Uwe Kortshagen
Uwe Kortshagen
Distinguished McKnight University Professor
Ronald L. and Janet A. Christenson Chair in Renewable Energy, Mechanical Engineering
Member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE)
Contact
[email protected]
612-625-4028
Kortshagen webpage
Affiliations
Graduate Faculties of Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, and Physics
Uwe Kortshagen
Distinguished McKnight University Professor
Ronald L. and Janet A. Christenson Chair in Renewable Energy, Mechanical Engineering
Member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE)
Research
Biography
Teaching
Publications & Awards
Research
Low temperature plasmas
Plasma synthesis of materials
Materials for renewable energy
Quantum dots, nanocrystals, and 2D materials
Quantum dots for brain imaging
Sustainable nanomaterials
Biography
Uwe Kortshagen's
research is in the area of fundamental plasma manufacturing science and plasma materials science. Applications of his research span from renewable energy technologies to nanoscale plasma manufacturing, to new materials for bio-imaging and human health.
Lab
Kortshagen Group - L122-L126
High Temperature & Plasma Laboratory
- L120
ME Research Areas
Plasmas
Materials & Mechanics
ME Impact Areas
Energy Transition
Next-Gen Manufacturing
Human Health
Education
Habilitation 1995, Experimental Physics, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
Dr. rer. nat. 1991, Physics, Ruhr-University, Bochum, Germany
Diplomphysiker 1988, Ruhr-University, Bochum, Germany
Professional Background
Ronald L. and Janet A. Christenson Chair in Renewable Energy, 2019-present
Department Head, Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2008 – 2018
James J. Ryan Professor, University of Minnesota, Mechanical Engineering, 2015 – 2018
Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2007 – present
Director of Graduate Studies, Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2006 – 2008:
Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2003 – present:
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 1999 – 2003
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 1996 – 1999
Lecturer, Physics and Astronomy, University of Bochum, Germany, 1996
Visiting scholar, Physics, University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1995 – 1996
Research Associate, Physics and Astronomy, University of Bochum, 1991 – 1995
Scientific & Professional Societies
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
American Chemical Society (ACS)
American Physical Society (APS)
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
International Plasma Chemistry Society (IPCS)
Teaching
Teaching Subjects
ME 3331: Engineering Thermodyamics
ME 4131: Thermal Environmental Engineering Laboratory
ME 5103: Thermal Environmental Engineering
ME 8362: Introduction to Plasma Technology
ME 8361: Molecular Gas Dynamics
Publications & Awards
Honors and Awards
2026 Member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE)
2020 Fellow, Institute on the Environment
2019 Ronald L. and Janet A. Christenson Chair in Renewable Energy
2018 Fellow, American Physical Society
2015 Plasma Prize, AVS (formerly: American Vacuum Society)
2015 James J. Ryan Professor of Mechanical Engineering
2013 Fellow, Internationals Plasma Chemistry Society
2009 Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
2008-09 President, International Plasma Chemistry Society
2007 Distinguished McKnight University Professor
2005 Univ. of Minnesota, Institute of Technology-George Taylor Award for Distinguished Research
2004 Fellow, Institute of Physics (U.K.)
1999 NSF Career Award
1997 Mayhugh Assistant Professor
1994 Lynen Award of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Selected Publications
Greenberg, B.L., Robinson, Z.L., Ayino, Y., Held, J.T., Peterson, T.A., Mkhoyan, K.A., Pribiag, V.S., Aydil, E.S.,
Kortshagen, U.R.
Metal-insulator transition in a semiconductor nanocrystal network.
Science Advances
(8), eaaw1462, doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aaw1462 (2019).
“Efficient Luminescent Solar Concentrators based on Ultra-Earth-Abundant Indirect Band Gap Silicon Quantum Dots,”
F. Meinardi, S. Ehrenberg, L. Dhamo, F. Carulli, M. Mauri, F. Bruni, R. Simonutti,
U. Kortshagen
, S. Brovelli, Nature Photonics 11, 177–185 (2017)
“Metal-insulator transition in films of doped semiconductor nanocrystals,”
Chen, T.; Reich, K. V.; Kramer, N. J.; Fu, H.;
Kortshagen, U. R
.; Shklovskii, B. I., Nature Materials 15 (3), 299-304, (2016).
“High electron mobility in thin films formed via supersonic impact deposition of nanocrystals synthesized in nonthermal plasmas.”
Thimsen, E., M. Johnson, X. Zhang, A.J. Wagner, K.A. Mkhoyan,
U.R. Kortshagen
, and E.S. Aydil, Nature Communications 5, 5822 (2014).
“Hypervalent surface interactions for colloidal stability and doping of silicon nanocrystals”
, L. M. Wheeler, N. R. Neale, T. Chen and
U. R. Kortshagen
, Nature Communications 4, 2197, (2013).
“High-Yield Plasma Synthesis of Luminescent Silicon Nanocrystals”
, L. Mangolini, E. Thimsen and
U. Kortshagen
, Nano Lett. 5 , 655-659, (2005).
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