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Samson Jenekhe is the Frank Julie Jungers Endowed Chair Engineering Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Washington, a position he has held since 2000. He received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Minnesota in 1985. Prior to his current role, he served as a Principal Research Scientist at Honeywell Inc. from 1984 to 1987 and held various professorships at the University of Rochester from 1988 to 2000. His research focuses on the fields of organic and flexible electronics, polymer-based photovoltaics, organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), and nanotechnology, exploring charge transport and the properties of semiconducting polymers. Jenekhe has authored over 300 research publications, edited several books, and holds 28 patents. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Royal Society of Chemistry, and has received numerous accolades for his contributions to materials science and engineering, including the Charles M. Stine Award from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers in 2014 and the Polymer Physics Prize in 2021. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2022 and the Washington State Academy of Sciences in 2013.
University of Washington • Seattle, WA
Holds the Frank Julie Jungers Endowed Chair Engineering Professor position in Chemical Engineering, focusing on organic and polymer semiconductors.
Honeywell Inc. •
Conducted research in the Physical Sciences Center.
University of Rochester • Rochester, NY
Served as Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor in Chemical Engineering.
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