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Principal Investigator
Mary Scott
Assistant Professor, UC Berkeley
Faculty Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Has only ever owned a car manufactured in the year 1997.
Postdoctoral Researchers
Yaqian Zhang
Ph.D, Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta
Project: Electrode materials and interfaces in solid-state Li batteries
Xiaohui Song
Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Ph.D, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Ion doping behavior of stober silica-nanosynthesis and applications
Project: Atomic resolution electron tomography to elucidate nanoscale features and properties
Philipp Pelz
Ph.D, Physics, Max Planck Institute for Structure and Dynamics of Matter
Low-dose electron ptychography of biomaterials
Project: Atomic electron tomography, computational phase contrast methods, optimal experimental design
Xinxing Peng
Ph.D, Physical Chemistry, Xiamen University
Project: All solid-state batteries
Ph.D Students
Kate Groschner
4th Year, Materials Science and Engineering
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
Chancellor’s Fellow, UCB
MPhil Energy Technologies, University of Cambridge
B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
Project: High Throughput HRTEM
Ellis Kennedy
2nd Year, Materials Science and Engineering
B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, UC Berkeley
Project: Amorphous Materials
Bengisu Yasar
2nd Year, Materials Science and Engineering
Fulbright Fellowship
M.S., Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Middle East Technical University (2018)
B.S., Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Middle East Technical University
Project: Amorphous Materials
Alex Bruefach
2nd Year, Materials Science and Engineering
Chancellor’s Fellow, UCB
B.S., Biology and Chemistry, Temple University (2018)
Hannah Devyldere
1st Year, Applied Science and Technology
B.S. Physics, Linfield College
Project: Tomograph alignment and reconstruction
Didn’t know time could dilate or contract until college!
Masters Students
Under Construction
Undergraduate Students
Christina Choi
Materials Science and Engineering
Project: Particle labelling and UV-VIS Spectroscopy
Travelled through 7 countries in one month for less than $2,700
Nic Liang
Materials Science and Engineering
Project: Exit wave alignment and reconstruction in TEM for CdSe quantum wells
Adam Satariano
Chemical Engineering, Junior
Project: Control of BCB Au/Ag Nanowire Dimensions
Obsessed with Mandelbrot Set
Audrey Von Raesfeld
Materials Science and Engineering, Sophomore
Project: Synthesis of AuCu and AuPt BCB Nanowires
Has been given at least one Hydro Flask a year for the past 3 years
Yuhao Wang
Materials Science and Engineering, Senior
Project: 3D reconstruction of solid state Li-battery materials through image segmentation using machine learning
Alumni
Ruijie Shao
B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, UC Berkeley (2018)
Project: Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for Catalysis