Research
My work spans the full chain from monomer design and polymerisation through to device fabrication and chiroptical characterisation, a combination that is rare in the field.
I demonstrated the first performance enhancement of organic solar cells arising from donor-polymer chirality (Adv. Mater. 2024), and co-authored the first observation of a spin thermoelectric effect in non-magnetic chiral materials, with the Naaman and Paltiel groups (J. Mater. Chem. A 2026).
At KAUST, working with Prof. Martin Heeney, I am building dedicated measurement capabilities for chiral materials, including a CD/CPL spectrometer and a conductive AFM setup for studying chirality-induced spin selectivity.
Monomer design
Helicene-based chiral building blocks
Polymerisation
Conjugated polymers with main-chain chirality
Devices
Organic solar cells, from spin coating to roll-to-roll
Chiroptics
Circular dichroism and circularly polarised luminescence
- Helicenes
- Chiral conjugated polymers
- Non-fullerene acceptors
- Organic photovoltaics
- CD / CPL
- CISS
News
- Nov 2026
- 2026Paper in J. Mater. Chem. A
First observation of a spin thermoelectric effect in non-magnetic chiral materials.
- 2026KAUST instrumentation grant
Funding for the university's first CD/CPL spectrometer, with near-infrared upgrade.
- 2025Seal of Excellence, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship
Awarded by the European Commission for a proposal on chiral polymers with Imperial College London.
Outside the lab
I have been practicing alpinism for the past 7 years: I successfuly climbed Mont Blanc (4810 m) and am preparing for Aconcagua in 2027. I am also a PADI Divemaster with over 20 years of diving, and I build and paint miniatures and terrains in-between my travels.
Contact
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- Based atKAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia