CV
Education
2019 Ph.D. Chemical Engineering University of Florida
2010 B.S. Chemical Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology
Research Experience
2011-2019 University of Florida Prof. Timothy J. Anderson Graduate Research Assistant
2013-2016 Oak Ridge National Laboratory Center for Nanophase Materials and Sciences and High Temperature Materials Laboratory User program
2007-2010 Georgia Institute of Technology Prof. Sankar Nair Undergraduate Researcher
Professional Experience
2020 Strongtree Coffee Roasters Custom furniture commissions
2018-2020 Straw and Co. Modern Contemporary Custom Cabinets and Furniture Design Apprentice and woodworker in residence
2017-2018 Cypress and Groove Brewery Brew assistant and bartender
2012 Alligator Brewing Company Brew assistant
2009-2011 Albemarle Corporation R&D intern
Leadership and Volunteer Roles
2019 North American Hardcourt Bike Polo Association South East Representative
2015-2016 KnoxMakers Community Makerspace Member and Volunteer
2009-2010 Georgia Tech AIChE Chapter AIChE ChemE Car President
2008-2010 Starter Bikes Bicycle Cooperative Co-founder, Undergraduate Outreach Chair, Head Mechanic
Teaching
2017 University of Florida Spring and Summer semester Teaching Assistant
2007-2008 Georgia Institute of Technology Student Success Program 1-on-1 Tutor
Skills
Transmission Electron Microscopy
X-ray diffraction
Woodworking machinery and hand tool operation
Fluent in English and spoken Cantonese
Proficient in spoken Mandarin
Wilderness First Responder: 9/2020 certification
Presentations
2020 30th International Photovoltaic Science and Engineering Conference & Global Photovoltaic Conference . Reaction pathways of Ag-Cu-Ga-In precursor with high Ag/(Cu+Ag) molar ratio during selenization. H. M. Tong, S. Soltanmohammad, T. J. Anderson, and W. N. Shafarman. Virtual and Jeju, South Korea.
2020 IEEE 47th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference . Formation of Ag(Ga,In)Se2 During Selenization of Ag-Ga/In Precursor. H. M. Tong, S. Soltanmohammad, T. J. Anderson, and W. N. Shafarman. Virtual. Session on CIGS/CZTS Processing.
2013 MRS Symposium C: Thin-Film Compound Semiconductor Photovoltaics . Reaction Pathways for CIGS Formation with Increased Gallium Content. R. Krishnan, H. Tong, Z. Li, C. O’Donohue, W. K. Kim, T. J. Anderson, E.A. Payzant, and R. Noufi.
2013 IEEE 39th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference . The effect of rapid thermal annealing on the performance of CIGS cells with an ITO layer. Z. Li, R. Krishnan, G. Tong, R. Kaczynski, U. Schoop, and T.J. Anderson.
Publications
2019 IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics . Reaction Rate Enhancement for Cu(In,Ga)Se2 Absorber Materials Using Ag-Alloying. S. Soltanmohammad, H. M. Tong, T. J. Anderson, and W. N. Shafarman. vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 898–905
2018 Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications . Revealing the beneficial role of K in grain interiors, grain boundaries, and at the buffer interface for highly efficient CuInSe2 solar cells. C. P. Muzzillo, J. D. Poplawsky, H. M. Tong, W. Guo, and T. Anderson. Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, vol. 26, no. 10, pp. 825–834
2017 Journal of Alloys and Compounds . The Effect of Na on Cu-K-In-Se Thin Film Growth. C. P. Muzzillo, H. Ming Tong, and T. J. Anderson. Journal of Crystal. Muzzillo, C. P., Tong, H. M., & Anderson, T. (2017). Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 726(Supplement C), 538–546
2017 Journal of Alloys and Compounds . Chemistry of K in Cu(In,Ga)Se2 photovoltaic absorbers: Effects of temperature on Cu-K-In-Se films. Muzzillo, C. P., Tong, H. M., & Anderson, T. 726(Supplement C), 538–546.
2013 IEEE 39th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference . Effect of Na-doped Mo on selenization pathways for CuGa/In metallic precursors. R. Krishnan, H. Tong, Z. Li, C. Muzzillo, W.K. Kim, E.A. Payzant, C. Adelham, J. Winkler, and T.J. Anderson. pp. 0392–0397.
2012 38th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference . Device degradation studies of CIGS solar cells using in-situ high temperature X-ray diffraction. R. Krishnan, H. Tong, W. K. Kim, R. Kaczynski, U. Schoop, E. A. Payzant, T. J. Anderson.
2012 ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces . Single-Walled Aluminosilicate Nanotube/Poly(vinyl alcohol) Nanocomposite Membranes. D.-Y. Kang, H. Tong, J. Zang, R.P. Choudhury, D.S. Sholl, H.W. Beckham, C.W. Jones, and S. Nair. 4, 965–976.
2008 Journal of Physical Chemistry C . Water in Single-Walled Aluminosilicate Nanotubes: Diffusion and Adsorption Properties. S. Konduri, H. Tong, S. Chempath, S. Nair. 112, 15367–15374.