Ivan Helmuth Bechtold

Bachelor's in Physics at Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - UFSC (1997), master's in Physics at Universidade de São Paulo (2000) and PhD. in Physics at Universidade de São Paulo (2004). Full professor at Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina since 2006. The research activities are focused on the field of condensed matter physics by investigating organic and hybrid materials for application in optoelectronic devices such as OLEDs (organic light-emitting diodes), OFETs (organic field effect transistors), OPVs (organic photovoltaics) and biosensors. Among the materials are liquid crystals, polymers, small molecules and organo-metallic complexes. Particular interest in nanostructuring processes, surface treatments and thermal annealing as a way to modify and control the photophysic and electrooptical properties of the materials applied to devices. Coordinator of the Laboratory of Organic Opotoelectronics and Anisotropic Systems (LOOSA), https://loosa.paginas.ufsc.br/en/. President of the Brazil-MRS (Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa em Materiais - SBPMat) (2024 a 2025). Finance director of the Brazil-MRS (Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa em Materiais - SBPMat) (2022 - 2023). Scientific director of the Brazil-MRS (Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa em Materiais - SBPMat) (2020 - 2021). Coordinator of Graduate Program on Physics at UFSC (09/2015 a 09/2021). Homepage: https://ivanbechtold.paginas.ufsc.br/en/. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)