Raymond Weitekamp

Alumni Goldhirsh-Resnick Graduate Research Fellow

Raymond graduated from Caltech with a PhD in chemistry. He did his undergraduate work in chemistry at Princeton, where he concentrated his research efforts on the surface modification of electrodes for organic electronic devices. His Caltech research focused on the interactions of light with polymeric materials, including block copolymer photonic crystals and photoinitiated catalysis. While his interests are diverse, the common goal of Raymond's work is to apply fundamental scientific insights to challenges in sustainability and energy. In 2013, Raymond won the Dow-SISCA Runner-up Prize for the project, "Recycling Catalyst Waste with Light: Towards Cradle-to-Cradle Olefin Metathesis".

Raymond is the Founder and CEO of PolySpectra and Co-Founder of Cypris Materials.

RSI Research: Plasmonic Organic Photovoltaics Via Surface-Initiated Polymerization with Recyclable Catalysts

Faculty Advisers: Robert H. Grubbs and Harry A. Atwater

PhD Thesis: Multifunctional Materials: Bottom-Up and Top-Down