Education

• Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of California, Santa Barbara, U.S.A. (2012–2016)
• Ph.D. in Materials, University of California, Santa Barbara, U.S.A. (2012)
• B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, U.S.A. (2006)

Appointments

• Assistant Professor, Lehigh University, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering (08/2016 — present)

Honors and Awards

• P.C. Rossin Assistant Professorship, Lehigh (2019-2021):
  “awarded to the most outstanding junior faculty in the P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science who demonstrate high potential for establishing a successful academic career at Lehigh through the integration of teaching and research.”
• Outstanding Researcher — Scientific Achievement Award, SSLEEC/UCSB (2015)
• Outstanding Graduate Student — Scientific Achievement Award, SSLEEC/UCSB (2011)
• National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellow (2007)
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Graduate Research Fellow (2006)

Sessions, Workshops, and Conferences Organized

• Chair: International Workshop on Bulk Nitride Semiconductors (IWBNS-XI), Bethlehem (2020)
• Co-Chair: International Workshop on Bulk Nitride Semiconductors (IWBNS-X), Finland (2017)
• Technical Program Committee Member:
  • SPIE Optics and Photonics (Wide Bandgap Session) (2019)
  • IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC): Displays and Lighting (DISL) (2018, 2019)
  • International Workshop on Nitrides (IWN), Orlando, FL, U.S.A. (2016)
• Organizer: 1^st Ammonothermal Crystal Growth Summer School, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A. (2016)

Professional Service

• Co-editor Special Issue in Journal of Crystal Growth: Proceedings of the 10th International Workshop on Bulk Nitride Semiconductors
• Journal Reviewer: Applied Physics Letters, Chemical Engineering Communications, Chemistry of Materials, Inorganic Chemistry, Inorganics, Journal of Applied Physics, Journal of Crystal Growth, Optics Express, Physica Status Solidi B

Teaching

• MAT 495: Scientific Communications
• MAT 201: Physical Properties of Materials
• MAT 33: Engineering Materials and Processes

Florian Metzger
Ph.D. Student

Education:

• B. Sc. Chemical and Biological Engineering (2015), FAU Erlangen-Nurnberg (Germany)
• M. Sc. Chemical and Biological Engineering (2017), FAU Erlangen-Nurnberg (Germany)

Research Interests:

• Semiconductor materials (nitrides)
• Crystal growth
• Self-assembling of nanomaterials
• 3D-printing

Fun things in life: Hiking, biking, traveling and let’s not forget the cake baking! 

Team member:  2017—Present

Pedram Yousefian
Ph.D. Student

Education:

• B. Sc. Materials Engineering (2014), Isfahan University of Technology (Iran)
• M. Sc. Mechanical Engineering (2017), University of North Florida (USA)

Research Interests:

• Electronic & Magnetic Materials
• Solidification and Crystal Growth
• Materials Processing & Additive Manufacturing

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Team member:  2017—Present

Jacob Dooley
Ph.D. Student

Education:

• B.S. Materials Engineering (2019), Lehigh University (USA)

Research Interests:

• Electronic Materials
• Crystal Growth

Team member:  2019—Present

Jillian Cowles
Undergraduate Student

Education:

• B.S. Materials Science and Engineering (2020 exp.), Lehigh University (USA)
• Minor in Music

Team member:  2018—Present

Quot Al Nabhani
Undergraduate Student

Education:

• B.S. Materials Science and Engineering (2020 exp.), Lehigh University (USA)

Team member:  2018—Present

Tri Nguyen
Undergraduate Student

Education:

• B.S. Materials Science and Engineering (2021 exp.), Lehigh University (USA)

Research Interests:

• Electronic Materials
• Advanced Materials
• Materials Characterization
• Single Crystal Growth

An interesting fact about myself: I won the National Chess Champions Trophy 2015 in New Zealand.

Team member:  2018—Present

Evan Willmarth
Undergraduate Student

Education:

• B.S. Mechanical Engineering (2021 exp.), Lehigh University (USA)

Research Interests:

• Mechanical Systems
• CFD Modeling
• ANSYS

Team member:  2017—Present

Julio Martinez-Cuin
Undergraduate Student

Education:

• B.S. Electrical Engineering (2021 exp.), Lehigh University (USA)

Research Interests:

• Circuits
• Programming

Team member:  2019—Present

Sebastian Galdamez
Undergraduate Student

Education:

• B.S. Electrical Engineering (2021 exp.), Lehigh University (USA)

Research Interests:

• Circuits
• Programming

Team member:  2019—Present

Saskia Schimmel
Post-Doctoral Student

Education:

• B.Sc. Materials Science and Engineering (2010), FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany)
• M.Sc. Materials Science and Engineering (2012), FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany)
• Ph.D. Engineering (2018), FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany)

Research Interests:

• Wide bandgap semiconductors
• Crystal growth at high T / high P
• PVT and ammonothermal growth
• Development of X-ray based in situ monitoring methods for ammonothermal processes

Team member:  2018—2019

Moved on to:  Post-doc in Amano’s Lab at Nagoya University

Chris Mascetti
Master’s Student

Education:

• B.S. Materials Science and Engineering (2018), Lehigh University (USA)
• M.Eng. Materials Science and Engineering (2019), Lehigh University (USA)

Research Interests:

• Electronic Materials
• Bulk growth of GaN

Fun things in life: Cross country running

Team member:  2017—2019

Vincent Rienzi
Master’s Student

Education:

• M.Eng. Materials Science and Engineering (2019), Lehigh University (USA)
• B.S. Materials Science and Engineering (2018), Lehigh University (USA)

Research Interests:

• Electronic Materials
• Optoelectronic devices
• Thin film growth
• Ammonothermal growth

Fun things life: Frisbee!!

Team member:  2017—2019

Moved on to:  Grad Life at UCSB

Bryan Caruso
Master’s Student

Education:

• M.Eng. Materials Science and Engineering (2020 exp.), Lehigh University (USA)
• B.S. Materials Science and Engineering (2019), Lehigh University (USA)

Research Interests:

• Engineering

Team member:  2019

Derek Hu
Undergraduate Student

Education:

• B.S. Materials Science and Engineering (2019), Lehigh University (USA)
• Minor in Philosophy

Team member:  2018—2019

Molly Hwang
Undergraduate Student

Education:

• B.S. Materials Science and Engineering (2019), Lehigh University (USA)
• Minor in Mechanics of Materials
• Nanotechnology

Team member:  2018—2019