2021 – 2025Lead author
Better membranes for fuel cells
Energy
Added ultrathin graphene and boron nitride layers to fuel-cell membranes, raising power 20% and cutting hydrogen leakage 32%.
I build things one atom at a time.
Controlling materials at the smallest scale that matters, then making that control useful.
Research
Akinwande Nano Research Group · UT Austin2021 – 2025Collaborator
Low-power memory devices
Chip materials
Helped make 2D memory devices switch more reliably, with retention that can be tuned for neuromorphic computing.
2023 – 2026Collaborator
Electronics that work with the body
Bioelectronics
Co-authored a Nature Reviews Materials perspective on thin bioelectronics and a study on their safety with neural stem cells.
Education
2021 – 2025Austin, TX
University of Texas at Austin
PhD, Materials Science and Engineering
Advised by Deji Akinwande.
2016 – 2020Los Angeles, CA
University of Southern California
BS, Chemical Engineering · MS, Materials Engineering
Undergraduate research in physical chemistry.
Recognition
- 2026Breakout presentation, Engineering Technology ConferenceLam Research · selected from 1,200+ submissions
- 2025Director's Spotlight Award, Direct MetalsLam Research
- 2024, 2025Samsung FellowshipUT Austin
- 2024Outstanding Intern, Technology DevelopmentIntel
- 2023ENFL STA Grant Finalist, top 20 abstractsAmerican Chemical Society, Fall 2023
- 2022NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, Honorable MentionNational Science Foundation
- 2021Cockrell School of Engineering FellowshipUT Austin