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Dr. Joshua Karlsson

Joshua graduated from York University with a BSc in Chemistry and Imperial College London with an MRes in Green Chemistry in 2013 and 2014 respectively, before undertaking a PhD at Newcastle University in 2015. His doctoral studies covered a wide range of topics on the molecular photophysics of organic dyes pertinent to solar cells and medical imaging. His expertise lies in detailed interrogation of excited state properties for organic/inorganic chromophores with UV-vis absorption, fluorescence and time-resolved optical spectroscopy. Current work in the Gibson Group includes studying new molecular systems for photoelectrochemical water-splitting / CO2 reduction on semiconductor thin films, and hybrid photocatalytic systems employing polyoxometalates. Joshua is part of the International Network on Polyoxometalate Science for Advanced Functional Materials.