Stefan Bernhard

Education

Laboratory Technician Apprenticeship (1982-1985) at Suchard Tobler Chocolates

Diploma in Chemical Engineering (1985-1988) from the School of Engineering in Burgdorf, Switzerland

Diploma in Chemistry (1988-1993) from the University of Fribourg, Switzerland

Doctorate of Philosophy in Chemistry (1993-1996) from the University of Fribourg for "synthesis and properties of adamantane bridged diimine ligands and their Ru(II) and Os(II) complexes" under Professor Doctor Peter Belser

Postdoctoral Research Associate (1996-1998) at Los Alamos National Laboratory under Doctor Jon Schoonover. Supported by fellowships from the Swiss National Science Foundation and the Novartis Foundation

Postdoctoral Research Associate (1998-2002) at Cornell University under Professor

Doctor Héctor Abruña.

Supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation Fellowship for Advanced Researchers.

Career

His involvement in the prediction, generation, and spectroscopy of circularly polarized luminescence from synthesized chiral phosphors have significantly advanced the state-of-the-art in this relatively young sub-field of photophysical chemistry. Other contributions involve work in artificial photosynthesis and organic light emitting devices (see organic light-emitting diodes (OLED)). Doctor Doctor Assistant Professorship (2002-2009) in the Department of Chemistry at Princeton University.

Associate Professorship (2009-present) in the Department of Chemistry at Carnegie Mellon University.

George Malliaras, Cornell UniversityCraig Arnold, Princeton UniversityMarcella Bonchio, University of PadovaLynn Loo, Princeton UniversityMartin Albrecht, University of California Dublin.

Achievements

• The primary outcome of work in this field has been ionic transition metal complex devices with improved turn-on times, achieved by A) employing ionic liquids, or B) attaching cationic tails of varying lengths to the luminophores. During this assignment, Professor Doctor Bernhard was awarded A) the Dreyfus New Faculty award, B) the National Science Foundation award, and C) Princeton"s graduate mentoring award, as well as endorsement for promotion from Princeton"s existing chemistry faculty.