Ph.D. Graduate Students
Alexis Medina
Admitted year: 2024
Home Department: Chemistry
Undergraduate School: University of California, Irvine
Undergraduate Major: Biological Sciences and Chemistry
Project: Shape memory polymer, Stretchable materials
Hobbies: Baking, Cooking, Hiking, Movies
Email: ammedin@stanford.edu
Jeffrey Heo
Admitted year: 2024
Home Department: Chemical Engineering
Undergraduate School: University of California, Berkeley
Undergraduate Major: Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Project: Battery Materials & Electrolytes
Hobbies: Running/Hiking, League of Legends, Poker, Cooking, Graphic Design
Email: jeffrey_heo@stanford.edu
Wilson Turner (he/him)
Admitted year: 2024
Home Department: Chemical Engineering
Undergraduate School: University of Chicago
Undergraduate Major: Molecular Engineering
Project: Stretchable Materials
Hobbies: Reading, MMA, Hiking, Welding, 3D Printing
Email: wrturner@stanford.edu
Tomasz Zaluska
Admitted year: 2023
Home Department: Bioengineering
Undergraduate School: ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Undergraduate Major: Electrical Engineering
Project: Implantable Devices
Hobbies: Relax
Email: zaluskat@stanford.edu
Sophia Shen
Admitted year: 2023
Home Department: Bioengineering
Undergraduate School: University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Undergraduate Major: B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Minor in Systems Biology
Project: Wearable sensors
Hobbies: Painting, piano, museums, board games, theater (tech crew)
Email: shensc@stanford.edu
Baiyu Shi
Admitted year: 2023
Home Department: Mechanical Engineering
Undergraduate School: University of California, Berkeley
Undergraduate Major: Bioengineering and EECS
Project: Multimodal Stretchable Sensors, Statistical Learning
Hobbies: Badminton, Cycling, Skiing
Email: baiyushi@stanford.edu
Carina Yi Jing Lim
Admitted year: 2023
Home Department: Materials Science and Engineering
Undergraduate School: Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Undergraduate Major: Materials Engineering
Project: Stretchable Batteries
Hobbies: Reading, dancing
Email: cyjlim@stanford.edu
Luca Mondonico
Admitted year: 2023
Home Department: Materials Science and Engineering
MSc Institution: ETH Zürich, Switzerland
MSc Degree: Materials Science
Undergraduate School: Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Undergraduate Major: Materials and Nanotechnology Engineering
Project: Li-metal batteries, Stretchable batteries.
Hobbies: Volleyball, Travel
Email: lmondo@stanford.edu
Website: lucamondonico.com
Leen Abdul Razzak
Admitted year: 2022
Home Department: Electrical Engineering
Undergraduate School: Northwestern University
Undergraduate Major: Biomedical Engineering
Project: Ingestible Devices & Wearable Sensors
Hobbies: Cooking, Baking, Running, Tennis, & Reading
Email: leenar@stanford.edu
Jacob Florian
Admitted year: 2022
Home Department: Chemical Engineering
Undergraduate School and Major: University of Michigan, B.S. Chemical Engineering
Project: Solid-Electrolyte Interphase in Li Batteries
Hobbies: Tennis, skiing, and reading
Email: florianj@stanford.edu
Yujia Yuan
Admitted year: 2022
Home Department: Electrical Engineering
Undergraduate School: Institute for Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo
Undergraduate major: Electrical Engineering
Project: Flexible Electronics
Hobbies: Table tennis, road trip
Email: yujiay@stanford.edu
Diego Uruchurtu Patino
Admitted year: 2022
Home Department: Chemical Engineering
Undergraduate School and Major: University of Texas at Austin, B.S. Chemical Engineering, Business Minor
Project: Synthesis and Applications of Carbon Nanoflowers
Hobbies: I enjoy hanging out with friends, sports, video games, hiking, surfing, reading, and coffee
Email: durupat@stanford.edu
Alexandra L. Ramos Figueroa
Admitted year: 2022
Home Department: Chemical Engineering
Undergraduate School: University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez
Undergraduate Major: Chemical Engineering
Project: Stretchable Materials
Hobbies: Beach Volleyball, Amateur Nail Artist, Traveling, Binge TV Shows
Email: aramosfi@stanford.edu
Twitter: alexandraLramos
Yating Yao
Admitted year: 2022
Home Department: Chemistry
Undergraduate School: Peking University, China
Undergraduate Major: Chemistry
Project: Fabrication and applications of intrinsically stretchable electronics
Hobbies: Minecraft, coffee, ping-pong, cooking
Email: ytyao@stanford.edu
Elizabeth Zhang
Admitted year: 2022
Home Department: Materials Science and Engineering
Undergraduate School: University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Undergraduate Major: Chemical Engineering
Project: Battery materials
Hobbies: Drawing, anime, archery, boiling crab
Email: eliz2000@stanford.edu
Il Rok Choi
Admitted year: 2021
Home Department: Materials Science and Engineering
Undergraduate School: Seoul National University, S. Korea
Undergraduate Major: Materials Science and Engineering & Technology Management
Project: Stretchable battery
Hobbies: Tennis, music, movies, reading
Email: rokchoi at stanford.edu
Spencer Zhao
Admitted year: 2021
Home Department: Chemical Engineering
Undergraduate School: University of Toronto, Canada
Undergraduate Major: Engineering Science
Project: Trigger-initiated in situ assembly of conductive polymers in the extracellular space
Hobbies: photography, playing piano
Email: szhao7 at stanford.edu
Eunyoung (Grace) Kim
Admitted year: 2021
Home Department: Mechanical Engineering
Undergraduate and MPhil Degree: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Undergraduate Major: Mechanical Engineering
Project: Dielectric elastomer actuators, stretchable materials, sensors
Hobbies: Trying new things - ex. travelling, DIY crafting
Email: ekime at stanford.edu
Rachael Kaitlyn Mow
Admitted year: 2021
Home Department: Chemistry
Undergraduate School: Columbia University, NY
Undergraduate Major: Chemistry
Project: Development and Synthesis of Novel Conjugated Molecules for Stretchable Electronics
Hobbies: Cooking, Baking, Calligraphy, Horse Vaulting
Email: rkm2021 at stanford.edu
Yuran Shi
Admitted year: 2021
Home Department: Chemistry
Undergraduate School: Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Undergraduate Major: Chemistry and Computer Science
Project: Photo-responsive polymer
Hobbies: Cars, Motorcycles, Film Photography, Rock Music, Swimming
Email: yuran at stanford.edu
Max Schrock
Admitted year: 2021
Home Department: Chemistry
Undergraduate School: University of California, Santa Barbara
Undergraduate Major: Chemistry
Project: Superlattice Alignment of Conjugated Polymers
Hobbies: Cycling, Cooking, Hiking, Working on Cars
Email: mschrock at stanford.edu
Kelly Liu
Admitted year: 2020
Home Department: Chemical Engineering
Undergraduate School: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
Undergraduate Major: Chemical Engineering
Project: Stretchable polymer semiconductor
Hobbies: Cooking, Running, Skiing, Traveling, Playing Piano
Email: kellyliu at stanford.edu
Arielle Berman
Admitted year: 2020
Home Department: Mechanical Engineering
Master’s Degree: Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; Mechanical Engineering
Undergraduate School: Penn State University – Schreyer Honors College, State College, PA
Undergraduate Major: Mechanical Engineering
Project: Multifunctional sensors for tactile identification
Hobbies: Skiing, Cooking, Baking, Boardgames, Road Biking
Email: aberman7 at stanford.edu
Michal Gala
Admitted year: 2020
Home Department: Chemical Engineering
Undergraduate School: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Undergraduate Major: Chemical Engineering
Project: New architectures of organic semiconductors
Hobbies: Travel, History, Literature, Food
Email: mlgala at stanford.edu
Yuya Nishio
Admitted year: 2020
Home Department: Electrical Engineering
Undergraduate School: Nagoya University, Japan
Undergraduate Major: Electrical Engineering
Project: Stretchable Electronics, Carbon Nanotubes
Hobbies: Hiking, Tennis, Traveling, Food
Email: yuya at stanford.edu
Weichen Wang
Admitted year: 2017
Home Department: Materials Science and Engineering
Undergraduate School: Xi’an Jiaotong University, China
Undergraduate Major: Materials Science and Engineering
Project: Fabrication and applications of intrinsically stretchable electronics
Hobbies: League of Legends
Email: weichenw at stanford.edu