Aristide Gumyusenge
Primary Impact, Materials, Research Type
Contact Info
Assistant
Research
Aristide Gumyusenge’s research background and interests are in semiconducting polymers, their processing and characterization, and their role in the future of electronics. Particularly, he has tackled long-standing challenges in operation stability of semiconducting polymers under extreme heat and has pioneered high-temperature plastic electronics. At MIT, Professor Gumyusenge’s research group, OMSE Lab, focuses on developing novel organic semiconducting materials and using them to build organic electronic devices and body-machine interfaces. Through polymer design, novel processing strategies, large-area manufacturing of electronic devices, he’s interested in relating molecular design to device performance, especially transistor devices that can mimic and interface with biological systems.
Biography
Professor Gumyusenge received a BS in chemistry from Wofford College in 2015 and a PhD in chemistry from Purdue University. Before joining DMSE, he was a postdoctoral fellow of the Geballe Lab for Advanced Materials at Stanford University, working with Professor Zhenan Bao and Professor Alberto Salleo.
Key Publications
Molecularly hybridized conduction in DPP-based donor–acceptor copolymers toward high-performance iono-electronics
Synthesized a new category of polymers that can be used to produce more long-lasting and intelligent wearable devices. The materials efficiently convert ion-based signals from hydrated environments—for example, biological tissue—to electron-based signals that can easily be read through devices.