ABOUT
Professor Stingelin is Chair of the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Georgia Tech (GT). As an Associate Editor of the Journal of Materials Chemistry C, she received a €1.2 Million ERC Starting Independent Researcher Award in 2011 (http://erc.europa.eu/) and is, among other things, a Co-I of the newly established EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Large Area Electronics (http://www-large-area-electronics.eng.cam.ac.uk/). She is leading the €4 Million EC Marie-Curie Training Network 'INFORM' that involves 11 European partners.
She was awarded the Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining's Rosenhain Medal and Prize (2014) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) President's International Fellowship Initiative (PIFI) Award for Visiting Scientists (2015) and will be Chair of the 2016 Gordon Conference on 'Electronic Processes in Organic Materials'.
Her current research interests encompass the broad field of organic functional materials, including organic electronics; multifunctional inorganic/organic hybrids; smart, advanced optical systems based on organic matter; and bioelectronics.
Teaching Interests
Professor Stingelin’s teaching emphasizes foundational and advanced courses in materials science and engineering, focusing on the structure-property relationships in polymers and organic electronic materials. Her instruction integrates fundamental concepts with experimental approaches at both undergraduate and graduate levels. She actively engages students in understanding the interplay of molecular design, processing, and material performance, fostering critical thinking and hands-on learning in polymer science and soft materials.
PUBLICATIONS & PATENTS
V Quirós‐Cordero, AH Balzer, S Bachevillier, N Watkins, AF Ferreira, ..., A Versatile Materials Class for Solution‐Processed Optics and Photonics Based On Titanium Oxide Hydrates and Polyalcohols: A Perspective, Advanced Materials 38 (3), e07028, 2026
R Fei, V Quirós-Cordero, D Wright, D Ghoshal, JC Johnson, II Smalyukh, ..., Polariton Control of Molecular Charge Transfer in Perylene Diimide Semiconductors, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 2026
V Quirós-Cordero, E Rojas-Gatjens, M Gomez-Dominguez, H Li, ..., Resolving exciton and polariton multiparticle correlations in an optical microcavity in the strong-coupling regime, Physical Review B 113 (4), L041102, 2026
A Atassi, S Makarem, JF Ponder Jr, AH Balzer, JM Rinehart, SA Gregory, ..., Topochemical Reaction Induces Anisotropy, Decreasing Solid-State Thermal Conductivity, ACS Materials Letters, 2026
RC Hiorns, J Vohlídal, R Boucher, CH Chan, CM Fellows, M Hess, ..., A brief guide to polymer terminology (IUPAC Technical Report), Pure and Applied Chemistry, 2025
Noriega R, Rivnay J, Vandewal K, et al., 2013, A general relationship between disorder, aggregation and charge transport in conjugated polymers, Nature Materials, Vol:12, ISSN:1476-1122, Pages:1037-1043
Treat ND, Malik JAN, Reid O, et al., 2013, Microstructure formation in molecular and polymer semiconductors assisted by nucleation agents, Nature Materials, Vol:12, ISSN:1476-1122, Pages:628-633
Russo M, Rigby SEJ, Caseri W, et al., 2012, Versatile Chromism of Titanium Oxide Hydrate/Poly(vinyl alcohol) Hybrid Systems, Advanced Materials, Vol:24, ISSN:0935-9648, Pages:3015-3019
Jamieson FC, Domingo EB, McCarthy-Ward T, et al., 2012, Fullerene crystallisation as a key driver of charge separation in polymer/fullerene bulk heterojunction solar cells, Chemical Science, Vol:3, ISSN:2041-6520, Pages:485-492
Mueller C, Ferenczi TAM, Campoy-Quiles M, et al., 2008, Binary organic photovoltaic blends: A simple rationale for optimum compositions, Advanced Materials, Vol:20, ISSN:0935-9648, Pages:3510-+
EDUCATION & AWARDS
- Engineer in Materials Science in 1997 from the Eidgenönissische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich
- PhD in 2001 - Eidgenönissische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich
- Swiss Federal Instutute of Technology (ETH) Zurich Silver Medal; highest honour for PhD-thesis, 2001
- Post-doctoral Fellowship, Swiss National Science Foundation, 2001
- Post-doctoral Fellowship, Swiss Federal Office for Education and Science, 2002
- Senior FRIAS Fellow, Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies, 2010
- ERC Starting Independent Researcher Award, 2011
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), 2012
- Istitute of Materials, Minerals & Mining's Rosenhain Medal and Prize, 2014
- Chinese Academy of Science President’s International Fellowship, 2015
- Chinese Recruitment Program of Foreign Experts Award, Chinese State Administration Foreign Experts Affairs (SAFEA), 2015
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Professor Stingelin’s research investigates the molecular and structural determinants of electronic, optoelectronic, and mechanical properties in organic semiconductors and polymeric materials. Her work aims to elucidate the relationships between polymer microstructure, phase behavior, and charge transport to advance organic electronics. The research involves interdisciplinary approaches combining synthesis, characterization, and theoretical modeling to develop new materials with tailored functionalities for energy and electronic applications.