Members

Principal Investigator

van der Zande_Arend_headshot_1in 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

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

Alumni

Postdoc

Dr. Jangyup Son (2017-2020)jyson

  • 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

Dr. Jaehyung Yu (2015-2020)

  • Current position: The University of Chicago

Dr. Sunphil Kim (2015-2020)

  • Current position: Molecular Foundry at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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 BuzovNikita Buzov 1 in

  • Email: buzov2 (at) illinois.edu
  • Major: Engineering Mechanics
  • Optomechanics of 2D membranes

YunJo JeongYunjo 1 in

  • Email: yjeong12 (at) illinois.edu
  • Major: Engineering Mechanics
  • Fabricating 2D heterostructures

Henley He 1 inHenley 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 BenkeserDaniel Benkeser 1 in

  • Email: dan.benkeser (at) gmail.com
  • Major: Engineering Mechanics

Jai KarnikJai Karnik 1 in

  • Email: jaikarnik101 (at) gmail.com
  • Major: Material Science
  • Large scale growth of 2D materials

John RoachJohn Roach 1 in

  • jroach (at) jsmorton.org
  • Morton East High School, Cicero
  • Fabricating 2D heterostructures

Fatou CisseFatou 1in

  • Email:  fcisse2 (at) illinois.edu
  • REU Student
  • Major: Chemical Engineering
  • MOCVD growth of 2D materials