Mark D. Losego

Biography

 Dr. Mark Losego joined the School of Materials Science and Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology as an assistant professor in 2014.  Dr. Losego received his B.S. in materials science and engineering from Penn State University in 2003, and he earned his M.S. (2005) and Ph.D. (2008) degrees in materials science and engineering from North Carolina State University studying thin film science and electronic oxide materials.  Starting in 2008, Dr. Losego conducted three years of postdoctoral research at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign studying nano-scale thermal transport at organic-inorganic interfaces.  This work led to breakthroughs in understanding how interfacial atomic structure can affect heat flow.  In 2011 Dr. Losego began work as a research assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at North Carolina State University where he led research efforts in molecular catalysis and other organic-inorganic hybrid energy systems.  At GaTech, Dr. Losego’s research group uses advanced nanomaterials synthesis techniques to study transport phenomena in mesostructures and at organic-inorganic interfaces of relevance for solar, thermal, and electrochemical energy systems.  Dr. Losego’s work is primarily experimental and researchers in his group gain expertise in the chemical synthesis of materials (colloids, polymer brushes, SAMs), atomic layer deposition, electrochemistry, physical vapor deposition methods (sputtering, evaporation), and materials characterization.

Research Interest

 solar fuels,thermoelectrics & Ferroelectrics, dielectrics, capitors, and transparent conductive oxides