Hi! You can call me Rafa or Rap!
I am a student researcher at KIST, trying to earn my PhD degree from UST-Korea.
I was born in Tacloban City, went to PSHS-EVC for high school, AdMU for BS Physics-MSE, and UPD for MS MSE.
I consider myself a nano/electronic materials scientist, working at the intersection of semiconductor device engineering, nanostructure engineering, and photonics. During the past years, I have spent my PhD days
growing InAs quantum dots/dashes for 1.3um, 1.55um, 2.0 um, and LWIR applications;
growing dislocation filter layers for silicon photonics;
characterizing my materials by PL, AFM, SEM, XRD;
fabricating lasers, LEDs, and PDs in the cleanroom;
measuring laser diodes.