Prof. Ioannis (John) Kymissis
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Ioannis Kymissis is the Kenneth Brayer Professor of Electrical Engineering at Columbia University. He joined the faculty in 2006 as an assistant professor. He obtained his S.B., M.Eng. and Ph.D. degrees from MIT, and also participated in a cooperative program through which he completed his M.Eng. thesis at IBM Research. He also held a postdoctoral appointment at MIT and worked as a consulting engineer at QDVision before joining Columbia.
Professor Kymissis' research focuses on the fabrication, characterization, and applications of thin film electronics, with a particular focus in the applications of organic semiconductors, hybrid systems, microLED, and recrystallized devices. [email protected] CV |
Postdoctoral Scholars
Rajinder Singh Deol
Rajinder Singh Deol is a postdoctoral research scientist at CLUE (since November 2022) currently working on flexible TFTs and piezoelectric energy harvesting devices. He completed his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from IIT Delhi, India, in April 2022, where he worked in the field of solution-processed lead-free piezoelectric materials and devices. He received his master’s degree in microelectronics from Panjab University, Chandigarh, India, in 2013. His research interests include organic electronics, printed and flexible electronics, micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS), and hybrid piezoelectric materials.
Sourabh Pal
Sourabh joined the CLUE lab in November 2022 as a postdoctoral research scientist. He
received his B. Sc. and M. Sc in Electronic Science from University of Calcutta, India. He did his doctoral degree in Physics from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, India in 2022 under the supervision of Prof. Samit K. Ray and Prof. Dipak K. Goswami. In his Ph.D., he worked on ZnO thin films, nanostructures and their hybrid heterostructures for optoelectronic and piezo-phototronic device applications in wearable and flexible platform.
In the CLUE lab, his research interests focus on the development of single devices that can emulate the characteristics of a biological synapse. Incorporating excellent photoabsorbing nanomatrials, he is trying to operate phototransistors as optoelectronic synapses using electrical as well as optical controls. Outside the lab, he enjoys watching football, good music and reading books.
Nitika Batra received her Ph.D. in wideband lead-free piezoelectric MEMS-based energy harvesting devices from IIT Delhi, New Delhi, India, in 2023, respectively. In her Ph.D., she worked on the fabrication of MEMS actuators, micro-fabrication, piezoelectric materials and composites, and flexible electronic devices. She received her M.Tech. degree in Microelectronics from the University Institute of Engineering and Technology (UIET), Panjab University, Chandigarh, India, in 2013. She joined CLUE lab in 2023 as a postdoctoral research scientist and is currently working on an ultrasonic phase array for fabric drying.
Nitika Batra received her Ph.D. in wideband lead-free piezoelectric MEMS-based energy harvesting devices from IIT Delhi, New Delhi, India, in 2023, respectively. In her Ph.D., she worked on the fabrication of MEMS actuators, micro-fabrication, piezoelectric materials and composites, and flexible electronic devices. She received her M.Tech. degree in Microelectronics from the University Institute of Engineering and Technology (UIET), Panjab University, Chandigarh, India, in 2013. She joined CLUE lab in 2023 as a postdoctoral research scientist and is currently working on an ultrasonic phase array for fabric drying.
Graduate Students
Kevin Kam
Kevin Kam received his BS degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa in 2017 and his MS degree from Columbia University in 2020. He joined CLUE in 2018 and is an NSF Fellow through the GRFP program. His current research is in the effects of aging in organic light emitting diode (OLED) large area displays and in designing implantable CMOS systems for biomedical telemetry.
Vikrant Kumar
Vikrant received his B.Tech-M.Tech (Dual) degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur in 2017. For his masters' thesis, his research explored novel integration techniques of Organic Photodiodes and Organic Thin-Film Transistors. He then joined Intel as an SoC Design Engineer. He joined CLUE in 2019 as a Ph.D. candidate and his research work is focused on novel sensors and electrode array design with applications in neural recordings.
In his spare time, he enjoys hiking, playing squash, watching tennis and reading.
Zicong Huang
Zicong Huang received his BS degree in Astronomy from the Peking University in Beijing, China in 2018, and his MS in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University. During his undergraduate years, he has participated in various different projects from Plasma Physics to Exoplanet searching. After coming to Columbia University, he worked in Richard Osgood group studying integrated photonics circuits and semiconductor devices, using advanced microscopic techniques and simulation tools. He joined CLUE in 2019 as a MS student and now is a PhD student. His current research is in modeling and simulation of optoelectronic devices.
Megan Noga
Megan graduated with B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University in 2020 and 2022, respectively. Her prior research focused on the integration of high-k dielectric materials and piezoelectric materials onto CMOS ICs for bioelectronic applications including in vivo chemical sensing and ultrasound imaging. She joined CLUE in 2022 and is currently working on developing processes to improve TFT stability for display technologies. Her other interests include wildlife conservation, DIY projects, and taking too many photos of her pets.
Oliver Durnan
Oliver received his B.Eng. degree in Electrical Engineering from McGill University in 2019. As an undergraduate, his research focused on development of chemical sensors and investigation of alkali-doped graphene. After spending a year as a research assistant in McGill's Nanoelectronic Devices and Materials Group, he came to Columbia as an MS/PhD student. Since joining CLUE as a Presidential Fellow in 2021, Oliver's research topics have included laser recrystallization of amorphous semiconductors and CMOS display drivers.
Reem Alshanbari
Reem Alshanbari is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Electrical Engineering department at Columbia University. Previously, she received her M.S. in Electrical & Computer Engineering from KAUST in 2021. Reem is mainly interested in device physics, fabrication, and CMOS design in deep-submicron and low-voltage. Reem worked on-device processing flow for 3D transistors, designing low-voltage analog CMOS circuits using gm/ID, and she worked on flexible sensor fabrication as part of her M.S. studies. Her current research focuses on high-performance thin-film transistor technologies, which encloses materials optimization, device processing, and electrical/optical characterization.
Ye Zhang received her B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Dartmouth College in 2021 and her B.A. degree in Physics from Mount Holyoke College in 2020. Before joining the group, she worked on CMOS integrated circuit design for ultrasonic imaging and on the fabrication and characterization of novel two-dimensional material structures. She joined Columbia University as an MS/PhD student and received her M.S. degree in 2022. Her current research focuses on the development of a recyclable organic display and sensor integration for health applications.
Peter Ballentine
Peter received dual B.S. degrees in Materials Science/Chemistry from Duke University in the US and Duke Kunshan University in China in 2022. His research as an undergraduate focused on printed electronics such as large-area sensors and thin-film transistors using materials such as graphene, silver nanoparticles, and carbon nanotubes. He joined CLUE in 2022 as an NSF Fellow through the GRFP program. His current research is focused on novel sensors for integrated robotics applications.
Huaiqian(Bill) Guo received his B.E. and M.S. degrees, both in Materials Science and Engineering, from the University of Science and Technology Beijing and Columbia University. Now, he has been exploring his frontiers of Electrical Engineering as a Ph.D. candidate at CLUE since 2023. In this new chapter, Bill brings a sincere eagerness to delve into and demystify the principles of semiconductors and electronics. He aims to enhance the functionality and efficiency of electronic materials, aspiring to make a meaningful contribution in the interdisciplinary fields.
Visitors
Undergraduate researchers (current)
Stella Rachel Lessler
CLUE Alumni
Postdoctoral Alumni:
Sayan Dey- Currently at IIT Bhubaneswar, India
Stylianos Siontas - Currently at Lelantos
Zachary A. Lamport - Currently at Exponent
Marco Roberto Cavallari - Currently at the Federal University for Latin American Integration, Brazil
Sung-Jin Kim - Currently at Chungbuk National University (Korea)
Brian Tull - Currently at Lumiode
Htay Hliang - Currently at Dupont
Nadia Pervez - Currently at Chromation
Steve Park - Currently at KAIST (Korea)
En-chen (Patrick) Chen -Currently at KLA-Tencor (Taiwan)
Sayan Dey- Currently at IIT Bhubaneswar, India
Stylianos Siontas - Currently at Lelantos
Zachary A. Lamport - Currently at Exponent
Marco Roberto Cavallari - Currently at the Federal University for Latin American Integration, Brazil
Sung-Jin Kim - Currently at Chungbuk National University (Korea)
Brian Tull - Currently at Lumiode
Htay Hliang - Currently at Dupont
Nadia Pervez - Currently at Chromation
Steve Park - Currently at KAIST (Korea)
En-chen (Patrick) Chen -Currently at KLA-Tencor (Taiwan)
PhD alumni (directly supervised):
Christine McGinn - Currently at NIST
Keith Behrman - Currently at Fathom Radiant
Jose Bahamonde - Currently at Lelantos
Caroline Yu - Currently at Apple
Aida Raquel Colón Berríos - Currently at Apple
Peter Bullen - Currently at Lumentum
Christopher Choi - Currently at Fenwick and West LLP
Hassan Edrees - Currently at Apple
Kostas Alexandrou - Currently at Intel
Amrita Masurkar - Currently at BAE Systems
Jon Beck - Currently at Apple
Shyuan Yang - Currently at Apple
Fabio Carta - Currently at IBM Research
Vincent Lee - Currently at Lumiode
John Sarik - Currently at Nanohmics
Marshall Cox - Currently at Radiator Labs
Zhang (Jerry) Jia - Currently at Facebook/Oculus
Yu-Jen (Eddy) Hsu - Currently at Lumiode
PhD alumni (co-supervised):
Kshitij Yadav (joint with Peter Kinget) - Currently at Qualcomm
Haig Norian (joint with Ken Shepard) - Currently at ASML
Masters Alumni:
Zeynep Basaran - Currently at Basaran Grinder Corp
Tiantong Yu - Currently at Huawei
Undergraduate researchers:
Narumi Wong - Currently at Imperial College, London
Sarah Thompson - Currently at the University of Pennsylvania
Visitors:
Johannes Bintinger - Austrian Institute of Technology, Tulln
Christine McGinn - Currently at NIST
Keith Behrman - Currently at Fathom Radiant
Jose Bahamonde - Currently at Lelantos
Caroline Yu - Currently at Apple
Aida Raquel Colón Berríos - Currently at Apple
Peter Bullen - Currently at Lumentum
Christopher Choi - Currently at Fenwick and West LLP
Hassan Edrees - Currently at Apple
Kostas Alexandrou - Currently at Intel
Amrita Masurkar - Currently at BAE Systems
Jon Beck - Currently at Apple
Shyuan Yang - Currently at Apple
Fabio Carta - Currently at IBM Research
Vincent Lee - Currently at Lumiode
John Sarik - Currently at Nanohmics
Marshall Cox - Currently at Radiator Labs
Zhang (Jerry) Jia - Currently at Facebook/Oculus
Yu-Jen (Eddy) Hsu - Currently at Lumiode
PhD alumni (co-supervised):
Kshitij Yadav (joint with Peter Kinget) - Currently at Qualcomm
Haig Norian (joint with Ken Shepard) - Currently at ASML
Masters Alumni:
Zeynep Basaran - Currently at Basaran Grinder Corp
Tiantong Yu - Currently at Huawei
Undergraduate researchers:
Narumi Wong - Currently at Imperial College, London
Sarah Thompson - Currently at the University of Pennsylvania
Visitors:
Johannes Bintinger - Austrian Institute of Technology, Tulln
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