Team
Research Scientist
Parthi Santhanam
Ph.D., MIT
Parthi is a research scientist in the Raman Lab. His interests include opto-electronic energy technologies, entropy and information in electronic and photonic systems, radiative cooling, and emerging semiconductor technologies. As a researcher, his focus is on developing electro-luminescent cooling devices and their applications to compact, portable cryogenics as well as the long-term societal need for more energy-efficient HVAC and waste heat recovery solutions.
Graduate Students
Mason Christiansen
B.S., Physics, Brigham Young University
Mason is a second year PhD student in the Materials Science and Engineering department. He is interested in infrared optical systems as well as experimental work at the interface of solid-state physics and optoelectronic devices.
Daniel Cui
B.S., Electrical Engineering and Physics, UC Berkeley
NDSEG Fellow
Daniel is a third year PhD student in the Materials Science and Engineering department. He is broadly interested in solid-state devices, nonreciprocal photonics, symmetry breaking in condensed matter physics, and strongly correlated systems.
Jae S. Hwang
B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology
Jae is a fifth year Ph.D. student in the Materials Science and Engineering department. His current work is focused on the simulation and experimental realization of novel photonic and optoelectronic systems. He is broadly interested in optics and solid-state physics.
Aryan Zaveri
B.S., Physics, UC Santa Barbara
Aryan is a fourth year Ph.D student in the Materials Science and Engineering department. He completed his undergraduate students in Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is broadly interested in disordered optical materials and radiative cooling applications
Undergraduate Students
Linus Kim
SaiYu Wong
Lab Alumni
Prof. Jyotirmoy Mandal
Current position: Assistant Professor, Princeton University
Position in lab: Postdoctoral Scholar (2019-2022)
David Abraham, Ph.D.
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
Position after graduating: Materials Yield Engineer, AWS Quantum
John Brewer, Ph.D.
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
Position after graduating: Senior Optical Engineer, DRS Daylight Solutions
Xin Huang, Ph.D.
Position after graduating: Display Module Engineer, Apple
Christopher Yeung, Ph.D.
Position after graduating: MTS/ Data Analytics Foundry Engineer, AMD
Jin Xu, Ph.D.
Position after graduating: Scientist, Applied Materials
Isabella He, B.S., M.S.
Position after graduating: PhD Student, Stanford University
Justin Louie, B.S., M.S.
Position after graduating: Cell Development Engineer, Pronoia
Samuel Dunscombe, M.S.
Position after graduating: Lead Coating Engineer, Coherent A&D
Ju-Ming Tsai, M.S.
Position after graduating: Applications Development Engineer, KLA
David Ho, M.S.
Position after graduating: Epitaxial Materials Engineering, HRL Laboratories
Kara Levy, B.S., M.S.
Materials Science and Engineering, UCLA
Position after graduating: Metals Engineer, Tesla
Benjamin Pham, B.S.
Materials Science and Engineering, UCLA
Position after graduating: Mechanical Engineer, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Robert Yang, B.S.
Materials Science and Engineering, UCLA
Position after graduating: Ph.D. Student, Northwestern University
Sachin Kulkarni, B.S.
Materials Science and Engineering, UCLA
Position after graduating: Ph.D. Student, Northwestern University
Julia Liang, B.S.
Materials Science and Engineering, UCLA
Position after graduating: Mechanical Integrity Engineer, Phillips 66
Yasunori Kawabe (Visiting Scientist, JSR Corporation, Japan)
Cristina Leyre Pinto Fuste (Visiting Graduate Student, CENER, Spain)
Lukas Frommel (Visiting Graduate Student, Justus Liebeg University, GermanY)
Ryan Tsai (High school student, Harvard-Westlake School)
Brian King (Undergraduate student, MSE Department, UCLA)
Yusaku Kawagoe (Visiting M.S. student, Nagoya University, JUACEP program)
Bhaskar Abhiraman (Penn Undergraduate, VIPER program)
Mohamed Elshabrawishy (Penn Undergraduate, VIPER program)
Baran Kayim (Penn Undergraduate, PURM Award)
Sergio Roman (Penn Undergraduate, PURM Award)
Angela Yang (Penn Undergraduate, VIPER Program)