Prof. Dr. Jeffery Coffer is a Professor at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Christian University (TCU). He completed his PhD studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He has received multiple awards, including the Chancellor’s Award for Distinguished Achievement as a Teacher-Scholar (TCU) and the Wilfred T. Doherty Award for Research (American Chemical Society). Research in his Group is broadly focused on multifunctional semiconducting nanostructures relevant to health and energy. In both classes, the ability to manipulate surface chemistry is a key component of the science done by the Coffer Group. Current materials of interest include: (1) Silicon nanotubes (SiNTs), porous silicon particles (pSi), and associated composites with biocompatible polymers for tissue engineering and drug delivery; (2) Porous nanomaterial templates for a class of photovoltaic/optoelectronic materials known as metal halide perovskites.