Dr. Joseph Manion

Laboratory Manager

Joe joined the Lessard Group in 2021. He completed his PhD in 2020 at the University of Toronto in the Department of Chemistry where he focused on the fabrication and characterization of thin film solar cells. He is the Lessard group’s lab manager and in house art director. When he’s not taking care of the lab he’s either promoting open-source scientific graphics, trying to stay on top of a mountain of hobbies or raising his dog Boba to be an upstanding member of society.

Peer Review

I am currently available for peer-review requests. Requests can be sent to jmanion2@uottawa.ca

Areas of Expertise and Interest

  • Organic Semiconductors

  • Hybrid Perovskites

  • Scientific Visualization

  • Automation and Highthroughput Research

  • Open Hardware

  • Atomic Force Microscopy

I Have Previously Reviewed For

  • RSC

  • ACS

  • Wiley

  • Springer Nature

Joe’s LRG Publications

179. Ali, M.; Ewenike, R. B.; Manion, J. G.; Lessard, B. H.* Two is better than one, how the addition of multiple biodegradable polymers can improve organic thin film transistor performance. doi:10.1021/acsami.4c17317

176. Dickson, L.; Brixi, S.; Radford, C. L.; Manion, J.; Kelly, T. L.; Lessard, B. H.* Self-assembly of poly(ionic liquid) block copolymer based dielectrics on semiconductor formation and performance. doi:10.1039/D4TC03157A

172. Dallaire, N.; Boileau, N. T.; Myers, I.; Brixi, S.; Ourabi, M.; Ewenike, R.; Cranston, R.; Lamontagne, H. R.; King, B.; Ronnasi, B.; Melville, O. A.; Manion, J. G.*; Lessard, B. H.* High Throughput Characterization of Organic Thin Film Transistors. doi:10.1002/adma.202406105

165. Manion, J.; Lessard, B. H.; High-throughput characterization is key to report reliable organic thin-film transistor performance doi:10.1038/s41578-024-00689-8

162. Boileau, N. T; King, B.; Kapar, S.; Sohi, A. N.; Manion, J. G.; Godin, M.; Lessard, B. H.; Microfluidic-Organic Thin Film Transistor Coupled Platform for Simple Solution Exposure. doi:10.1039/D3LF00269A

153. Ewenike, R. B.; King, B.; Battaglia, A. M.; Borja, J. D. Q.; Lin, Z.; Manion, J. G.; Brusso, J. L.; Kelly, T. L.; Seferos, D. S.; Lessard, B. H. Toward Weak Epitaxial Growth of Silicon Phthalocyanines: How the Choice of the Optimal Templating Layer Differs from Traditional Phthalocyanines doi:10.1021/acsaelm.3c01389

146. Dallaire, N.; Mirka, B.; Manion, J.; Bodnaryk, W.; Fong, D.; Adronov, A.; Hinzer, K.; Lessard, B. H.*. Conjugated Wrapping Polymer Influences on Photoexcitation of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube-based Thin Film Transistors. doi: 10.1039/D3TC01484C

127. Brixi, S.; Radford. C.; Tousignant, M.; Peltekoff, A. J.; Manion, J. G.; Kelly, T.; Lessard, B. H.* Poly(ionic liquid) gating materials for high performance organic thin-film transistors: the role of block copolymer self-assembly at the semiconductor interface. doi:10.1021/acsami.2c07912.

126. Hicks, G.; Cranston, R.; Lotocki, V.; Manion, J.; Lessard, B. H.; Seferos, D.* Dopant-Stabilized Assembly of Poly(3-hexylthiophene). doi:10.1021/jacs.2c04984