Members

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)

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

Yue Zhang

• Email: yuez11@illinois.edu
• Mechanical Science and Engineering
• B.S University of Science and Technology of China(USTC) 2019

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

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 Interns

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

Alumni

Postdoc

Dr. Jangyup Son (2017-2020)

• Current position: Korea Institute of science and technology (KIST)

Ph.D

Dr. Paolo Ferrari(2017-2023)

• Current position:

Dr. Mohammad Abir Hossain (2016-2022)

• Current position: Argonne National Laboratory
• Thesis: Deformable two-dimensional materials: From strain engineerable properties to strain resilient electronics

Dr. Jaehyung Yu (2015-2020)

• Current position: The University of Chicago
• Thesis: Mechanics of two-dimensional material interfaces under the three-dimensional deformation

Dr. Sunphil Kim (2015-2020)

• Current position: Molecular Foundry at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• Thesis: Impact of the van der Waals interface on the mechanics of 2D nanoelectromechanical systems

M.S.

Kelly (Jiyoung) Hwang (2021-2023)

• Current position:

Undergraduate

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