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Nadzeya Kukhta, Ph.D.

Nadzeya Kukhta, Ph.D.

650-335-4981
nkukhta@fenwick.com
Technical Advisor
Intellectual Property
Office

Silicon Valley

Nadzeya (Nadya)
Kukhta, Ph. D.

Nadzeya (Nadya)
Kukhta, Ph. D.

Nadzeya (Nadya)
Kukhta, Ph. D.

Technical Advisor
Intellectual Property
Office

Silicon Valley

Industries
Education & Admissions

Ph.D., Materials Engineering
Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania

MSc, Organic Chemistry
Belarusian State University, Belarus

Admissions: None

Languages

Belarusian

Nadya is a technical advisor in Fenwick's intellectual property and life sciences groups, where she assists with patent prosecution, prior art searches and analysis, and prepares claim construction and invalidity charts, and drafting patent applications.

She holds a Ph.D. in materials engineering from Kaunas University of Technology in Lithuania, where she focused on synthesis and investigation of organic semiconductors. Nadya has more than 10 years of hands-on experience in small-molecule synthetic organic, polymer and computational chemistry, physics, and electrical engineering.

  • Pharmakon Advisors on IP diligence in its $400 million non-dilutive loan agreement with Novocure

  • Pharmakon Advisors on IP diligence in its $400 million non-dilutive loan agreement with Novocure

  • N. A. Kukhta,† A. Marks,† C. K. Luscombe. Molecular Design Strategies toward Improvement of Charge Injection and Ionic Conduction in Organic Mixed Ionic–Electronic Conductors for Organic Electrochemical Transistors. Chem. Rev. 2022, 122, 4325-4355.
  • N. A. Kukhta, C. K. Luscombe. Gaining control over conjugated polymer morphology to improve the performance of organic electronics. Chem. Commun., 2022, 58, 6982-6997.
  • Y. He,† N. A. Kukhta,† A. Marks,† C. K. Luscombe. The effect of side chain engineering on conjugated polymers in organic electrochemical transistors for bioelectronic applications. J. Mater. Chem. C, 2022,10, 2314-2332.
  • N. A. Kukhta, M. R. Bryce. Dual emission in purely organic materials for optoelectronic applications. Mater. Horiz., 2020, 8, 33-55.
  • N. A. Kukhta,† R. Huang,† A. S. Batsanov, M. R. Bryce, F. B. Dias. Achieving Conformational Control in RTP and TADF Emitters by Functionalization of the Central Core. J. Phys. Chem. C, 2019, 123, 26536-26546.
  • R. Huang,† N. A. Kukhta,† J. S. Ward, A. Danos, A. S. Batsanov, M. R. Bryce, F. B. Dias. Balancing charge-transfer strength and triplet states for deep-blue thermally activated delayed fluorescence with an unconventional electron rich dibenzothiophene acceptor. J. Mater. Chem. C, 2019, 7, 13224-13234.
  • N. A. Kukhta,† H. F. Higginbotham,† T. Matulaitis, A. Danos, A. N. Bismillah, N. Haase, M. K. Etherington, D. S. Yufit, P. R. McGonigal, J. V. Gražulevičius, A. P. Monkman. Revealing Resonance Effects and Intramolecular Dipole Interactions in the Positional Isomers of Benzonitrile-Core Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Materials. J. Mater. Chem. C, 2019, 7, 9184-9194.
  • N.A. Kukhta, T. Matulaitis, D. Volyniuk, K. Ivaniuk, P. Turyk, P. Stakhira, J. V. Grazulevicius, A. P. Monkman. Deep-Blue High-Efficiency TTA OLED Using Para- and Meta-Conjugated Cyanotriphenylbenzene and Carbazole Derivatives as Emitter and Host. J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2017, 8, 6199-6205.
  • N. A. Kukhta, D. Volyniuk, J. V. Grazulevicius, G. Sini. Blue versus yellow emission in bipolar fluorenone derivatives: the impact of aggregation and hydrogen bonding. J. Mater. Chem. C, 2018, 6, 1679-1692.
  • N. A. Kukhta, O. Zeika, J. Widmer, C. Koerner, R. Meerheim, A. Petrich, N.-R. Behrnd, K. Leo, J. V. Grazulevicius. New electron transport materials for high performance organic solar cells: synthesis and properties of symmetrical and asymmetrical 1,4,5,8-naphthalenetetracarboxylic dianhydride derivatives. Adv. El. Mat., 2016, 2, 1600047.
  • N. A. Kukhta, D. Volyniuk, J. V. Grazulevicius, G. Juska. Effect of the Nature of the Core on the Properties of the Star-Shaped Compounds Containing Bicarbazolyl Moieties. J. Phys. Chem. C, 2016, 120, 1208–1217.
  • N.A. Kukhta, I.V. Vasilenko, S.V. Kostjuk. Room temperature cationic polymerization of β-pinene using modified AlCl3 catalyst: toward sustainable plastics from renewable biomass resources. Green Chem., 2011, 13, 2362-2364.

  • N. A. Kukhta,† A. Marks,† C. K. Luscombe. Molecular Design Strategies toward Improvement of Charge Injection and Ionic Conduction in Organic Mixed Ionic–Electronic Conductors for Organic Electrochemical Transistors. Chem. Rev. 2022, 122, 4325-4355.
  • N. A. Kukhta, C. K. Luscombe. Gaining control over conjugated polymer morphology to improve the performance of organic electronics. Chem. Commun., 2022, 58, 6982-6997.
  • Y. He,† N. A. Kukhta,† A. Marks,† C. K. Luscombe. The effect of side chain engineering on conjugated polymers in organic electrochemical transistors for bioelectronic applications. J. Mater. Chem. C, 2022,10, 2314-2332.
  • N. A. Kukhta, M. R. Bryce. Dual emission in purely organic materials for optoelectronic applications. Mater. Horiz., 2020, 8, 33-55.
  • N. A. Kukhta,† R. Huang,† A. S. Batsanov, M. R. Bryce, F. B. Dias. Achieving Conformational Control in RTP and TADF Emitters by Functionalization of the Central Core. J. Phys. Chem. C, 2019, 123, 26536-26546.
  • R. Huang,† N. A. Kukhta,† J. S. Ward, A. Danos, A. S. Batsanov, M. R. Bryce, F. B. Dias. Balancing charge-transfer strength and triplet states for deep-blue thermally activated delayed fluorescence with an unconventional electron rich dibenzothiophene acceptor. J. Mater. Chem. C, 2019, 7, 13224-13234.
  • N. A. Kukhta,† H. F. Higginbotham,† T. Matulaitis, A. Danos, A. N. Bismillah, N. Haase, M. K. Etherington, D. S. Yufit, P. R. McGonigal, J. V. Gražulevičius, A. P. Monkman. Revealing Resonance Effects and Intramolecular Dipole Interactions in the Positional Isomers of Benzonitrile-Core Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Materials. J. Mater. Chem. C, 2019, 7, 9184-9194.
  • N.A. Kukhta, T. Matulaitis, D. Volyniuk, K. Ivaniuk, P. Turyk, P. Stakhira, J. V. Grazulevicius, A. P. Monkman. Deep-Blue High-Efficiency TTA OLED Using Para- and Meta-Conjugated Cyanotriphenylbenzene and Carbazole Derivatives as Emitter and Host. J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2017, 8, 6199-6205.
  • N. A. Kukhta, D. Volyniuk, J. V. Grazulevicius, G. Sini. Blue versus yellow emission in bipolar fluorenone derivatives: the impact of aggregation and hydrogen bonding. J. Mater. Chem. C, 2018, 6, 1679-1692.
  • N. A. Kukhta, O. Zeika, J. Widmer, C. Koerner, R. Meerheim, A. Petrich, N.-R. Behrnd, K. Leo, J. V. Grazulevicius. New electron transport materials for high performance organic solar cells: synthesis and properties of symmetrical and asymmetrical 1,4,5,8-naphthalenetetracarboxylic dianhydride derivatives. Adv. El. Mat., 2016, 2, 1600047.
  • N. A. Kukhta, D. Volyniuk, J. V. Grazulevicius, G. Juska. Effect of the Nature of the Core on the Properties of the Star-Shaped Compounds Containing Bicarbazolyl Moieties. J. Phys. Chem. C, 2016, 120, 1208–1217.
  • N.A. Kukhta, I.V. Vasilenko, S.V. Kostjuk. Room temperature cationic polymerization of β-pinene using modified AlCl3 catalyst: toward sustainable plastics from renewable biomass resources. Green Chem., 2011, 13, 2362-2364.