Dr. Xiao Zhang

Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Research Interests: Computational materials discovery and method development

Zihao Deng

Ph.D. Candidate Materials Science & Engineering and Scientific Computing

B.S. Materials Science & Engineering, Tsinghua University

Research Interests: Computational discovery of novel functional materials; defect thermodynamics in nitrides, oxides, and chalcogenides

Favorite Hobbies: Tennis and programming

Sieun Chae

Barbour Centennial Scholar & Rackham International Student Fellow

Ph.D. Candidate Materials Science & Engineering, Co-advised by John Heron, MSE

B.S. Materials Science & Engineering, Yonsei University

Research Interests: Growth and simulation of complex metal oxides films for power electronics and transparent conductors

Woncheol Lee

Kwanjeong Educational Foundation Scholar

Ph.D. Candidate Electrical & Computer Engineering, Co-advised by Mack Kira, ECE

B.S. Electrical Engineering, Seoul National University

Research Interests: Quantum confinement and excitonic effects in quantum well heterostructures, Auger recombination in two-dimensional structures

Favorite Cat: Smudge, the cat

Kyle Bushick

U.S. Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellow

Ph.D. Candidate Materials Science & Engineering and Scientific Computing

B.S. Materials Science & Engineering, Northwestern University

Research Interests: Characterization of electronic and optical properties of III-V materials for lighting/PV applications, computational method development for Auger recombination and electron-phonon coupling

Favorite Pastime: Playing intramural sports on the MSE team, "The Bucky Ballers"

Nick Pant

Natural Sciences & Engineering Research Council of Canada Postgraduate Scholar

Ph.D. Candidate Applied Physics and Scientific Computing

B.Eng. Honours Electrical Engineering, McGill University

Research Interests: Localization and disorder effects in III-nitride alloys for optoelectronics, physics of Auger recombination, interfacial charge transfer and dynamics on semiconductor surfaces

Favorite Coffeeshop in Ann Arbor: Vertex Coffee Roasters

Emily Oliphant

NSF Graduate Research Fellow

Rackham Merit Fellow

Ph.D. Student Materials Science & Engineering and Scientific Computing, Co-advised by Wenhao Sun, MSE

B.S. Physics, Idaho State University

Research Interests: Developing fundamental intuition and prediction for material properties, high mobility alloys, high-throughput materials informatics

Favorite Artists: Sia, Sleeping at Last, The Score, and P!nk

Matt Webb

Ph.D. Student Materials Science & Engineering, Co-advised by John Heron, MSE

B.A. & M.Sci. Natural Sciences (Materials Science), University of Cambridge

Research Interests: Growth and simulation of rocksalt-structured entropy stabilised oxides

Favorite Color: Blue

Amanda Wang

Rackham Merit Fellow

Ph.D. Student Materials Science & Engineering

B.S. Materials Science & Engineering and Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley

Research Interests: Calculating mobility of wide bandgap materials, method development for calculating hot electron dynamics

Favorite Snack: Chocolate

Mahlet Molla

Ph.D. Student Materials Science & Engineering

B.S. Chemical Physics, Rice University

Research Interests: Tuneable optoelectronic properties of III-V materials, thermodynamics and kinetics of defect formation with alloy composition

Favorite Fruit: Strawberries

Yujie Liu

Ph.D. Student Materials Science & Engineering

B.S. Applied Physics, University of Science and Technology of China

Research Interests: Computational materials design, computational physics, excitations, photocatalysis in many kinds of materials combined with experiment

Favorite Hobbies: Basketball (avid Lakers fan), violin, singing, and chatting with friends

Yuxuan Wang

Ph.D. Student Materials Science & Engineering, Co-advised by Ferdinand Poudeu, MSE

B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Northeastern University

Research Interests: Designing materials for renewable energy using earth-abundant elements, predicting material properties and synthesizability, materials upcycling

Favorite Things to Do: Powerlifting, reading, volunteering