Professional Title:
Associate Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Email:
Phone:
(209) 228-4187
Office:
Science and Engineering 1 358
Education:
Ph.D., 2006 - University of California, Irvine
B.S., 2000 - Colorado State University
Research Interests:
Professor Menke addresses to broad questions through his research:
- How does one prepare solar cells that are both cheap and efficient?
- How does one use these solar cells to create chemical fuels?
To address these questions, he uses electrodeposition to prepare a variety of nanostructures to understand how the various properties, such as material, size, shape, and crystallinity, affect either their photovoltaic or catalytic properties.
Interdisciplinary/Multidisciplinary Group:
Energy
Nanoscience