Chemistry postdoctoral researcher named Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellow

Kelsie Wentz, a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Chemistry in the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, has been named a 2023 Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellow. Wentz will start a two-year project to develop hybrid inorganic-organic conjugated polymers with unique semiconducting properties. As consumer demand for semiconductors continues to rise, chemists are working toward making inexpensive and flexible electron-conducting components. Wentz aims to establish a new chemical approach to the construction of semiconductors containing silicon-based charge carriers. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellows are chosen to underscore the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation's mission of supporting basic research in the chemical sciences and chemical instrumentation.