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Dr. Yuelang Chen

Years in group: 2019 - 2024  

Home Department: Chemistry   
Undergraduate School: University of Toronto, Canada   
Undergraduate Major: Chemistry   
Project: Lithium Battery Materials 
Hobbies: Sports, Netflix   
Current: Scientist, Anthro Energy


Dr. Jerika Chiong

Jerika Chiong

Years in group: 2019 - 2024  

Home Department: Chemistry   
Undergraduate School: University of California, San Diego   
Undergraduate Major: Chemistry   
Project: Polymer semiconductors 
Hobbies: Music, Traveling, Food   
Current: Scientist, Thintronics


Dr. Amnahir Estefania Peña-Alcántara

Years in group: 2019 - 2024

Home Department: Materials Science and Engineering   
Undergraduate School: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA   
Undergraduate Major: Materials Science and Engineering  Project: 
Hobbies: Volleyball, Eating, Movies, Reading  


Dr. Chris Brittain Cooper

Years in group: 2019 - 2023 

Home Department: Chemical Engineering 
MPhil Institution & Major: University of Cambridge, UK; Chemical Engineering (Churchill Scholar) 
Undergraduate School: NC State University 
Undergraduate Major: Chemical Engineering, EconomicsProject: Self-Aligning Polymer 
Hobbies: Hiking, Swimming, Tennis, Reading 
Current: Postdoc, NIST


Dr. Rachel Zhuojun Huang

Rachel Zhuojun Huang

Years in group: 2019 - 2023   

Home Department: Materials Science and Engineering   
Undergraduate School: UC Berkeley, CA   
Undergraduate Major: Materials Science and Engineering

Project: Polymer battery materials   
Hobbies: Ukulele, comedy   
Current: Postdoc, UT Austin, Freeman Group   
Google Scholar   
The Big Nano (My WordPress blog)   
rachel-z-huang.com


Dr. Huaxin Gong

Huaxin Gong

Years in group: 2019 - 2023

Home Department: Chemical Engineering   
Undergraduate School: Zhejiang University, China   
Undergraduate Major: Chemical Engineering   
Project: Carbon Flower

Hobbies: League of Legends, Movie, Music, Anime, Hiking   
Current: Senior Cell Design Engineer at Rivian


Dr. Yu Zheng

Yu Zheng

Years in group: 2018 - 2022   

Home Department: Chemistry   
Undergraduate School: Nankai University, China   
Undergraduate Major: Chemistry

Project: Stretchable Polymer Semiconductors   
Hobbies: Table Tennis, Swimming, Traveling

Current: Postdoc. in MIT Chemical Engineering department, Prof. Bradley Olsen group

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Dr. Zhiao Yu

Zhiao Yu photo

Years in group: 2018 - 2022   

Home Department: Chemistry   
Undergraduate School: Peking University, China   
Undergraduate Major: Materials Chemistry

Project: Stretchable Semiconductors, Lithium Battery Materials   
Hobbies: Basketball, Photography   

Current: Co-founder and CTO at Feon Energy, Inc. (LinkedIn)

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Dr. Shayla Nikzad

Shayla Nikzad

Years in group: 2018 - 2022   

Home Department: Chemical Engineering   
Undergraduate School: University of California, Davis   
Undergraduate Major: Chemical Engineering

Project: Processing Organic Semiconductor Thin Films   

Email: snikzad at stanford.edu

Currently: Postdoc, Dept. of Health Technology in Danish Technical University


Dr. David Koshy

David Koshy

Years in group: 2018 - 2021

Home Department: Chemical Engineering   
Undergraduate School: UC Berkeley, CA   
Undergraduate Major: Chemical Engineering

Project: Carbon-based materials for electrocatalysis (co-advised with Prof. Jaramillo)   
Currently: Postdoc. Interface Science Department of the Fritz Haber Institute in Berlin, Germany.


Dr. Gan Chen

Gan Chen

Years in group: 2017 - 2022   

Home Department: Material Science and Engineering   
Undergraduate School: Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China   
Undergraduate Major: Chemistry   

Hobbies: Basketball, Billiards, Badminton, Table Tennis, Card Games

Currently: Postdoc, UC Berkeley.


Dr. Theo Gao

Theo Gao

Years in group: 2017 - 2021   

Home Department: Materials Science and Engineering   
Undergraduate School: Northwestern University, IL   
Undergraduate Major: Materials Science and Engineering

Project: Materials and Devices for Printed Electronics   
Hobbies: Video Games, Anime, Swimming, Skiing, German and Russian Literature   

Currently: Senior Grant and Technical Writer at Twelve


Dr. Cheli Ruth (Arussy)

Cheli Ruth

Years in group: 2017 - 2021   

Home Department: Chemical Engineering   
Undergraduate School: University of Maryland, Baltimore County   
Undergraduate Major: Chemical Engineering   
Hobbies: Powerlifting, Traveling, Photography, Charity runs   

Currently: Staff Scientist, BD Bioscience


Dr. Jiechen Wang

Jeichan Wang

Years in group: 2017-2021   

Home Department: Material Science and Engineering   
Undergraduate School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL   
Undergraduate Major: Material Science and Engineering   
Project: Stretchable Transistors Array   
Hobbies: Movies, Science Fictions   

Currently: Staff Engineer, Lam Research


Dr. David Mackanic

Dr. David Mackanic

Years in group: 2016-2020   

Home Department: Chemical Engineering   
Undergraduate School: Virginia Tech, VA   
Undergraduate Major: Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry   
Hobbies: Running, Skiing, Mountain Biking

Currently: Founder, Anthro Energy. Link.


Dr. Yuchi Tsao

Dr. Yuchi Tsao

Years in group: 2016-2020

Home Department: Chemistry   
Undergraduate School: National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan   
Undergraduate Major: Chemistry   
Hobbies: Volleyball, Movie

Currently: Staff Engineer, Google


Dr. Jaewan Mun

Dr. Jaewan Mun

Years in group: 2016-2020

Home Department: Chemical Engineering   
Undergraduate School: Seoul National University, South Korea   
Undergraduate Major: Chemical & Biological Engineering   
Hobbies: Tennis, Badminton

Currently: Postdoc, UC Berkeley.


Dr. Vivian Rachel Feig

Dr. Vivian Feig

Years in group: 2016-2020   

Home Department: Materials Science and Engineering   
Undergraduate School: Columbia University, NY   
Undergraduate Major: Chemical Engineering   
Project: Self-Healing Materials   
Hobbies: Music, Traveling, Hiking   

Currently: Faculty, Stanford University, Department of Mechanical Engineering 
Previous: Postdoc, with Prof Bob Langer and Prof Giovanni Traverso, MIT.


Dr. Jooyeun Ham

Dr. Jooyeun Ham

Years in group: 2014-2020

Home Department: Mechanical Engineering   
Undergraduate School: KAIST, S. Korea   
Undergraduate Major: Mechanical Engineering   
Project: Electronic-Skin   
Hobbies: Playing/listening to music, Watching movie, Cooking, Traveling, Skiing, Swimming

Currently: Research Engineer, Tesla


Dr. Yuxin Liu

Dr. Yuxin Liu

Years in group: 2015-2019

Home Department: Bioengineering   
Undergraduate School: Nanyang Technological University, Singapore   
Undergraduate Major: Bioengineering   
Project: Multi-electrode Array and Electronic Skin   
Hobbies: Windsurfing, Climbing, Biking, Traveling 

Currently: Faculty, National University of Singapore


Dr. Shucheng Chen

Dr. Shucheng Chen

Years in group: 2015-2019

Home Department: Chemical Engineering   
Undergraduate School: National University of Singapore   
Undergraduate Major: Chemical Engineering   
Project: Novel carbon for H2O2 production   
Hobbies: basketball, hiking, traveling

Currently: Founder, Tanovus. Link.


Dr. Allison Claire Hinckley

Dr. Allison Claire Hinckley

Years in group: 2013-2018

Home Department: Chemical Engineering   
MPhil Institution & Major: University of Cambridge, UK; Micro- and Nanotechnology Enterprise   
Undergraduate School: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA   
Undergraduate Major: Chemical Engineering   
Project: Organic Thermoelectrics   
Hobbies: Travel, rowing, reading, cooking   

Currently: Associate, Venture capital and private equity firm


Dr. Franklin L. Lee

Dr. Franklin L. Lee

Years in group: 2014-2018   

Home Department: Chemical Engineering   
Undergraduate School: Cornell University, NY   
Undergraduate Major: Chemical Engineering   
Project: Development of modeling tools to predict organic solar cell morphology   
Hobbies: Drawing, video games, table tennis, creative writing   

Currently: Staff Engineer, Corning


Dr. Kevin Gu

Kevin Gu

Years in group: 2013-2018

Home Department: Chemical Engineering   
Undergraduate School: California Institute of Technology, CA   
Undergraduate Major: Chemical Engineering   
Project: Organic photovoltaic materials by design   
Hobbies: Tennis, rock climbing, racquetball, badminton   

Currently: Staff Engineer, Lam Research


Dr. Nathan Ging-Ji Wang

Dr. Nathan Ging-Ji Wang

Years in group: 2013-2018   

Home Department: Chemistry   
Undergraduate School: Wesleyan University, CT   
Undergraduate Major: Chemistry   
Project: Stretchable Polymer Semiconductor   
Hobbies: Basketball, biking, watching movies   

Currently: Staff Scientist, Carbon


Dr. Leo Shaw

Dr. Leo Shaw

Years in group: 2012-2018   

Home Department: Chemical Engineering   
Undergraduate School: Princeton University, NJ   
Project: Solution Shearing for Organic Semiconductor Thin Films   
Hobbies: Food, reading, travel, eating   

Currently: Staff Engineer, Google


Dr. Yeongin Kim

Dr. Yeongin Kim

Years in group: 2011-2018   

Home Department: Electrical Engineering   
Undergraduate School: Korea University, S. Korea   
Undergraduate Major: Electrical Engineering   
Project: Thin film transistors and circuits   
Hobbies: Tennis, jogging   

Currently: Faculty, University of Cincinnati


Dr. Jeff Lopez

Dr. Jeff Lopez

Years in group: 2012-2017   

Home Department: Chemical Engineering   
Undergraduate School: University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE.   
Undergraduate Major: Chemical Engineering   
Project: Self-Healing Materials and Lithium Polymer Batteries   

Currently: Faculty, Dept of Chemical & Biologial Engineering, Northwestern University, IL.

Prior: Postdoc, with Prof Shao Horn Yang, MIT


Dr. Ariane Tom

Dr. Ariane Tom

Years in group: 2012-2017   

Home Department: Bioengineering   
Undergraduate School: Stanford University, 2007-2011   
Undergraduate Major: Materials Science & Engineering   
Project: Organic Bioelectronics for Neural Systems   
Hobbies: Birdwatching, Equestrian, Tennis, Swimming

Currently: Associate, Venture capital and private equity firm   
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Ms. Celine S.Y. Liong

Ms. Celine S.Y. Liong

Years in group: 2015-2016

Home Department: Bioengineering   
Undergraduate School: University of California, San Diego, CA   
Undergraduate Major: NanoEngineering   
Project: Biosensors   
Hobbies: rock climbing, hiking, baking, cooking, reading

Currently: Re-enrolled as a Graduate student in Prof Eric Appel lab, Stanford

Prior: Celine has joined Verily Life Sciences after obtaining her Master's degree


Dr. Alex Chortos

Dr. Alex Chortos

Years in group: 2011-2016   

Home Department: Materials Science & Engineering   
Undergraduate School: University of Waterloo, Canada   
Undergraduate Major: Nanotechnology Engineering   
Project: Materials and devices for electronic skin

Currently: Facuty, Dept of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University.

Prior: Postdoc, with Prof. Jennifer Lewis, Harvard University


Dr. John To

Dr. John To

Years in group: 2011-2016   

PhD institution and major: Stanford University; Chemical Engineering   
Adviser: Prof. Zhenan Bao, Chemical Engineering   
Undergraduate School: University of California, Berkeley, CA   
Current Dept: Chemical Engineering   
Current Project: Mesoporous carbon for CO2 capture   

Currently: Staff Engineer, Neuralink.


Amanda Nguyen

Amanda Nguyen

Years group: 2013-2016   

Home Department: Electrical Engineering   
Undergraduate School: Clemson University, SC   
Undergraduate Major: Bioelectrical Engineering   
Project: Jugular Venous Pressure Sensor

 


Dr. Tae Hoon Lee

Dr. Tae Hoon Lee

Years in group: 2007-2015

Home Department: Electrical Engineering   
Undergraduate School: KAIST (Daejeon, Korea), B.S., 2003   
Undergraduate Major: Electrical Engineering   
Project: Solution Processed Organic Transistors   
Interests: basketball, tennis, badminton

Currently: Faculty, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Kwangwoon University, Seoul, S. Korea.


Dr. Benjamin Naab

Ben Naab

Years in group: 2010-2015   

Undergrad: Montana State University, Chemistry   
Current Dept: Chemical Engineering   
Current Project: Design, syntheses and applications of air-stable, solution-processable n-type molecular dopants for organic semiconductors   
Interests: I enjoy skiing/snowboarding, hiking, biking, golfng, playing racquetball, listening to music or reading.

Currently: Scientist, Dow Chemical


Dr. Huiliang (Evan) Wang

Evan Wang

Years in group: 2010-2014

Undergrad: Oxford University, United Kingdom   
Home Dept: Materials Science and Engineering   
Project: Understanding dispersion of carbon nanotubes by   
polymers, with applications in transistors and supercapacitors   
Other interests: tennis, hiking, swimming   

Currently: Faculty, Dept of Biomedical Engineering, U of Texas, Austin.

Prior: Postdoc, Prof. Karl Deisseroth, Stanford University


Dr. Debora Lin

Debbie Lin

Years in Group: 2008-2014

Undergrad: University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Chemical Engineering   
Home Dept: Chemical Engineering   
Current Project: Developing large area coating methods for carbon nanotubes with controlled alignment, density, and chirality with applications in transparent electrodes and sensors.

Currently: Vir Biotechnology; Associate Director of Process Development

Previous: AppVie, Abbott Spinoff


Dr. Steve Park

Dr. Steve Park

Years in Group: 2008-2014

Home Department: Materials Science and Engineering   
Undergraduate School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign   
Undergraduate Major: Materials Science and Engineering, Physics   
Project: Dip-Pen Nanolithography, Carbon-Nanotube Electronics, Organic Field Effect Transistors

Currently: Faculty, Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, KAIST, Korea


Dr. Mallory Hammock

Mallory Hammock

Years in Group: 2009-2014   

Undergrad: Northwestern University, Chemical Engineering   
Current Dept: Chemical Engineering   
Current Project: Developing organic field effect transistor-based sensors for the detection of nucleic acids and proteins.

Currently: AbbVie, Abbott Spinoff


Dr. Benjamin Tee Chee Keong

Benjamin C.K. Tee

Years in Group: 2008-2013

Home Department: Electrical Engineering   
Undergraduate School: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor   
Undergraduate Major: Electrical Engineering   
Project: Flexible Transducers   
Other Info: Loves going outdoors, hiking, artistic mumbo jumbo, playing piano, randomly cliche poems, reading financial bytes, website designing, synthesizing delectable food (however simple), and life

Currently: Faculty, National University of Singapore (NUS); Singapore National Research Foundation (NRF) Fellow.


Dr. Michael Vosgueritchian

Dr. Michael Vosgueritchian

Years in Group: 2008-2013

Undergrad: UC Berkeley, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science   
Current Dept: Chemical Engineering   
Current Project: Understanding the electrical properties of carbon nanotube films on different surfaces. Using Carbon nanotube films for transparent conducting electrodes.

Currently: Apple


Dr. Gaurav Giri

Dr. Gaurav Giri

Years in Group: 2008-2013

Home Department: Chemical Engineering   
Undergraduate School: California Institute of Technology, CA   
Undergraduate Major: Chemical Engineering   
Project: Organic Semiconductor Crystallization and Solution Shearing

Currently: Faculty, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of Virginia


Dr. Ranulfo (Randy) Allen

Dr. Ranulfo (Randy) Allen

Years in Group: 2008-2013   

Home dept: Chemical Engineering   
Undergrad: Princeton University, Princeton, NJ   
Undergrad major: Chemical Engineering   
Project: Forming aligned carbon nanotube films and fibers from anisotropic, polymer-wrapped carbon nanotube gels.   
Interests: Weightlifting, playing video games, snowboarding

Currently: Co-founder and CTO, Pascalor


Mr. Olasupo (Ade) Johnson

Mr. Olasupo (Ade) Johnson

Years in Group: 2007-2012   

Home Department: Chemical Engineering   
Undergraduate School: Howard University (Washington, DC), 2006   
Undergraduate Major: Chemical Engineering   
Project: Organic thin film transistor sensors

Currently: Ade has transferred to the Dept. of Electrical Engineering.


Dr. Jin Jeon

Dr. Jin Jeon

Years in Group: 2007-2012   

Home Department: Electrical Engineering   
Undergraduate School: Hanyang University (Seoul, Korea); BS 1997, MS 1999   
Undergraduate Major: Electrical Engineering   
Project: Organic Electronics, Flexible Circuits

Currently: Samsung Electronics, Korea


Dr. Justin Opatkiewicz

Dr. Justin Opatkiewicz

Years in Group: 2006-2012   

Home Department: Chemical Engineering   
Undergraduate School: University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA), 2006   
Undergraduate Major: Chemical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering   
Project: Analyzing the origin of the interaction of carbon nanotubes with various organic functional groups confined to surfaces and their application in high performance nanotube network devices   
Other Info: Originally from: Chino, CA, USA

Currently: Faculty, Dept. of NanoEngineering, University of California, San Diego


Dr. Sondra Hellstrom

Dr. Sondra Hellstrom

Years in Stanford: 2006-2012   

Home Department: Applied Physics   
Undergraduate School: Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD), 2004   
Undergraduate Major: Applied Physics   
Project: Development and optimization of flexible transparent conducting electrodes   
Other Info: N/A

Currently: Research Engineer, Bosch Research and Technology Center


Dr. Soumendra Barman

 

Dr. Soumendra Barman

Years in Stanford: 2005-2012   

Home Department: Chemical Engineering   
Undergraduate School: Rice University (Houston, TX)   
Undergraduate Major: Chemical Engineering   
Project: Solution processing of of carbon nanotubes for electronic and environmental applications.

Currently, Staff Scientist, Applied Materials


Dr Ying Jiang

Dr. Ying Jiang

Years in Stanford: 2006-2011   
Home Department: Chemical Engineering   
Undergraduate School: Cornell University (Ithaca, NY), 2005   
Undergraduate Major: Chemical Engineering   
Project: Material design and synthesis for organic photovoltaics   
Other Info: Hobbies: Erhu, singing

Currently: Staff Scientist, A*STAR, IMRE, Singapore


Dr Yoonyoung Chung

Dr. Yoonyoung Chung

Years in Stanford: 2006-2011   

Home Department: Electrical Engineering   
Undergraduate School: POSTECH (Pohang, Korea), 2006   
Undergraduate Major: Electronics and Electrical Engineering   
Project: Small Molecule-Based Organic Transistors and Their Applications

Currently: Faculty, Dept of Electrical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, S. Korea.


Dr Sangwon Ko

Dr. Sangwon Ko

Years in Stanford: 2007-2011   

Home Department: Chemistry   
Undergraduate/ Graduate School: Ewha Womans University (Seoul, Korea)   
Undergraduate Major: Chemistry   
Project: Design and synthesis of organic semiconductors for photovoltaics

Currently: Korean National Institutes, Korean Railroad Research Institute.


Dr Randy Stoltenberg

Dr. Randy Stoltenberg

Years in group: 2005-2011   

Home Department: Chemistry   
Undergraduate School: Brigham Young University (Provo, UT), 2005   
Undergraduate Major: Chemistry   
Project: Block-copolymer templated surface patterning for high-density single molecule fluorescence

Currently: Senior Chemist, Lockhead Martin Space Systems Company, Advanced Technology Center, Palo Alto, CA.


Dr. Jungkyu K. Lee

Dr. Jungkyu K. Lee

Years in group: 2005-2011   

Home Department: Chemistry   
Undergraduate School: Pusan National University (Pusan, Korea), B.S.: 2002; Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (Daejeon, Korea), M.S.: 2004   
Undergraduate/ Graduate Major: Chemistry   
Project: DNA-assisted single-molecule electronics

Currently: Faculty, Dept. of Chemistry, Kyungpook National University, Bukgu, Daegu, Korea


Dr. Ajay Virkar

Dr. Ajay Virkar

Years in Stanford: 2005-2010   

Home Department: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering   
Undergraduate School: University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign, IL), 2005   
Undergraduate Major: Chemical Engineering

Currently: CTO, C3 Nano


Dr. Wechung Maria Wang

Dr. Wechung Maria Wang

Years in group: 2004-2010

Home Department: Chemical Engineering   
Undergraduate School: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA), 2004   
Undergraduate Major: Chemical Engineering   
Thesis: Dip-Pen Nanolithography of Electrical Contacts to Organic Nanostructures   
Other Info: Hobbies: hiking, dancing and scientific writing/editing

Currently: Scientist, PPG Industries


Dr. Ming Lee Tang

Dr. Ming Lee Tang

Home Department: Chemistry   
Undergraduate School: Brandeis University (Waltham, MA), 2004   
Years in this Group: 09/2004-12/2008   
Ph.D. Project: Design, Synthesis and Characterization of Acenes for OTFTs and OPV   

Currently: Faculty, Dept. of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside


Dr. Zihong (Bill) Liu

Dr. Zihong (Bill) Liu

Years in Group: 2007-2009   

Home Department: Electrical Engineering   
Undergraduate School: Tsinghua University (Beijing, China), M.S.(2006), B.S.(2004)   
Ph.D. Project: Solution Processed Organic Semiconductor TFTs for Flexible Electronics: Device Physics, Device Modeling, Fabrication Technology, and Interface Engineering   

Currently: Founder, Royole Corporation


Dr. Shuhong Liu

Dr. Shuhong Liu

Years in Stanford: 2003-2008   

Home Department: Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University   
Undergraduate School, Major,Year Shanghai Jiaotong University (Shanghai, China), 2003   
Years in this Group: 10/2003-09/2008   
Ph.D. Project: Single crystal organic transistors

Currently: Technical Program Manager, Apple


Dr. Colin Reese

Dr. Colin Reese

Years in Stanford: 2003-2008   

Home Department: Chemical Engineering, Stanford University   
Undergraduate School, Major,Year University of Washington (Seattle, WA), 2003   
Years in this Group: 10/2003-09/2008   
Ph.D. Project: Single Crystal Organic Transistors

Currently: SpectraWatt


Dr. Mark Roberts

Dr. Mark Roberts

Years in Stanford: 2003-2008   

Home Department: Chemical Engineering, Stanford University   
Undergraduate School, Major,Year Montana State University (Bozeman, MT), 2002   
Years in this Group: 10/2003-09/2008   
Ph.D. Project: The development and characterization of water-stable organic transistor sensors through material design and device engineering.   
Other Info: Hobbies: All sports.

Currently: Faculty, Dept of Chemistry, Clemson University


Dr. Quan Yuan

Dr. Quan Yuan

Years in Stanford: 2005-2008

Home Department: Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University   

Currently: Intel, Arizona


Dr. Hangwoo Lee

Years in group: 2005-2011

Currently: Lam Research, CA.