Ala’a Ossama El-Ballouli

Continuous-flow synthesis and size-separation of quantum dots for their assembly in solar cells.

• Quantum Confinement-Tunable Ultrafast Charge Transfer at the PbS Quantum Dot and PCBM Fullerene Interface
  El-Ballouli, A. O; Alarousu, E.; Bernardi, M.; Aly, S. M.; Lagrow, A. P.; Bakr, O. M.; Mohammed, O. F.
  JACS, 136, 6952–6959, (2014)
• Real-Time Observation of Ultrafast Intraband Relaxation and Exciton Multiplication in PbS Quantum Dots
  El-Ballouli, A. O; Alarousu, E.; Usman, A.; Pan, J; Bakr, O. M.; Mohammed, O. F.
  ACS Photonics, 3, 285-292, (2014)
• Automated Synthesis of Photovoltaic-Quality Colloidal Quantum Dots using Separate Nucleation and Growth Stages
  Pan, J.; El-Ballouli, A. O; Rollny, L.; Voznyy, O.; Burlakov, V.; Goriely, A.; Sargent, E. H; Bakr, M. O.
  ACS Nano, 7, 10158–10166, (2013)
• Bis(Carbazolyl) Derivatives of Pyrene and Tetrahydropyrene: Synthesis, Structures, Optical Properties, Electrochemistry, and Electroluminescence
  B. R. Kaafarani, A. O. El-Ballouli, R. Trattnig, A. Fonari, S. Sax, B. Wex, C. Risko, R. S. Khnayzer, S. Barlow, D. Patra, T. V. Timofeeva, E. J. W. List, J.-L. Brédas, S. R. Marder
  J. Mater. Chem. C, 1, 1638-1650., (2013)


• Fluorescent Detection of Anions by Dibenzophenazine-Based Sensors
  A. O. El-Ballouli, Y. Zhang, S. Barlow, S. Marder, M. H. Al-Sayah, B. R. Kaafarani
  Tetrahedron., 53, 661-665, (2012)


• Novel Quinoxalinophenanthrophenazine-Based Molecules as Sensors for Anions: Synthesis and Binding Investigations
  F. S. Raad, A. O. El-Ballouli, R. M. Moustafa, M. H. Al-Sayah, B. R. Kaafarani
  Tetrahedron, 66, 2944-2952, (2010)


• Solvent-induced configuration mixing and triplet excited-state inversion: insights from transient absorption and transient dc photoconductivity measurements
  C. She, A. A. Rachford, X. Wang, S. Geob, A. O. El-Ballouli, F. N. Castellano, J.T. Hupp
  Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 11, 8586 – 8591, (2009)

• M.Sc., Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon, 2011
• B.Sc., Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon , 2008

• 2011–2012: Instructor, College of Science and General Studies at Alfaisal University, Riyadh, KSA
• 2008- 2011: Graduate Assistant, Department of Chemistry at the American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
• 2008: Internship, Center of Photochemical Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, USA

• B.S. in Chemistry with High Distinction, AUB, 2008
• J. Materials Chem. C Poster award, ICFE-PV, KSA, Nov. 3-5 2013