Rene Lopez

Rene Lopez obtained his Bachelor degree from the Monterrey Institute of Technology (Mexico), and his Master and Doctoral degrees from Vanderbilt University (USA). He worked at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Vanderbilt University before joining the Faculty of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (USA). His group does research in micro-nano structures that provide enhance functionality to materials with interesting optical properties. Early in his career this approach targeted application in bio-inspired photonic device designs for organic photovoltaics, dye sensitized, and quantum dots solar cells. More recently the group focus has shifted to cascade catalysis applications and 3D printing of high performance materials.

Prof. Lopez likes the guitar and has some videos of his playing and his automatic-guitar project.