Principal Investigator
Huamin Li
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2024 - Present Associate Professor in Electrical Engineering
University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
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2017 - 2024 Assistant Professor in Electrical Engineering
University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
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2014 - 2016 Postdoctoral Research Associate
University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
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2013 - 2014 Postdoctoral Researcher
Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Korea
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2010 - 2013 PhD in Nano Science and Nano Technology
Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Korea
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2007 - 2010 MS in Mechanical Engineering
Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Korea
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2003 - 2007 BS in Physics
Shandong Normal University, Jinan, China
​Teaching Courses
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EE430/530 "Fundamentals of Solid State Devices" (S'18, F'18, F'19, S'20).
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EE430/530 "Fundamentals of Semiconductor Devices" (S'21, S'22, S'23, S'24).
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EE441/541 "Introduction to 2D Electronics" (F'17, S'19, F'20, F'21, F'22, F'24).
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EE453/553 "Microelectronic Fabrication Lab" (F'23).
(These courses are offered for ME, MS, PhD, and Engineering Sciences MS including Focus on Internet of Things, Focus on Microelectronic and Semiconductor Engineering, and Quantum Science & Nanotechnology)
Honors and Awards
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2023 IEEE Region 1 Young Professionals Award, IEEE, November 2023.
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2023 Early Career Teacher of the Year Award, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University at Buffalo, March 2023.
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2021 Exceptional Scholar: Young Investigator Award, University at Buffalo, June 2021.
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2020 Early Career Researcher of the Year Award, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University at Buffalo, January 2021.
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2020 Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Award, National Science Foundation (NSF), January 2020.
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Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Sungkyunkwan University, March 2013.
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2012 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad, China Scholarship Council, January 2013.
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Editorial Board Service
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Associate Editor for IEEE Access (impact factor: 3.5, citescore: 6.7) since November 2018.
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Editorial Board Member for IOP Publishing Nano Express (impact factor: 3.0, citescore: 4.1) since October 2019.
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Associate Editorial Board Member for Taylor & Francis Group Materials Research Letters (impact factor: 8.5, citescore: 14.1) since January 2022.
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Youth Editorial Board Member for Springer Moore and More (impact factor: /, citescore: /) since January 2024.
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Guest Editor for iScience (impact factor: 5.1, citescore: 6.9), special issue of "2D materials readiness for industry: From lab to fab" since September 2022.
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Topic Editor for Frontiers in Physics (impact factor: 3.7, citescore: 3.8) from April 2021 to October 2022
Professional Society Service
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Secretary (2025-2026) for IEEE Buffalo Section.
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Chair for Young Professionals (YP) Affiliate Group in IEEE Buffalo Section since May 2024.
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Chair for Nanotechnology Council (NTC) Chapter in IEEE Buffalo Section since August 2022.
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Young Professionals (YP) Committee Member and Region 1 YP Representative for IEEE Nanotechnology Council (NTC) since April 2024.
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Executive Council Member for AVS 2D Materials Technical Group (2DMTG) since October 2022.
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Nanoelectronics Technical Committee Member for IEEE Nanotechnology Council (NTC) since July 2022.
Journal, Book, and Proposal Review Service
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Peer Reviewer for Nature Communications, Devices, Nano Letters, ACS Nano, Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Applied Physics, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, IEEE Electron Device Letters, IEEE Access, Scientific Reports, 2D Materials, Advanced Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, Advanced Materials Interfaces, Advanced Science, Optics Express, Nanoscale, Nanoscale Advances, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, ACS Applied Electronic Materials, ACS Applied Nano Materials, Nanophotonics, Journal of Photonics for Energy, Journal of Electronic Materials, Small Methods, Frontiers in Materials, iScience, and International Journal of Modern Physics B since 2014. ​
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Book Proposal Reviewer for Springer and Cambridge in 2020.
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Proposal Reviewer for NSF and DOE since 2018.
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Proposal Review Committee Member for the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN) at Brookhaven National Laboratory since 2022.
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Conference Service​​​
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Technical Committee Member, the 8th International Conference on Nanoscience and Technology (ICNST 2025), Chiang Mai, Thailand, July 2-5, 2025.
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Technical Committee Member, the 83rd Device Research Conference (DRC 2025), Durham, NC, USA, June 22-25, 2025.
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Vice Program Chair, the 34th Microelectronics Design and Test Symposium (IEEE MDTS 2025), Albany, NY, USA, May 19-21, 2025.
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Technical Program Committee Member, the 26th International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design (ISQED 2025), San Francisco, CA, USA, April 23-25, 2025.
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Technical Committee Member (Nanotechnologies), the 9th IEEE Electron Devices Technology and Manufacturing Conference (IEEE EDTM 2025), Hong Kong, China, March 9-12, 2025.
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Moderator and Technical Program Committee Member (2D Materials), the AVS 70th International Symposium & Exhibition, Tampa, FL, USA, November 3-8, 2024.
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Associate Editor, Session Chair, and Reviewer, the 19th IEEE Nanotechnology Materials and Devices Conference (IEEE NMDC 2024), Salt Lake City, UT, USA, October 22-24, 2024.
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Reviewer, 2024 IEEE MIT Undergraduate Research Technology Conference (URTC), Cambridge, MA, USA, October 11-13, 2024.
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Organizing Committee Member and Session Coordinator, the 1st Workshop on Emerging Trends in Semiconductor Technology, Center for Advanced Semiconductor Technologies, Buffalo, NY, USA, August 22-23, 2024.
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Reviewer, the 24th IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology (IEEE NANO 2024), Gijon, Spain, July 8-11, 2024.
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Technical Committee Member, 2024 the 7th International Conference on Nanoscience and Technology (ICNST 2024), Singapore, July 3-5, 2024.
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Young Professional Forum Member, Judge, and Session Chair, the 82nd Device Research Conference (DRC 2024), College Park, MD, USA, June 23-26, 2024.
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Technical Program Committee Member, the 7th International Conference on Physics, Mathematics and Statistics (ICPMS 2024), Yichang, China, May 23-25, 2024.
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Technical Program Committee Member, the 25th International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design (ISQED 2024), San Francisco, CA, USA, April 3-5, 2024.
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Technical Program Committee Member, 2023 Power Electronics and Power System Conference (PEPSC 2023), Hangzhou, China, November 24-26, 2023.
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Technical Program Committee Member, 2023 the 9th International Conference on Mechanical and Electronics Engineering (ICMEE 2023), Xi'an, China, November 17-19, 2023.
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Moderator and Technical Program Committee Member (2D Materials), the AVS 69th International Symposium & Exhibition, Portland, OR, USA, November 5-10, 2023.
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Reviewer, 2023 IEEE MIT Undergraduate Research Technology Conference (URTC), Cambridge, MA, USA, October 6-8, 2023.
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Chair, 2023 University at Buffalo (UB)-IEEE Nano-Symposium, Buffalo, NY, USA, October 9, 2023.
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Organizing Committee Member, 2023 the 5th Buffalo Day for 5G and Wireless Internet of Things, Buffalo, NY, USA, October 6, 2023.
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Organizing Committee Member, 2023 the 7th International Conference on Mechanics, Mathematics and Applied Physics (ICMMAP 2023), Dalian, China, September 8-10, 2023.
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Technical Committee Member, 2023 the 6th International Conference on Nano Science and Technology (ICNST 2023), Tokyo, Japan, August 23-25, 2023.
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Technical Committee Member and Associate Editor, 2023 the 23rd IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology (NANO 2023), Jeju Island, Korea, July 2-5, 2023.
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Scientific Committee Member, 2023 the Global Meet on 2D Materials and Graphene (GM2DMAT 2023), Toronto, Canada, May 22-24, 2023.
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Technical Program Committee Member, the 6th International Conference on Physics, Mathematics and Statistics (ICPMS 2023), Sanya, China, May 20-22, 2023.
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Technical Program Committee Member, 2023 IEEE IAS Global Conference on Emerging Technologies (GlobConET), London, UK, May 19-21, 2023.
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Vice Program Chair, the 32nd IEEE Microelectronics Design and Test Symposium (IEEE MDTS 2023), Albany, NY, USA, May 8-10, 2023.
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Technical Program Committee Member, 2023 International Summit on Graphene and 2D Materials (ISG2D 2023), Valencia, Spain, April 24-26, 2023.
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Technical Program Committee Member, the 24th International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design (ISQED 2023), Santa Clara, CA, USA, April 5-7, 2023.
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Technical Program Committee Member, 2023 the 3rd International Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Computing Technology (EECT 2023), Sanya, China, March 24-26, 2023.
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Technical Program Committee Member (Nanotechnologies), 2023 the 7th IEEE Electron Devices Technology and Manufacturing Conference (EDTM 2023), Seoul, Korea, March 7-10, 2023.
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Technical Program Committee Member, 2023 the 3rd International Conference on Micro/Nanoelectronics Devices, Circuits, and Systems (MNDCS 2023), Silchar, India, January 29-31, 2023.
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Technical Program Committee Member, 2022 the 6th International Conference on Frontiers of Sensors Technologies (ICFST 2022), Zhenjiang, China, November 18-20, 2022.
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Steering Committee Member, the 7th Edition of the European Graphene Forum (EGF 2022), Athens, Greece, October 26-28, 2022.
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Technical Program Committee Member, 2022 International Conference on Mechanical and Electronics Engineering (ICMEE 2022), Xi'an, China, October 21-23, 2022.
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Technical Program Committee Member, 2022 International Conference on Electronics, Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science (EMECS 2022), Xiamen, China, October 21-23, 2022.
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Organizing Committee Member, Future Materials 2022, the 3rd Edition of International Conference on Materials Science & Nanotechnology, Rome, Italy, October 3-5, 2022.
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Reviewer, 2022 IEEE MIT Undergraduate Research Technology Conference (URTC), Cambridge, MA, USA, September 30-October 2, 2022.
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Chair, 2022 University at Buffalo (UB)-IEEE Nano-Symposium, Buffalo, NY, USA, September 21-23, 2022.
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Technical Program Committee Member, 2022 International Conference on Material Physics and Application (MPA 2022), Wuhan, China, September 16, 2022.
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Technical Program Committee Member, 2022 International Conference on Material Science, Engineering & Technology (MSI 2022), Singapore, September 7-9, 2022.
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Technical Program Committee Member, 2022 the 5th International Conference on Nano Science and Technology (ICNST 2022), Tokyo, Japan, August 24-26, 2022.
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Organizing Committee Member, 2022 the 2nd Global Summit and Expo on Graphene and 2D materials (2DMAT2022), Edinburgh, Scotland, August 22-24, 2022.
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Scientific Advisory Committee Member, the 3rd International Congress on Advanced Materials Sciences and Engineering (AMSE 2022), Opatija, Croatia, July 21-25, 2022.
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Scientific Advisory Committee Member, the 18th Alternative Energy Materials (AEM 2022), London, England, June 6-8, 2022.
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Technical Program Committee Member and Tutorial Session Chair, the 31st IEEE Microelectronics Design and Test Symposium (IEEE MDTS 2022), Albany, NY, USA, May 23-25, 2022.
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Technical Program Committee Member, the 5th International Conference on Physics, Mathematics and Statistics (ICPMS 2022), Sanya, China, May 21-23, 2022.
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Technical Program Committee Member, the 23rd International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design (ISQED 2022), Santa Clara, CA, USA, April 6-8, 2022.
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Technical Program Committee Member, 2022 the 2nd International Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Computing Technology (EECT 2022), Shanghai, China, March 25-27, 2022.
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Organizing Committee Member, the Global Summit on Semiconductors, Optoelectronics, and Nanostructures (GSSON2022), Dubai, UAE, March 23-25, 2022.
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Advisory Board Committee Member, the 11th Annual World Congress of Nano Science & Technology (Nano S&T 2022), Barcelona, Spain, March 10-12, 2022.
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Nanotechnologies Subcommittee Member, the 6th IEEE Electron Devices Technology and Manufacturing International Conference (EDTM 2022), Oita, Japan, March 6-9, 2022.
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Technical Program Committee Member, 2021 IEEE the 5th International Conference on Frontiers of Sensors Technologies (ICFST 2021), Shanghai, China, November 12-15, 2021.
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Technical Program Committee Member, 2021 International Conference on Applied Mechanics and Physics (ICAMP 2021), Nanchang, China, October 29-31, 2021.
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Technical Program Committee Member, IEEE the 7th International Conference on Engineering and Emerging Technologies (ICEET 2021), Istanbul, Turkey, October 27-28, 2021.
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Steering Committee Member, the 6th Edition of the European Graphene Forum (EGF 2021), Milan, Italy, October 20-22, 2021.
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Scientific Committee Member, the 2nd International Conference on Nanomaterials, Nanofabrication and Nanocharacterization (NANOMACH 2021), Oludeniz, Turkey, October 17-23, 2021.
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Scientific Committee Member, 2021 the 1st Global Summit and Expo on Graphene and 2D materials (2DMAT2021), Paris, France, August 23-25, 2021.
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Technical Committee Member, 2021 the 4th International Conference on Nanoscience and Technology (ICNST 2021), Chengdu, China, June 26-28, 2021.
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Organizing Committee Member, the International Conference on Electronics & Electrical Engineering (ICEEE 2021), Seoul, Korea, June 8-10, 2021.
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​Scientific Advisory Board Member, the 10th Annual World Congress of Nano Science & Technology 2021 (Nano S&T-2021), Macao, China, May 11-14, 2021.
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Technical Committee Member, the 12th International Conference on Mechanical and Electrical Technologies (ICMET 2021), Tokyo, Japan, April 2-4. 2021.
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Technical Committee Member, 2021 Asia Conference on Electronics Engineering (ACEE 2021), Beijing, China, March 5-7, 2021.
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Technical Program Committee Member, 2020 IEEE the 4th International Conference on Frontiers of Sensors Technologies (ICFST 2020), Shanghai, China, November 6-9, 2020.
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Scientific Advisory Board Member, International Conference on Nano Research and Development (ICNRD-2020), Chengdu, China, November 4-6, 2020.
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Scientific Committee Member, International Conference on Nanomaterials, Nanofabrication and Nanocharacterization (NANOMACH 2020), Oludeniz, Turkey, October 14-20, 2020.
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Reviewer, 2020 IEEE MIT Undergraduate Research Technology Conference (URTC), virtual, October 9-11, 2020.
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Reviewer, the 20th IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology (IEEE NANO 2020), virtual, July 29-31, 2020.
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Focus Topic Organizer, the 2020 American Physical Society (APS) March Meeting, Denver, CO, USA, March 2-6, 2020.
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Organizer, the 2019 UB-IEEE Nano-Symposium, Buffalo, NY, USA, November 22, 2019.
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Scientific Advisory Board Member, the 1st Annual World Congress of Advanced Materials for Energy & Environment 2019 (AMEE-2019), Xi'an, China, November 21-23, 2019.
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Technical Program Committee Member, the 3rd International Conference on Frontiers of Sensors Technologies (ICFST 2019), Chengdu, China, November 15-17, 2019.
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Steering Committee Member, the 5th Edition of the European Graphene Forum 2019 (EGF 2019), Lisbon, Portugal, October 23-25, 2019.
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Planning Committee Member, Quantum Workshop: Distributed Quantum Systems Enhanced by Materials Design, Buffalo, NY, USA, October 21-23, 2019.
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Advisory Board Member, the 9th Annual World Congress of Nano Science & Technology 2019 (Nano S&T-2019), Suzhou, China, October 20-22, 2019.
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Reviewer, 2019 IEEE MIT Undergraduate Research Technology Conference (URTC), Cambridge, MA, USA, October 11-13, 2019.
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Associate Editor and Co-Chair, the 19th IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology (IEEE NANO 2019), Macau, China, July 22-26, 2019.
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Advisory Board Member, International Congress on Advanced Materials Sciences and Engineering 2019 (AMSE-2019), Osaka, Japan, July 22-24, 2019.
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Technical Committee Member, the 11th International Conference on Mechanical and Electrical Technologies (ICMET 2019), Nanjing, China, June 28-30, 2019.
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Program Committee Member, the 2nd International Conference on Microelectronic Devices and Technologies (MicDAT 2019), Amsterdam, Netherlands, May 22-24, 2019.
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Reviewer, 2018 IEEE MIT Undergraduate Research Technology Conference (URTC), Cambridge, MA, USA, October 5-7, 2018.
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Program Committee Member and Special Session Chair, the 13th IEEE Nanotechnology Materials and Devices Conference (IEEE NMDC 2018), Portland, OR, USA, October 14-17, 2018.
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Program Committee Member, the 10th International Conference on Mechanical and Electrical Technologies (ICMET 2018), Vancouver, Canada, July 25-27, 2018.
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Program Committee Member, the 18th IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology (IEEE NANO 2018), Cork, Ireland, July 23-26, 2018.
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Program Committee Member, the 12th IEEE Nanotechnology Materials and Devices Conference (IEEE NMDC 2017), Singapore, October 2-4, 2017.
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Associate Editor, the 17th IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology (IEEE NANO 2017), Pittsburgh, PA, USA, July 25-28, 2017.
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Moderator, American Vacuum Society (AVS) 64th International Symposium & Exhibition in Tampa, FL, USA, October 29-November 3, 2017.
PhD Students
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Asma Ahmed, MS, PhD candidate
Recipient of 2019 Arthur A. Schomburg Fellowship
Spring 2021 - Present
PhD dissertation: TBD
Anthony Cabanillas, MS, PhD candidate
Recipient of 2022 Arthur A. Schomburg Fellowship
Recipient of 2023 D. Richard Ferguson Memorial Endowment Scholarship
Spring 2021 - Summer 2022
MS thesis: Schottky barrier extraction from I-V characteristics using mathematical models
Fall 2022 - Present
PhD dissertation: TBD
Master Students
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Undergraduate Students
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Lior Adjudanpor
Recipient of 2024 Collegiate Science & Technology Entry Program (CSTEP) Research Internship Scholar
Summer 2024 - Present
Mohamed (Momo) Enaitalla
Recipient of 2023 Collegiate Science & Technology Entry Program (CSTEP) Research Internship Scholar
2023 NASA/New York Space Grant Consortium: National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program Fellow
Summer 2023 - Present
Joel Muhigirwa
Recipient of 2022 Collegiate Science & Technology Entry Program (CSTEP) Research Internship Scholar
Summer 2022 - Present
High School Students
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Visiting Scholars
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Alumni
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​​Maomao Liu, PhD
Fall 2017 - Summer 2022
PhD dissertation: Two-dimensional steep-slope transistors
​​Simran Shahi, PhD
Fall 2017 - Summer 2022
PhD dissertation: Exploration of novel carrier transport in two-dimensional materials and devices
​​Hemendra Nath Jaiswal, PhD​​
Recipient of 2021 Dean’s Graduate Achievement Award
Fall 2017 - Summer 2022
PhD dissertation: Exploring two-dimensional materials for energy-efficient nanoelectronic devices
Yutong Guo, MS
Fall 2019 - Spring 2021
MS thesis: Exploration of novel degenerate doping on 2D WSe2 for energy-efficient tunnel transistors
​​Anindita Chakravarty, MS, PhD candidate
Recipient of 2020 UB Presidential Fellowship
Fall 2019 - Summer 2020
MS thesis: Explore nano-solenoids using two-dimensional materials
Fall 2020 - Summer 2024
PhD dissertation: Anisotropic charge transport in CVD-grown MoS2 monolayers
Anthony Cabanillas, MS
Recipient of 2022 Arthur A. Schomburg Fellowship
Spring 2021 - Summer 2022
MS thesis: Schottky barrier extraction from I-V characteristics using mathematical models
Research Participants
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