Wei Bao
Assistant Professor
Materials Science and Engineering
baow2@rpi.edu
Theo Borca-Tasciuc
Professor and Associate Department Head for Graduate Affairs
Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering
borcat@rpi.edu
Vidhya Chakrapani
Associate Professor
Chemical and Biological Engineering
chakrv@rpi.edu
Daniel Gall
Robert W. Hunt Professor of Metallurgical Engineering
Materials Science and Engineering
galld@rpi.edu
Rena Huang
Associate Professor
Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering
huangz3@rpi.edu
Robert Hull
Vice President for Research,
Henry Burlage Jr. Professor of Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering
Director of Center for Materials, Devices, and Integrated Systems
Director of NYS Focus Center
hullr2@rpi.edu
Paul Keblinski
John Tod Horton ’52 Professor of Materials Engineering and Department Head
Materials Science and Engineering
keblip@rpi.edu
Toh-Ming Lu
Ray Palmer Baker Distinguished Professor
Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy
lut@rpi.edu
Joel Plawsky
Professor
Chemical and Biological Engineering
plawsky@rpi.edu
Ganpati Ramanath
John Tod Horton Professor of Engineering
Materials Science and Engineering
ganapr@rpi.edu
Jian Shi
Professor
Materials Science and Engineering
shij4@rpi.edu
Ravishankar Sundararaman
Professor, Priti and Mukesh Chatter '82 Career Development Chair
Materials Science and Engineering
sundar@rpi.edu
Gwo Ching Wang
Travelstead Institute Chair
Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy
wangg@rpi.edu
Operations and Administration Team
Jody Amundson
Administrative Coordinator
6015 Low Center for Industrial Innovation
amundj@rpi.edu
Max Bloomfield
Director of Computational Microelectronics
CII 4007
bloomm2@rpi.edu
Michael Burnett
Senior Business Administrator
CII 6015
burnem3@rpi.edu
Katharine Dovidenko
Director of Nanoscale Characterization Core
MRC214
dovidk2@rpi.edu
Brent Engler
Research Associate
engleb3@rpi.edu
Deniz Rende
Coordinating Research Director for Microelectronics
CII-6017
rended3@rpi.edu
Kent Way
Interim Director of Micro and Nanofabrication Cleanroom
4175 Low Center for Industrial Inn.
wayk2@rpi.edu
Students and Post-Docs
Zixiu Cai (PI: Joel Plawsky)
Ethan Hendrix (PI: Daniel Gall)
Jonas Kendra (PI: Theo Borca-Tasciuc)
Dr. Anoop Kumar Kushwaha (PI: Pawel Keblinski)
Bowen Liu (PI: Rena Huang)
Shashank Rao Mangu (PI: Vidhya Chakrapani)
Kyle Max (PI: Ganpati Ramanath)
Subhangshu Sen (PI: Robert Hull)
Tanooj Shah (PI: Ravishankar Sundararaman)
Zixu Wang (PI: Jian Shi)
Xiaolong Wu (PI: Wei Bao)
Nymul Yeachin (PI: Gwo-Ching Wang)
Former Students (2018-2025)
Dustin James Andersen, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Junior Research and Technology Associate, Luxembourg
Aaron James Littlejohn, Freeform, Senior Process Engineer, Los Angeles, USA
Jihui Nie, Google, Software Engineer, Seattle, USA
Wei Peng, Google, Software Engineer, Troy, USA
Teresa A. Esposito, IBM, Engineer, Albany, USA
Dibyajyoti Mohanty, Intel, LTD Process Integration Engineer, Hillsboro, USA
Michael Thomas Lamparski, Naval Nuclear Laboratory, Software Developer, Schenectady, USA
Xiaohan Shen, Sicoya, Staff R&D Engineer, Shanghai, China
Yu Xiang, Amazon, Applied Scientist II, Seattle, USA
Rajan Khadka, Corning, Senior Engineer, Corning, USA
Erik Robert Milosevic, IBM, Plasma Etch R&D Engineer, Albany, USA
Atharv Jog, IBM, Hardware Engineer, Albany, USA
Saurabh Pandey, IBM, Defect Inspection Characterization Engineer, Albany, USA
Yueming Xu, IBM, Reliability Engineer, Albany, USA
Lukas Valdman, Porsche Engineering, Technical Project Leader, Prague, Czechia
Jason Mathew Gray, RPI, Research scientist, Albany, USA
Mayada Fadel, RPI, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Troy, USA
Yanwen Chen, X-FAB, SiC Product Development and Process Integration Engineer, Lubbock, USA
Lifu Zhang, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Professor, Wuhan, China
Zhen Lian, ThermoFisher Scientific, Field Engineer, Boise, USA
Amir Begovic, AIM Photonics, PDK development, Albany, USA
Moishe Azoff-slifstein, GlobalFoundries, Principal Integration Engineer, Malta, USA
Neha Dhull, Lam Research, Engineer, Albany, USA
Anshuman Thakral, ASM, Senior Process Engineer, Phoenix, USA
Collin Rowe, Morse Corporation, Cambridge, USA
