Single Entity Electrochemistry

Vignesh Sundaresan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Mississippi. He received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Temple University in 2018 under the guidance of Professor Katherine Willets. Following his doctoral studies, he worked as a postdoctoral research associate with Professor Paul Bohn at the University of Notre Dame. In 2022, he began his independent career at the University of Mississippi. Vignesh has authored over 20 publications and delivered more than 30 conference presentations, invited lectures, and seminars. He has received several awards, including the prestigious NSF EPSCoR Research Fellowship, the Society of Electroanalytical Chemistry Presentation Award, the Francis H. Case Fellowship for outstanding research, and a doctoral dissertation completion grant at Temple University. His primary research interests focus on single entity electrochemistry and opto-electrochemistry, specifically developing novel optical imaging methods and interfacing with electroanalytical tools to investigate the electrochemical behavior of single entities.

Yun Yu currently serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at George Mason University. He earned his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the City University of New York in 2016, where he conducted research under the mentorship of Professor Michael Mirkin. Following the completion of his doctorate, Dr. Yu pursued postdoctoral training, first with Professor Kallie Willets at Temple University and subsequently with Professor Kwabena Bediako at the University of California, Berkeley. In 2022, he started on his independent academic career at George Mason University. Dr. Yu's research is primarily centered on utilizing scanning probe electrochemical techniques to explore and advance energy conversion chemistry.