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Office: HED 206, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089
Email: yutsunsh [at] usc [dot] edu
Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator
B.S. Physics, National Taiwan University 2012, (with Wei-Fang Su & Yang-Fang Chen)
Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering, UIUC 2018 (with Jian-Min Zuo)
Postdoctoral Research, School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell 2022 (with David A. Muller)
Yu-Tsun Shao is an Assistant Professor in the Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at USC. He also holds an appointment in the Core Center of Excellence in Nano Imaging at USC. Yu-Tsun received his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a B.S. in Physics from National Taiwan University. He is a recipient of the DOE Early Career Award (2024), Faculty Research Award of the Charles Lee Powell Foundation (2024), Robert P. Apkarian Postdoctoral Scholar Award (2021) and Presidential Student Award (2016) of the Microscopy Society of America, and the Ludo Frevel Crystallography Scholarship Award of the International Centre for Diffraction Data (2016).
Postdoctoral Researchers
Postdoctoral Researchers
Dr. Chuqiao Shi
Ph.D. Rice University, Materials Science and NanoEngineering 2024
M.S. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Materials Science and Engineering 2020
B.S. Zhejiang University, Materials Science and Engineering 2019
Project: 2D magnets, Moire materials, Ptychography
Enjoys video games and gym!
Email: shichuqi [at] usc [dot] edu
Graduate Students
Graduate Students
Ting-Ran Liu
Ph.D. University of Southern California, Materials Science (08.2023 - )
Taiwan-USC Graduate Scholar
M.S. National Taiwan University, Materials Science and Engineering
B.S. National Taiwan University, Materials Science and Engineering
Project: Quantum Materials, 4D-STEM
Loves hiking, cycling and taking care of tropical fish!
Email: tingranl [at] usc [dot] edu
Murat Tuna Pamuk
Ph.D. University of Southern California, Materials Science (08.2024 - )
B.S. Middle East Technical University, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Turkey
Project: vdW magnets, CBED
Loves wrinkly dogs, watches nad traveling the mediterranean
Email: pamuk [at] usc [dot] edu
Benjamin Fein-Ashley
MS. University of Southern California, Electrical Engineering (01.2024 - 05.2025)
B.S. Colorado School of Mines, Chemical Engineering
Project: New diffraction imaging methods & ML
Enjoys rock climbing and skiing!
Email: jfeinash [at] usc [dot] edu
Undergraduate Students
Undergraduate Students
Wendy Fei
B.S. USC Chemical Engineering (2025)
Project: Multi-modal methods & ML
Email: wentinf [at] usc [dot] edu
Student Awards
Student Awards
Murat Tuna Pamuk, 2024 USC MFD Graduate Fellowship
Ting-Ran Liu, 2024 Presidential Student Scholar, Microscopy Society of America
Ann Ngo, 2024 Trojan Transfer Award, USC Viterbi
Carlos Alvarez, 2024 Provost's Summer Research Fellowship
Ann Ngo, Undergraduate Poster Award, 2024 MFD Research Symposium
Nicholas Phillips, 2024 USC CURVE Fellowship
Ting-Ran Liu, 2023 Taiwan-USC PhD Scholarship, Ministry of Education, Taiwan
Ann Ngo, 2023 USC CURVE Fellowship
Raina Kweon, 2023 USC CURVE Fellowship
Carlos Alvarez, 2023 USC CURVE Fellowship
Alumni
Alumni
Postdocs
Dr. Koushik Jagadish (postdoc 11.2023 - 02.2025). Now at Eurofins Nanolab
Ph.D. Indian Institute of Science, Materials Science 2022
Graduate Students
Yi Zhang - M.S. Materials Engineering (2024)
Undergraduates
Ann Ngo - B.S. USC Chemical Engineering (2024)
Raina Kweon - B.S. USC Chemical Engineering (2024)
Carlos Alvarez - B.S. USC Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering (2022 - )
Nickolas Phillips - B.S. USC Astronautical Engineering (2022 - )
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