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

• 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

• Co-Chair: International Workshop on Bulk Nitride Semiconductors (IWBNS-X), Finland (2017)
• Technical Program Committee Member: 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

• 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 201: Physical Properties of Materials (Spring 2016)
• MAT 33: Engineering Materials and Processes (Fall 2016, Spring 2016)