Michael McGehee

Mike McGehee is a Professor in the Materials Science and Engineering Department and a Senior Fellow of the Precourt Institute for Energy. His research interests are developing new materials for smart windows and solar cells. He has taught courses on nanotechnology, nanocharacterization, organic semiconductors, polymer science and solar cells. He received his undergraduate degree in physics from Princeton University and his PhD degree in Materials Science from the University of California at Santa Barbara, where he did research on polymer lasers in the lab of Nobel Laureate Alan Heeger. He won the 2007 Materials Research Society Outstanding Young Investigator Award.

Education

• PhD, University of California at Santa Barbara (1999)
• AB, Princeton University (1994)
  

Awards

• Fellow of the Materials Research Society
• Kosuke Ishii Award for Industry Education Innovation (2012)
• Global Climate and Energy Project Distinguished Lecturer (2012)
• Ranked by Thomas Reuters as the materials scientist with the 11th highest scientific impact (102 citations/paper) in the world for the period between Jan. 2000 and Oct. 2010
• Mohr Davidow Venture Innovators Award (2007)
• Vance and Arlene Coffman Faculty Scholar Award (2007)
• Materials Research Society Outstanding Young Investigator Award (2007)
• Gilbreth Lecturer at the National Academy of Engineering's Meeting (2006)
• NSF CAREER Award (2001)
• DuPont Young Faculty Award (2001)
• Dreyfus New Faculty Award (2000)