Current Members
Jônatas Faleiro Berbigier
Ph.D. Student
2019 - present
Jônatas joined the Kelly Research Group as a PhD student in August 2019. He completed his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degree in Chemistry at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul and previously worked as a research assistant at Braskem and the SENAI Institute of Innovation for Polymer Engineering. He is currently researching the synthesis of new π-conjugated molecules and polymers using metal-free approaches.
Renita D'Souza
Ph.D. Student
2020 - present
Renita joined the Kelly Research Group in January 2020 after receiving her M.Sc. from Vellore Institute of Technology in India. Her project is focused on the stability of perovskite solar cells and photodetectors.
Anne Esther Targino-Bonatto
Ph.D. Student
2021 - present
Anne joined the Kelly Research Group in September 2021 after completing her B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering at Federal University of Campina Grande (Brazil, 2017) and her M.Sc. in Engineering (Materials Science & Technology) at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil, 2019). Her project involves in the slot-die coating of perovskite solar cells.
Marco Antônio Justino
Ph.D. Student
2022 - present
Marco completed his B.Sc. in Industrial Chemistry and M.Sc. in Materials Science at the University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) in Brazil. Prior to joining the Kelly Group, he worked as research assistant for Ford Motors Company developing and improving automobile parts. His thesis work is on controlling the film morphology of bulk heterojunction organic solar cells.
David Quezada
M.Sc. Student
2022 - present
David completed his B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering at the Autonomous University of Chihuahua (Mexico). Prior to joining the Kelly Group he worked as a Process Engineer at Reckitt’s Mead Johnson. His project involves operando GIWAXS measurements on perovskite and organic solar cells.
Irene Nguyen
B.Sc. Student
2023 - present
Irene is a summer research assistant in the Kelly Group. Her project involves the synthesis of PTQ10 and its derivatives.