(incoming) Assistant Professor, Engineering Physics, 2027 - present
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Florida
Postdoctoral Researcher, Materials Science - Thin Film Innovation Group, 2023 - 2026
National Laboratory of the Rockies, Golden, Colorado
Ph.D., Materials Science Engineering, 2018 - 2023
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
M.S.E, Materials Science Engineering, 2017 - 2020
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
B.A., Physics, 2013 - 2017
University of California, Berkeley
B.A., Computer Science, 2013 - 2017
University of California, Berkeley
See my Google Scholar
2026 Postdoctoral Proposal Award, National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR)
2025 Best Poster Award, 53rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC)
2022 Ovshinsky Student Travel Awards, American Physical Society (APS)
2022 University of Michigan Graduate Teacher Certificate (GTC)
2021 Distinguished Leadership Award, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
2020 Sweetland Junior Fellow, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
2014 Dean’s Honors, College of Letters and Science, UC Berkeley
CS 70 (Discrete Mathematics and Probability Theory), University of California, Berkeley
English 125 (Writing Science), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
MSE 365 (Materials Laboratory II), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
ENGR 100 (Materials for Civilization), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
MSE 250 (Principles of Engineering Materials), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Physics 241 (Introductory Physics Laboratory), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
MSE 220 (Introduction to Materials and Manufacturing), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
EE16A (Designing Information Devices and System), University of California, Berkeley [Part of the pioneer course staff team for the very first semester that this course was taught.]
CS70 (Discrete Mathematics and Probability Theory), University of California, Berkeley
Physics 8B (Introductory Physics), University of California, Berkeley
Organization Committee
2023 National Renewable Energy Laboratory Sarah Kurtz Distinguished Lecture Series
Conference Chair
2022 Gordon Research Seminar: Defects in Semiconductors
2019 Engineering Research Symposium, University of Michigan
Session Chair
2025 53rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists, Area 2: Absorber Preparation: CIGS and Kesterites