Alexandra Paterson

Dr. Alexandra Paterson is an Assistant Professor in the Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering at the University of Kentucky, jointly appointed in Materials Engineering and Electrical Engineering. Her work focuses on organic materials and device engineering for advanced electronics applications.

• Ph.D. in Experimental Solid State Physics from Imperial College London (2017)
• B.Sc. in Physics from the University of Exeter (2009)

Her research spans organic electronics, bioelectronics, printed sensors, flexible devices, and semiconductor physics. She investigates the synthesis, characterization, and application of organic materials in electrochemical transistors and mixed ionic–electronic conductors.

Recent articles emphasize stability improvements in organic electrochemical transistors via solvent degassing and chemical doping, the design of high-mobility PEDOT:PSS fibers, and innovations in glycolated polythiophenes for bioelectronic interfaces. Her work also explores fundamental dopant-counterion mechanisms and charge transport dynamics in organic semiconductors.

She leads the Organic Materials and Devices Laboratory, contributing to next-generation neuromorphic bio-hybrid technologies and thermoelectric textiles. Her career prior to 2021 includes postdoctoral research at KAUST and applied physics roles at QinetiQ Ltd.