ABOUT ME
Tarunpreet Singh Virk completed his PhD from Guru Nanak Dev University, India. Dr. Virk's PhD work focused on the design and synthesis of functionally decorated conjugated macrocyclic and small molecular organic materials, with applications as semiconducting materials for OFETs. He then completed his two postdoctoral stints from the University of Ottawa and IISER Pune. His work at UOttawa focused on the synthesis of sulfonamide-based light emitting materials as well as on the synthesis of polymers with applications in water splitting for energy production and storage. His postdoctoral work at IISER Pune focused on the design and synthesis of organic molecules with a free radical stabilized on the macrocycle, which showed interesting electronic and magnetic properties, including the synthesis of stable isophlorins. Dr. Virk then returned to Canada and worked as a Team Lead at Toronto Research Chemicals. After leaving TRC, he subsequently joined Toronto Metropolitan University to work on academics-industry collaborative Mitacs accelerate project. His research there was focused on the synthesis and purification of quaternary phosphonium-based organic compounds and their subsequent fabrication to generate high efficacy antimicrobial devices, with applications in hospital settings, medical devices, antimicrobial high touch surfaces or common touch plastics. He then worked in Canadian industry settings on variety of medicinal chemistry projects as well as organic and perovskite solar cells development using techniques such as slot-die, spin and blade coatings. He is expert in thin film as well as solution analysis for solar cell layers. Dr. Virk has published in reputed international journals such as Advanced Materials, Chemcomm, J. Mater. Chem. C etc to name a few, and has been able to secure funding from multiple agencies worldwide for research and other similar purposes. Feel free to reach out to him for solar and organic electronic materials, including purifications, analytical, quality control and medicinal/ custom organic synthesis projects.