research Week. We're so proud of you, Ella!
Lindsey Parsons Selected as a BREES Teacher - Lindsey was selected to teach chemical engineering in the Summer Bridge Review for Enhancing Engineering Students (BREES) program. Way to go, Lindsey!
Older News and events
Claire Love Awarded Avangrid Scholarship - Claire was awarded one of six 2021 Avangrid Scholarships that recognize and honor LGBTQ+ engineering students as part of the Out to Innovate Program. Congrats, Claire!
UCLA Society of Hellman Fellows Award - Carissa was selected to be a recipient of this award in support of the research efforts of the group.
Photonics North Meeting 2021 - Carissa is presenting her talk "Spectral and Étendue Control for High Efficiency Photovoltaic Designs" during the Green Photonics session on Monday, May 31 5:30 PM EST. Thank you for the invitation to show our work, and we look forward to another fun virtual conference!
Professor of the Year Award [AIChE at UCLA] - Carissa was awarded this in recognition of her dedication to the academic excellence of her students in the 2020-2021 school year.
Tung-Tung Lin Completes her Masters Thesis - Congratulations, Tung-Tung! We are so proud of you - your work lays the foundation for our group's research!
Lindsey Parsons and Claire Love Pass the PWE Exam - Lindsey and Claire passed their preliminary written exams - the first step towards becoming PhD candidates. Congrats, Lindsey and Claire!
AIChE Annual Meeting 2020 - Carissa is presenting her talk "Nanophotonic Luminescent Solar Concentrator Design for High Efficiency, Low Cost Photovoltaics" during the Materials for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Environment session on Tuesday, November 17 8 AM PT. We look forward to "seeing" you at the conference!
Recruitment
We are actively recruiting exceptional and motivated group members who want to gain expertise in the synthesis and optical characterization of inorganic nanocrystals and in designing transformative optoelectronic devices.
Graduate students: Please apply to the MS or PhD program at UCLA, and contact Carissa in November / December. All graduate students must be applying to or currently enrolled in the UCLA MS or PhD program in order to be considered.
Undergraduate students: Please fill out the Undergraduate Research Interest form to let us know a little bit more about you and what kind of work you'd like to do. We'll check these at the start of each quarter.
Postdoctoral scholars: We are unfortunately not recruiting postdoctoral scholars at this time. Please check back soon!