People
Professor:
Dr. Steven J. Koester CV
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, CA (1995)
M.S., University of Notre Dame (1991)
B.S., University of Notre Dame (1989)
Academic Family Tree - (just for fun)
Steven Koester, UC Santa Barbara, 1995
Evelyn L. Hu, Columbia, 1975
Chien-Shiung Wu, UC Berkeley, 1940
Emilio Segrè, University of Rome, 1928
Enrico Fermi, University of Pisa, 1922
Postdocs:
Dr. Dongjea Seo
Ph.D., Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea (2019)
Dr. Shivanshu Mishra
Ph.D., Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, Chennai, India (2021)
Dr. Anil Adhikari
Ph.D., University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (2023)
Graduate Students:
Khondker Shihabul Hoque
B.Tech., Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh (2023)
Uddrity Mansur
B.Tech., Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh (2023)
Moumita Maiti
B.Tech., West Bengal University of Technology, Kolkata, India (2012)
Nyssa Capman
B.S., Augsburg University, Minneapolis, MN (2018)
Jiaxuan Wen
B.S., Xi'an Jiaotong Univeristy, Xi'an, China (2018)
Prakash P. Sundaram
B.E., University of Madras, Salem, India (2001)
Ruixue Li
B.S., Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS (2018)
B.S., Shenyang Aerospace University, Shenyang, China (2015)
Chin Hsiang (Shawn) Liao
M.S., Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan (2014)
B.S., Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan (2012)
Alumni:
Lun Jin
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (2020)
M.S., University of Akron, Akron, OH (2017)
B.S., Donghua University, Shanghai, China (2016)
(Currently a development engineer at Micron Technology)
Dr. Prafful Golani
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (2022)
B.Eng., Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India (2016)
(Currently a components research engineer at Intel Corporation)
Dr. Qun Su
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (2020)
B.S., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (2015)
(Currently a NAND reliability engineer at Micron Technology)
Dr. Rui (Ray) Ma
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (2020)
B.S., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (2014)
(Currently a panel design engineer at Apple, Inc.)
Dr. Andrew Stephan
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (2020)
B.S., Bethel University, St. Paul, MN (2015)
(Currently a senior data scientist at 3M)
Dr. Saran Kumar Chaganti
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (2020)
B.S., Birla institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, India (2011)
(Currently a device engineer at Intel Corporation)
Dr. Matthew Robbins
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (2019)
B.S., Bethel University, St. Paul, MN (2013)
(Currently a manager of semiconductor and nanotechnology at Steel Perlot)
Dr. Jiaxi Hu
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (2018)
B.S., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (2013)
(Currently a panel design engineer at Apple, Inc.)
Dr. Yao Zhang
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (2018)
B.S., Nanjing University, Nanjing, China (2013)
(Currently an applications development engineer at KLA-Tencor)
Dr. Yang Su
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (2017)
B.S., Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China (2010)
(Currently a senior failure analysis engineer at Intel Corporation)
Dr. Nazila Haratipour
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (2017)
B.S., University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran (2011)
(Currently a components research engineer at Intel Corporation)
Dr. Yulong Li
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (2016)
B.S., University of Science and Technology, Hefei, Anhui, China (2010)
(Currently a research staff member at IBM)
Dr. Yoska Anugrah
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (2016)
B.S., M.S., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (2011)
(Currently a device engineer at Intel Corporation)
Dr. Chaitanya Kshirsagar
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (2016)
M.S., University of California, Santa Barbara, CA (2010)
B.S., Government College of Engineering, Aurangabad, India (2003)
(Currently a staff engineer at Intel)
Dr. Mona Ebrish
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (2015)
M.S., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (2011)
B.S., University of Tripoli, Tripoli, Libya (2007)
(Currently an assistant professor at Vanderbilt University)
Dr. Nezhueyotl (Nez) Izquierdo
Postdoc (2020 - 2022)
(Currently an a senior process engineer at GrapheneDx)
Dr. Seon Namgung
Postdoc (2015 - 2019)
(Currently an assistant professor at UNIST, Korea)
Dr. Sandhaya Koirala
Postdoc (2017 - 2018)
(Currently a senior process engineer at Intel Corporation)
Dr. Mahmoud Atalla
Postdoc (2016 - 2018)
(Currently a postdoc at Polytechnique Montreal)
Dr. Jing Li
Postdoc (2013 - 2015)
(Currently a research associate at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
Dr. Eric Olson
Postdoc (2012 - 2014)
(Currently a senior analytical chemist at 3M)
Dr. David Deen
Postdoc (2012 - 2013)
(Currently a research scientist at Quantinuum)
Dr. Brian Olmsted
Postdoc (2011 - 2012)
(Currently associate director for laboratory operations at the Minnesota Nano Center)
Giri Vaidhyanathan
M.S. student (2010 - 2011)
(Currently a graphics hardware engineer at Intel Corporation)
Kothai Seelan
Undergraduate researcher (2021)
(Currently a bioengineering graduate student at UCLA)
Abhishek Aravalli
Undergraduate researcher (2019)
(Currently a research associate at Bio-Techne)
Wei Liu
Undergraduate researcher (2016 - 2017)
(Currently head of business development at DeFiner)
Jake Odom
Undergraduate researcher (2015 - 2016)
(Currently a data engineer at Amazon)
Andrew Arnold
Undergraduate researcher (2012 - 2013)
(Currently an FE integration engineer at Intel Corporation)
He Shao
Undergraduate researcher (2011 - 2012)
(Currently a software/hardware engineer at Teradyne)
Ivan Roth
Undergraduate researcher (2011)
(Currently an Logic Design Staff Engineering at ForwardEdge ASIC)
Steve Brown
Undergraduate researcher (2010 - 2011)
(Currently machine-learning technical lead at Intuit)
Huilong Zhang
Undergraduate researcher (2010)
(Currently a power system engineer at Apple)
Ahmad El Shakoushy
Summer REU student (2018)
(Currently a systems engineer at Faction)
Matthew Stiller
Summer REU student (2017)
(Currently a quality & production data analyst at Loram Technologies Inc.)
James Outlaw
Summer REU student (2015)
(Currently a graduate student at St. Augustine's University)
Chad Auginash
Summer REU student (2014)
(Currently a product environmental stewardship engineer at IBM)
Andrew Stephan
Summer REU student (2013)
(Currently a senior data scientist at 3M)
Nate Sheehan
Summer REU student (2011)
(Currently a process engineer at Skorpios Technologies)
Bobby Jacobberger
Summer REU student (2010)
(Currently an assistant professor of electrical & computer engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison)