Yong P. Chen Research Group - Quantum Matter and Devices Lab - Purdue University

Members

Yong P. Chen

Yong P. Chen (Brief ProfileShort CV,  Long CV

Karl Lark-Horovitz Professor of Physics and Astronomy (faculty web page)

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (faculty web page)

Director of Purdue Quantum Science and Engineering Institute (PQSEI)

<on sabbatical leave 2021> <also Villum Investigator & Professor at Aarhus Univ.>

Offices: Physics 74, Birck 1287B 
Phone: (765) 494-0947 Email: yongchen@purdue.edu

Adm. Support in PHYS and for Research Group (QMD Lab):Ms. Carla Redding <creddin@purdue.edu>, (765) 494-3035 

Managing Director in PQSEI: Dr. David Stewart <davidstewart@purdue.edu>, (765) 496-3117

Visiting Faculty and Scholars

Assistant Prof. Guanghui Cheng (AIMR, Tohoku Univ.)

Assistant Prof. Hiroshi Idzuchi (AIMR, Tohoku Univ.)

Postdocs and Research Scientists

Dr. Chuan-Hsun Li
Chuan-Hsun Li



Education:
PhD. Purdue University, USA (2019)
MSc. National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan (2009)

Project:
Quantum gases in synthetic gauge fields for quantum simulation

Contact Information:
li841@purdue.edu
Physics G61

Dr. Lei Fu

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Education:
PhD. Institute of Chemistry, CAS, 2019

Project:
Electronic and Optoelectronic Properties of 2D Materials

Contact Information: fu302@purdue.edu 

Dr. Lina Liu

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Education:
PhD. Tsinghua University, China 2019

Project:
synthesis and surface science of novel 2D materials

Contact information: 
liu2815@purdue.edu 

Office: Physics G57

Dr. Jian Liao

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Education:
PhD. Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Science (2016)

Project:
Transport properties of topological superconductors

Contact Information: liao172@purdue.edu 

 Dr. Demid Sychev

 (Joint postdoc with Shalaev Group)

Education:
PhD. Moscow State University

Project:
quantum photonics and 2D materials

Dr. Havin Hester

 

Education:
PhD. Colorado State University

Project:
Neutrons and topological materials

Graduate Students

Andres E Llacsahuanga Allcca

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Education:
MSc. Purdue University

Project:
MOKE on 2D ferromagnets/Topological insulator heterostructures.

Contact Information:
aallcca@purdue.edu 
Physics B042

 

 

Shi-wen Feng

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Education:
MSc. National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan (2016)

Project:
Quantum gases in synthetic gauge fields for quantum simulation

Contact Information:
feng253@purdue.edu

Office:Physics G61


 

 

Mohammad Sadi

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Education:
B.Eng National University of Singapore

Project:
Strain investigation in 2D/Topological materials

Contact Information:
msadi@purdue.edu

 

Felicia Martinez

Education:
BSc. Walla Walla College

Project:
quantum chemistry and photoassociation in BEC

Contact information:mart1988@purdue.edu

QMD-nano shared students desk in BRK: 2230

Alumni

Postdocs and PhD students from QMD lab have landed careers in academia (so far 5 of them started their own groups as professors in USA, China and India), industry (ranging from large companies to start their own companies), and government/national laboratories. 

Postdocs

Dr. Jifa Tian
jifa

Education:
PhD, Insititute of Physics (IOP), Chinese Academy of Science(2009)
Postdoctoral Research Associate (02/2009-06/2018)

Current Affiliation:
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, University of Wyoming (web page)

Dr. Biddut K. Sarker
biddut

Education:
PhD, University of Central Florida, USA (2012)
Postdoctoral Research Associate (01/2013-12/2015)

Current Affiliation:
INFICON

Dr. Liyuan Zhang
Liyuan Zhang

Education:
PhD, Georgia Tech (2007)
Postdoctoral Research Associate (11/2007-07/2008)

Current Affiliation:
Associate Professor of Physics, South China Science and Technology University, China (web page)
(Winner of "Youth 1000 Plan" Award in China) 

Dr. Romaneh Jalilian
Romaneh Jalilian

Education:
PhD, University of Louisville (2008)
Postdoctoral Research Associate (01/2009-01/2010)

Current Affiliation:
Naugle Needles LLC.

Dr. Ping Wang
Ping Wang

Education:
PhD, Chinese Academy of Science (2007)
Postdoctoral Research Associate (03/2008-12/2010)

Current Affiliation:
Professor, Huazhong University of Science and technology (web page)

(Winner of "Youth 1000 Plan" Award in China) 

Dr. Amol Patil
Amol Patil

Education:
PhD, Missouri University of Science and Technology

Project:
Graphene radiation detectors

Current Affiliation:
Canberra 

Dr. Tian Shen
Tian Shen

Education:
PhD, Purdue University (2009)

Project:
Graphene transport and metrology 

Contact Information:
shent@purdue.edu 

Dr. Ozhan Koybasi
Ozhan Koybasi

Education:
Postdoctoral Research Associate 

Current Affiliation:
SINTEF, Norway

Dr. Tailung Wu
tailung wu

Education:
PhD. SUNY Buffalo 2011

Project:
Topological insulators

Contact Information:
wu386@purdue.edu
(765) 496-3059
Physics B87

Graduate students

Dr. Yang Xu
Yang Xu

PhD Physics, Purdue University (2018)

Thesis: “Quantum transport in three-dimensional topological insulators”

Awards: 2015 H. Y. Fan Award for outstanding graduate
research in condensed matter physics from Purdue Physics Department 

Current affiliation:
Faculty Member @ Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Dr. David Blasing
David Blasing

PhD Physics, Purdue University (2018)

Thesis: “Photoassociation in 87Rb BECs and ultracold 7Li85Rb”

Current affiliation:
IPG Photonics

Dr. Nirajan Mandal 
Nirajan Mandal

PhD Physics, Purdue University (2018)

Thesis: “Optical Studies of Novel electronic materials”

Awards: 1st place in Birck graduate student research symposium, 2015

Current affiliation:
Intel

Dr. Ting-Fung Chung
Ting-Fung Chung

PhD Physics, Purdue University (2018)

Thesis: “Investigations of the electronic, vibrational and optical properties of graphene
materials”

Awards: Bilsland PhD Dissertation Fellowship from Purdue Graduate School 2015; H. Y. Fan Award for outstanding graduate research in condensed matter physics from Purdue Physics Department in 2018

Current affiliation:
University of California-Berkeley (postdoc)

Dr. Moreteza Kayyalha
Morteza Kayyalha

PhD ECE, Purdue University (2018)

Thesis: “Electrical, Thermoelectric and Phase Coherent Transport in two-dimensional materials”

Current affiliation:
Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Penn State University (web page)

Dr. Wonjun Park
Wonjun Park

PhD ECE, Purdue University (2017)

Thesis: “Graphene composites and foams: synthesis, properties and applications”

Current affiliation:
Samsung

Dr. Luis A. Jauregui
Luis A. Jaregui

PhD ECE, Purdue University (2016)

Thesis: “Electronic transport in nano devices based on graphene and topological insulators”

Awards: Intel PhD Fellowship (2012)

Current affiliation:
Assistant Professor of Physics, University of California-Irvine (web page)

Dr. Isaac Childres
Isaac Childres

PhD Physics, Purdue University (2014)

Thesis: "Effects of energetic irradiation on materials and devices based on graphene and topological insulators"

Current affiliation:
Cephalofair Games Inc. (founder).   [see a Purdue article]

Dr. Jiuning Hu
Jiuning Hu

PhD ECE, Purdue University (2015)

Thesis:
“Transport studied in graphene based materials and structures”

Current affiliation:
ASML

Dr. Abraham Olson
Abraham Olson


PhD Physics, Purdue University (2015)

Thesis: "The dynamics of ultracold atoms in light-induced synthetic gauge fields"

Awards: NSF Graduate Fellowship, 2008; NDSEG Graduate Fellowship 2008; Dr. Warner Black Award for practical accomplishments (Purdue Physics), 2014 

Current affiliation:
Beckman Coulter (Indianapolis)

Gabriel Lopez
Gabriel Lopez

Education:
MSEE 2010, Purdue University 

Project:
Graphene nanosensors

Current Affiliation:
Sandia National Lab, CA

Dr. Sourav Dutta 
Sourav Dutta


PhD Physics, Purdue University (2013) 

Thesis:
“Experimental studies of LiRb: spectroscopy and ultracold molecule formation by photoassociation”

Awards:

Dr. Warner Black Award for practical accomplishments (Purdue physics), 2012;Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship (Purdue Graduate School), 2013; Karl Lark-Horovitz Award for outstanding research accomplishments (Purdue physics), 2014; Pancharatnam Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship and D.S.Kothari Postdoctoral Fellowship, India, 2013; 

Current affiliation:
Assistant Professor of Physics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India (web page)

Dr. Helin Cao
Helin Cao


PhD Physics.Purdue University (2013)

Thesis:

“Transport study in graphene and topological insulator”

Awards:

Karl Lark-Horovitz Award for outstanding research accomplishments (Purdue Physics), 2012

Current Affiliation: 

Undergraduate Students/Interns

Over 30 Purdue and non-Purdue undergraduate students have performed research in QMD Lab.

Many of them have gone on to graduate school in places such as Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Cornell, Purdue, etc. and have won NSF and  NDSEG fellowships.

 

Robert Gustafson (Physics)

Alex Cimaroli (Physics)

John Doyle (Physics)

Conrad Hawkins (Physics)

David Blasing (Physics REU from Wheaton College)

Meng Jiao (Physics, Chemistry)

Sarah Alexander (Chemical Engineering)

Krithika Chandra (ECE)

Janam Jhaveri (ECE)

Stephene Wolf (ECE, Physics)

Qianmin Zhang (ME)

Joel Sleppy (REU summer student from Washington University at St. Louis, 2009)

Shian Lee (AAE undergrad, SURF intern, Spring 2009)

Stephene Schiffli (ECE undergrad, SURF intern, Spring 2009)

Elaine Li (ME undergrad, SURF intern, Spring 2009)

Abhisheyk Gaur (CE undergrad, DURI intern, Spring 2009)

Tejas Kulkarni (ECE undergrad, DURI intern, Fall 2008)

Audrey Goral (REU summer student from Calif. State Univ. Fresno, 2008)

Rahul Singh (SURF summer student from Nanyang Technological Univ Singapore, 2008)

Ken Pesyna (ECE undergraduate, DURI intern, spring 2008)

Alex Whiteman (AAE undergraduat, DURI intern, spring 2008)

Todsadol Rungswang (AAE/Physics undergaduate, DURI intern, spring 2008)

Tamanaco Francisque (Physics Undergraduate, Fall 2007)