People
Principle Investigator

Mary Scott
Associate Professor
Faculty Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Email: mary.scott@berkeley.edu
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