Group Members
Jiwoong Park
Professor
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Office: GCIS E219
Phone: (773)-834-3179
Jiwoong Park is a Professor in Chemistry and Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago. His current research interests are studying the physical and chemical properties of nanoscale materials, including carbon nanotubes, graphene and transition metal dichalcogenides. His group’s research frequently appears on prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Nanotechnology. Professor Park is a recipient of the NSF CAREER award (2008), the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (2009) and the Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship (2010).
He received a B.S. degree in physics from Seoul National University (1996) and a Ph.D. in physics from the University of California, Berkeley (2003; advisor: Professor Paul McEuen). Before coming to the University of Chicago in 2016, he was one of the first Junior Rowland Fellows at the Rowland Institute at Harvard University (2003-2006) and was a assistant (2006-2012) professor and associate professor (2012-2016, with tenure) at Cornell University.
Dr. Tomojit Chowdhury
KADANOFF-RICE POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW
Office: 007 Jones Laboratory
chowdhuryt@uchicago.edu
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
Research Area: Low-Dimensional Molecular Materials
Dr. Mengyu Gao
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW
Office: 007 Jones Laboratory
mygao@uchicago.edu
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
B.S.E., Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Research Area: Intercalation in layered materials
Dr. Dong Hyup Kim
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW
Office: 007 Jones Laboratory
donghyupk@uchicago.edu
Ph.D., Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), South Korea
B.S., Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), South Korea
Research Area: Advanced manufacturing platform of 2D quantum heterostructures
Dr. Hyojin Seung
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW
Office: 007 Jones Laboratory
seungh@uchicago.edu
Ph.D., Seoul National University, South Korea
B.S., Seoul National University, South Korea
Research Area: Optoelectronic devices based on low dimensional materials
Dr. Woo Seok Lee
KADANOFF-RICE POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW
Office: 007 Jones Laboratory
wslee512@uchicago.edu
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.E./B.S., Korea University, South Korea
Research Area: 2D Materials
Dr. Seong-Jun Yang
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW
Office: 007 Jones Laboratory
seongjuny@uchicago.edu
Ph.D., Pohang University of Science and Technology, South Korea
B.S., Ajou University, South Korea
Research Area: 2D Materials
Ce Liang
GRADUATE STUDENT (PME)
Office: 007 Jones Laboratory
liangce@uchicago.edu
B.S., Beijing University of Chemical Technology
Research Area: Epitaxial Patterned Regrowth of 2D Semiconductors
Hanyu Hong
GRADUATE STUDENT (Chem)
Office: 007 Jones Laboratory
hiroshi99@uchicago.edu
B.S., Peking University
Research Area: 2D Photonics
Zehra Naqvi
GRADUATE STUDENT (PME)
Office: 007 Jones Laboratory
naqvizehra@uchicago.edu
B.S., Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)
Sicheng Fan
GRADUATE STUDENT (Chem)
Office: 007 Jones Laboratory
sfan23@uchicago.edu
B.S., University of Southern California
Yihang Sun
GRADUATE STUDENT (Chem)
Office: 007 Jones Laboratory
yihangsun@uchicago.edu
B.S., Peking University
Alumni
Past Graduate Students
Jingyuan Ge (2021-2025)
PME
Current Position: Xu Han’s group at Argonne
Andrew Ye (2018-2024)
PME
Current Position: SpaceX
Baorui Cheng (2017-2023)
Ph.D in Chemistry
Current Position: Process Engineer at Applied Materials
Fauzia Mujid (2016-2022)
Ph.D in Chemistry
Current Position: Principal Chemist at Ecolab
Shi En Kim (2016-2022)
Ph.D in Molecular Engineering
Current Position: Prolific Science Communications Writer
Preeti Poddar (2015 – 2021)
Ph.D. in Chemistry
Current Position: Yield Engineer at Intel
Hui Gao (2014 – 2020)
Ph.D. in Materials Chemistry
Current Position: Senior Process Engineer 4 at Lam Research
Kan-Heng Lee (2013 – 2019)
Ph.D. in Applied Physics
Current Position: Project Scientist at Berkeley National Laboratory
Professor Yimo Han (2013 – 2018)
Ph.D. in Eng. Physics / Applied Physics
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Materials Science and NanoEngineering at Rice University
yh76 at rice.edu
Professor Saien Xie (2012 – 2018)
Ph.D. in Applied Physics
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Princeton University
saienxie at princeton.edu
Lujie Huang (2011-2017)
Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry
Current Position: Software Engineer at Google
Joel Sleppy (2011 – 2013)
M.S. in Applied Physics (2014)
Current Position: Software Developer
Dr. Lola Brown (2010 – 2015)
Ph.D. in Chemistry (2015)
Current Position: Integration Engineer at Intel Corporation, Israel
Dr. Robin Havener (2009 – 2014)
Ph.D. in Applied Physics (2014)
Current Position: AR Hardware Engineer at Google, Ontario, Canada
Mike Segal (2008 – 2011)
M.S. in Chemistry (2010)
Dr. Mark P. Levendorf (2008 – 2013)
Ph.D. in Chemistry (2014)
Current Position: MTS at HRL Laboratories
Daniel Joh (2007 – 2010)
B.A., in Chemistry (2008) and M. Eng. (2010)
Current Position: Senior Research Scientist at Duke University
Dr. Lihong H. Herman (2006 – 2013)
Ph.D. in Applied Physics (2013)
Current Position: Principal Reliability Engineer, Glowforge
Professor Adam Wei Tsen (2006 – 2012)
Ph.D. in Applied Physics (2013)
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Institute for Quantum Computing at University of Waterloo, Canada
awtsen at uwaterloo.ca
Dr. Carlos S. Ruiz-Vargas (2006 – 2012)
Ph.D. in Applied Physics (2013)
Current Position: Senior R&D Engineer at Volta Labs
Past Postdoctoral Researchers
Professor Jaehyung Yu (2020-2023)
Ph.D., University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Chung-Ang University, South Korea
Professor Jong-Hoon Kang (2019-2022)
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at POSTECH, South Korea
Professor Yu Zhong (2017-2022)
Ph.D., Columbia University
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Cornell University
Professor Myungjae Lee (2019-2022)
Ph.D., Seoul National University
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Seoul National University, South Korea
Professor Andrew Mannix (2017 – 2020)
Ph.D., Northwestern University
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Stanford University
ajmannix at stanford.edu
Dr. Chibeom Park
Ph.D., Pohang University of Science and Technology
Current Position: Principal Engineer at Samsung Electronics Semiconductor Research Center, South Korea
Professor Lei Wang
Ph.D., Columbia University
Current Position: Professor of Physics at Nanjing University, China
leiwang at nju.edu.cn
Professor Joonki Suh
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Current Position: Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at UNIST, South Korea
Professor Jae-Ung Lee
Ph.D., Sogang University
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Physics at Ajou University, South Korea
jaeunglee at ajou.ac.kr
Professor Long Ju
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Physics at MIT
longju at mit.edu
Professor Kibum Kang
Ph.D., Pohang University of Science and Technology
Current Position: Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at KAIST, South Korea
kibumkang at kaist.ac.kr
Professor Cheol Joo Kim
Ph.D., Pohang University of Science and Technology
Current Position: Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, South Korea
kimcj at postech.ac.kr
Professor Marcos Guimarães
Ph.D., University of Groningen
Current Position: Assistant Professor at the Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Netherlands
m.h.guimaraes at rug.nl
Professor Huseyin Kurt (2005-2006)
Ph.D., Michigan State University
Current Position: Associate Professor of Engineering Physics at Medeniyet University, Turkey
huseyin.kurt at medeniyet.edu.tr
Professor Yeonghwan Ahn (2003 – 2006)
Ph.D., Seoul National University
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Physics at Ajou Univeristy, South Korea
ahny at ajou.ac.kr
Professor Sang-Yong Ju (2008 – 2011)
Ph.D., University of Connecticut
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Yonsei University, South Korea
syju at yonsei.ac.kr
Professor Zenghui Wang (2010 – 2012)
Ph. D., University of Washington
Current Position: Professor at University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Professor Matthew W. Graham (2010-2013)
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Current Position: Associate Professor of Physics at Oregon State University
graham at physics.oregonstate.edu
Professor Kin-Fai Mak (2012 – 2014)
Ph.D., Columbia University
Current Position: Professor of Physics at Cornell University
km627 at cornell.edu
Dr. Yui Ogawa (2014 – 2015)
Ph.D., Kyushu University
Current Position: Researcher at NTT Basic Research Laboratories
Visitors
Professor Hee Cheul Choi (July 2010 – June 2011)
Ph.D., Purdue University
Current Position: Department of Chemistry, POSTECH, Korea
choihc at postech.edu
Professor Yasumitsu Miyata (July 2012 – Sepetember 2012)
Ph.D., Tokyo Metropolitan University
Current Position: Department of Physics, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan
miyata at nagoya-u.jp
Chibeom Park (2010 – 2011)
B.S., POSTECH, Materials Science and Engineering
Past Undergraduate Researchers
Jack LeGrow (2021-2024)
B.S. in Chemistry (’24)
Tyler Werner
University of Chicago (’21 Physics, Molecular Engineering)
Current Position: Ph.D. Student at Yale, Applied Physics
Niklas Ovaskainen
University of Chicago (’21)
Maritha Wang
University of Chicago (’20 Chemistry)
Current Position: Ph.D. Student at Stanford University, Materials Science and Engineering
Zachary Ziegler
Cornell University (’17 Applied and Engineering Physics)
Current Position: Harvard University
Dong Ki Kim
Cornell University (’16 Electrical and Computer Engineering)
Yonghun Lee
Cornell University (’16 Applied and Engineering Physics)
Michal Wojcik
Cornell University (’13 Chemistry)
Current Position: Ph.D. UC Berkeley, Chemistry, Senior Life Sciences Specialist at L.E.K Consulting
Samuel Pell
Cornell University (’13 Chemistry)
Shivank Garg
Cornell University (’10 Chemistry)
Current Position: Medical student at Wake Forest university
Nate Johnson
Cornell University (’10)
Yoon Ji Kim
Cornell University (’10 Chemistry)
Current Position: Medical student at SUNY at Brooklyn, NYC