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Principle Investigator

Mary Scott

Associate Professor

Faculty Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Email: mary.scott@berkeley.edu

Google scholar

Fun Fact: Has only ever owned a car manufactured in the year 1997.

Postdoctoral Researchers

Juhyeok Lee

Ph.D., Physics, KAIST

B.S., Physics, Korea University

Project: Phase contrast 3D imaging

Fun Fact: Had a rabbit and a turtle — still unsure which had more charm.

Visiting Students

Jiwoo Ko

Postdoc., Energy Engineering, KENTECH

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, KAIST

M.S., Mechanical Engineering, KAIST

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Chonnam National University

Project: Imaging changes in the material properties of modified nanocrystals

Fun Fact: Was the first person in my city to get quarantined when COVID hit

Ph.D. Students

Reed Yalisove

Materials Science and Engineering

B.S.E., Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan

NSF Graduate Research Fellow

Project: Lorentz microscopy for magnetic skyrmions

Fun Fact: In fourth grade, a Nobel laureate had me and my family over for dinner.

Tofunmi Ogunfunmi

Materials Science and Engineering

M.S., Materials Science and Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, MIT

Project: Rapid ionic conductivity measurements for solid-state batteries

Selin Cetin

Materials Science and Engineering

B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University

Project: Imaging and spectroscopy of rare-earth intermetallics

Fun Fact: Is certified to launch level 1 high power rockets.

Meghan Shen

Materials Science and Engineering

B.S., NanoEngineering, UC San Diego

Project: Characterization of Li-air batteries

Fun Fact: Loves natural history museums!

Monir Jamal

Materials Science and Engineering

B.S. and M.S., Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Science and Technology

Project: 4D-STEM characterization of electronic materials

Fun Fact: A sports enthusiast, always up for a spontaneous game.

Sam Song

Materials Science and Engineering

B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, MIT

Project: High resolution electron tomography

Fun Fact: Favorite movie is Toy Story 2

Siddarth Shourya

Materials Science and Engineering

B.S., Chemistry, IIT Bombay

Oliver Wright

Materials Science and Engineering

B.A., Physics & Chemistry, University of Colorado

Fun Fact: First graduate student victim of the Scott Group Curse!

Undergraduate Students

Riya Dutta

Chemistry, class of 2027

Project: SEM studies of electronic materials

Fun Fact: I once carbonated milk.

Ninon Odile-Scherz

Project: STEM analysis of DRX cathode materials

Marcia Sun

Project: Crystallography data analysis for organic and inorganic materials

Fun fact: Watched 2 deer grow up from birth to adulthood in my backyard.

Alumni

Livia Pugens-Matte

Postdoc
Current: Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart

Tara Mishra

Postdoc
Current: Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart

Luis Rangel DaCosta

Ph.D. Student, Materials Science and Engineering
Current: Postdoc, National Energy Research Computing Center, LBNL

Hannah DeVyldere

Ph.D. Student, Applied Science and Technology

Yu Chen

Postdoc
Current: Assistant professor, Westlake University

Mingee Cho

Postdoc
Current: Project group leader, Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials

Georgios Varnavides

Postdoc
Current: Assistant professor, TU Delft

Katherine Sytwu

Postdoc
Current: Staff Scientist, National Center for Electron Microscopy

Ellis Kennedy

Ph.D. Student, Materials Science and Engineering
Current: Postdoctoral Fellow, Cornell University

Bengisu Yasar

Ph.D. Student, Materials Science and Engineering
Current: Materials Scientist, Eurofins Nanolab Technologies

Alex Bruefach

Ph.D. Student, Materials Science and Engineering
Current: Production Systems Engineer, Meta

Xinxing Peng

Postdoc
Current: Reliability/Failure Analysis Engineer, EnerVenue

Irisa Chang

5th-year MS/BS student, Materials Science and Engineering
Current: Account Technologist, Applied Materials

Corey Williams

Undergraduate student, Materials Science and Engineering

Alec Lumsden

Undergraduate Student, Applied Mathematics

Mengxuan Zhang

Undergraduate Student, Materials Science and Engineering

Yuhao Wang

5th-year MS/BS student

Philip Pelz

Postdoc
Current: Tenure-Track Professor, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg

Kate Groschner

Ph.D. Student
Current: Staff Materials Engineer, Form Energy

Audrey Von Raesfeld

Undergraduate Student
Current: PhD student, Manoharan Lab, Harvard University

Yaqian Zhang

Postdoc
Current: Battery Characterization TEM Engineer, Apple

Kayvon Tadj

5th-year MS/BS student
Current: Data Materials Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Nic Liang

Ph.D. student
Current: PhD student, Chueh Group, Stanford University

Adam Santarino

Undergraduate Student

Christina Choi

Ph.D. Student

Ruijie Shao

Ph.D. Student
Current: Materials Analysis Engineer, Lyten

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