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Career

· Faculty Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory2019–
· Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley2019–
· Resnick Prize Postdoctoral Fellow in Applied Physics and Materials Science, California Institute of Technology2017–2018
· Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science and Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University2012–2017
· Master of Science in Engineering Science, The Pennsylvania State University2011–2012
· Bachelor of Science in Engineering Science, The Pennsylvania State University2007–2011

Publications (18)

Two-dimensional gallium nitride realized via graphene encapsulation.
Nature Materials · 2016
685
cited
Influence of Carbon in Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition of Few-Layer WSe2 Thin Films
Journal of Electronic Materials · 2016
58
cited
Opportunities in electrically tunable 2D materials beyond graphene: Recent progress and future outlook
Applied Physics Reviews · 2021
46
cited
An outlook into the flat land of 2D materials beyond graphene: synthesis, properties and device applications
2D Materials · 2020
45
cited
Impact of Binder Functional Groups on Controlling Chemical Reactions to Improve Stability of Rechargeable Zinc-Ion Batteries
ACS Applied Energy Materials · 2021
34
cited
Rydberg Excitons and Trions in Monolayer MoTe2.
ACS Nano · 2023
27
cited
Band Edge Tailoring in Few-Layer Two-Dimensional Molybdenum Sulfide/Selenide Alloys
2020
17
cited
Colorimetric Multigas Sensor Arrays and an Artificial Olfactory Platform for Volatile Organic Compounds.
ACS Sensors · 2023
13
cited
Elucidating the Mechanism of Large Phosphate Molecule Intercalation Through Graphene-Substrate Heterointerfaces
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces · 2023
13
cited
Visualizing Facets Asymmetry Induced Directional Movement of Cadmium Chloride Nanomotor.
Nano letters (Print) · 2023
11
cited
In situ stress measurements during direct MOCVD growth of GaN on SiC
2015
9
cited
Heteroepitaxy of Highly Oriented GaN Films on Non‐Single Crystal Substrates Using a Si(111) Template Layer Formed by Aluminum‐Induced Crystallization
2018
5
cited
Phase Controlled Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition Growth of Wafer-Scale Molybdenum Ditelluride
ACS Nanoscience Au · 2025
2
cited
Cathodoluminescence spatially resolves optical transitions in thick group-III and N-polar InGaN films
2020
1
cited
Light-Induced Surface Tension Gradients for Hierarchical Assembly of Particles from Liquid Metals
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces · 2022
1
cited
Spatially Enhanced Electrostatic Doping in Graphene Realized via Heterointerfacial Precipitated Metals
Small · 2025
1
cited
2D Semiconductors from Spin-on Molecular Chemistries for Direct Large-Scale Integration
International Symposium on VLSI Technology, Systems, and Applications · 2024
Introduction
Journal of Materials Research · 2020
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