KIC Postdoctoral Fellows
Dr. Melody Lim, PhD University of Chicago (Physics)
Melody’s research is focused on the bottom-up design of materials with complex function, by engineering novel directed interactions between assembling particles. Professor Itai Cohen (Physics) is her faculty sponsor.
Dr. Salva Salmani Rezaie, PhD University of California, Santa Barbara (Materials Science & Engineering)
Salva’s research is focused on using different transmission electron microscopy techniques to reveal high-rank multipolar orders in quantum materials and link these hidden orders to the physical properties. Professors David Muller and Lena Kourkoutis (AEP) are her faculty sponsors.
Dr. Suman Gunasekaran, PhD Columbia University (Chemical Physics)
Suman is investigating the dynamics of molecules in the strong light-matter coupling regime using novel ultrafast spectroscopic techniques. Professor Andrew Musser (Chemistry) is his faculty sponsor.
Dr. Yaqiong Li, PhD Princeton University (Physics)
Yaqiong’s research focuses on probing the large-scale properties of the early universe with innovative superconducting detectors arrays. Professors Mike Niemack (Physics) and Terry Herter (Astronomy) are her faculty sponsors.
Dr. Wenjin Zhao, PhD University of Washington (Physics)
Wenjin’s research will focus on strong correlation physics in 2D materials, including creation of periodic environment and manipulation of the correlation strength. Professors Jie Shan (AEP/Physics) and Kin Fai Mak (Physics).
Dr. Shusaku Shoji, PhD Tokyo Institute of Technology (Energy Science & Engineering
Shusaku is currently working on block copolymer derived nanostructured materials for catalysis. He is sponsored by Prof. Uli Wiesner (MSE).
Dr. Gaël Grissonnanche, PhD Université de Sherbrooke (Physics)
Gaël’s research will focus on the development of microstructures to probe the thermal properties of quantum materials at small scales and under extreme conditions. Professor Brad Ramshaw (LASSP/Physics) is his faculty sponsor.
Dr. Kelly Luo, PhD Ohio State University (Physics)
Kelly’s research is focused on imaging ultra-fast dynamics in 2D magnets driven by spin-transfer torque, with the goal of implementing spin-transfer torque method to efficiently read and write 2D magnetic memories and developing ultrafast optic technique to probe the magnetic switching dynamics. Prof. Dan Ralph (LASSP/Physics), Kin Fai Mak (Physics), and Jie Shan (Physics & AEP) are her sponsors.
KIC THEORY FELLOWS
Dr. Jason Kim, PhD University of Pennsylvania (Bioengineering)
Jason’s research interest is engineering complex systems such as metamaterials and neural networks to design advanced functions. Itai Cohen (LASSP/Physics) is his faculty sponsor.
Dr. Dan Mao, PhD MIT (Physics)
Dan’s research focuses on strongly correlated quantum matter, especially the intriguing phases of matter that can emerge from correlated electron systems. Eun-Ah Kim (LASSP/Physics), Debanjan Chowdhury (LASSP/Physics), and Chao-Ming Jian (LASSP/Physics) are her faculty sponsors.
Dr. Yuri Lensky, PhD Stanford University (Physics)