Posdoctoral Researchers
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
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
