Researchers

Hanyu Bi

Graduate Student Researcher, Materials

 

Kittamet "San" Chanchaiworawit

Graduate Student Researcher

 

Hsun-Ming Chang, PhD

Postdoctoral Researcher

 

Engineering II, Room 2515

Dr. Hsun-Ming Chang is a postdoctoral researcher in the Materials Department at UCSB. He works on laser diodes/LEDs on strain relaxed InGaN/AlGaN, and the development of InGaN green laser diodes. His activity involves device fabrication, simulation and design of laser diodes, laser testing, MOCVD growth and material characterization. 

 

Stephen Gee

Graduate Student Researcher, Materials

 

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

Wenting Gong

Graduate Student Researcher, Physics

 

Engineering II, Room 2515

Toru Inatome

Visiting Researcher

 

Engineering II, Room 3510

Togo Kamata

Undergraduate Intern

 

Undergraduate Physics student

Xianqing "Collin" Li

Graduate Student Researcher, Materials

 

Shuji Nakamura

Co-Director of the Solid State Lighting & Energy Electronics Center

 

Engineering II, Room 3524

Co-Director of the Solid State Lighting and Energy Electronics Center; Professor of Materials and Electrical & Computer Engineering; The Cree Chair in Solid State Lighting & Displays; 2015 Draper Prize Laureate; 2014 Nobel Laureate; NAE, NAI, NIHF, Royal Academy

Vincent Rienzi (he/him)

Graduate Student Researcher, Materials

 

Engineering Science Bldg, Room 3215F

Michael Wang

Graduate Student Researcher, Materials

 

Engineering II, Room 3502

Matthew S. Wong, PhD

Asst. Project Scientist, SSLEEC

 

Engineering II, Room 3508

Matthew S. Wong received his Ph. D. in Materials at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) under the guidance of Professor Steven P. DenBaars. Currently, he is an Assistant Project Scientist in the Materials Department. His main research focuses on enhancing the optoelectrical characteristics of micro-light-emitting diodes and laser diodes.

Yifan Yao, PhD

Postdoctoral Researcher, Materials

 

Engineering II, Room 3502

Dr. Yifan Yao is a postdoctoral researcher in the materials Department at UCSB. He works on AlGaN growth, UV LEDs, micro-LEDs, laser diodes. His activity involves the device design, MOCVD growth, material characterization, chip fabrication, and device testing.