Members

Professor

2013 - Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin

2010 - 2013 Postdoctoral Researcher in Chemistry and Biochemistry (advisor: Prof. Paul S. Weiss), University of California, Los Angeles

2006 - 2010 Ph.D. in Engineering Science and Mechanics (advisor: Prof. Tony Jun Huang), The Pennsylvania State University

(2010 Alumni Association Dissertation Award; 2014 Graduate School Alumni Society Early Career Award)

2004 - 2006 Research Fellow, Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR, Singapore

2001 - 2003 M.Sc. in Physics (advisors: Prof. Alfred Huan and Prof. Soo-Jin Chua), National University of Singapore, Singapore

1997 - 2001 B.Sc. in Physics, Nankai University, Tianjin, China

Research Associate

Dr. Linhan Lin

Email: linlh04@gmail.com

Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University

B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University

Awards:

2011 New Treasure First Prize Scholarship, Tsinghua University

2009 The Third Prize Scholarship, Tsinghua University

2007 PetroChina First Prize Scholarship, Tsinghua University

Postdoctoral Researcher

Dr. Abhay Kotnala

E-mail: abhay.kotnala@austin.utexas.edu

PhD in Electrical Engineering, University of Victoria, Canada

MS in Microwave Engineering, Indian institute of technology, Banaras Hindu University, India

Awards:

2014-15, University of Victoria graduate award, UVic, Canada

2012-13, University of Victoria fellowship, Uvic, Canada

2007-09, Govt. of India Post graduate Research Scholarship, Indian institute of technology, Banaras Hindu University, India

Dr. Eric Hill

Email: eric.hill@austin.utexas.edu

Ph.D. in Nanoscience and Microsystems Engineering, University of New Mexico

B.S. in Chemistry (ACS accredited), Southern Oregon University

Awards:

2017 Langmuir Prize for best oral presentation of a young scientist, European Colloid and Interface Society, Madrid

2015-17 Juan de la Cierva - Formación Postdoctoral Fellowship, Spain

2014 Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Sigma Xi

2012-14 Excellence Fellowship, Office of Graduate Studies, University of New Mexico

Dr. Kan Yao

E-mail: kan.yao@austin.utexas.edu

Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
M.E. in Electromagnetic Field & Microwave Technology, Institute of Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
B.E. in Electronic Information Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China

Awards:
2017 College of Engineering Outstanding Graduate Research Award, Northeastern University
2015 Graduate Dissertation Research Grant, Northeastern University

Dr. Zilong Wu

Email: zlwu@utexas.edu

Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin

M.Sc. in Condensed Matter Physics, Fudan University
B.E. in Microelectronics, Sun Yat-sen University

Awards:

2015 Professional Development Award, Office of Graduate Studies, UT Austin

2015 Graduate Student Conference Grant, Office of Graduate Studies, UT Austin

Graduate Student

Bharath Bangalore Rajeeva

Email: bharath614@gmail.com

M.Sc. in Chemistry, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India
B.E. in Electrical and Electronics, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India

Awards:

Phi Kappa Phi

2016-17 Friends of Alec Graduate Student Fellowship, Cockrell School of Engineering, UT Austin

2015 Professional Development Award, Office of Graduate Studies, UT Austin

2015-16 George J. Heuer. Jr. Ph.D. Endowed Graduate Fellowship, Cockrell School of Engineering, UT Austin

2014-15 Harris L. Marcus Graduate Fellowship in Materials Science and Engineering, UT Austin

Jingang Li

Email: jingang@utexas.edu

B.Sc. in Applied Physics, University of Science and Technology of China

Mingsong Wang

Email: mswang86@gmail.com

M.E. in Materials Physics and Chemistry, Sichuan University
B.Sc. in Materials Physics, Sichuan University

Awards:

2017 GS University Graduate Continuing Fellowship, Office of Graduate Studies, UT Austin

2015 Warren A. and Alice L. Meyer Endowed Scholarship, Cockrell School of Engineering, UT Austin

Pavana Kollipara

Email: kpsiddhartha@utexas.edu

M. Tech in Mechanical Engineering (Thermal), Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India
B. Tech in Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India

Awards:
2017-18 Provost's International Graduate Excellence Fellowship, Cockrell School of Engineering, UT Austin