Education

• University of California, Berkeley

Ph.D. (2020), M.S. (2017), Materials Science and Engineering

Dissertation: Engineering the properties of two-dimensional van der Waals materials

• Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

B.Sc. (2012, 1st class honors), Physics

Minor: Mathematics. Concentration: Nanotechnology, Optical Technology

Thesis: The growth of non-planar epitaxial nanostructures on muscovite mica via van der Waals epitaxy

Experience

• Indiana University Bloomington

(starting Aug 2026) Assistant Professor, Department of Intelligent Systems Engineering 

• Northwestern University

(Dec 2020 - Present) Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Materials Science and Engineering 

Advisor: Prof. Mark C. Hersam

• Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

(Sep 2020 - Nov 2020) Postdoctoral researcher, Materials Science Division

University of California, Berkeley

(Aug 2015 - Aug 2020) Graduate student researcher

Advisor: Prof. Feng Wang 

• Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

(Jul 2012 - Jul 2015) Research project officer, Division of Physics and Applied Physics

(Aug 2008 - Jul 2012) Undergraduate research assistant

Advisor: Prof. Qihua Xiong (now at Tsinghua University)  

Selected grants, awards, honors, and activities

• CAS Future Leaders (2025)

• WiscProf: Future Faculty in Engineering program participant (2025)

• International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN) Future Faculty program participant (2024)

• IIN Outstanding Researcher Visionary Award (2023)

• IIN Postdoctoral Fellowship (2023)

• Foresight Fellowship in nanotechnology (2023)

• American Physical Society (APS) DMP Post-doctoral Travel Award (2022): USD 1,200 grant to support participation in Division of Materials Physics (DMP) Focus Topics at the APS March Meeting 2022. The selection is based on the research quality, impact of the research at the March Meeting, and the innovative contribution of the researcher.

• APS Career Mentoring Fellow (2022): a 1-year program that includes training as a career mentor, and provides for compensated registration to APS March Meeting 2022

• Student & Postdoc Team Science Competition award, EFRC-Hub-CMS PI meeting: Winner 2017, Finalist 2025

• NTU ASEAN Undergraduate Scholarship (2008): Full tuition and stipend awarded to top students from Southeast Asian countries studying at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

• International Olympiad in Astronomy and Astrophysics 2007 (Chiang Mai, Thailand): silver medal

• International Astronomy Olympiad 2006, senior group (Mumbai, India): III diploma (bronze medal)

• International Astronomy Olympiad 2005, junior group (Beijing, China): II diploma (silver medal)

• National Science Olympiad of Indonesia – Astronomy 2004 (junior group): gold medal; Astronomy 2005: silver medal; Physics 2007: silver medal