Team

Research Scientists & Postdocs

Parthi Santhanam
Ph.D., MIT

Parthi is a Project Scientist whose interests include opto-electronic energy technologies, entropy and information in electronic and photonic systems, radiative cooling, and emerging semiconductor technologies. As a researcher, his focus is on developing electro-luminescent cooling devices and their applications to compact, portable cryogenics as well as the long-term societal need for more energy-efficient HVAC and waste heat recovery solutions.

Mozakkar Hossain
Ph.D., IACS

Mozakkar is a Postdoctoral Scholar whose expertise spans device fabrication, materials integration, and experimental characterization in physics and engineering, with a focus on connecting advanced materials such as metasurfaces, 2D semiconductors, and perovskites to applications in optoelectronics, photonics, and MEMS.

Graduate Students

Mason Christiansen

B.S., Physics, Brigham Young University

Mason is a third year PhD student in the Materials Science and Engineering department. He is interested in infrared optical systems as well as experimental work at the interface of solid-state physics and optoelectronic devices.

Daniel Cui
B.S., Electrical Engineering and Physics, UC Berkeley

NDSEG Fellow

Daniel is a fourth year PhD student in the Materials Science and Engineering department. He is broadly interested in solid-state devices, nonreciprocal photonics, symmetry breaking in condensed matter physics, and strongly correlated systems.

Vania Jiao
B.S., M.S., Mechanical Engineering, USC

Vania is a first year PhD student in the Materials Science and Engineering department. She is interested in understanding and optimizing infrared materials for optical coatings by investigating how thin film deposition techniques affect material properties and performance.

Linus Kim
B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, UCLA

Linus is a first year graduate student investigating a range of optical design strategies to control broad spectrum light, including for solar cell thermal management and radiative cooling applications.

Robert Li
B.S., NanoEngineering, UC San Diego

Robert is a second year graduate student investigating thermophotonic systems as well as a range of characterization techniques for optoelectronic devices and optical material systems.

Aryan Zaveri
B.S., Physics, UC Santa Barbara

Aryan is a fifth year Ph.D student in the Materials Science and Engineering department. He completed his undergraduate students in Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is broadly interested in disordered optical materials and radiative cooling applications

Lab Alumni

Prof. Jyotirmoy Mandal
Current position: Assistant Professor, Princeton University

Position in lab: Postdoctoral Scholar (2019-2022)

Jae S. Hwang, Ph.D.

Position after graduating: Postdoctoral Researcher, CUNY Advanced Science Research Center

David Abraham, Ph.D.

NSF Graduate Research Fellow

Position after graduating: Materials Yield Engineer, AWS Quantum

John Brewer, Ph.D.
NSF Graduate Research Fellow

Position after graduating: Senior Optical Engineer, DRS Daylight Solutions

Xin Huang, Ph.D.

Position after graduating: Display Module Engineer, Apple

Christopher Yeung, Ph.D.

Position after graduating: MTS/ Data Analytics Foundry Engineer, AMD

Jin Xu, Ph.D.

Position after graduating: Scientist, Applied Materials

SaiYu Wong, B.S.

Isabella He, B.S., M.S.

Position after graduating: PhD Student, Stanford University

Justin Louie, B.S., M.S.

Position after graduating: Research & Development Engineer, Coreshell

Samuel Dunscombe, M.S.

Position after graduating: Lead Coating Engineer, Coherent A&D

Ju-Ming Tsai, M.S.

Position after graduating: Applications Development Engineer, KLA

David Ho, M.S.
Position after graduating: Epitaxial Materials Engineering, HRL Laboratories

Kara Levy, B.S., M.S.
Materials Science and Engineering, UCLA

Position after graduating: Metals Engineer, Tesla

Benjamin Pham, B.S.
Materials Science and Engineering, UCLA

Position after graduating: Mechanical Engineer, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Robert Yang, B.S.
Materials Science and Engineering, UCLA

Position after graduating: Ph.D. Student, Northwestern University

Sachin Kulkarni, B.S.
Materials Science and Engineering, UCLA

Position after graduating: Ph.D. Student, Northwestern University

Julia Liang, B.S.
Materials Science and Engineering, UCLA

Position after graduating: Mechanical Integrity Engineer, Phillips 66

Yasunori Kawabe (Visiting Scientist, JSR Corporation, Japan)

Cristina Leyre Pinto Fuste (Visiting Graduate Student, CENER, Spain)

Lukas Frommel (Visiting Graduate Student, Justus Liebeg University, GermanY)

Ryan Tsai (High school student, Harvard-Westlake School)

Brian King (Undergraduate student, MSE Department, UCLA)

Yusaku Kawagoe (Visiting M.S. student, Nagoya University, JUACEP program)

Bhaskar Abhiraman (Penn Undergraduate, VIPER program)

Mohamed Elshabrawishy (Penn Undergraduate, VIPER program)

Baran Kayim (Penn Undergraduate, PURM Award)

Sergio Roman (Penn Undergraduate, PURM Award)

Angela Yang (Penn Undergraduate, VIPER Program)