PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Joon Sue Lee
Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (2020 – present)
Postdoctoral Researcher, UC Santa Barbara (2015 – 2019)
Postdoctoral Researcher, Penn State University (2014 – 2015)
Ph.D. (Physics), Penn State University (2014)
M.S. (Physics), Seoul National University (2007)
B.S. (Physics Education & EE), Seoul National University (2005)
Email: jslee@utk.edu
VISITING SCHOLARS
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Pradip Adhikari
Joined 2020.08 – present
Research: Low-dimensional semiconductors, Topological materials
Email: padhika2@vols.utk.edu
Anjali Rathore
Joined 2020.08 – present
Research: Low-dimensional semiconductors, Topological materials
Email: arathore@vols.utk.edu
Chandima Edrisinghe
Joined 2021.06 – present
Research: Topological materials
Email: cedirisi@vols.utk.edu
Anuradha Wijesinghe
Joined 2021.08 – present
Research: Topological materials
Email: awijesin@vols.utk.edu
Michael Rust
Joined 2024.01 – present
Research: Low-dimensional semiconductors
Email: mrust2@vols.utk.edu
FORMER MEMBERS
VISITING SCHOLARS
Hyung-Kook Choi
Associate Professor, Jeonbuk National University, South Korea
2022.09 – 2024.02
Hong Seok Lee
Professor, Jeonbuk National University, South Korea
2023.03 – 2024.02
Hyoungtaek Lee
Graduate student (UNIST)
2021.10 – 2022.06
Gyehyeon Kim
Graduate student (UNIST)
2021.10 – 2022.06
UNDERGRADUATE / HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
Nguyen Ho
QAO REU (California State Polytechnic, pomona)
2024.06 – 2024.08
Research: Remote epitaxy
Tajriya Ehsan
High School Student Summer Intern
2024.06 – 2024.08
Jackson Tumlin
Undergraduate student
2023.06 – 2023.08
Zach Hughes
Undergraduate student (Nuclear Engineering major)
2021.08 – 2022.05
Cory Cravens
Undergraduate student
2021.06 – 2021.08 and 2022.06 – 2022.08
Rachel Woodrum
Undergraduate student
2021.06 – 2021.08
Lena Schwebs
Undergraduate student
2020.06 – 2021.05
Dmitri Kalanin
High School student (Webb School of Knoxville)
2022.06 – 2022.08