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MEMBERS

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

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

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

Jackson Tumlin

Undergraduate student
2021.06 – 2021.08

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