Abdulaziz Alabbady

Graduate Student Researcher

Hanyu Bi

Graduate Student Researcher, Materials

Kittamet "San" Chanchaiworawit

Graduate Student Researcher, Materials

Roark Chao

Graduate Student Researcher, ECE

Roark works with Jon Schuller and Steve DenBaars

William Cheng

Undergraduate Intern

Mentor: Roark Chao

Botao "Alex" Deng

Undergraduate Intern

Keyes Eames

Graduate Student Researcher

Stephen Gee

Graduate Student Researcher, Materials

Organizer of LED/Laser Meeting; UC Santa Barbara Volunteer for the Southern California Science Olympiad.

Reese Hobson

Undergraduate Intern

Arturo Juan (He/Him/His)

Graduate Student Researcher, Materials

Arturo Juan earned his bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Southern California, then earned his master’s degree in electrical and computer engineering from UCSB. He worked in industry prior to entering the Materials PhD Program. Juan is advised by Steven DenBaars, a distinguished professor of materials and electrical and computer engineering. The focus of his research is on the epitaxial growth, processing, and characterization of wide-bandgap semiconductors for optoelectronic devices. According to Juan, working to improve the efficiency of materials that emit light could pave the way, for next-generation technologies having applications in optical communication, sensors, lighting, and quantum computing.

Togo Kamata

Undergraduate Intern

Undergraduate Physics student

Derek Lee

Undergraduate Intern

Xianqing "Collin" Li

Graduate Student Researcher, Materials

Yoav Malka

Graduate Student Researcher

Andrea Ni

Graduate Student Researcher, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Kent Nitta

Graduate Student Researcher, Materials

Alejandro Quevedo

Graduate Student Researcher, ECE & Physics

Vincent Rienzi (he/him)

Graduate Student Researcher, Materials

Chloe Springfield

Undergraduate Researcher, ChemE & Materials

Tanay Tak (he/him)

Graduate Student Researcher, Materials

Tanay Tak is a Ph.D. student in the Materials Department at the University of California, Santa Barbara where he works under the guidance of Profs. James Speck, Steven DenBaars, and Claude Weisbuch. His research focus is on advancing the fundamental understanding and usage of III-N materials and devices. In particular, he has a glimpse into the inner workings of devices under operating conditions by employing electron emission-spectroscopy and -microscopy techniques.