Group Members
Our group is always looking for very motivated PhD students, postdocs and undergraduate researchers, with an excitement for semiconductor materials and devices. Students with a strong background/interest in semiconductor device physics, epitaxial growth, and micro/nanofabrication with a bachelors/masters degree in materials engineering, electrical engineering, physics (or related fields) can contact me. Please send a note (with CV) to sriramkrishnamoorthy@ucsb.edu , if you are interested in discussing your research interests with me. Due to high volume of emails, I might not be able to respond to every request. Thanks for your understanding and patience. We look forward to working with a diverse group of highly motivated graduate, undergraduate students and postdoctoral researchers.
Prof. Sriram Krishnamoorthy
Associate Professor
Materials, UC Santa Barbara
Dr. Chinmoy Nath Saha
Postdoctoral researcher
Materials, UC Santa Barbara
Joined UCSB Aug 2024
Saurav Roy
Graduate Student
Materials, UC Santa Barbara
Started July 2019 @ U Utah
Joined UCSB Fall 2021
Carl Peterson
Graduate Student
Materials, UC Santa Barbara
Started Feb 2021 @ U Utah
Started Fall 2021
Steve Rebollo
Graduate Student
Materials, UC Santa Barbara
Co-advised with Prof. Jim Speck
Fall 2021 - current
Rachel Kahler
Graduate Student
Materials , UC Santa Barbara
Fall 2023- current
DoD SMART Fellow
David Lopez
Undergraduate Researcher
ECE, UC Santa Barbara
July 2024- current
Group Pictures- Archive
Krishnamoorthy Group Picture- Fall 2023
Photo Credit: Lilli McKinney, COE, UCSB
Krishnamoorthy Group Picture- Fall 2022
Photo Credit: Lilli McKinney, COE, UCSB
Krishnamoorthy Group Picture- Spring 2021
Alumni
Krishnamoorthy Group Alumni
PhD Alumni
Dr. Arkka Bhattacharyya, ECE, U Utah (Aug 2018- Aug 2022), Thesis: Materials and Device Engineering for UWBG β-Ga2O3 based Electron Devices: Towards Energy Efficient Power Electronics, Select Awards/Honors: (1) MRS Spring 2021, UWBG symposium best paper award (awarded by the symposium organizers) (2) IWGO-4 (2022) Young Researcher Paper Award, (3) 2023 College of Engineering Outstanding Dissertation Award. First employment: Post-doctoral researcher, UC Santa Barbara.
Dr. Praneeth Ranga, PhD Alumni ECE, U Utah (August 2017- Jan 2022), Thesis: Vapor Phase Epitaxial Growth of Gallium Oxide Thin Films and Heterostructures for High Performance Electronics, Select Awards/Honors: (1) Best ECE Thesis Award 2021 (2) University Graduate Research Fellowship 2020-2021. First employment: Intel Corporation.
Postdoc Alumni
Dr. Esmat Farzana, Materials, UCSB (2022- 2023)- Co-advised with Prof. Jim Speck: Now Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Iowa State University
Dr. Arkka Bhattacharyya, Materials, UC Santa Barbara (Sept. 2022- March 2024): First employment: Applied Materials
Visiting PhD Alumni
Nathan Episcopo, Visiting Graduate Student, U Texas, El Paso (Prof. Ramana Chintalapalle's group), MRL NSF- PREM Program, Summer 2022- UCSB Materials, Co-mentors: Carl Peterson & Saurav Roy
Palvan Seyidov, Visiting Grad Student, Leibniz-Institut für Kristallzüchtung (IKZ), Germany, August- Nov 2023, Project: Electrical breakdown in Co-, Ni- and Fe- doped Ga2O3 CZ substrates. First employment: Siltronic AG
Masters/ (BS/MS) Alumni
Kittamet Chanchaiworawit (San), Graduate Student, Materials, UCSB, Sept 2022- July 2024
Masters Thesis: Vertical metal-oxide-semiconductor diode on (001) Beta-Ga2O3 with high-k TiO2 oxide layer exhibiting improved breakdown
Brandon Zhou, BS (Mech. Eng.)/ MS (Materials) Program, 2022- 2023.
Liam Shore, BS (Mech. Eng.)/ MS (Materials) Program, UC Santa Barbara ,2023.
Vivek Sattiraju, ECE, U Utah, Masters Project Student Alumni, Research Volunteer, September 2017- July 2018, MS project: Low Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition Growth and Lithography Recipes for Emerging Transparent Semiconducting Oxide- β Gallium Oxide. First employment: IM flash.
Undergraduate Researcher Alumni
Joseph E. Lyman, Undergraduate Researcher Alumni, ECE, U Utah, Feb 2018- May 2020, Select Honors/Awards: (1) Barry Goldwater Fellowship, (2) EE Outstanding Student Researcher Award, (3) Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award 2021 (University-wide), First employment: Wilson Electronics.
Xingyue (Sophie) Wang, Undergraduate Researcher Alumni, ECE, U Utah, Jan 2021- May 2021, EE Student Excellence Award 2021, Joined ECE masters program @ University of California San Diego, Fall 2021.
Kevin A. Ramirez, undergraduate Researcher Alumni, Chemical Engineering, U Utah, October 2019- March 2020, First employment: L3Harris Technologies.
Ryan Baum, Undergraduate Researcher Alumni, ECE, UCSB, Feb 2023- June 2023.
Janani Ganesh, Undergraduate Researcher Alumni, ECE, UCSB, Feb 2023- June 2023.
David Lopez, Undergraduate Researcher, ECE, UC Santa Barbara Summer 2023- Dec 2023. MRL CAMP program; SIOP research scholarship, Mentor: Carl Peterson
Ziliang (Merlin) Ling , Undergraduate Researcher, Physics, UC Santa Barbara, Summer 2022- Spring 2024. Mentor: Carl Peterson- Electrical characterization of Ga2O3 MOSFETs, Coauthored Applied Physics Letters 124, no. 8 (2024).
Benjamin Kostroun, Undergraduate Researcher, Physics, UC Santa Barbara, Summer 2022- Spring 2024, Mentor: Saurav Roy- TCAD simulations of Ga2O3 Fin-diodes, Coauthored Applied Physics Letters 123, no. 24 (2023) & DOI: 10.36227/techrxiv.171177540.08602615/v1 (2024), Joining Physics PhD program @ Virginia Tech (Fall 2024).
High School Intern Alumni
Saad Asad, High School Intern, Evergreen Valley High School, UCSB Research Mentorship Program (RMP) 2022, UCSB Materials, Summer 2022, Mentor: Carl Peterson, Project: "Electrical Characterization of β-Ga2O3 MOVPE-Grown Schottky Diodes with Ni/Au Contacts", Joining Materials Science and Engineering @ University of California, Berkeley Fall 2023. Mentor: Carl Peterson
Kevin He, High School Intern, Dos Pueblos High School, Research Mentorship Program (RMP) 2022, UCSB Materials, Summer 2022, Mentor: Carl Peterson, Project: "Electrical Characterization of Aluminum Gallium Oxide Thin Films", Joining Engineering Sciences (Physics) @ University of California, Berkeley Fall 2023. Mentor: Carl Peterson