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Carl E. Bonner, Jr., Ph.D.
Professor
of Chemistry and Material Science
Department of Chemistry and Center for Materials Research
Norfolk
State University, Norfolk VA 23504
757-823-2097(office), 823-9054 (fax), email:
cebonner@nsu.edu
| Experience: |
Director
August 1999 to Present, Center for Photonic Materials Research,
an NSF sponsored Center for Research Excellence in Science and
Technology, Norfolk State University
Professor, August 2006
to present Department of Chemistry, Norfolk State University
Associate
Professor, August 2000
to August 2006 Department of Chemistry, Norfolk State University
Assistant
Professor, January
1995 to August 2000,
Member of
Technical Staff, July
1985 -September 1989, AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New
Jersey, Optical Materials Research Department |
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Education: |
Bachelor
of Science, Chemistry,
Howard University, 1982.
Master of
Science, Physical
Chemistry, Howard University, 1985.
Doctor of
Philosophy, Physical
Chemistry, University of Rochester, 1995.
Doctoral
Dissertation:
Picosecond Transient Grating Studies of Interfacial Charge
Transfer at p-type and n-type Si(100) Liquid Junctions.
Doctoral Advisor: Dr. R.J.D. Miller (now at
University of Toronto, Canada) |
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Summary of Experience |
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Optical
Characterization of compound semiconductor materials and
devices by room temperature and low temperature
photoluminescence and luminescence excitation spectroscopy.
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High resolution and
time resolved UV-visible absorption and emission
spectroscopies.
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High temperature
crystal growth of bulk and thin films of compound semiconductor
materials.
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Fabrication and
electrical and optical characterization of the surface electron
transfer properties of photo-electro-chemical devices for
solar energy conversion applications
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Ultra-high vacuum (UHV)
preparation of organic crystalline materials for the preparation
of non-linear optical devices such as frequency doublers and
waveguides.
Over 38 refereed publication, and proceedings and book chapter.
More than 20 presentations at national and international
meetings |
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Funded Proposals |
1.
“Effects of Crystal Fields on Quasi Four Level Lasers”,
with Professors Waldo J. Rodriguez and George B. Loutts of
Norfolk State University, funded by the National Science
Foundation 8/96-8/99 $253,000
2.
“Center for Photonic Materials Research” at Norfolk
State University funded from September of 1998 through July 2008
for $4.0M by the National Science Foundation. I began the
project as a thrust area Principle Investigator and August,
1999, I became the Project Director. The project is in the
third year of the second renewal.
3.
“Science and Engineering of Laser Interactions with
Materials (SELIM)” in collaboration with Professors Ian Harrison
and Brooks Pate at the University of Virginia NSF Integrative
Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) Program in July
1998 and funded in August, 1999 for $2.625M for 5 years. The
project based at the Applied Research Center at Jefferson
Laboratories in Newport News, Virginia between Norfolk State
University and the University of Virginia.
4.
“Center for Organic Photonic Materials Research” with
Professors Sam Sun and Rakhim Rakhimov of Norfolk State
University, funded by the US Air Force OSR 8/2001-8/2004
$269,000
5.
“Center for Research and Education in Advanced Materials”
with Professors George Loutts, Sam Sun, Rakhim Rakhimov, Mikhail
Noginov, Suely Black, and Leroy Salary. Funded by NASA Glenn
Research Center (1/2003-12/2008) $6M. |
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Students Directed |
Graduate Student Theses
Supervised:
Chandana Meegoda
, M.S. Chemical Physics , Thesis Title: “Raman Spectroscopic
Study of Barium Fluorapatite” Graduated July 1997.
Sennay Stefanos,
M.S. Materials Science, Thesis Title: “Prediction of the Spectra
of Nd and Tm doped Ba5(PO4)3F”,
graduation: May 1999.
Lester J. Richardson,
M.S. Materials Science, Thesis Title: Cross-relaxation Dynamics
in Tm doped Strontium Fluorapatite. Graduation July 2001.
Olu Bolden,
M.S. Materials Science, Thesis Title: Hyper-Rayleigh Scattering
in Chiral Polymer Solutions, Graduation: November 2004.
LaQuieta Huey,
M.S. Materials Science, Thesis Title: Nonlinear Optical
Properties of Derivatized Thiacyanine dyes by Z-scan ,
Graduation: August 2003.
Abram J. Ledbetter,
M.S. Materials Science, Thesis Title: Exciton Dynamics in a
Push-Pull poly-phenylene-vinylene (PPV) block copolymer,
Graduation: December 2005.
Shameika
Vick, M.S. Materials
Science. Thesis Title:
Surface Characterization Studies of the Morphologies of Polymer
Blends by Tapping-Mode Atomic Force Microscopy and Near-Field
Scanning Optical Microscopy, December, 2005
Kizzy Winston,
M.S. Materials Science, Thesis Title: Electrical
Characterization of Photovoltaic Devices Made of a Push-Pull
poly-phenylene-vinylene (PPV) block copolymer, Graduation:
August 2004 Expected.
Olumide Adebolu,
M.S. Materials Science, Thesis Title: Exciton Dynamics in
derivatized poly-phenylene-vinylene (PPV) donor/acceptor
polymeric materials for photovoltaic applications. Graduation :
July 2006 Expected
Undergraduate
Students Supervised
Over the last 8 years, I have supervised 14 undergraduate
students in chemistry and physics in undergraduate thesis
research. These projects have lead to 12 student presented
seminars or poster presentations at national meetings. Of the
14 undergraduates, 8 are currently enrolled in graduate school
in chemistry or physics. |
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