Doyoon Lee (doyoon at mit.edu)

Graduate Research Assistant

Doyoon Lee is a Material Science and  Engineering graduate student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He received his B.S. and M.S. degree in Material Science and Engineering from Hongik University in Seoul, South Korea under the supervision of Prof. Yong-Seog Kim. At MIT, his research focuses on remote epitaxy and 2D material-based monolithic 3D integration.

Xinyuan Zhang (xinyuanz at mit.edu)

Graduate Research Assistant

Xinyuan Zhang is a Materials Science and Engineering graduate student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She received the B.S. degree in Electronics Science and Technology at Fudan University in 2020. At MIT, her research focuses on remote epitaxy of III-Nitride and complex oxides.

Ne Myo Han (nemyo at mit.edu)

Graduate Research Assistant

Ne Myo Han is a Mechanical Engineering graduate student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He received his B.Eng. (medalist) and M.Phil. in Mechanical Engineering from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) under the supervision of Prof. Jang-Kyo Kim, and worked at ASM Pacific Technology as a materials engineer. He is supported by the Croucher Scholarship for Doctoral Study. At MIT, his research focuses on the growth and layer transfer of III-V, complex oxides, and 2D materials.

Giho Lee (giholee at mit.edu)

Graduate Research Assistant

Giho Lee is a Mechanical Engineering graduate student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He received his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering and Electrical & Computer Engineering at Seoul National University in 2022. During the B.S. course, he worked on the neuromorphic device’s deep neural networks (DNNs) training performance simulation. At MIT, His research focuses on neuromorphic computing and its edge computing application.

Jin Feng (jinf1219 at mit.edu)

Graduate Research Assistant

Jin Feng is a Mechanical Engineering graduate student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He received the B.S. degree in Engineering Mechanics at Zhejiang University (ZJU) in 2023. At MIT, his research focuses on remote epitaxy of III-Nitride and 2D materials.

Doa Kwon (doakwon at mit.edu)

Graduate Research Assistant

Doa Kwon is a Mechanical Engineering graduate student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She received her B.S. degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in 2024. At MIT, her research focuses on the growth and layer transfer of III-V and 2D materials, as well as their novel applications.

Kangkyu Kwon (kkwon2 at mit.edu)

Graduate Research Assistant

Kangkyu Kwon is a Mechanical Engineering graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He received his B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and Georgia Institute of Technology (Gatech) in 2022, followed by his M.S. degree at Gatech in 2024 under the supervision of Prof. Woon-hong Yeo. At MIT, his research focuses on wearable electronic devices and neuromorphics.

Kuangye Lu (luky at mit.edu)

Post-doctoral Associate

Kuangye Lu received his M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at MIT under the supervision of Prof. Jeehwan Kim. He received his B.S. in physics from Zhejiang University, China. His research at MIT focuses on epitaxial growth and heterointegration of III-V, III-N, and 2D materials, as well as exploring novel functions of devices based on these heterostructures.

Sangho Lee (sholee at mit.edu)

Post-doctoral Fellow

Sangho Lee received B.S. and M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering at Hanyang University and MIT. He received Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at MIT under the supervision of Prof. Jeehwan Kim and Prof. Caroline A. Ross. His Ph.D. research was focused on nanoscale engineering for mixed-dimensional heterostructure growth and integration. As a postdoc at MIT, his research focuses on remote epitaxy and heterointegration of single crystalline complex oxide membranes.

Ki Seok Kim (kiseok at mit.edu)

Post-doctoral Associate

Ki Seok Kim received his Ph.D. degree in Advanced Materials Science & Engineering from Sungkyunkwan University under the supervision of Prof. Geun Young Yeom. His research was selective interlayer control of 2D materials through atomic layer etching. His research at MIT focuses on growth and interlayer control of 2D materials for remote epitaxy.

Jae hwan Kim (kjh00529 at mit.edu)

Post-doctoral Fellow

Jae Hwan Kim received his B.S. M.S. and Ph.D. at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign under the guidance of Prof. John A. Rogers. His Ph.D. research was focused on wireless wearable electronics for biomedical and virtual/augmented reality applications. At MIT, his research focuses on wireless wearable electronic devices and micro-LEDs/photodetectors.

Young Jin Yoo (yjyoo at mit.edu)

Post-doctoral Associate

Young Jin Yoo received his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) under the supervision of Prof. Young Min Song. His Ph.D. research focused on advanced nanophotonics and optical systems, particularly those based on thin-film structures. At MIT, his research focuses on integrated photonics and active photonic devices based on remote epitaxy, single-crystalline complex oxides membranes.

Jung-El Ryu (jungel93 at mit.edu)

Post-doctoral Associate

Jung-El Ryu received his B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering at Yonsei University. He received his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering at Seoul National University under supervision of Prof. Ho Won Jang. His Ph.D. research was mainly focused on growth and device fabrication of GaN based micro-LEDs and synthesis of metal oxide nanoparticles and evaluation of their gas sensing properties. He is granted by Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology (KIAT) for his research. At MIT, his research focuses on remote epitaxy, heterointegration, and device fabrication of complex oxide membranes.

Seong Ho Cho (seongho7 at mit.edu)

Post-doctoral Fellow

Seong Ho Cho received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Seoul National University under the supervision of Prof. Yun Seog Lee, by working on perovskite-based optoelectronics, defect analysis and passivation by 2D materials. At MIT, his work includes remote epitaxy and heterointegration of III-V/III-N materials.

Atharva Sahasrabudhe (atharva at mit.edu)

Post-doctoral Associate

Atharva Sahasrabudhe received his PhD at MIT under the supervision of Prof. Polina Anikeeva. During his PhD, which was at the interface of materials science, devices, and systems neuroscience, he developed multifunctional, wireless brain-body neurotechnology to decode gut-to-brain neural circuits in animal models. As a postdoc jointly advised by Prof. Jeehwan Kim and Prof. Suraj Cheema, his research focusses on remote epitaxy, single-crystalline complex oxides membranes, and 2D-material based monolithic 3D integration for advanced logic and memory.

Yuxing Ren (yuxingr at mit.edu)

Post-doctoral Associate

Yuxing Ren received her Ph.D. from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and her M.S. from Cornell University, both in Materials Science and Engineering. She received her B.S. in Physics from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Her Ph.D. research focuses on quasi Van der Waals Epitaxy by Molecular Epitaxy at 2D-3D interfaces. At MIT, she works on epitaxial growth mechanisms and the strategies of getting high-quality III-N by remote epitaxy for enhanced device performances.

Seokje Lee (seokje93 at mit.edu)

Post-doctoral Fellow

Seokje Lee received his Ph.D. degree in Physics at Seoul National University (SNU) under the supervision of Prof. Gyu-Chul Yi. His Ph.D. research focused on MOCVD growth of GaN epitaxial films on graphene. At MIT, his research focuses on epitaxial growth of III-nitride materials on 2D materials for next-generation compound semiconductor applications.

June-Chul Shin (semiron at mit.edu)

Visiting Scientist

June-Chul Shin received his Ph.D. degree in Materials Science & Engineering at Seoul National University (SNU) under the supervision of Prof. Gwan-Hyoung Lee. His Ph.D. research was mainly focused on electronic and optoelectronic devices based on van der Waals heterostructure using two-dimensional materials. At MIT, his research focuses on monolithic three-dimentional integration of single crystalline two dimensional materials beyond Moore’s Law.

Oh Yeong Gong (oygong at mit.edu)

Visiting Scientist

Oh Yeong Gong received his Ph.D. degree in Advanced Materials Science & Engineering from Sungkyunkwan University under the supervision of Prof. Hyun Suk Jung. His research was defects engineering of perovskite thin films for flexible perovskite solar cells. His research at MIT focuses on interface engineering between 2D and oxide materials.

Joo Hwan Ko (jhko at mit.edu)

Visiting Scientist

Joo Hwan Ko received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), under the supervision of Prof. Young Min Song. His doctoral research focused on reconfigurable photonic systems and optical materials with electro-optic functionalities. At MIT, his current research involves integrated photonics and active photonic devices based on remote epitaxy technology.