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)
KIC Graduate Fellows
Sabyasachi Sen, Knight@KIC Fellow, Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (Stroock Research Group) 2021 – 2022
Jaehong Choi, Webb@KIC Fellow, Applied and Engineering Physics, (Fuchs Research Group) 2021-2022
Kavli Institute at Cornell Alumni
Postdoctoral Fellows
Dr. Takuya Maeda, Assistant Professor, University of Tokyo
Dr. Saien Xie, Assistant Professor, Princeton
Dr. Xiaolong Liu, Assistant Professor, Notre Dame
Dr. Elisabeth Bianco, Development Scientist, Micron Technology
Dr. Samuel Schmidt, Visiting Scientist, Cornell University
Dr. Chenhao Jin, Assistant Professor, UC Santa Barbara
Dr. Xiao-Xiao Zhang, Assistant Professor, University of Florida
Dr. Yi-Fan Chen, Assistant Professor, National Central University
Dr. Matt Graham, Assistant Professor, Oregon State University
Dr. Michael Lamont, Postdoctoral Associate, Adie Lab, Nancy E. and Peter C. Mening School of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University
Phil King, Assistant Professor, University of St. Andrews
Matt Paszek, Assistant Professor, Cornell University School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Kin Fai Mak, Associate Professor of Physics, Cornell University
Jason Kawasaki, Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Christopher Evans, Principle Scientist at Physical Sciences, Inc.
Shogo Hamada, Research Associate, Department of Biological & Environmental Engineering, LuoLabs, Cornell University.
Marcos Guimaraes, Assistant Professor, University of Groningen
David Zeb Rocklin (Bethe/KIC Fellow), Assistant Professor of Physics at Georgia Tech
Dr. Marc Miskin, Assistant Professor, Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Lei Wang, Professor, Physics Department, Nanjing University
Dr. Long Ju, Assistant Professor of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dr. Shuolong Yang, Assistant Professor in Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago
Dr. Yi Zhang, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and International Center for Quantum Materials, Peking University
Dr. Menyoung Lee, Assistant Research Professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University
Jenniffer Bustillos, Knight@KIC Fellow, Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 2020-2021
Noah Schnitzer, Webb@KIC Fellow, Materials Science and Engineering 2020-2021
Zuit Tao, Webb@KIC Fellow, School of Applied and Engineering Physics 2019-2020
Chengyu Liu, Knight@KIC Fellow, 2015-16
Nicholas Cothard, Webb@KIC Fellow, 2016-17
Yehou Gnopo, Knight@KIC Fellow, 2016-17
Baris Bircan, Webb@KIC Fellow, 2017-18
Antoine Robin, Knight@KIC Fellow, 2017-18
Berit Goodge, Webb@KIC Fellow, School of Applied and Engineering Physics (
Jeremy Keys, Knight@KIC Fellow, School of Biomedical Engineering (