Experience

Intermolecular

• United States
• Nanotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sr. Process Engineer

  • Jan 2017 - Present

  Improve capacitance and leakage for MIM DRAM devices Mechanism understanding of forming higher-k dielectrics

• Process Engineer III

  • May 2015 - Jan 2017

  High work function metal for MIM DRAM cell capacitors High-k materials for next generation of MIM DRAM cell capacitors Material characterization for NVM applications ALD and PVD development of thin film processes and characterization



The University of Texas at Austin

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Sep 2010 - May 2015

  Graduate Research Assistant, The University of Texas at Austin, August 2010 – Present • Explored two-dimensional electron gas at the oxide imterfaces by ALD: gamma-Al2O3/SrTiO3 • Achieved a chemical route to monolithic integration of crystalline oxides including BaTiO3, SrTiO3, and SrHfO3 on Ge(001) • Combined atomic layer deposition (ALD) and molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) techniques to grow crystalline oxides including photocatalytic CoO, TiO2, SrTiO3, ferroelectric BaTiO3, high-k… Show more Graduate Research Assistant, The University of Texas at Austin, August 2010 – Present • Explored two-dimensional electron gas at the oxide imterfaces by ALD: gamma-Al2O3/SrTiO3 • Achieved a chemical route to monolithic integration of crystalline oxides including BaTiO3, SrTiO3, and SrHfO3 on Ge(001) • Combined atomic layer deposition (ALD) and molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) techniques to grow crystalline oxides including photocatalytic CoO, TiO2, SrTiO3, ferroelectric BaTiO3, high-k dielectrics-LaAlO3, and conductive, magnetic doped-SrTiO3 on Si(001) • Utilized spectroscopic and diffraction techniques for thin-film characterization including x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), reflection high-energy electron diffraction (RHEED), x-ray diffraction/reflection (XRD/XRR), spectroscopic ellipsometry, and cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy (TEM) • Achieved a chemical route to form free and fixed magnetic layers for STT-RAM (nano-manufacturing systems for mobile computing and mobile energy technologies – NASCENT project) Teaching Assistant, The University of Texas at Austin, Fall 2011 • Served as teaching assistant for the undergraduate “chemical reactor analysis and design” • Instructed weekly recitation hours for 70+ chemical engineering undergraduates Graduate Mentor, The University of Texas at Austin, Summer 2014 • Supervised 1 undergraduate researcher funded by NASCENT REU program Show less Graduate Research Assistant, The University of Texas at Austin, August 2010 – Present • Explored two-dimensional electron gas at the oxide imterfaces by ALD: gamma-Al2O3/SrTiO3 • Achieved a chemical route to monolithic integration of crystalline oxides including BaTiO3, SrTiO3, and SrHfO3 on Ge(001) • Combined atomic layer deposition (ALD) and molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) techniques to grow crystalline oxides including photocatalytic CoO, TiO2, SrTiO3, ferroelectric BaTiO3, high-k… Show more Graduate Research Assistant, The University of Texas at Austin, August 2010 – Present • Explored two-dimensional electron gas at the oxide imterfaces by ALD: gamma-Al2O3/SrTiO3 • Achieved a chemical route to monolithic integration of crystalline oxides including BaTiO3, SrTiO3, and SrHfO3 on Ge(001) • Combined atomic layer deposition (ALD) and molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) techniques to grow crystalline oxides including photocatalytic CoO, TiO2, SrTiO3, ferroelectric BaTiO3, high-k dielectrics-LaAlO3, and conductive, magnetic doped-SrTiO3 on Si(001) • Utilized spectroscopic and diffraction techniques for thin-film characterization including x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), reflection high-energy electron diffraction (RHEED), x-ray diffraction/reflection (XRD/XRR), spectroscopic ellipsometry, and cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy (TEM) • Achieved a chemical route to form free and fixed magnetic layers for STT-RAM (nano-manufacturing systems for mobile computing and mobile energy technologies – NASCENT project) Teaching Assistant, The University of Texas at Austin, Fall 2011 • Served as teaching assistant for the undergraduate “chemical reactor analysis and design” • Instructed weekly recitation hours for 70+ chemical engineering undergraduates Graduate Mentor, The University of Texas at Austin, Summer 2014 • Supervised 1 undergraduate researcher funded by NASCENT REU program Show less



Micron Technology

• United States
• Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Thin Films Development Intern

  • May 2013 - Aug 2013

  Worked on high work function metal for MIM DRAM cell capacitors, Fab4CVD DRAM reporting to Dr. Vishwanath Bhat Worked on high work function metal for MIM DRAM cell capacitors, Fab4CVD DRAM reporting to Dr. Vishwanath Bhat