Ph.D. Graduate Students

Leen  Abdul Razzak

Year joined group: 2023

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

Year joined group: 2023

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

Year joined group: 2023

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

Year joined group: 2023

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

Year joined group: 2023

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

Year joined group: 2023

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

Year joined group: 2023

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

Year joined group: 2022

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

Year joined group: 2022

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

Year joined group: 2022

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

Year joined group: 2022

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

Year joined group: 2022

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

Year joined group: 2022

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

Year joined group: 2021

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

Year joined group: 2021

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

Year joined group: 2021

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

Year joined group: 2021

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

Jerika Chiong

Year joined group: 2020

Home Department: Chemistry
Undergraduate School: University of California, San Diego
Undergraduate Major: Chemistry
Project: Polymer semiconductors

Hobbies: Music, Traveling, Food
Email: jachiong at stanford.edu

Yuelang Chen

Year joined group: 2020

Home Department: Chemistry
Undergraduate School: University of Toronto, Canada
Undergraduate Major: Chemistry
Project: Lithium Battery Materials

Hobbies: Sports, Netflix
Email: ylc at stanford.edu

Amnahir Estefania Peña-Alcántara

Year joined group: 2020

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
Email: amnahir at stanford.edu

Weichen Wang

Year joined group: 2018

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