Research Team

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Principal
Investigator		 Prof. Can Bayram, LinkedIn icon

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: Wide Bandgap Materials & Devices

Awards: UIUC ECE Nick and Katherine Holonyak, Jr. Outstanding Research Awardee ; 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. Candidate Jaekwon Lee,

Research Area: Wide Bandgap Materials & Devices

Awards: Siegman School on Lasers Grant ; UIUC ECE Nick and Katherine Holonyak, Jr. Outstanding Research Awardee ; Applied Physics Letters Cover Article ; Applied Physics Letters Editor’s Pick 2024 ; Journal of the Optical Society of America B Editor’s Pick 2023 ; 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. Candidate Zhuoran Han,

Research Area: Ultra-wide Bandgap Materials & Devices

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
Ph.D. Student Archishman Saha,

Research Area: Wide Bandgap Materials & Devices

Awards: ECE Distinguished Research Fellowship ; John Bardeen Fellowship ; Promise of Excellence Fellowship.

B.S. Degree in: Electrical Engineering
B.S. Degree Institution: Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India

M.S. Degree in: Electrical Engineering
M.S. Degree Institution: Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India

City, Country (of Origin): Kolkata, India
Undergraduate
Researcher		 Aleksai Herrera,

Research Area: Ultra-wide bandgap Materials & Devices

Senior in: Electrical Engineering

City, Country (of Origin): IL, USA
Undergraduate
Researcher		 Phuvit Thirasuntrakul,

Research Area: Wide bandgap Materials & Devices

Junior in: Electrical Engineering

City, Country (of Origin): Bangkok, Thailand
Undergraduate
Researcher		 Zachary Pouska,

Research Area: Ultra-wide bandgap Materials & Devices

Junior in: Electrical Engineering

City, Country (of Origin): IL, USA
Undergraduate
Researcher		 Jason Li,

Research Area: Wide bandgap Materials & Devices

Awards: UIUC Office of Undergraduate Research Research Support Grantee ; GCOE Engineering Visionary Scholarship.

Sophomore in: Engineering Physics

City, Country (of Origin): NC, USA
Undergraduate
Researcher		 Dhruv Dilbaghi,

Research Area: Wide bandgap Materials & Devices

Sophomore in: Electrical Engineering

City, Country (of Origin): TX, USA
Undergraduate
Researcher		 Sarah Wilson,

Research Area: Wide bandgap Materials & Devices

Awards: Sandia National Laboratories Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies Summer Research Program.

Sophomore in: Electrical Engineering

City, Country (of Origin): NJ, USA
Undergraduate
Researcher		 Sourojit Mazumder,

Research Area: Wide bandgap Materials & Devices

Freshman in: Electrical Engineering

City, Country (of Origin): IL, USA