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Posdoctoral Researchers

Yaniv Shlosberg

UCSB Position: Postdoctoral Scholar, Sepunaru & Carlini Group
Years in Lab: Juny 2022 - June 2023

Dian Li

UCSB Position: Postdoctoral Scholar, Yang Group
Years in Lab: May 2022 - May 2023

Tung-Dang Nguyen

UCSB Position: Postdoctoral Scholar, Nguyen Group
Years in Lab: 2019 - May 2023
Current position : Assistant Professor, VinUniversity, Gialam, Hanoi, Vietnam

Jakkarin Limwongyut

UCSB Position: Graduate Research Student: 2017-2022 / Postdoctoral Scholar 2022-2023, Bazan Group
Current position : Postdoctoral Scholar, National University of Singapore 

Qi Zhou

UCSB Position: Postdoctoral Scholar, Yang Group
Years in Lab: 2020 - 2022
Current position : Assistant Professor, China

Viktor Brus

Current Position: Assistant Professor -Physics Department of Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
Years in Lab: 2014-2020

Xuan-Dung Dang

Current Position: EaglePicher Technologies
Years in Lab: 2010 - 2013

Jenny Du

Current Position: VP of Operations, Apeel Sciences
Years in Lab: 2011 - 2013

Binh Duong

Current Position: Research Scientist, National University of Vietnam
Years in Lab: 2014 - 2015

Logan Garner

Bruno Grimm

Current Position: Staff Scientist, Cynora GmbH
Years in Lab;2011 - 2013

Yasuharu Hasegawa

Current Position: Researcher, Hitachi Chemical
Years in Lab: 2015 - 2016

Michael Heiber

Years in Lab: 2015 - 2017

Huijie Hou

Years in Lab:2011 - 2012

Nan Hu

Years in Lab:2014 - 2015

Yuanyuan Hu

Years in Lab:2015-2017

Ye Huang

Current Position: Senior Chemist, DOW Chemical
Years in Lab: 2012 - 2015

Chunki Kim

Current Position: Research Scientist, Samsung, Korea
Years in Lab: 2009 - 2011

Seo-Jin Ko

Current Position: Research Scientist
Years in Lab: 2015-2018

Julia Kuehhorn

Current Position;Head of Laboratory, Boehringer Ingelheim
Years in Lab: 2012 - 2013

Martijn Kuik

Current Position: Yield Analysis Engineer, Intel Corporation
Years in Lab: 2012 - 2014

Byoung Hoon Lee

Years in Lab:2015

Mungsoo Lee

Current Position: Research Scientist, Department of Chemistry, University of Arkansas

Dirk Leifert

Years in Lab:2017-2018

Hui Li

Current Position: Research Scientist, Biochemistry Laboratory, UCSB
Years in Lab:2014

Xiaofeng Liu

Current Position: Technical Program Manager, Polyradiant Corporation
Years in Lab:2009 - 2015

Jianhua Liu

Current Position:Senior Technologist, NuSil Silicone Technology
Years in Lab: 2011 - 2013

Andreas Lorbach

Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Konstanz
Years in Lab:2011 - 2013

Chan Luo

Position After Graduation: Field Engineer, ASML
Years in Lab: 2011-2016

Cheng-Kang Mai

Current Position: Research Design Scientist, James Hardie Building Products, Inc.
Years in Lab: 2012 - 2016

John Markiewicz

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Marshall University
Years in Lab: 2015 - 2016

Samantha McCuskey

Current Position: Research Fellow - National University of Singapore
Years in Lab: 2018-2020

Oleksandr (Alex) Mikhnenko

Current Position: Director of Innovation, Oksancia.com
Years in Lab: 2012 - 2015

Alireza Mohebbi

Current Position: Senior Scientist
Years in Lab: 2009 - 2012

Ikuhiro Nagao

Vishal Patil

Current Position: Product Development Chemist / Application Chemist, Hexion Specialty Chemicals Inc.
Years in Lab: 2012 - 2014

Niva Ran

Current Position: Optical Engineer, Apple
Years in Lab: 2014-2017

Lijiao Ren

Years in Lab: 2016-2018

Kuburat Saliu

Years in Lab: 2012 - 2014

Junghwa Seo

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Dong A University, Korea

Karolina Siskova

Current Position: Research Scientist, Centre for Nanomaterial Research, Olomouc, Czech Republic

Seyeong Song

Years in Lab: 2019-2020

Yude Su

Current Position: Research Fellow - National University of Singapore
Years in Lab:20018-2020

Arnold Tamayo

Current Position: Founder, Next Energy Technologies
Years in Lab: 2007 - 2009

Steffen Thies

Years in Lab: 2012 - 2013

Joachim Vollbrecht

Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher-Feodor-Lynen Fellow - University of Potsdam
Years in Lab: 2017-2019

Peng Wang

Current Position: Professor, Institute of Applied Chemistry, Changchun Chinese Academy of Science

Ming Wang

Years in Lab: 2014

Bing Wang

Current Position: Assistant Professor - Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Years in Lab: 2016-2020

Greg Welch

Current Position: Assistant Professor
Years in Lab: 2008 - 2012

Wen Wen

Current Position: Materials Researcher and Semiconductor Engineer
Years in Lab:2010 - 2013

Cristiano Woellner

Current Position: Research Scientist, University of Sao Paolo
Years in Lab:2012 - 2013

Hengjing Yan

Years in Lab:2013 - 2017

Jihua Yang

Current Position: Research Scientist, Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Minnesota
Years in Lab:2005 - 2008

Lei Ying

Yuan Zhang

Current Position: Professor, Beihang University, China
Years in Lab:2010 - 2014

Lingyun Zhou

Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher - CNSI, UCSB
Years in Lab:2018-2020

Visiting Researchers

Shuyun Ju

UCSB Position: Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher, Yang Group
Home Insitution: Institute of Bioengineering, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University
Years in Lab: Sept 2021 - Dec 2023
Current position : Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Bioengineering, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University

Francescca Pallini

UCSB Position: Visiting Graduate Student Researcher, Nguyen Group
Home Insitution: University of Milano-Bicocca, Department of Materials Science
Years in Lab: Nov 2022 - April 2023
Current position : PhD Student, University of Milano-Bicocca, Department of Materials Science

Mariane Yuka Tsubaki Oide

UCSB Position: Visiting Graduate Student Researcher, Nguyen Group
Home Insitution: Polytechnic School of the University of Sao Paulo
Years in Lab: Sept 2022 - March 2023
Current position : PhD Student, Polytechnic School of the University of Sao Paulo

Chokchai Kaiyasuan

UCSB Position: Visiting Graduate Student Researcher, Nguyen Group
Home Insitution: Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology (VISTEC), Thailand
Years in Lab: June 2022 - April 2023
Current position : PhD Student, Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology (VISTEC), Thailand

Professor Natalie Banerji

UCSB Position: Visiting Professor, Nguyen Group
Home Insitution: University of Bern, Switzerland
Years in Lab: November 2022
Current position : Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Bern, Switzerland

Professor Banu Koz

UCSB Position: Visiting Research Scientist, Nguyen Group
Home Insitution: Karamanoglu Mehmetbey University, Turkey
Years in Lab: March 2022- November 2022
Current position : Assistant Professor, Karamanoglu Mehmetbey University, Turkey

Ana Pedro Paracana de Oliveira

UCSB Position: Visiting Graduate Student Researcher, Nguyen Group
Home Insitution: University of Aveiro, Portugal
Years in Lab: February 2022- July 2022
Current position : Graduate Student Researcher, University of Aveiro, Portugal

Jaden Villegas Elizondo

UCSB Position: Summer Student Intern, Nguyen Group
Years in Lab: Summer 2022

Melissa Moore

UCSB Position: Summer Researcher, Nguyen Group
Years in Lab: Summer 2022

Su Ryong Ha

Current Position: Graduate Student Researcher
Years in Lab:2020

Chihaya Adachi

Current Position:Professor, Kyushu University

Reila Amaral

Current Position: Undergraduate Student, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Years in Lab: 

Tomoya Arai

Current Position: Researcher, Renew Group Pte Ltd
Years in Lab: 2012 - 2014

Ralph Thomas Baker

Current Position: Professor, University of Ottawa
Years in Lab: 2016

Eline Begemann

Current Position: Physics, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Years in Lab: 2012

Simon Biberger

Current Position: M.S. student, University of Bayreuth, Germany
Years in Lab: 2018-2018

Paul Blom

Current Position: Professor, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research

Jirat Chatsirisupachai

Current Position: Graduate Student - Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology (VISTEC), Thailand
Years in Lab: 2020-2022

Yiwang Chen

Current Position: Professor, Institute of Polymers, Nanchang University
Years in Lab: 2016

Shinuk Cho

Shu-Hua Chou

Current Position: Principal Engineer, Nanomaterial Center, TSMC
Years in Lab:  2013

Irina Craciun

Current Position: Project Leader, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research

Qiuhong Cui

Years in Lab: 2015 - 2016

Ala' Eftaiha

Current Position: Assistant Professor, The Hashemite University
Years in Lab: 2016 - 2017

Gerhard Erker

Current Position: Professor, University of Munster

Xiandong Fang

Years in Lab:2002 - 2003

José Freire

Current Position: Professor, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil
Years in Lab: 2006 and 2011

Germa Garcia-Belmonte

Current Position:Professor, Department of Physics, University of Jaume, Spain
Years in Lab:2011

Nekane Guarrotxena

Current Position: Professor, Institute of Polymer Science and Technology (ICTP)
Years in Lab: 2008 - 2011, 2014 - 2016, 2019

Fei Huang

Current Position: Professor, School of Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology
Years in Lab: 2011 - 2012

Seiichiro Izawa

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Insitute for Molecular Science
Years in Lab: 2015 - 2016

Ji-Eun Jeong

Current Position: PhD Candidate, Pusan National University
Years in Lab: 2014

Eunjeong Jeong

Current Position: Ph.D. Student, Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Years in Lab: 2018-2018

Hamide Kavak

Current Position: Professor, Cukurova University
Years in Lab: 2015

Eung-Gun Kim

Current Position: Department of Polymer Science, Dankook Univ, South Korea
Years in Lab: 2019

Jin Young Kim

Years in Lab: 2015

Zachary Koretz

Years in Lab: 2010 - 2012

Kevin Koster

Current Position: M.S. student, University of Groningen, Netherlands
Years in Lab: 2017-2018

Obum Kwon

Current Position: Senior Research Engineer, Samsung Chief Industries Inc.
Years in Lab: 2010 - 2013

Asta Lai

Years in Lab: 2012 - 2013

Hong Van Le

Current Position: Professor, Institute of Materials Science, Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology
Years in Lab: 2006

William Le

Current Position: High school student
Years in Lab: 2018-2018

Jaewon Lee

Years in Lab: 2017-2020

Hang Ken Lee

Current Position: Senior Manager, LG Chem. Research Park
Years in Lab: 2014 - 2015

Yao Li

Current Position: Researcher, Renew Group Pte Ltd
Years in Lab:  2012 - 2014

Chi-yen Lin

Current Position: Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University
Years in Lab: 2009 - 2010

Xi Liu

Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher - South China University of Technology
Years in Lab: 2017-2018

Ricardo Mallavia Marin

Current Position: Associate Professor, Instituto de Biologia Molecular y Celular (IBMC), Universidad Miguel Hernandez

Preecha Moonsin

Current Position: Center for Organic Electronic and Alternative Energy (COEA), Department of Chemistry and Center of Excellence for Innovation in Chemistry, Ubon Ratchathani University
Years in Lab: 2012 - 2013

Satya Pal Nehra

Current Position: Assistant Professor -Centre of Excellence for Energy & Environmental Studies (CEEES)
Years in Lab: 2018-2019

Thanh Luan Nguyen

Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Organic Optoelectronic Materials Laboratory (OOML), Korea University
Years in Lab: 2014

Taku Ogawa

Current Position: PhD Student - Kyushu University
Years in Lab: 2016

Takashi Okubo

Current Position: Associate Professor, Kindai University
Years in Lab: 2016 - 2017

Patchareepond Panoy

Current Position: Graduate Student - Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology (VISTEC), Thailand
Years in Lab: 2020-2022

Li Qi

Current Position: Senior Chemist, Nusil Silicone Technology
Years in Lab: 2013 - 2014

Shafket Rasool

Current Position: Graduate Student Researcher
Years in Lab: 2020

Manjunatha Reddy

Current Position: Assistant Professor of Chemistry at University of Lille
Years in Lab: 2017-2018

Carolin Rehermann

Current Position: Graduate Student, Ludwig-Maximilian Universitat Munchen, Germany
Years in Lab: 2014

Markus Reichenberger

Current Position: Department of Experimental Physics, Universität Bayreuth, Germany
Years in Lab: 2013

Alvaro Daniel Romero-Borja

Current Position: Researcher - Mexico
Years in Lab: 2018-2019

Peter Santiago

Current Position: Undergraduate Student, CSU Long Beach
Years in Lab: 2018-2018

Angela Sastre-Santos

Current Position: Professor, Department of Chemistry, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Spain
Years in Lab: 2011

Felix Scheidt

Current Position: Graduate Student, Westfalische Wilhemls-Universitat Munster, Germany
Years in Lab: 2014

Hendrick Schlomberg

Current Position: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany
Years in Lab: 2014

Yueqin Shi

Current Position: PhD Candidate, Nanchang University
Years in Lab: 2015 - 2016

Surya Prakash Singh

Current Position: Scientist, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology
Years in Lab: 2015 - 2016

Daniel Spitzer

Current Position: Graduate Student, University of Muenster, Germany
Years in Lab: 2013

Victoria Steffes

Current Position: Graduate Student, UCSB
Years in Lab: 2013

Daniel Tordera

Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Linköping University
Years in Lab: 2013

David Vonlanthen

Position After Graduation: Project Lead, California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI)
Years in Lab: 2012-2017

Dong Hwan Wang

Current Position: Distinguished Professor, School of Integrative Engineering Chung-Ang University
Years in Lab: 2019-2020

Han Young Woo

Current Position: Professor, Pusan National University, South Korea
Years in Lab: 2014

Jang Woongsik

Current Position: GSR - Chung-Ang University, South Korea
Years in Lab: 2020

Yangjun Xia

Current Position: Professor, Lanzhou Jiaotong University
Years in Lab: 2016 - 2017

Jianyu Yuan

Current Position: Graduate Student, Institute of Functional Nano & Soft Materials, Soochow University
Years in Lab: 2014 - 2015

Zichao Zhang

Years in Lab: 2015

Chengmei Zhong

Position After Graduation: Postdoc in Weiss Lab, Northwestern University
Years in Lab: 2013-2016

Yu Zhong

Current Position: Graduate Student, Department of Chemistry, Columbia University

Cheng Zhou

Years in Lab: 2015 - 2016

Graduate Students

Luana Llanes

Position After Graduation:  
Years in Lab: 2017 - 2023, Bazan Group

Nora Shopp

Position After Graduation:  
Years in Lab: 2018 - 2023, Nguyen Group

Ziyue Zhu

Position After Graduation:  
Years in Lab: 2017 - 2023, Bazan Gorup

Zhifang Du

Position After Graduation:  
Years in Lab: 2017 - 2023, Nguyen Gorup

Alana Dixon

Position After Graduation:  
Years in Lab: 2018 - 2021, Nguyen Group

Benjamin Luginbuhl

Position After Graduation:  Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of British Columbia
Years in Lab: 2017 - 2021, Nguyen Group

Jason Azoulay

Position After Graduation: Postdoctoral Researcher
Years in Lab: 2006 - 2012

Ron Bakus

Current Position: Director of Formulation Engineering, Apeel Sciences
Years in Lab: 2006 - 2013

David Banach

Years in Lab: 2002 - 2004

Glenn Bartholomew

Years in Lab: 1998 - 2004

Mia Berrettini

Years in Lab: 2000 - 2001

Brycelyn Boardman

Current Position: Assistant Professor, James Madison University
Years in Lab: 2003 - 2007

Mark Burgers

Position After Graduation: PTD Integration Engineer - Intel Corporation
Years in Lab: 2011 - 2016

David Cao

Current Position: Chemistry Instructor at Clovis Community College
Years in Lab: 2015-2020

Bruno Caputo

Years in Lab: 2009 - 2011

Chelsea Catania

Position After Graduation: Postdoctoral Associate - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Years in Lab: 2011 - 2016

Xiaofen Chen

Position After Graduation: Wet Processing Engineer, Micron Technology
Years in Lab: 2011 - 2015

Justin Cochran

Current Position: Advisor for the State of California Energy Commission
Years in Lab: 2008 - 2012

Rob Coffin

Years in Lab: 2004 - 2009

Samuel Collins

Position After Graduation: Engineer, Intel Corporation
Years in Lab: 2011 - 2017

Jessica Coughlin

Position After Graduation: Process Engineer, Intel Corporation
Years in Lab: 2011 - 2015

Mark Dante

Position After Graduation: NanoH20, Inc.
Current Position: Senior Scientist, Enovix Corporation
Years in Lab: 2005 - 2009

Steve Diamanti

Aidee Duarte

Cindy Fang

Michael Ford

Position After Graduation: Post-doc, Carnegie Mellon University
Current Position: Post-doc, Carnegie Mellon University
Years in Lab: 2013-2018

Bryan Frieman

Stephanie Fronk

Position After Graduation: PTD Module and Integration Device Yield Engineer, Intel Coporation
Years in Lab: 2012-2017

Andres Garcia

Current Position: Senior Scientist, Next Energy Technologies
Years in Lab: 2005 - 2009

Joshua Garretson

Current Position: Chemist, Aculon Inc.

Years in Lab: 2004 - 2005

Brent Gaylord

Michele Guide

Position After Graduation: Staff Materials Engineer, SunPower Corporation

Years in Lab: 2009 - 2014

Kelsey Harrisonn

Years in Lab: 2020-2021/ 3rd year Undergraduate student

Brandon Heiken

Zac Henson

Current Position: PTD Development Engineer, Intel Corporation
Years in Lab: 2009 - 2014

Janice Hong

Years in Lab: 2000 - 2008

Corey Hoven

Position After Graduation: Founder, Next Energy Technologies
Years in Lab: 2006 - 2010

Jianfei Huang

Years in Lab: 2016-2021

Michael Hughes

Current Position: Graduate Student Reesarcher
Years in Lab: 2014-2018

Kinson Kam

Daniel Kamkar

Current Position: Law School, University of Washington
Years in Lab: 2010 - 2012

Akchheta Karki

Current Position: Posdoctoral Fellow
Years in Lab: 2015-2020

Nate Kirchhofer

Position After Graduation:  (Industrial) Postdoctoral Associate, Asylum Research Years in Lab: 2010 - 2016

Zachary Koman

Years in Lab: 1998 - 2002

Erin Lewis

Years in Lab: 2020-2021 / 2nd Year Undergraduate Student

Zhi Li

Current Position: Graduate Student
Years in Lab: 2012 - 2014

Kenny Liao

Years in Lab: 2014 - 2015

Alex Lill

Years in Lab: 2016-2021

Jason Lin

Current Position: Wyatt Technology
Years in Lab: 2008 - 2014

Jack Love

Position After Graduation: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Potsdam, Germany
Years in Lab: 2011 - 2015

Ben Luginbuhl

Current Position: Graduate Student Reesarcher

Years in Lab: 2015-2018

Caitlin McDowell

Position After Graduation: TD Process Engineer, Defect Metrology
Years in Lab: 2012-2017

Ji Sun Moon

Position After Graduation: Postdoctoral Researcher
Years in Lab: 2006 - 2012

Gisele Nishiguchi

Jacek Ostrowski

Years in Lab: 2003 - 2004

Jin Kuen Park

Years in Lab: 2008 - 2012

Jeff Peet

Years in Lab: 2008 - 2009

Louis Perez

Current Position: Director of Formulation Engineering, Apeel Sciences
Years in Lab: 2007 - 2014

Hung Phan

Position After Graduation: Founding Faculty, Fulbright University Vietnam
Current Position: Founding Faculty, Fulbright University Vietnam
Years in Lab: 2011-2018

Christopher Proctor

Position After Graduation: Postdoctoral Researcher, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Étienne, France
Years in Lab: 2011 - 2015

Michelle Renak

Zach Rengert

Years in Lab: 2012-2017

Matthew Robinson

James Rogers

Current Position: Science Director & CEO, Apeel Sciences
Years in Lab: 2007 - 2013

Katie Rosenthal

Current Position: Graduate Student Reesarcher
Years in Lab 2016-2018

Yanika Schneider

Max Schrock

Years in Lab: 2019-2020 / 3rd year Undergraduate student

Dwight Seferos

Current Position: Associate Professor

Martin Seifrid

Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Toronto
Years in Lab: 2014-2019

Jason Seifter

Years in Lab: 2015

Michelle Senatore

Years in Lab: 2007 - 2008

Alex Sharenko

Position After Graduation: Postdoctoral Researcher, Stanford Advanced Light Sources
Years in Lab: 2010 - 2014

Jessica Sherman

Current Position: Freedom Photonics LLC

Years in Lab: 2009 - 2011

Weikang Sun

Position After Graduation: Customer Support Engineer
Years in Lab: 2013 - 2015

James Swensen

Mananya Tantiwiwat

Years in Lab: 2007 - 2011

Alex Thomas

Position After Graduation: Senior Product Engineer, Apeel Sciences
Years in Lab: 2009 - 2015

Thomas van der Poll

Current Position: Engineer, Intel Corporation
Years in Lab: 2009 - 2014

Bright Walker

Current Position: Research Scientist, UNIST University, Korea
Years in Lab: 2007 - 2011

Eric Walter

Deli Wang

Current Position: Professor

Julia Wasilke

Years in Lab: 2001 - 2005

Doug Widemouth

Hao Yang

Years in Lab: 2020- 2021 / 2nd Year Undergraduate Student

Brett Yurash

Current Position: Scientist IV - HRL Laboratories, Malibu, CA

Years in Lab: 2014-2019

Peter Zalar

Position After Graduation: Postdoc for Takao Somaya, University of Tokyo
Years in Lab: 2010 - 2014

Undergraduate Students

Zach Goldstein 

Position: Undergraduate Student, Yang Group
Years in Lab: 2021

Emily Marquez 

Position: FLAM summer research student from Cal State Long Beach, Yang Group
Years in Lab: 2021

Kristina Shi

Position: Undergraduate Student, Yang Group
Years in Lab: 2021-2022

Juan Huerta

Position: Undergraduate Student, Yang Group
Years in Lab: 2021-2022

Deanna Bustos

Position: FLAM summer research student from New Mexico Highlands University, Yang Group
Years in Lab: 2022