nanomaterials

Yue Wang

Yue Wang is a M.S./Ph.D. student at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). She obtained bachelor degree of Electronic Science and Technology from University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC) in 2020. She took part in the Visiting Student Research Program (VSRP) at KAUST during the summer of 2019.

Siti Nurul Waheeda Mohmad Zaini

Visiting Student, Photonics Laboratory
Siti Nurul Waheeda graduated in November 2015 in a Master of Science (Physics). She is a Ph.D. Student from the Institute of Nano Optoelectronics Research and Technology (INOR), Universiti Sains Malaysia. She joined the Photonics Laboratory at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), as a visiting student. Research Interests Siti's research interests included GaN, Nanomaterials, Molecular Beam Epitaxy and Optoelectronics. Professional Profile Active in research and development in solid-state lighting solution and semiconductor device, especially for gallium nitride (GaN)

Sara Binturaiki

Visiting Student, Photonics Laboratory
Sara Binturaiki was a visiting student in the Photonics Laboratory at KAUST. She is currently working as a researcher in the Nanotechnology Center at King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology. Binturaiki received her B.S. degree in physics from King Saud University (KSU) with 2nd Honors in 2015. Research Interests Sara's research interests included Nanomaterials. Education Profile ​2015, B.S. in Physics at KSU, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Awards and Distinctions ​Bes​t Research Capstone Project, Physics Department, KSU (2015).

Rozalina Zakaria

Visiting Researcher, Photonics Laboratory
Rozalina Zakaria is currently a Senior Lecturer in Photonics Research Centre, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She received her Ph.D. (Laser Physics) from the University of Hull, the United Kingdom in 2009, MSc (Applied Physics) from the University of Malaya in 2002 and BSc (Physics) from the University of Putra Malaysia in 2000. She was an assistant lecturer from 2002-2004 at the University of Malaya before pursue her Ph.D. degree in the UK. She was appointed as a Visiting Researcher at the National University of Singapore (NUS) from 2011-2012 in the Department of Electrical and

Reem Alqarni

Visiting Researcher, Photonics Laboratory
Reem Alqarni was a visiting Researcher from KACST at Professor Boon Ooi's Photonics Laboratory at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Research Interests Reem's research interests included ​nanomaterials.

Mohamed Ebaid

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Photonics Laboratory
Currently works at ​Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, California, USA

Lyu Zhou

Visiting Student, Photonics Laboratory
Lyu Zhou was a visiting student from the State University of New York, Buffalo at Professor Boon Ooi's Photonics Laboratory at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. Research Interests Lyu's research interests included ​Photonics, Nanomaterials, and optoelectronics. Selected Publications L. Zhou*, H. Song*, J. Liang, M. Singer, M. Zhou, E. Stegenburgs, N. Zhang, C. Xu, T. K. Ng, Z. Yu, B. Ooi, Q. Gan, A polydimethylsiloxane coated metal structure for all-day radiative

Kalani Moore

Visiting Student, Photonics Laboratory
Kalani Moore is a Ph.D. Student from the University of Limerick in Ireland. He studies a range of nanomaterials with Electron microscopy and his major pastime is explaining to friends and family what that is. He enjoys most sports but practice surfing and rugby the most. Anything water-based and he's in. He also like board games such as Risk and Scrabble​. Kalani's current​ Ph.D. title is “2D sheets in a 3D world” meaning I get to do EELS on a whole bunch of different 2D defects/features in materials. Kalani is involved in a US-Ireland project on Ferroelectric domain walls, which involves

Jung-Wook Min

Research Scientist, Photonics Laboratory
Introduction Jung-Wook Min is a Research Scientist at Photonics Laboratory in the Division of Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Science and Engineering (CEMSE) at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). He received his M.S. and a Ph.D. degree in the Department of Physics and Photon Science at Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Republic of Korea, in 2012 and 2016. He has 10 years of hands-on experiences of refurbishment, modification and maintenance of various type of III-N and III-As/P MBE chambers and has been focused on the epitaxial growth of III

Jeremy Tan

Visiting Student, Photonics Laboratory
Jeremy Tan is a graduate student (MEng, Class of 2018) from Imperial College London with a background in Materials Science & Engineering. Jeremy developed a passion for renewable energy in his third year which encouraged him to take up a related project for his masters (fourth year). The project focused on fabricating 1T-WS2/2H-WSe2 heterostructures with different morphologies and compositions, to be used as a photocathode for photoelectrocatalytic hydrogen evolution. On the side, Jeremy also works with a community in Kenya, developing energy-saving stoves to help overcome the excessive use of

Huafan Zhang

Huafan Zhang is currently a Ph.D. Student in the Photonics Laboratory. She obtained her BEng. (2017) in Electronic science and technology from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu, China. She joined King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in the Fall of 2017 and achieved MSc in Electrical Engineering at KAUST in 2018. Her current research focuses on III-Nitride nanowire-based photoelectrochemical water splitting, radiative cooling for optoelectronic devices and materials for water collections. Research Interests Her research interests

Giada Bucci

Visiting Student, Photonics Laboratory
Giada Bucci was a Visiting student from the University of Pisa at Professor Boon Ooi's Photonics Laboratory at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Research Interests Giada's research interests included ​Nanomaterials, Photonics and Optoelectronics, Spectroscopic and Microscopic imaging systems and Meta-materials. Education Profile Bachelor's degree in Physics from the University of Pisa in 2018 (Unipi). Enrolled in the first year of a master degree in “Materials and Nanotechnology” from the University of Pisa.​

Chandu V.V. Muralee Gopi

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Photonics Laboratory
Chandu V.V. Muralee Gopi is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Photonics Laboratory in the Division of Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Science and Engineering (CEMSE) at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). He received his Master's degree in Interdisciplinary Program in Robotics and a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Pusan National University, South Korea, in Feb. 2015 and Feb. 2018 respectively. Over the past 6 years, he has held multiple appointments, within South Korea, and has developed broad expertise and a proven track record in the development of highly