About
Professor Daniel R. Gamelin holds the Nicole A. Boand Endowed Chair in Chemistry at the University of Washington's Department of Chemistry. His research focuses on developing and characterizing novel inorganic materials, including functional nanocrystals, quantum-cutting perovskites, and van der Waals ferromagnets. He leads the UW Molecular Engineering Materials Center and collaborates with institutions like the Clean Energy Institute and the Molecular Engineering & Sciences Institute.
Education: PhD in Chemistry from Stanford University (1998), postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Bern (Switzerland) and the Max-Planck-Institut für Strahlenchemie (Germany). Notable awards include the PECASE (2003), Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award (2005), and Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (2016).
- Director, UW Molecular Engineering Materials Center
- Editor, Chemical Communications
- Adjunct Professorships at Utrecht University and University of Melbourne
Research spans nanocrystal synthesis, quantum cutting for photovoltaics, and magneto-optical phenomena. Recent work includes air-stable perovskites, pressure-induced magnetism in CrBr3, and moiré-based electronic systems. His group has produced over 200 publications, with studies on Yb-doped systems, CuCr2Se4 nanocrystals, and layered ferromagnetic materials.
Awards include the Paul Hopkins Faculty Award (2024-2025) and Technion Visiting Faculty Award. Advised numerous PhD students, including Kimo Pressler, Kelly Walsh, and Atch Gopalan. Collaborations involve entities like Pacific Northwest National Lab and Stanford University.
