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Team

The faces transforming device science

LEADING INNOVATION

Prof. Sayeef Salahuddin

TSMC Distinguished Professor, EECS

Prof. Salahuddin leads the Laboratory for Emerging and Exploratory Devices with a vision to transform electronics through fundamental physics. His research has pioneered new paradigms in ferroelectrics, spintronics, and energy-efficient computing.

Recognized for advancing the scientific foundations of next-generation devices, his work bridges atomistic simulation with real-world device engineering.

Prof. Sayeef Salahuddin

The Team

The faces transforming device science

Graduate Students

Steve Volkman

Steve Volkman

PhD Student, AS&T

Development and Understanding of BEOL Compatible Si Transistors

Koushik Das

Koushik Das

PhD Student, Chemistry

Ferroic Thin Films for Energy-Efficient Logic and Memory

Chirag Garg

Chirag Garg

PhD Student, EECS

Hardware Accelerators for Optimization Problems

Chia-Chun Lee

Chia-Chun Lee

PhD Student, EECS

Gate-All-Around NCFET

Krishna Bhattaram

Krishna Bhattaram

PhD Student, EECS

Machine Learning for Atomistic Simulations

Ramit Dutta

Ramit Dutta

PhD Student, EECS

Ultrathin Body Ferroelectric FET

Richard McManus

Richard McManus

PhD Student, EECS

Frequency Scaling in RF SOI MOSFETs

Kim Pham

Kim Pham

PhD Student, EECS

Ultra-high Density 3D Capacitors

Aniket Sadishiva

Aniket Sadishiva

PhD Student, EECS

Hardware Accelerators for Optimization Problems

Wei-Yang Weng

Wei-Yang Weng

PhD Student, EECS

FeFET Array for Analog Computing

Yonghyeok Son

Yonghyeok Son

PhD Student, EECS

3D DRAM Charactericstics and Process

Jooseong Yun

Jooseong Yun

PhD Student, EECS

Next Generation Memory

Postdoctoral Fellows

Dr. Junghyeon Hwang

Dr. Junghyeon Hwang

Postdoctoral Fellow, EECS

Energy-efficient Memory Devices

Dr. Sathvik Iyengar

Dr. Sathvik Iyengar

Postdoctoral Fellow, EECS

Ultrathin Interfaces for Energy-Efficient Logic, Memory, and Interconnects

Dr. Rakshit Jain

Dr. Rakshit Jain

Postdoctoral Fellow, EECS

Ferroelectrics and Spin-based Systems

Dr. Urmita Sikder

Dr. Urmita Sikder

Postdoctoral Fellow, EECS

High-performance SiGe Channel MOSFETs

Dr. Myeongseop Song

Dr. Myeongseop Song

Postdoctoral Fellow, EECS

ALD-grown Ultra-high Density Trench Capacitors

Alumni

Name Degree/Position Last Known Affiliation
Asir Intisar Khan Postdoc Assistant Professor, University of California Berkeley
Jong Ho Park PhD Samsung
Pratik Brahma PhD Synopsys
Nirmaan Shanker PhD IBM
Vince Han MS Apple
Girish Pahwa (co-advised with Chenming Hu) Postdoc Assistant Professor, ICST, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Adi Jung PhD Sonera Magnetics
Jason Hsu PhD Intel
Saavan Patel PhD CTO & Founder at InfinityQ
Li-Chen Wang PhD ASML
Michael Hoffmann Postdoc Ferroelectric Memory Company
Wenshen Li Postdoc Intel
Ming-Yen Kao (co-advised with Chenming Hu) PhD NVIDIA
Kaitlyn Chan MS Apple
Steven Lu MS Apple
Yu-Hung Liao PhD NVIDIA
Ava Tan PhD Apple Inc
Adhiraj Daatar MS NVIDIA
Suraj Cheema PhD and Postdoc Assistant Professor, MSE, MIT
Avirup Dasgupta (co-advised with Chenming Hu) Postdoc Associate Professor, IIT Roorkee
Harshit Agarwal Postdoc Associate Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, IIT-Jodhpur
Jong ho Bae Postdoc Assistant Professor, Yonsei University
Niklas Roschewsky PhD Lam Corporation
Y-K. Lin (co-advised with Chenming Hu) PhD Samsung Corporation
Daewoong Kwon Postdoc Professor, Hanyang University
Praveen Gowtham Postdoc
Varun Mishra PhD Intel Corporation
Korok Chatterjee PhD TI
Samuel Holladay MS Metawave Corporation
Justin Wong PhD Sandia National Laboratory
Ajay Jadav Postdoc Applied Materials
Charles-Henri Lambert Postdoc ETH
Hong Zhou Visiting Student Assistant Professor, Xidian University
Dominc Labanowski PhD Founder & CTO, SoneraMagnetics Inc.
Zhongyuan Lu PhD Micron
Samuel Smith PhD Intel
Sangwook Kim PhD Samsung
Jean Ann Incorvia Postdoc Associate Professor, Univ of Texas Austin
Saidur Bakaul Postdoc Raytheon
Sangwan Kim Postdoc Professor, Sogang University
Golnaz Karbasian Postdoc Applied Materials
James Clarkson (co-advised with R. Ramesh) PhD Lam Research, San Jose, Ca.
Debanjan Bhowmik PhD and Postdoc Associate Professor at IIT Bombay
Claudy Serrao Postdoc Intel
Sourabh Khandelwal (co-advised with Chenming Hu) Postdoc Assistant Professor, Macquarie University
Haron Abdel Raziq MS Ford Motor Co.
Asif Islam Khan PhD and Postdoc Associate professor at ECE, Georgia Tech.
Long You Postdoc Professor, HUST
OukJae Lee Postdoc KAIST
Kartik Ganapathi PhD Intel Corporation
Chun Wing Yeung (co-advised with Chenming Hu) PhD IBM Corporation
John Heron (co-advised with R. Ramesh) PhD Assistant Professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Khalid Ashraf PhD
Weiwei Gao Postdoc Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Mohammad Esmaeili-Rad Postdoc Apple
Youngki Yoon Postdoc Professor, University of Waterloo
Asis Sarker Postdoc CeNSE, IISC Bangalore
Michelle Lee MS Intel Corporation
Jayakanth Ravichandran (co-advised with R. Ramesh) PhD Professor, University of Southern California
Jinxing Zhang Postdoc Professor, Beijing Normal University
Martin Gajek (co-advised with R. Ramesh) Postdoc Thomson reuters