Research Team

Principal
Investigator
Prof. Can Bayram, (Resume, CV

Ph.D. Degree in: Electrical Engineering
Ph.D. Degree Institution: Northwestern University, IL, USA

City, Country (of Origin): Izmir, Turkey

Ph.D. Candidate Yu Chieh Chiu,

Research Area: GaN-based Photonics

Awards: Applied Physics Letters Editor’s Pick 2022 ; Paper Wings US Champion ; UIUC ECE 443 LEDs and Solar Cells Crosslight Best Project Awardee.

M.S. Thesis: Absolute Internal Quantum Efficiency of Indium-Gallium Nitride Based Light Emitting Diodes (Dec., 2022)

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M.S. Degree in: Electrical Engineering
M.S. Degree Institution: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA

B.S. Degree in: Electrical Engineering
B.S. Degree Institution: Purdue University, IN, USA

City, Country (of Origin): Changhua, Taiwan

Ph.D. Student Jaekwon Lee,

Research Area: GaN-based Photonics

Awards: Applied Physics Letters Editor’s Pick 2022 ; UIUC ECE 443 LEDs and Solar Cells Crosslight Best Project Awardee ; Promise of Excellence Fellowship.

B.S. Degree in: Electrical and Computer Engineering
B.S. Degree Institution: Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea

City, Country (of Origin): Seoul, South Korea

Ph.D. Student Zhuoran Han,

Research Area: (Ultra)Wide-bandgap Electronics

Awards: Andrew T. Yang Research and Entrepreneurship Award in ECE ; ECE Distinguished Research Fellowship ; Promise of Excellence Fellowship.

B.S. Degree in: Electrical Engineering
B.S. Degree Institution: University of Notre Dame, IN, USA

City, Country (of Origin): Beijing, China

Undergraduate
Researcher
Patrick Sear,

Research Area: GaN-based Photonics

Senior in: Electrical Engineering

City, Country (of Origin): Illinois, USA

Undergraduate
Researcher
Jessica Rangel-Galera,

Research Area: (Ultra)Wide-bandgap Electronics

Senior in: Materials Science and Engineering

City, Country (of Origin): Illinois, USA

Undergraduate
Researcher
Colin Shan,

Research Area: GaN-based Photonics

Junior in: Materials Science and Engineering

City, Country (of Origin): Beijing, China

Undergraduate
Researcher
Aleksai Herrera,

Research Area: (Ultra)Wide-bandgap Electronics

Junior in: Electrical Engineering

City, Country (of Origin): Illinois, USA

Undergraduate
Researcher
Phuvit Thirasuntrakul,

Research Area: GaN-based Photonics

Sophomore in: Electrical Engineering

City, Country (of Origin): Bangkok, Thailand

Undergraduate
Researcher
Matthew Schmitt,

Research Area: GaN-based Photonics

Sophomore in: Engineering Physics

City, Country (of Origin): IL, USA

Undergraduate
Researcher
Jason Li,

Research Area: GaN-based Photonics

Freshman in: Engineering Physics

City, Country (of Origin): North Carolina, USA