Masters and Undergraduate Students: Alumni
Ms. Swetha Vaidyanathan
Years in group: 2022 -2023, Masters Student
Home Department: Material Science and Engineering (MATSCI)
Undergraduate School: Shiv Nadar College of Engineering, Affiliated to Anna University, Chennai, India
Undergraduate Major: Chemical Engineering
Research interest: Battery Recycling, Waste resource recovery, Flexible batteries for wearable applications, Composite and origami-architected materials for prosthetics
Hobbies: Classical Dance, Music, Cooking, Art, and Craft
Mr. Jason Phong
Year in group: 2020 - 2023, Undergraduate
Current: Ph. D. student, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, MIT
Home Department: Materials Science & Engineering
Research interest: Conductive hydrogels and capacitive pressure sensors
Hobbies: music, running, food, and TV
Mr. Arnob Das
Years in group: 2022 - 2023, Masters Student
Home Department: Materials Science & Engineering
Research Interest: Stretchable polymeric transistors and polymer semiconductors for temperature and skin conductance biosensin
Hobbies: Listening to R&B music, cooking, playing piano, reading
Mr. Michael Kao
Year in joining group: 2019, Undergraduate Student
Home Department: Materials Science and Engineering
Research interest: Stretchable organic batteries
Hobbies: Chicken wings, music production, cycling, art museums
Ms. Michelle Li
Year in joining group: 2021, Undergraduate
Primary Lab: Hiesinger Lab
Home Department: Chemical Engineering
Research Interest: Biomedical devices for drug delivery to the heart
Hobbies: Traveling, design, cooking/baking
Ms. Celine Escarmant
Year in joining group: 2019, Undergraduate
Home Department: Biomechanical Engineering
Research interest: flexible electronics for continuous tracking of tumor growth
Hobbies: playing the ukulele, cooking/baking, exercising, longboarding, and overall learning new things
Mr. Zongqi Li
Year in joining group: 2019, Masters Student
Home Department: Material Science and Engineering
Undergraduate School: Beijing Institute of Technology, China
Undergraduate Major: Material Science and Engineering
Hobbies: Powerlifting, Traveling, Movie
Ms. Alana Malaika Mermin-Bunnell
Year in joining group: 2019, Undergraduate Student
Research interest: developing a flexible electronic device to continuously monitor tumor growth
Hobbies: visual art, baking, hiking, caring for animals
Ms. Liz Schell
Year in joining group: 2019, EE, Masters Student
Research Interest: circuit design with novel devices, stretchable electronics
Hobbies: climbing, biking, sewing
Mr. Wenhui Xu
Year in joining group: 2019, MSE, Masters Student
Undergraduate: Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China
Research Interest: novel materials, wearable devices, advanced bioelectronics and sensors
Hobbies: snowboarding, weight training and reading science fiction
Ms. Mel Guo
Year in joining group: 2019, Undergraduate Student
Research interests: biodegradable conductors and better interfaces for brain implants. Outside the lab, I enjoy doing math, learning jazz piano, and writing and acting for a gender monologue production.
Ms. Juliana Lu-Yang
Year in joining group: 2019, Undergraduate Student
Nature of work: stretchable organic batteries
Ms. Kathy Liu
Year in joining group: 2017, Undergraduate Student
Home Department: Undeclared
Research interest: Sustainable materials for energy devices
Hobbies: Dancing, debating, hiking, photography
Mr. Thomas Colburn
Year in joining group: 2017, Undergraduate Student
Home Department: Chemical Engineering
Research interest: Organic Photovoltaic Cells Synthesis, Testing, and Characterization
Ms. Shuhan Liu
Year in group: 2019, Visiting Undergraduate Student
Institution and Home Department: Peking University, China; Microelectronics Science and Engineering
Research Interests: organic FET
Hobbies: reading books, swimming
Ms. Fanny Ho
Year in group: 2019, Visiting Undergraduate Student
Institution and Home Department: National Technical University of Singapore; Materials Science and Engineering
Research Interests: Soft materials and flexible devices
Hobbies: Music, travelling, double bass
Mr. Amir Kader
Year in group: 2019, Undergraduate Student
Academic Interests: energy storage and efficiency, batteries
Interests: mountain biking, philosophy, basketball
Mr. Albert Kim
Year in group: 2019, Undergraduate Student
Home Department: Material Science and Engineering
Research Interests: Wearable electronics, sensors, neural interface technology
Hobbies: Reading about new ideas, eating good food, skiing, taking care of dogs
Ms. Abby Taussig
Years in group: 2017-2019, Undergraduate Student
Research Interest: energy storage, solid polymer electrolytes
Hobbies: running, playing guitar, backpacking, canoeing
Mr. Boning Huang
Years in group: 2016-2018, Master Student
Home Department: Materials Science and Engineering
Undergraduate School: Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Research Interest: Carbon nanotube sorting and CNT-based devices
Hobbies: archery, swimming, bicycling
Mr. Junheng Li
Years in group: 2016-2018, Master Student
Home Department: Chemical Engineering
Undergraduate School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA
Research interest: Non-covalent Bond-Assisted Design of Organic and Polymeric Semiconductors for Flexible Electronics
Hobbies: Traveling, Music, Movies
Ms. Caroline Heawon Kim
Year in joining group: 2017, Undergraduate Student
Home Department: Undeclared
Research interest: Batteries
Hobbies: Guitar, baking, and reading
Mr. Christopher Walter
Year in group: summer 2018, Undergraduate Student
Research interest: Synthesis and fabrication of organic photovoltaic solar cells
Mr. Tuheen Manika
Year in group: 2018, Undergraduate Student
Home Department: Undeclared
Research Interests: Energy Storage and Batteries
Hobbies: Hiking, Running, Cooking, Reading
Ms. Kelly Liu
Year in group: 2018, Summer, Undergraduate Student
Undergraduate School: Caltech
Home Department: Chemical Engineering
Research Interests: Biocatalysts, Biodevices for health applications
Hobbies: Running, playing piano, skating, traveling
Ms. Atte Kadoma
Year in group: 2018, Summer, Undergraduate Student
Home Department: Materials Science and Engineering
Research interests: Flexible Electronics, Sensors
Hobbies: Reading, Longboarding, Rubik's Cubes
Mr. Kailash Raman
Year in group: 2018, Undergraduate Student
Home Department: Chemical Engineering
Research interest: Solid polymer electrolytes
Hobbies: A Cappella, Hiking, Running
Ms. Rui Ning
Year in group: 2017, Master Student
Home Department: Materials Science and Engineering
Undergraduate School: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL
Research Interest: Flexible electronics and sensors
Hobbies: Skiing, oil painting, movies
Mr. Guanhua Fang
Year in group: 2017, Master Student
Home Department: Materials Science and Engineering
Undergraduate School: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA
Research Interest: Carbon nanotube sorting and CNT-based devices
Hobbies: Workout, wine-tasting, reading
Ms. Nicola Serenity Kubzdela
Year in group: 2017, Undergraduate Student
Home Department: Undeclared
Research interest: Bio sensors, devices for monitoring health
Hobbies: Dancing, hiking, birding, travelling, photography
Mr. Hongyi Zhang
Year in group: 2017
Undergraduate School: Purdue University, Class of 2018
Undergraduate Major: Chemistry
Research interest: Stretchable Polymer Semiconductor
Hobbies: Running, biking, skiing
Ms. Linda Catherine Meiser
Year in group: 2017, VSR (master thesis)
Home Department: Chemical Engineering at ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Undergraduate School: ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Research Interests: Wearable Biosensors, heterogeneous catalysis
Mr. Shiheng Lu
Year in group: 2017, Master Student
Home Department: Electrical Engineering
Undergraduate School: Fudan University, China
Research interest: CNT biosensors
Ms. Marta Krason
Year in group: 2016, Master Student
Home Department: Mechanical Engineering
Undergraduate School: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Research interest: Wearable & implantable health sensors
Hobbies: Running, bicycling, kayaking, hiking, documentary watching
Ms. Charlotte Xia
Year in group: 2016, Master Student
Home Department: Materials science and engineering
Undergraduate School: University of Michigan Ann Arbor
Research interest: electrode materials for batteries and supercapacitors
Hobbies: Outdoor
Ms. Haydee Flores
Year in group: 2016, Master Student
Home Department: Materials Science and Engineering
Undergraduate School: Universidad de las Américas Puebla, México
Research Interest: Design and synthesis of porous carbon material for electrocatalytic applications
Hobbies: Hiking, Traveling, Volleyball, Soccer, Calligraphy, Movies
Mr. Marc Negre
Years in group: 2016-2017, Master Student
Home Department: Materials Science and Engineering
Undergraduate School: Ecole Polytechnique, France
Research interest: Biodegradable Pressure Sensors & Conducting Polymers
Hobbies: Music, Hiking, Dancing, Triathlon
Ms. Jing Zhao
Year in group: 2016, Master Student
Home Department: Materials Science and Engineering
Undergraduate School: Renmin University of China, Beijing, China
Research Interests: Stretchable semiconducting polymers for electronic device applications
Hobbies: Movies, Traveling
Mr Ming Guan
Years in group: 2016-2017, Master Student
Home Department: Materials Science
Interested fields: single wall carbon nano tube sorting, transistor and related circuits.
Hobbies: table tennis, basketball, reading, travelling
Mr. Zhiao Yu
Year of Summer Internship: 2016
Undergraduate School: Peking University, Beijing, China, Class of 2013
Supervisors: Prof. Jian Pei, Prof. Jie-Yu Wang
Undergraduate Major: Material Chemistry
Research Focuses: Organic semiconductor, Single crystal packing mode
Current Projects: SHP polymer, Electrode and solid electrolyte materials
Hobbies: Basketball, Photography, Chinese calligraphy
Mr. Boya Ouyang
Year in joining group: 2016, Master Student
Home Department: Materials Science and Engineering
Interested fields: Synthesis of conducting polymer and its applications on supercapacitor
Hobbies: taekwondo(black belt), pop-dance
Mr. Motasim Zawawi
Year in joining group: 2016, Undergraduate Student
Home Department: Mechanical Engineering
Project: Developing Sensor Fabrication Strategies For Applications in Artificial Skin
Hobbies: Calligraphy, Photography, Basketball
Ms. Tianshu Ji
Year in joining group: 2016, Master Student
Home Department: Chemical Engineering
Undergraduate School: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Undergraduate Major: Chemistry
Project: Self-Healing Polymer on Lithium Batteries
Mr. Kevin Liao
Year in joining group: 2015, Undergraduate
Major: Chemical Engineering
Project: New semiconducting polymers for stretchable and flexible electronics
Hobbies: Automobiles, Biking, Tennis
Mr. Lance Bettinson
Year in joining group: 2015, Undergraduate
Major: Chemical Engineering
Project: Pursuit of alternative receptor attachment methods to organic semiconductor surfaces of thin-film transistors
Hobbies: swimming, running, soccer, piano, reading, travel
Mr. Wesley Chang
Year in joining group: 2015, Undergraduate
Major: Chemical Engineering
Project: Si-graphite anodes for self-healing lithium polymer batteries
Hobbies: Snowboarding, traveling and exploring new cultures, Bay Area hiking
Mr. Qiyuan "Kevin" Cheng
Year of Summer Internship: 2015
Current School: St John’s Preparatory School, Danvers, MA
Hobbies: Guitar, Vocal Performance, Biking
Mr. Timothy Fu
Year of Summer Internship: 2015
Undergraduate Institution, Major, Year: Peking University, China, enrolled in 2012
Hobbies: badminton, boardgames, hiking
Research Summary: synthetic methodology through carbene intermediates
Mr. John Will
Year of Summer Internship: 2015
Undergraduate School: University of Texas at Dallas, Class of 2018
Undergraduate Major: Biomedical Engineering
Project: Optimizing Synthesis and Assembly of Durable Stretchable Transistors
Hobbies: Running, Bicycle Touring, Rock Climbing
Mr. Bohan Tang
Year of Summer Internship: 2015
Undergraduate School: Tsinghua University, China
Ms. Anna Smith
Year of REU Summer Internship: 2015
Undergraduate School: University of Buffalo, NY
Mr. Eric Roxlo
Year of Summer Internship: 2015
Undergraduate School: Purdue University, IN (entering 2015)
High School: The Harker School, San Jose, CA
Mr. Qudus Omotayo Lawal
Current Year at Stanford: 1st year in the BS/MS. Co-term Program
Major: Chemical Engineering
Project: Fabrication and Characterization of Biodegradable and Stretchable Electrode for Pressure Sensors.
Hobbies: Running, Cooking, Learning new languages, Soccer, Hiking
Ms. Clara McCreery
Stanford University, Class of '15
Major: Chemical Engineering with a Certificate in Music Performance
Project: Growth and analysis of Covalent Organic Frameworks (COFs) for use as thin film transistors
Hobbies: Classical violin, steel pan, triathlons, juggling, tutoring
Email: mccreery at stanford dot edu
Mr. Kemar England
Current year at Stanford: BS/MS. Co-term Program
Major: Chemical Engineering
Project: Investigating junction morphology’s effect on organic solar cell performance
Email: kengland at Stanford dot edu
Ms. Tracey Atkinson
Stanford University, Class of '15
Major: Chemical Engineering
Project: Mesoporous carbon synthesis and application testing
Hobbies: swimming, running, cooking, theatre tech and production
E-mail: traceya at Stanford dot edu
Ms. Sophie Miller
Stanford University, Class of '15 (Joined lab in Fall 2012)
Major: Chemical Engineering
Project: Fabrication of microstructured polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS.) filMs. for pressure sensor dielectrics using the "breath figures" method.
Hobbies: Saxophone, tennis, swimming, hiking, travel, ethnic foods, farmer’s markets, cooking.
Email: millerso at stanford dot edu
Ms. Renata Hanna
Stanford University, Class of '15 (Years in lab: 2013-2014)
Undergraduate Major: Chemical Engineering
Project: Studying different device structures and possible applications for organic photovoltaics
Hobbies: Reading, playing games with friends, hand-crafting
E-mail: rehanna at Stanford dot edu
Ms. Jessica Tam
Year of Summer Internship: 2014
Undergraduate School: Stanford University, Class of 2017
Undergraduate Major: Undeclared, prospective Chemical Engineering
Project: Understanding the Sorting of Semiconducting Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes by Conjugated Polymers
Hobbies: ballet, hiking, baking
Ms. Kelsey Hirots
Year of Summer Internship: 2012
Undergraduate School: Johns Hopkins University, '13
Undergraduate Major: Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Project: Fabricating Parylene Shadow Masks for Flexible Electronic Applications
Hobbies: Running, cooking, traveling
Email: khirotsu at jhu.edu
Mr. Yuxing Yao
Year of Summer Internship: 2012
Undergraduate Institution, Major, Year: Tsinghua University (Beijing, China), Fundamental Sciences (Chemistry and Biology), enrolled in 2009
Research Interest: Alignment of long polymer chains for fabricating efficient polymer transistor devices.
Hobbies: soccer, tennis, baseball, music
Mr. Jeff Han
Year of Summer Internship: 2012
Undergraduate School: California Institute of Technology, Class of '14
Undergraduate Major: Electrical Engineering
Project: Flexible Electronics
Hobbies: Badminton, Fencing, Guitar, Cooking Shows
Email: jhan at caltech.edu
Mr. Qiaochu Li
Summer Internship: Jun 27 to Aug 31, 2011
Undergraduate Institution, Major, Year: Peking University (Beijing, China), Material Chemistry, enrolled in 2008
Research Interest: the application of novel electronic materials on transistor devices
Project: Selection and characterization of n-type dopant for organic semiconductors
Hobbies: traveling, table tennis, drawing manga (comics)
Ms. Claire Baek
2008-2009 UC Berkeley, Electrical Engineering PhD Program
Chris Chen
2009-2011
Mr. Edwin Khoo
2009
Mr. Alan Yiu
2004 UC Berkeley, Electrical Engineering PhD Program
Mr. Andrew Sung
03/05-05/06 UCSD medical school
Mr. Jordi Mata-Fink
06/05-05/07 MIT ChemE PhD program
Ms. Michelle Senatore
01/05-05/07 UCSB Mat Sci PhD program
Ms. Naomi Rajapaksa
02/05-05/06 Harvard Chem PhD program
Ms. Anna Reichardt
05/06-05/08 UCLA MD/PhD program
Ms. Fei Qu
05/05-05/08 Nanosolar
Mr. Armon Sharei
09/05-05/08 MIT ChemE PhD program