Russell J. Holmes

Russell J. Holmes is the Ronald L. and Janet A. Christenson Chair in Renewable Energy in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at the University of Minnesota.   He is also a Distinguished McKnight University Professor and a Distinguished University Teaching Professor.   He completed his B.Sc. (Honours) in Physics at the University of Manitoba in Canada, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at Princeton University.   His group carries out research in the optoelectronic characterization of organic and hybrid organic-inorganic thin film semiconductors, as well as the application of these materials in devices for light-emission (e.g. OLEDs) and solar photoconversion.   Recent emphasis has been on elucidating structure-property relationships governing energy transport, engineering and understanding the role of interfaces in device performance, and developing new optoelectronic probes of exciton and charge behavior.