Iqbal Utama, Ph.D.

Iqbal is a researcher working at the intersection of materials physics, materials chemistry, and nanotechnology. He is currently a postdoc at Northwestern University, United States, as well as at the Center for Molecular Quantum Transduction, working in the group of Prof. Mark Hersam. He received his PhD from University of California, Berkeley from the group of Prof. Feng Wang. His research focuses on the development of novel properties in low-dimensional nanomaterials by using various experimental tuning knobs, such as molecular functionalization, for applications in electronics, photonics, and quantum information sciences. His research spans the full gamut of material synthesis, multi-modal characterizations, and device applications. Originally from Indonesia, he is also passionate about mentoring students and directly helping to improve the educational pipeline of science and engineering