Kurt Pernstich

Dr. Kurt Pernstich is a Senior Lecturer and Head of the Optoelectronic Materials and Devices Team at the ZHAW School of Engineering. His career spans academic and research roles at institutions including ETH Zurich and NIST Gaithersburg, with a focus on organic electronics, OLEDs, and charge transport in semiconductors.

• Education: PhD in Physics (ETH Zurich, 2002–2007), MSc in Electrical Engineering (Graz University of Technology, 1995–2002)
• Previous Experience: PostDoc at NIST (2009–2012), ETH Zurich (2007–2009)

His research centers on organic electronics, with a strong emphasis on OLEDs, electrochemical characterization, and device modeling. Key topics include energy levels in semiconductors, trap states, spin transport, and efficiency enhancement strategies for optoelectronic devices.

The articles reflect trends in organic semiconductor physics, device simulation, and experimental methods such as cyclic voltammetry and UV/Ozone treatment. Subfields include charge recombination dynamics, quantum dot films, and spin-polarized transport.

Dr. Pernstich leads projects on quantum-dot displays and charge transport modeling, with ORCID ID 0000-0003-0408-761X. He contributes to open-source software like Instrument Control (iC) and teaches courses in materials science and electronics.