Research Scholar

• Jan 2021 - Present

Conducted the "development of a monolayer ferroelectric ZrO2 on Si (001)", partially funded by the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) Conducted the "development of a monolayer ferroelectric ZrO2 on Si (001)", partially funded by the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC)

Research Assistant

• Sep 2017 - Present

Prof. Charles Ahn's group in the Applied Physics Department • Synthesized 5 new materials at the atomic scale using molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) for semiconductor and quantum memory applications. • Performed synchrotron x-ray experiments to characterize crystal structure of materials at the atomic scale. - Used Python and MATLAB to derive crystal structure (real space) from the x-ray data (reciprocal space) - Translated mathematical models of x-ray diffraction/scattering process into Python/MATLAB code for simulation and data fitting • Coordinated multiple interdisciplinary/interagency research projects concurrently as the lead author: - Monolayer ZrO2-Si for novel semiconductor device with Intel (patent application) - Er-doped TiO2 for quantum memory with Princeton (1st author publication) - Mg2TiO4 for interlayer excitons with theorists at Yale (1st author publication) Show less

Research Intern

• Sep 2016 - Jul 2017

• Performed x-ray synchrotron experiments and analyzed x-ray absorption data using Mathematica. • Performed x-ray synchrotron experiments and analyzed x-ray absorption data using Mathematica.

Open Source Collection Specialist

• Aug 2013 - May 2015