Jeff Richards (second from the right) is pictured with Neutron Scattering Society of America President Dr. Bruce D. Gaulin (left), conference organizer Dr. Julie Borchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (right), and two poster winners in other categories.

Graduate student Jeffrey Richards won an "ACNS Outstanding Student Poster Presentation Prize" at the American Conference on Neutron Scattering (ACNS), held in Washington, D.C. June 24-28. Richards' poster, "Structure and Properties of Porous Poly(3-hexylthiophene) Gel Particles in Aqueous Dispersion," won the best poster competition in the soft condensed matter and biology research area. His project focuses on researching new methods for making thin-film polymer solar cells out of organogels that are dispersed in aqueous solutions, and is funded by a grant from the Department of Energy Office of Energy Sciences.

Richards is a student in Prof. Lilo Pozzo's research group.