Current Members

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Paul Alivisatos

Paul Alivisatos

President of the University of Chicago
John D. MacArthur Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Chemistry

Affiliations: Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering and the College

Email: president@uchicago.edu

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B.A. in Chemistry, The University of Chicago, 1981
Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, 1986
Assistant Professor, University of California, Berkeley, 1988-1993
Associate Professor, University of California, Berkeley, 1993-1995
Professor, University of California, Berkeley, 1995-1998
Chancellor’s Professor, University of California, Berkeley, 1995-1998
Associate Laboratory Director, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, 2005-2007
Deputy Lab Director, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, 2008
Director, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, 2009-2015
President, University of Chicago, 2021-Present

STAFF AND POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS

Dr. Kamran Forghani

Lab/Research Manager, Senior Scientist (2022–)

Email: kforghani@uchicago.edu

Dr. Joeson Wong

Postdoctoral Researcher (2022–)

Email: joeson@uchicago.edu

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B.S.E. University of Michigan
Ph. D. California Institute of Technology

Dr. Woonhyuk Baek

Postdoctoral Researcher (2022–)

Email: whbaek@uchicago.edu

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    B. Eng. Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
    Ph. D. Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
    2021-2022 Postdoctoral Researcher, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea

    Research Area: Shape-controlled synthesis of colloidal III-V nanomaterials

    Dr. Minhal Hasham

    Dr. Minhal Hasham

    Postdoctoral Researcher (2023–)

    Email: minhal@uchicago.edu

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      H.B.Sc. University of Toronto
      M.Sc. University of Toronto
      Ph. D. University of Toronto

      GRADUATE STUDENTS

      Michelle Crook

      Visiting Ph.D. Candidate at UChicago (2022-)

      Email: mfcrook@uchicago.edu

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        B.S. in Chemistry, Binghamton University
        Ph.D. in Chemistry, UC Berkeley (Current Student)

        Project: Elucidating the solution chemistry in graphene liquid cell transmission electron microscopy

        Xingzhi Wang

        Visiting Ph.D. Candidate at UChicago (2022-)

        Email: xingzhi@uchicago.edu

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          B.S. in Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
          Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley (Current Student)

          Project: Application of machine learning to extract information from electron microscopy data.

          Abdullah Abbas

          Abdullah S. Abbas

          Visiting Ph.D. Candidate at UChicago (2022-)

          Email: asabbas@uchicago.edu

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            Honour B.A.S. in Nanotechnology Engineering, University of Waterloo
            M.Sc. in Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
            Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley (Current Student) 

            Project: Energy Applications

            Yuxuan Zhang

            Graduate Student at UChicago PME (2022-)

            Email: yuxuanz1@uchicago.edu

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              M.Sc. in Chemistry, University of Montreal

              Dylan Bian

              Graduate Student at UChicago Chemistry (2022-)

              Email: dbian@uchicago.edu

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                Honour B.S. in Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCSB College of Creative Studies
                Minor in East Asian Languages & Cultural Studies (Japanese)

                UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

                Yasin Badawy

                Yasin Badawy

                Undergraduate Student at UChicago PME

                Email: ybadawy@uchicago.edu 

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                  Major in Chemical Engineering
                  Minor in Material Science and Polymer Synthesis

                  Yasin Badawy

                  Viraj Bodiwala

                  Undergraduate Student at UChicago PME

                  Email: virajb@uchicago.edu

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                    Major in Molecular Engineering (Quantum Engineering Track)
                    Major in Physics
                    Major in Quantum Information Science

                     

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