Aditya is an Assistant Professor in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and the Princeton Materials Institute, and Associated Faculty in Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment. 

He received a BS from IIT Kanpur, and an MS and PhD from Stanford University in materials science and engineering. His PhD work focused on nanoscale thermal transport in low-dimensional and defect-rich materials -- it resulted in the demonstration of a thermal switch based on ion intercalation, and the development of a microscope to image heat flow near a single defect. He was then a postdoc and Research Scientist at the Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Science at SLAC National Laboratory, where he led efforts to create the first atomic-scale ultrafast "movie" of a memory bit, and the discovery of a new mechanism for ultra-efficient energy transfer at atomic junctions. 

He has been recognized by the ACS-PRF Doctoral New Investigator Award (2023), the Early Career Award from the AVS Nanoscale Science & Technology Division (2022), the MRS Postdoctoral Award (2022), the LCLS Young Investigator Award from SLAC National Laboratory (2021), the MRS Gold Graduate Student Award (2017), and the Batra Gold Medal from IIT Kanpur (2011). His teaching at Princeton has been recognized by two SEAS Commendations for Outstanding Teaching.

CV (updated Jan 2025)

aditya.sood@princeton.edu

Mithun started as a postdoc in May 2024. He received a PhD in Physics from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, where his thesis work focused on ultrafast linear and nonlinear spectroscopy of topological insulators, Weyl semimetals, and semiconducting nanowires. He is currently developing ultrafast probes of transient phenomena in microelectronic devices.

mk4002@princeton.edu 

Touhid is a third year PhD student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), and was subsequently a lecturer at East West University in Dhaka. His BS and MS research focused on first principles calculations of electronic, optical, and thermal properties of 2D materials. He is currently working on new ways to visualize and control ultrafast dynamics in van der Waals materials. 

touhid.ahmed@princeton.edu 

Nova is a first year PhD student in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. She received her bachelor's degree in Materials Science from Stanford University, where her research focused on ultrafast dynamics in hybrid perovskites and layered materials. During her time at Stanford, she also worked at Sandia National Labs where she contributed to the synthesis and characterization of materials for neuromorphic computing. She is currently exploring the mechanisms of field-induced ultrafast structural dynamics in electronic materials.

novawu@princeton.edu 

Shreya is a first year PhD student in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. She received her bachelor's degree in Materials Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhinagar. As an undergrad, she worked on the synthesis and characterization of layered materials at IIT, and on ab initio calculations of electron transport at Caltech. Her current research focuses on understanding the physics of thermal transport using time-resolved techniques.

ss5980@princeton.edu 

Sawooly is a rising sophomore in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton. 

sl7036@princeton.edu 

Aditi is a rising sophomore in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton.

as0655@princeton.edu  

Nathaniel is a rising sophomore in Astrophysics from Cal State University, Northridge.

nathaniel.cohen.284@my.csun.edu 

Henry received an AB in Physics from Princeton in May 2024. He worked on his senior thesis with us from Sept '23 to April '24. He built a 2D-material transfer station, and made interesting measurements of thermal transport in atomically-thin materials. 

Nick is a junior in ORFE/Computer Science at Princeton. He was an OURSIP fellow with us from June to August '23. He developed computer code to simulate electron scattering in thermally excited materials.