Group Members

Past Graduate Students

Baorui Cheng (2017-2023)
Ph.D in Chemistry
Current Position: 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
kl692 at uchicago.edu

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)
Current Position: Medical student at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

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: Postdoctoral Researcher, MD/PhD student at Duke University

Dr. Lihong H. Herman (2006 – 2013)
Ph.D. in Applied Physics (2013)
Current Position: Principle 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

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