Viktoriia Morad
2025-present
Physics & Material Sciences
vmorad@fas.harvard.edu
617-496-1914
Natural photosynthesis channels energy with exquisite spatial control: light is harvested, excitations split into charges, and those charges are steered to the exact sites where chemistry happens. Our lab aims to emulate these core principles with novel colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals as programmable light-harvesting and charge-handling units. By engineering nanocrystal surface chemistry, we aim to direct charge separation and deliver electrons and holes to precisely chosen partners (catalysts, electrodes, molecular acceptors and donors) while suppressing recombination.