Dr. Bob Schroeder

Biography

Bob C. Schroeder, originally from Luxembourg, earned his Bachelor's degree in Chemistry in 2008 and his Master's degree in Chemistry in 2010 from the Free University of Brussels (ULB), under the guidance of Prof. Yves Geerts. He pursued his doctoral studies at Imperial College London, supervising under Prof. Iain McCulloch. His PhD research primarily focused on the synthesis and investigation of π-conjugated materials and polymers for applications in organic electronic devices, organic photovoltaics (OPV), organic field-effect transistors (OFET), and organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs). Bob's research has been recognized for its significant contributions to understanding the optoelectronic properties of materials, particularly concerning polymer chain substituents and heteroatom substitutions. In 2014, he was honored with the prestigious FNR Award for Outstanding PhD Thesis by the National Research Fund Luxembourg. After completing his PhD in 2013, Bob conducted a postdoctoral stay at Imperial College London, where he focused on developing novel polymers containing tellurium for applications in organic spin transport electronics. In 2014, he joined Stanford University's Department of Chemical Engineering as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the group of Prof. Zhenan Bao, where his research centered on the development of self-healing conjugated polymers for stretchable, skin-like electronics. In early 2016, Bob assumed the role of Academic Fellow and Principal Investigator at the Materials Research Institute at Queen Mary University of London. He transferred to the Department of Chemistry at University College London in 2018, where he currently serves as an Associate Professor in Organic Chemistry and is a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow.

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