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Joseph Swabeck
Patent Agent
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jswabeck@wsgr.com

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Dr. Joseph Swabeck is a patent agent at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he focuses on patent prosecution and intellectual property matters in the fields of chemistry, novel materials, optics, 3D printing, and next-generation computing.

Joseph has a broad scientific background, having performed research in a variety of fields from organometallic synthesis development to detectors for high-energy physics experiments. During graduate school, Joseph worked under Dr. A. Paul Alivisatos, focusing his research on luminescent nanoparticles, general materials development, and next-generation energy conversion materials. His dissertation focused on both using surface sites of quantum dots to induce energy transfer to luminescent dopants and methods to remove those same surface sites.

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Dr. Joseph Swabeck is a patent agent at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he focuses on patent prosecution and intellectual property matters in the fields of chemistry, novel materials, optics, 3D printing, and next-generation computing.

Joseph has a broad scientific background, having performed research in a variety of fields from organometallic synthesis development to detectors for high-energy physics experiments. During graduate school, Joseph worked under Dr. A. Paul Alivisatos, focusing his research on luminescent nanoparticles, general materials development, and next-generation energy conversion materials. His dissertation focused on both using surface sites of quantum dots to induce energy transfer to luminescent dopants and methods to remove those same surface sites.

Education
  • Ph.D., Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley
  • B.S., Chemistry, California State University, Long BeachMinor in Mathematics, Summa Cum Laude
Admissions
  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Credentials
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  • Ph.D., Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley
  • B.S., Chemistry, California State University, Long BeachMinor in Mathematics, Summa Cum Laude
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  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Select Publications

  • Co-Author, “Redefining Near-Unity Luminescence in Quantum Dots with Photothermal Threshold Quantum Yield,” 363(6432) Science, 2019
  • Co-Author, “Broadband Sensitization of Lanthanide Emission with Indium Phosphide Quantum Dots for Visible to Near-Infrared Downshifting” 140(29) JACS, 2018
  • Co-Author, “Essentially Trap-Free CsPbBr3 Colloidal Nanocrystals by Postsynthetic Thiocyanate Surface Treatment,” 139(19) JACS, 2017
  • Co-Author, “Copper‐Mediated Difluoromethylation of (Hetero)aryl Iodides and β‐Styryl Halides with Tributyl(difluoromethyl)stannane,” Angewandte Chemie, 2012
  • Co-Author, “Ligand Mediated Transformation of Cesium Lead Bromide Perovskite Nanocrystals to Lead Depleted Cs4PbBr6 Nanocrystals,” 139(15) JACS, 2017
  • Co-Author, “Precise Tuning of Surface Quenching for Luminescence Enhancement in Core–Shell Lanthanide-Doped Nanocrystals,” 16(11) Nano Letters, 2016
  • More publications from Dr. Joseph Swabeck can be found here.
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Select Publications

  • Co-Author, “Redefining Near-Unity Luminescence in Quantum Dots with Photothermal Threshold Quantum Yield,” 363(6432) Science, 2019
  • Co-Author, “Broadband Sensitization of Lanthanide Emission with Indium Phosphide Quantum Dots for Visible to Near-Infrared Downshifting” 140(29) JACS, 2018
  • Co-Author, “Essentially Trap-Free CsPbBr3 Colloidal Nanocrystals by Postsynthetic Thiocyanate Surface Treatment,” 139(19) JACS, 2017
  • Co-Author, “Copper‐Mediated Difluoromethylation of (Hetero)aryl Iodides and β‐Styryl Halides with Tributyl(difluoromethyl)stannane,” Angewandte Chemie, 2012
  • Co-Author, “Ligand Mediated Transformation of Cesium Lead Bromide Perovskite Nanocrystals to Lead Depleted Cs4PbBr6 Nanocrystals,” 139(15) JACS, 2017
  • Co-Author, “Precise Tuning of Surface Quenching for Luminescence Enhancement in Core–Shell Lanthanide-Doped Nanocrystals,” 16(11) Nano Letters, 2016
  • More publications from Dr. Joseph Swabeck can be found here.

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