Members
Mike Scarpulla
Associate Professor, Materials Science & Engineering | Electrical & Computer Engineering
Adjunct, Associate Professor | Chemical Engineering
Editor | IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics
Office: 2138 MEB
Phone: (801) 585-1231
Fax: (801) 581-5281
Lab: (801) 587-5679 or (801) 585-3241
Email: scarpulla@ece.utah.edu
Research Topics: Materials Science of Compound Semiconductors, Thin Film Photovoltaics, Laser Processing of Compound Semiconductors

Mike Scarpulla
Associate Professor, Materials Science & Engineering |
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Adjunct, Associate Professor | Chemical Engineering
Editor | IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics
Office: 2138 MEB
Phone: (801) 585-1231
Fax: (801) 581-5281
Lab: (801) 587-5679 or (801) 585-3241
Email: scarpulla@ece.utah.edu
PostDocs
Rujun Sun
Associate Professor, Materials Science & Engineering | Electrical & Computer Engineering
Adjunct, Associate Professor | Chemical Engineering
Editor | IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics
Grad Students
Jason Merrell
Undergrads
Mike Scarpulla
Associate Professor, Materials Science & Engineering | Electrical & Computer Engineering
Adjunct, Associate Professor | Chemical Engineering
Editor | IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics
Visiting Students
Mike Scarpulla
Associate Professor, Materials Science & Engineering | Electrical & Computer Engineering
Adjunct, Associate Professor | Chemical Engineering
Editor | IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics
Collaborators
Phillip Dale Group | U Luxembourg | Laser Processing of Electrodeposited Cu(In,Ga)Se2 | http://wwwen.uni.lu/recherche/fstc/physics_and_materials_science_research_unit/people/phillip_dale | |
Zang, Vardeny, Whittaker-Brooks Groups | University of Utah | Perovskites for Photovoltaics | ||
Chris Ferekides Group | U South Florida | Laser Processing of CdTe | ||
Kenji Yoshino Group | U Miyazaki | Bulk crystals of CZTSSe | ||
Andrei Postnikov | Université de Lorraine | Ab-initio vibrational free energy of point defect formation | ||
Glenn Teeter Group | NREL | Characterization of combinatorial CZTS | ||
Mike Toney Group | SSRL | Xray characterization of thin film PV materials | ||
Kirstin Alberi Group | NREL | |||
Ingrid Repins Group | NREL | Defect Spectroscopies on CZTSe | ||
Naba Paudel | U Toledo | Laser Processing of CdTe | ||
Kelvin Lynn | WSU | Crystal Growth, fun ideas | ||
Matt McCluskey | WSU | Defect characterization | ||
Elif Ertekin | UIUC | Defect Calculations | ||
John McCloy | WSU | Ga2O3 Crystal Growth | ||
Akira Nagaoka | U Miyazaki | CdTe growth and doping using THM | ||
Ed Seebauer | UIUC | Defect injection and diffusion | ||
Joel Varley | LLNL | Defect Theory | ||
Nasim Alem | Penn State U | Electron Microscopy | ||
Azaree Linteurer | Penn State U | Irradiation and damage response of semiconductors | ||
Emily Mace | PNNL | Irradiation and damage response of semiconductors | ||
Petra Specht | LBNL | Electron Microscopy of semiconductors | ||
Danny Feezel | UNM | MOCVD Growth and characterization of GaN | ||
Cynthia Furse | U Utah | SSTDR monitoring of PV installations | ||
Joel Harley | U Florida | SSTDR monitoring of PV installations | ||
Berardi Sensale-Rodriguez | U Utah | Defects and characterization of Ga2O3 | ||
Sriram Krishnamoorthy | U Utah | Growth and fabrication of Ga2O3 epilayers and devices | ||
Chris Deline | NREL | SSTDR monitoring of PV installations | ||
Amit Munshi, Walajabad Sampath | CSU | Growth and fabrication of CdTe based solar cells | ||
Alumni | ||||
Akira Nagaoka | ![]() |
Visiting Postdoc (2015-2017). JSPS Postdoc Fellowship | Bulk crystals of CZTSSe & CdTe | Professor, University of Miyazaki, Japan https://srhumdb.miyazaki-u.ac.jp/html/100002083_en.html |
Mehmet (Eray) Erkan | ![]() |
Postdoc (2013-) | ||
Vipul Kheraj | ![]() |
Assistant Professor, SVNIT, Surat, India | 2013-2014. Defects in CZTS, surface photovoltage spectroscopy, aging of perovskites. | Faculty Page |
Brian Simonds | Postdoc (2012-2014) | Laser processing of CdTe | NIST Boulder | |
Volodymyr Kosyak | ![]() |
Postdoc (2011-2013) | Defects in CZTSSe | Sumy State University, Ukraine |
Win Maw Hlaing Oo | ![]() |
Postdoc (2009-2011) | Defects in CZTS | |
Junyi Zhu | ![]() |
Postdoc (2012-2013) | Ab-initio defects in CZTS | City University of Hong Kong |
James Nagel | ![]() |
PhD ECE (2010-2012) | Light Trapping in Thin Si, scattering by dielectric nanoparticles, modes in lossy waveguides | Terahertz Devices |
Ashish Bhatia | ![]() |
PhD MSE (2008-2013) | Laser processing of Cu(In,Ga)Se2 (CIGSe) | Intel |
Elizabeth (Liz) Lund | ![]() |
PhD ChemE (2010-2014) | Defects in CZTSSe | |
Sudhajit Misra | ![]() |
PhD ECE (2013-2019) | Optoelectronic charcterization of thin film semiconduuctors, laser processing of CdTe, CuInSe Solar cells |
Postdoc Oak Ridge National Lab |
Dennis Pruzan | ![]() |
PhD MSE (2013-2018) | Compositional Fluctuations in thin film solar cells | Lead Scientist, DPS Skis |
Peter Peroncik | ![]() |
PhD Phys (2014-2015) | Properties of CH3NH3PbI3 perovskites | |
Anna Caruso | ![]() |
MS ECE (2013-) | Defect spectroscopies on CZTSSe | |
Carina Hahn | ![]() |
BS/MS MSE (2016) | CZTSSe Devices, CdTe | |
Makarand (Mak) Karmarkar | ![]() |
MSE (2011-2014) | CZTSSe | |
Laura Treider | ![]() |
MS ECE (2014-2017) | III-V Band Offsets | |
Alex Gibbs | ![]() |
BS Phys, MS MSE (2012-2016) | CZTSSe devices | |
Kholoud Al-Ajmi | ![]() |
MS ECE (2015-2018) | Capacitance Characterization of thin film solar cells | |
Omar Salah | ![]() |
BS MSE (2015) | CZTSSe Devices | |
Tom Wilenski | ![]() |
BS ECE (2015) MS ECE (2018) |
DLTS Instrumentation | |
Yukee Ooi | ![]() |
Postdoc | IV, CV, DLTS, PL of GaN and Ga2O3 | |
Sophia Gardner | ![]() |
MSE BS/MS 2020 | EL, IV, CV measurements on GaN diodes |
Editor | IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics