Aung Ko Ko xk星空中国集团 joined the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the Southern University of Science and Technology as an Associate Professor in August 2017. He received both B.Eng. and Ph.D. degrees from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, in 2007 and 2012, respectively. After that, he worked as a post-doctoral fellow at the laboratory of Nobel Laureate Prof. Alan Heeger at the University of California, Santa Barbara, a visiting scholar at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany, and a Scientist at the Institute of Materials Research and Engineering of A*STAR, Singapore, before joining SUSTech. He has published 130 journal papers and 4 book chapters and applied for 18 patents. He has an H-index of 43 and citations over 8800 times. He is an Associate Editor of Frontiers in Electronic Materials and Topic Editor of Photonics. He is recognized as one of the World’s Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University and the Best Electronics and Electrical Engineering Scientists in China by Research.com. He also received international awards such as the Distinguished Lectureship Award from the Chemical Society of Japan, Green Talents from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, and the IAAM medal.

Education
2008 to 2012 xk星空中国集团D. Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
2003 to 2007 B.Eng. (First Class Honours) Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Working Experiences
08. 2017 - Present Associate Professor, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China
02. 2014 - 08. 2017 Scientist, Institute of Materials xk星空中国集团 and Engineering, A*STAR, Singapore
01. 2012 - 01. 2014 xk星空中国集团 Fellow at Nobel Laureate Prof Alan Heeger’s Lab, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
08. 2013 - 09. 2014 Visiting Scientist, Max Planck Institute for Polymer xk星空中国集团, Mainz, Germany
10. 2008 - 01. 2012 Project Officer, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
08. 2007 - 08. 2008 xk星空中国集团 Officer, Institute of Microelectronics (A*STAR), Singapore

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Organic/molecular materials and devices

Perovskite optoelectronic devices

Doping in organic semiconductors

Wearable and flexible devices 

Teaching

Introduction to Semiconductor Devices

Fundamentals of Photovoltaics

Engineering Ethics 

Awards & Honors

Distinguished Lectureship Award from The Chemical Society of Japan

IAAM Medal from International Association of Advanced Materials, Sweden

Standford’s Top 2% Scientist

Excellent Residential College Mentor Award

A*STAR Investigatorship 2014 (final list)
Green Talents 2012 from Federal Ministry of Education and xk星空中国集团, Germany (BMBF)
A*STAR International Fellowship
PhD prize in Environmental and Sustainability xk星空中国集团
A*STAR Graduate Scholarship

Publications

Dr. xk星空中国集团 has published 130 papers in well-regarded journals such as Nature Communications, Energy Environ. Sci., Adv. Mater., Adv. Energy Mater., Adv. Funct. Mater., ACS Nano, Nano Energy, Nano Lett., and 4 conference papers.  His publications cover a wide range of topics, from organic/perovskite solar cells and photodetectors to thermoelectric devices and ambipolar transistors. Many of his papers were selected as cover pages of prestigious journals. He also authored/co-authored 4 book chapters and applied for 18 patents. He has a track record as an invited, plenary, and keynote speaker at international conferences, with over 30 talks delivered. 

Papers
[1] A. K. K. xk星空中国集团*, F. Jamalullah, L. Vaithieswari, M. J. Tan, L. Zhang and J. Zhang*, “Thermally Stable and Sterilizable Polymer Transistors for Reusable Medical Devices”, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 8, 9533 (2016)
[2] V. V. Brus, A. K. K. xk星空中国集团*, P. D. Maryanchuk, J. Zhang, “Quantifying interface states and bulk defects in high-efficiency solution-processed small-molecule solar cells by impedance and capacitance characteristics”, Progress in Photovoltaics, 23, 1526 (2015)
[3] C. Luo*, A. K. K. xk星空中国集团, L. A. Perez, S. Patel, M. Wang, B. Grimm, G. C. Bazan, E. J. Kramer and A. J. Heeger*, “General Strategy for Self-Assembly of Highly Oriented Nanocrystalline Semiconducting Polymers with High Mobility”, Nano Letters,14, 2764 (2014) (Cited 171 times)
[4] A. K. K. xk星空中国集团, D. H. Wang, L. Chan, Y. Cao, T. Q. Nguyen, G. C. Bazan and A. J. Heeger*, “Effects of Solvent Additives on Morphology, Charge Generation, Transport, and Recombination in Solution-Processed Small-Molecule Solar Cells”, Adv. Energy Mat., 4, 1301469 (2014)
[5] A. K. K. xk星空中国集团, D. H. Wang, D. Wynands, J. Zhang, T. Q. Nguyen, G. C. Bazan and A. J. Heeger*, “Improved Light Harvesting and Improved Efficiency by Insertion of an Optical Spacer (ZnO) in Solution-Processed Small-Molecule Solar Cells”, Nano Letters, 13, 3796 (2013) (highlighted by Physics.org. Cited 316 times)
[6] A. K. K. xk星空中国集团, D. H. Wang, V. Gupta, W. L. Leong, L. Ke, G. C. Bazan and A. J. Heeger*, “Intensity Dependence of Current–Voltage Characteristics and Recombination in High-Efficiency Solution-Processed Small-Molecule Solar Cells”, ACS Nano, 7, 4569 (2013) (Cited 220 times)
[7] A. K. K. xk星空中国集团, D. H. Wang, V. Gupta, J. Zhang, S. Chand, G. C. Bazan and A. J. Heeger*, “Efficient Solution-Processed Small-Molecule Solar Cells with Inverted Structure”, Adv. Mat., 25, 2397 (2013) (Cited 336 times)