Muge Acik
Argonne Scholar – Named Fellow
Argonne National Laboratory
USA
Biography
Muge Acik is currently an Argonne Scholar-Named Fellow at Argonne National Laboratory. She obtained a B.S. in chemistry from Izmir Institute of Technology (Turkey), a M.S. in materials science and nanoengineering from Sabanci University (Turkey), and a Ph.D. in materials science and engineering from the University of Texas at Dallas. Prior to Argonne, she also worked for Texas Instruments Inc. as a Process Development Engineer for memory device production. Her work as the PI covers the analysis of surfaces and interfaces of the graphene-based thin films using in situ spectroscopy, and the discovery of new perovskite growth methods for energy harvesting and nanoelectronics. Indeed, she is the recipient of 2015 Distinguished Joseph Katz Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2011 MRS Graduate Student Silver Award, and 2011 MRS Best Poster Award.
Research Interest
Address stability issues by discovering new methods for the crystal growth of perovskites, perform their characterization using in situ spectroscopy techniques to investigate the growth and nucleation mechanisms, study the analysis of surfaces and interfaces between the metal halide perovskites and the graphene-based thin films, understand interfacial defect mechanisms to consult on the improvements for the film quality and the device performance, search for the possible applications for energy harvesting and nanoelectronics.