Evan Lafalce is a research assistant professor at the University of Utah, Department of Physics & Astronomy, working under Z. Valy Vardeny. He is a member of the Center for Hybrid Organic Inorganic Semiconductors for Energy (CHOISE), where he studies the optical, electronic, and spin properties of hybrid organic-inorganic lead-halide perovskites. He obtained his Ph.D. in applied physics from the University of South Florida in Tampa, where he characterized organic solar cells and organic solar cell materials. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland.