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'''Samson Ally Jenekhe''' is the Boeing-Martin Professor of Chemical Engineering and Professor of Chemistry at the University of Washington. Jenekhe was previously a chemical engineer at the University of Rochester where his work focused on semiconducting polymers and quantum wires. He has authored over 300 research articles and 28 patents.
==Early life and education== Samson earned his Bachelor of Science in engineering from Michigan Technological University and his doctoral degree from the University of Minnesota.<ref>{{cite web |title=University of Minnesota Fall1985 Commencement |url=https://conservancy.umn.edu/bitstream/handle/11299/154950/GraduateSchool_1985_Fall.pdf?sequence=1 |website=conservancy.umn.edu |accessdate=November 26, 2019 |page=11}}</ref>
==Career== Jenekhe joined the faculty of chemistry at the University of Washington in 2000 as a professor of chemical engineering and chemistry.<ref>{{cite web |title=Three from UW earn AAAS honor |url=https://www.washington.edu/news/2003/11/06/three-from-uw-earn-aaas-honor/ |website=washington.edu |accessdate=November 26, 2019 |date=November 6, 2003}}</ref> In 2003, he was one of three University of Washington Professors elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science.<ref>{{cite web |title=Knopp one of three UW professors selected as AAAS fellows |url=http://depts.washington.edu/mednews/vol7/no42/aaas.php |website=depts.washington.edu |accessdate=November 26, 2019 |date=October 31, 2003}}</ref>
In 2013, he was elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences.<ref>{{cite web |title=15 UW faculty members named to state Academy of Sciences |url=https://www.washington.edu/news/2013/09/13/15-uw-faculty-members-named-to-state-academy-of-sciences/ |website=washington.edu |accessdate=November 26, 2019 |date=September 13, 2013}}</ref> The next year, he was listed by the Clean Energy Institute as one of the 2014 Highly Cited Researchers.<ref>{{cite web |title=CEI Researchers Named to List of World's Most Influential |url=https://www.cei.washington.edu/cei-researchers-named-to-list-of-worlds-most-influential/ |website=cei.washington.edu |date=July 16, 2014 |accessdate=November 26, 2019}}</ref>
He was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aps.org/programs/honors/fellowships/archive-all.cfm?initial=&year=2003&unit_id=&institution=|title=APS Fellow Archive|publisher=APS|accessdate=15 September 2020}}</ref> Jenekhe has been selected as the 2021 recipient of the APS Polymer Physics Prize "for pioneering and sustained outstanding contributions to the synthesis, photophysics, and structure-morphology-performance relationships in semiconducting polymers for electronic and photovoltaic applications."<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=2021 Polymer Physics Prize Recipient |url=https://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm?last_nm=Jenekhe&first_nm=Samson%20A.&year=2021|website=aps.org |accessdate=January 7, 2021}}</ref>
== Honors and fellowships ==
* APS Polymer Physics Prize, 2021<ref name=":0" /> * Charles M. A. Stine Award for Excellence in Materials Science and Engineering, 2014<ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-03-28|title=Braskem Award for Excellence in Materials Engineering and Science|url=https://www.aiche.org/community/awards/braskem-award-excellence-materials-engineering-and-science|access-date=2021-02-27|website=www.aiche.org|language=en}}</ref> * Member of the Washington State Academy of Sciences, 2013<ref>{{Cite web|title=15 UW faculty members named to state Academy of Sciences|url=https://www.washington.edu/news/2013/09/13/15-uw-faculty-members-named-to-state-academy-of-sciences/|access-date=2021-02-27|website=UW News|language=en}}</ref> * In 2022, Jenekhe was elected to the National Academy of Engineering.<ref>{{Cite web|title=National Academy of Engineering Elects 111 Members and 22 International Members|url=https://nae.edu/270224/National-Academy-of-Engineering-Elects-111-Members-and-22-International-Members|access-date=2022-02-12|website=NAE Website}}</ref>
==Selected publications==
* Li, H.; Kim, F. S.; Ren, G.; Jenekhe, S. A. “High Mobility n-Type Conjugated Polymers for Organic Electronics,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 14920-14923. DOI:10.1021/ja407471b. * Earmme, T.; Hwang, Y. J.; Murari, N. M.; Subramaniyan, S.; Jenekhe, S. A. “All-Polymer Solar Cells with 3.3% Efficiency Based on Naphthalene Diimide-Selenophene Copolymer Acceptor,” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 14960-14963. DOI: 10.1021/ja4085429. * Richards, J. J.; Rice, A. H.; Nelson, R. M.; Kim, F. S.; Jenekhe, S. A.; Luscombe, C. K.; Pozzo, D. C. “Modification of PCBM crystallization via incorporation of C60 in polymer/fullerene solar cells,” Adv. Funct. Mater. 2013, 23, 514-522. * Colbert, A.; Janke, E.; Hsieh, S.; Subramaniyan, S.; Schlenker,C. W.; Jenekhe, S. A.; Ginger, D. S. “Hole Transfer from Low Bandgap Quantum Dots to Conjugated Polymers in Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Photovoltaics,” J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2013, 4, 280-284. * Ren, G.; Schlenker,C. W.; Ahmed, E.; Subramaniyan, S.; Olthof, S.; Kahn, A.; Ginger, D. S.; Jenekhe, S. A. “Photoinduced Hole Transfer Becomes Suppressed with Diminished Driving Force in Polymer-Fullerene Solar Cells While Electron Transfer Remains Active,” Adv. Funct. Mater. 2013, 23, 1238-1249. * Strein, E.; Colbert, A.; Nagaoka, H.; Subramaniyan, S.; Schlenker,C. W.; Janke, E.; Jenekhe, S. A.; Ginger, D. S. “Charge Generation and Energy Transfer in Hybrid Polymer/Infrared Quantum Dot Solar Cells,” Energy Environ. Sci. 2013, 6, 769-775. * Hahm, S. G.; Rho, Y.; Jung, J.; Kim, S. H.; Sajoto, T.; Kim, F. S.; Barlow, S.; Park, C. E.; Jenekhe, S. A.; Marder, S. R.; Ree, M. “High-Performance n-Channel Thin-Film Field-Effect Transistors Based on a Nanowire-Forming Polymer,” Adv. Funct. Mater. 2013, 23, 2060-2071. * Tucker, N. M.; Briseno, A. L.; Acton, O.; Yip, H. L.; Ma, H.; Jenekhe, S. A.; Xia, Y.; Jen, A. K. Y. “Solvent-Dispersed Benzothiadiazole-Tetrathiafulvalene Single-Crystal Nanowires and Their Application in Field-Effect Transistors,” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2013, 5, 2320-2324. * Li, H.; Kim, F. S.; Ren, G.; Hollenbeck, E. C.; Subramaniyan, S.; Jenekhe, S. A. “Tetraazabenzodifluoranthene Diimides: New Building Blocks for Solution Processable N-Type Organic Semiconductors,” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2013, 52, 5513-5517. * Hwang, Y. J.; Murari, N. M.; Jenekhe, S. A. “New n-Type Polymer Semiconductors Based on Naphthalene Diimide and Selenophene Derivatives for Organic Field-Effect Transistors,” Polym. Chem. 2013, 4, 3187-3195. * Earmme, T.; Jenekhe, S. A. “Improved electron injection and transport by use of baking soda as a low-cost, air-stable, n-dopant for solution-processed phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 2013, 102, 233305/1-4. * Shoaee, S.; Subramaniyan, S.; Xin, H.; Keiderling, C.; Tuladhar, P. S.; Jamieson, F.; Jenekhe, S. A.; Durrant, J. R. “Charge photogeneration for a series of thiazolo-thiazole donor polymers blended with the fullerene electron acceptors PCBM and ICBA,” Adv. Funct. Mater. 2013, 23, 3286-3298.
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==External links== * [http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=xjPG03IAAAAJ&hl=en Samson A. Jenekhe - Google Scholar Citations]
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