Mike Dillender
Mike Dillender an EECS PhD student at MIT's Organic and Nanostructured Electronics Laboratory (ONE Lab) studying the physics of energy transport in organic materials and quantum dot thin films through computational modeling and spectroscopy. Alongside his primary work, he also work part-time as a spectroscoper at Harvard's Laboratory for Nanoscale Optics. Prior to starting his PhD, he received his B.S. in electrical engineering with minors in physics and computer science at the University of Michigan in 2024, where he studied the nanophotonic manipulation of exciton transport in TMDCs and designed free-space spectroscopy systems.
Undergraduate Experience
Excitonics and Photonics Lab
Volunteer Research Assistant
June 2022 - June 2024, ~1900 hrs
Work as a paid research assistant leading and contributing to a multitude of various projects.
UofM ECE Advising Office
Paid Student Advisor
Sept. 2022 - Present, 9-12 hrs/wk
Work in the ECE advising office answering student questions about the electrical and computer engineering department and it's relevant programs.
Bioplasmonics Group
Volunteer Research Assistant
Aug 2021 - Aug. 2022, ~300 hrs
Volunteered as a research assistant developing Labview and Python code for high-speed software-enabled autofocus. Also designed a PCB board for controlling a Galvo scanner.