Vision:

• Become an international leader in plasmonics and organic spintronics research and education.
• Train the next generation of scientists and engineers.
• Create curiosity and excitement in science and engineering among the nation's youth.
• Attract the brightest students and researchers from all diverse segments of society.

Goals:

Plasmonics: Develop new plasmonic materials to enable unique capabilities across the electromagnetic spectrum.

Organic Spintronics: Develop new knowledge, materials, and devices realted to the spin degree of freedom in organic semiconductors.

Seed Program: Develop new areas of collaborative materials research at the University of Utah.

Education and Outreach: Establish a pipeline for the next generation of materials science researchers.

Diversity: Increase diversity among the materials science research community through outreach, student recruitment, faculty hiring, and mentoring programs.