Biography
Jayna Thomas is a professor in the UCF Department of Materials Science and Engineering. His research interests include structural energy storage devices, solar cells, optoelectronic synapses and OECTs. His research has been funded by the NSF, the DoD, NASA-FSRC and a few companies. He has published more than 130 articles, holds 12 patents (issued/pending) and is a co-founder of two companies. He is a recipient of the R&D 100 award, the NSF CAREER award, the Veeco award for nanotechnology innovations, the UCF Excellence in Research Award and the UCF Reach for the Stars award. He received a doctoral degree in optical materials from Cochin University.
Recent Publications
Forthcoming
Education
- Postdoctoral fellowship, International School of Photonics, India
- Ph.D. in Optical Materials, Cochin University of Science and Technology, India
- M.S./B.S, Mahatma Gandhi University, India
Specialties
- Nanoimprinting techniques
- Nanoarchitectured solar cells
- Nanostructured ultracapacitors
- 3-D display techniques using photorefractive polymers
- Nonlinear optical materials
- Optical limiting devices
- Nanophotonic devices