{"id":55,"date":"2020-01-09T19:41:38","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T19:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newatao.ucsd.edu\/?page_id=55"},"modified":"2026-09-25T19:44:39","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T19:44:39","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/atao.ucsd.edu\/?page_id=55","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\n\n<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<li>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/newatao.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/af7eb31a-00ac-40ab-9685-b80fbd286ad8.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"92\" data-link=\"http:\/\/newatao.ucsd.edu\/?attachment_id=92\"><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/newatao.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/groupevol.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"93\" data-link=\"http:\/\/newatao.ucsd.edu\/?attachment_id=93\"><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/newatao.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/grouppalomar2.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"94\" data-link=\"http:\/\/newatao.ucsd.edu\/?attachment_id=94\"><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/newatao.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/j-tree-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"95\" data-link=\"http:\/\/newatao.ucsd.edu\/?attachment_id=95\"><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/newatao.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/img_9118.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"96\" data-link=\"http:\/\/newatao.ucsd.edu\/?attachment_id=96\"><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/newatao.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/unnamed-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"98\" data-link=\"http:\/\/newatao.ucsd.edu\/?attachment_id=98\"><p><\/p>\n<figcaption>Dec. 2019<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/atao.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/group-photo.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"186\" data-link=\"http:\/\/atao.ucsd.edu\/?attachment_id=186\"><p><\/p>\n<figcaption>October 2020<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/atao.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Image-from-iOS-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"200\" data-link=\"http:\/\/atao.ucsd.edu\/?attachment_id=200\"><p><\/p>\n<figcaption>Beach Trip! November 2021<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\n\n<h2>Andrea R. Tao<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/newatao.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/atao3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"194\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/atao.ucsd.edu\/?page_id=171\">Brief Bio<\/a><br \/><em>E-mail:<\/em>\u00a0atao_at_eng.ucsd.edu<br \/><em>Office:<\/em>\u00a0Structural and Materials Engineering, 244K<br \/><em>Phone:<\/em>\u00a0(858) 822-4237<\/p>\n<p>Ph.D. in Chemistry, UC Berkeley<br \/>A.B. in Chemistry and Physics, Harvard<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Professor &amp; Vice Chair of Education, NanoEngineering<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Deputy Director\u00a0 |\u00a0 San Diego Nanotechnology Infrastructure:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sdni.ucsd.edu\">sdni.ucsd.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">IRG1 Lead\u00a0 |\u00a0 UC San Diego MRSEC:\u00a0mrsec.ucsd.edu<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Founding Faculty | UC San Diego Institute for Materials Discovery &amp; Design: imdd.ucsd.edu\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Lab Manager<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/atao.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/headshotRand-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"194\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:rkingsford@ucsd.edu\">Rand Kingsford<\/a><br \/>M.S. Materials Chemistry, University of Utah<br \/>B.S. Chemistry, Biological Emphasis, University of Utah<br \/>Email: rkingsford@ucsd.edu<\/p>\n<p><strong>Postdoctoral Researchers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/atao.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/436551266_1583033302430339_2091607355701808598_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"193\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"mailto:svarshney@ucsd.edu\">Shalaka Varshney<\/a><br \/>Nano Engineering<br \/>Ph.D. in Chemistry, Ariel University<br \/>M.Tech. in Nanotechnology, University of Rajasthan<br \/>B.Tech. in Nanotechnology, University of Rajasthan<\/p>\n<h2><strong><br \/>Graduate Researchers<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/atao.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_8013-1-e1717526943658.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"192\" height=\"192\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:yux016@eng.ucsd.edu\">Yu Xie<\/a><br \/>Nano Engineering<br \/>B.S. in Materials Science, ShanghaiTech University<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/atao.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Sahil11-1-300x288.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"190\" height=\"183\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"msakhtar@ucsd.edu\">Mohd. Sahil Akhtar<\/a><br \/>Chemical Engineering<br \/>M.S. Chemical Engineering, UC San Diego<br \/>B. Tech in Chemical Engineering, NIT in Karnataka, India<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/atao.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ABER-Athena-Photo-e1740008454146-285x285.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"191\" height=\"191\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"jaber@ucsd.edu\">Athena Aber<\/a><br \/>Structural Engineering<br \/>M.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin<br \/>B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-547 \" src=\"http:\/\/atao.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_0559-scaled-e1790354277960-298x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"191\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atao.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_0559-scaled-e1790354277960-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/atao.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_0559-scaled-e1790354277960-1019x1024.jpg 1019w, https:\/\/atao.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_0559-scaled-e1790354277960-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/atao.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_0559-scaled-e1790354277960-768x772.jpg 768w, https:\/\/atao.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_0559-scaled-e1790354277960-1528x1536.jpg 1528w, https:\/\/atao.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_0559-scaled-e1790354277960.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 191px) 100vw, 191px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"sep002@ucsd.edu\">Seyeon Park<\/a><br \/>Materials Science and Engineering<br \/>B.S. Chemistry, UC San Diego<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-548\" src=\"http:\/\/atao.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_4953-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"190\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atao.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_4953-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/atao.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_4953-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/atao.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_4953-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/atao.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_4953-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/atao.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_4953-1-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/atao.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_4953-1.jpg 1796w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 190px) 100vw, 190px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"pama@ucsd.edu\">Patrick Ama<\/a><br \/>NanoEngineering<br \/>B.S. Chemical Engineering, UC Davis<\/p>\n<h1>Undergraduate Researchers<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-549\" src=\"http:\/\/atao.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_9785-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"190\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atao.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_9785-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/atao.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_9785-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/atao.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_9785-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/atao.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_9785.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 190px) 100vw, 190px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Rosemary Huang<br \/>B.S. NanoEngineering (Expected 2028)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-550\" src=\"http:\/\/atao.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_7508-268x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"189\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atao.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_7508-268x300.jpg 268w, https:\/\/atao.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_7508-915x1024.jpg 915w, https:\/\/atao.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_7508-768x860.jpg 768w, https:\/\/atao.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_7508-1372x1536.jpg 1372w, https:\/\/atao.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_7508-1830x2048.jpg 1830w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 189px) 100vw, 189px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sean Nikolaev<br \/>B.S. in NanoEngineering (Expected 2028)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-551\" src=\"http:\/\/atao.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_6009-1-300x293.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"190\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/atao.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_6009-1-300x293.jpg 300w, https:\/\/atao.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_6009-1-1024x1002.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/atao.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_6009-1-768x751.jpg 768w, https:\/\/atao.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_6009-1-1536x1502.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/atao.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_6009-1-307x300.jpg 307w, https:\/\/atao.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_6009-1.jpg 1603w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 190px) 100vw, 190px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Luca Tartaglia<br \/>B.S. in NanoEngineering (Expected 2028)<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Group Alums<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Alex Fuqua (PH.D. in Nanoengineering, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wade Shipley (Ph.D. in Materials Science, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tran Vo (B.S. in Chemical Engineering, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Yutong She (B.S. in Biochemistry, 2025)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fiona Lang (B.S. in Pharmacology, 2025)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Yufei Wang (Ph.D. in Materials Science, 2025)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Austin Birch (B.S. in Nano Engineering, 2025)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Joelle Chien (B.S. in Nano Engineering, 2025)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shayan Mukherjee (NanoEngineering, Summer 2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lucy Huang (NanoEngineering, Summer 2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jacqueline Lampert (Lab Manager, 2024) \u2013 University of California Irvine, Ph.D. program<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Emily Infante (B.S. in Biochemistry, 2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Zachary Yam (B.S. in Chemical Engineering, 2024)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bin Wang (Postdoctoral Researcher, 2024) \u2013 University of Michigan, Postdoc<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>James Young (Nanoengineering, Summer 2022 to Fall 2023)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sha Wu (M.S. in Materials Science, 2023)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Yuan Zheng (Ph.D. in Materials Science, 2022) \u2013 ASM, Senior Process Engineer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sean Garner (Ph.D. in Materials Science, 2022) \u2013 Apple, Engineer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Maria Garcia (ENLACE undergraduate intern, Summer 2022)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Diana Sanchez Ram\u00edrez (ENLACE undergraduate intern, Summer 2022)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Beatrice Jeffries (B.S. in Mathematics and Physics, 2022 \u00c9cole Polytechnique)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jake Bilyk (M.S. in Materials Science, 2021)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Riddhi Ananth (B.S. in Chemistry, 2020) \u2013 Northwestern, Ph.D. program<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lauren Hoffman (M.S. in Chemical Engineering, 2019)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Axel Gaona (ENLACE undergraduate intern, Summer 2019)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Emmanuel Rojas (ENLACE undergraduate intern, Summer 2019)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mi Do (NanoEngineering, Spring 2019-present)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Matthew Creyer (M.S. in NanoEngineering, 2019)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Su-Wen Hsu (Ph.D. in NanoEngineering, 2014; Postdoctoral<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Samuel Spraker (M.S. in NanoEngineering, 2018) \u2013 Intel<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Erick Alvarado (Chemical Engineering, Winter 2018-Summer 2018)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aidan Lucas (NanoEngineering, Fall 2017-Summer 2018)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Oanh Nguyen (B.S. in NanoEngineering, 2017)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Zandra Rojo (B.S. in NanoEngineering, 2017) \u2013 University of Washington, grad student in Mat Sci<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Matthew Tse (Rutgers\/REU mentor, Summer 2017)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stephanie Smith (B.S. in NanoEngineering and Chemistry, 2017) \u2013 UCSD, grad student in Nano<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reiko Liu (M.S. in Chemical Engineering, 2017)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stephen Palani (M.S. in NanoEngineering, 2017) \u2013 OHSU, grad student<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Matthew Rozin (Ph.D. in Materials Science, 2017)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Whitney Bryks (Ph.D. in NanoEngineering, 2017) \u2013 Intel<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tyler Dill (Ph.D. in NanoEngineering, 2017) \u2013 Illumina<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Eduardo Lupi (B.S. in NanoEngineering, 2016) \u2013 UC Berkeley, grad student in Mat Sci<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Eric Brown (M.S. in NanoEngineering, 2016)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sarrah Marvi (M.S. in Chemical Engineering, 2016)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Darwin Zwissler (M.S. in NanoEngineering, 2016)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Madhura Som (M.S. in NanoEngineering, 2015)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Andrea Rodarte (Ph.D. in Physics, 2014) \u2013 Sandia National Laboratories<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tarah Sullivan (M.S. in NanoEngineering, 2014)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Brandon Marin (M.S. in NanoEngineering, 2014)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nimai Mehta (M.S. in NanoEngineering, 2014)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kargal Gurunatha (Ph.D. in Chemistry, CEMES-CNRS in Toulouse)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Charles Ngo (B.S. in Chemical Engineering, 2014)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nathan Velez (B.S. in NanoEngineering, 2014) \u2013 UC Berkeley, graduate student in Materials Science<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Melissa Wette (B.S. in NanoEngineering, 2014; NE Dept. Award of Excellence)- Stanford, graduate student in Materials Science<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vincent Li (B.S. in Chemical Engineering, 2014; Huppert Award) \u2013 Georgia Tech, grad student in Chemical Engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>David Rosen (B.S. in NanoEngineering, 2013; NE Dept. Award of Excellence; M.S. in NanoEngineering, 2014)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Yahya Alvi (B.S. in NanoEngineering, 2013; M.S. in NanoEngineering, 2014)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bo Gao (Post-doc 2009-2013)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wilson Wong (B.S. in Chemical Engineering) \u2013 Fluor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Marvin Lav (B.S. in Chemical Engineering)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vivian Li (B.S. in Chemical Engineering)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jonathan Chen (B.S. in Neuroscience)- Yale, graduate student in Bioengineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kathy On (M.S. in Chemistry) \u2013 NanoImaging Services<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Elora Ocampo (B.S. in Chemical Engineering) \u2013 Proctor &amp; Gamble<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andrea R. 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