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Principal Investigator
Arend van der Zande
- Email: arendv@illinois.edu
- Associate Professor, Mechanical Science and Engineering
- Ph.D Cornell University, 2011
- Office: 214 Seitz Materials Research Lab
Postdoctoral Scholars
Sihan Chen
- Email: schen141@illinois.edu
- Mechanical Science and Engineering
- B.S Tsinghua University 2013
- M.S UIUC 2015
- Ph.D UIUC 2019
- Nanopore sensing with 2D materials (co-advised by Rashid Bashir)
Hangyel Kim
- Email: hangyelk@illinois.edu
- B.S. Yonesi University 2011.03~2017.02
- Ph.D Seoul National University 2019.09~2023.08
- Postdoctoral Researcher Seoul National University 2023.09~2024.08
- Sejong Research Science Fellow 2024.09~
- In-plane anisotropic 2D materials
Graduate Students
Siyuan Huang
- Email:siyuanh2@illinois.edu
- Mechanical Science and Engineering
- B.S University of Science and Technology of China(USTC) 2018
- 2D heterostructure fabrication
Hyunchul Kim
- Email: hk28@illinois.edu
- Mechanical Science and Engineering
- B.S Yonsei University 2016
- M.S Yonsei University 2018
- 2D stretchable electronics
Shahriar Muhammad Nahid
- Email: snahid2@illinois.edu
- Mechanical Science and Engineering
- B.S Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, 2018
- 2D Ferroelectrics and Nanoelectromechanical Systems
Kevin Zhao
- Email: helinlz2@illinois.edu
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
- BAS University of British Columbia — Vancouver, 2021
- Applications of 2D materials in stretchable electronics
Dongyoung Yoon
- Email: dy11@illinois.edu
- Mechanical Science and Engineering
- B.S Yonsei University 2021
- M.S Yonsei University 2023
Zakaria Islam
- Email: zakaria3@illinois.edu
- Mechanical Science and Engineering
- B.Sc. Military Institute of Science and Technology, 2021
- Process Induced Strain Engineering in 2D Materials
Haiyue Dong

- Email: haiyued2@illinois.edu
- Physics
- B.S. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences(UCAS) 2021
- Quantum device fabrication and low temperature transport measurement
Undergraduate Interns
John Puthiaparambil
- Email: jtp7@illinois.edu
- Major: Electrical Engineering
- Research: Crumpled MoS2 FET Biosensor
Corey Yin
- Email: coreyy2@illinois.edu
- Major: Electrical Engineering
- Research: Fabrication and characterization of ferroelectric van der Waals heterostructures
Alumni
Postdoc
Dr. Jangyup Son (2017-2020)
- Current position: Korea Institute of science and technology (KIST)
Ph.D
Dr. Yue Zhang(2019-2025)
- Current position: Intel
- Thesis:
Dr. Paolo Ferrari(2017-2023)
Dr. Mohammad Abir Hossain (2016-2022)
Dr. Jaehyung Yu (2015-2020)
Dr. Sunphil Kim (2015-2020) 
M.S.
Kelly (Jiyoung) Hwang (2021-2023)
Visiting Scholars
Jiwoo Kim
- Email: jiwookim@illinois.edu
- Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University
- B.S Yonsei University, 2020
- Graphene-based etching mask and nanoelectromechanical system
Undergraduate
Sophia Litauszki
- Email: sophia9@illinois.edu
- Major: Mechanical Science and Engineering
- Research: Finite Element Modeling the Strain Engineering of MoS2 Transistors
Grace Smith
- Email: gjsmith3@illinois.edu
- Major: Mechanical Science and Engineering
- Research: Wrinkling-Resistant Dielectric Layers for Stretchable Field Effect Transistors
Maya Ramavarapu

- Email: mgr@illinois.edu
- Major: Mechanical Science and Engineering
- Research: Controlled Layer-by-Layer Thinning of 2D Ferroelectric In2Se3
Luke Kelly
- Email: luketk2@illinois.edu
- Materials Science and Engineering
- Large Area Exfoliation of 2D Materials
Christopher Metellus

- Email: cjm10@illinois.edu
- Mechanical Science and Engineering
- Mechanics of thin film
Yoojin Ahn
- Email: yahn22 (at) illinois.edu
- Material Science and Engineering
- Fabrication of 2D material heterostructures
Thomas Butruille
- Email: thomasb3 (at) illinois.edu
- Mechanical Science and Engineering
- Fabrication of 2D material heterostructures
Dongyun Aiden Kang 
- Email: dongyun2 (at) illinois.edu
- Mechanical Science and Engineering
- Growth & Fabrication of 2D materials and heterostructures
Ruby Jingwei Xu 
- Email: jingwei8 (at) illinois.edu
- Mechanical Science and Engineering
- 2D Material Vacuum Transfer Station
Apratim Khandelwal
- Email: apratim2 (at) illinois.edu
- Materials Science and Engineering
Idonis Curtis
- Email: curtii15 (at) uwosh.edu
- University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
Nikita Buzov
- Email: buzov2 (at) illinois.edu
- Major: Engineering Mechanics
- Optomechanics of 2D membranes
YunJo Jeong
- Email: yjeong12 (at) illinois.edu
- Major: Engineering Mechanics
- Fabricating 2D heterostructures
Henley He
- Email: henleyhe8 (at) gmail.com
- Major: Mechanical Engineering
- Fabricating 2D heterostructures
Joanna Scimeca
- Email: joanna.scimeca (at) gmail.com
- Affiliation: Georgetown Preparatory School, North Bethesda, MD
Daniel Benkeser
- Email: dan.benkeser (at) gmail.com
- Major: Engineering Mechanics
Jai Karnik
- Email: jaikarnik101 (at) gmail.com
- Major: Material Science
- Large scale growth of 2D materials
John Roach
- jroach (at) jsmorton.org
- Morton East High School, Cicero
- Fabricating 2D heterostructures
Fatou Cisse
- Email: fcisse2 (at) illinois.edu
- REU Student
- Major: Chemical Engineering
- MOCVD growth of 2D materials