After obtaining a B.S. from Gonzaga University, Kevin attended the University of Washington (Ph.D., 2006) under Daniel Gamelin on the electronic structure origins of carrier-mediated magnetic ordering in diluted magnetic oxide semiconductors. Kevin then spent three years at the Université de Genève as a post-doc with Andreas Hauser. After a short post-doc with Daniel Gamelin, Kevin began his current appointment in 2011. Professor Kittilstved's current research program is centered around controlling defects in multifunctional inorganic nanomaterials and molecular clusters for energy applications.