
Principal Investigator

HaeYeon Lee
Assistant Professor
haeyeonlee@rice.edu
Postdoctoral research scientist, 2021-2023
Hone group, Columbia University, New York
Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering, 2016-2021
Ross group & Gradečak group, MIT, Cambridge
HaeYeon completed her B.A. from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at KAIST in Korea. She joined the Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering at Rice University in spring 2024.
Postdocs

Yifeng Liu
yl160@rice.edu
Postdoctoral research scientist, 2024 – present
Ph.D. Materials Science and NanoEngineering, 2018-2024
Lou group, Rice University, Houston

Hyunchul Kim
hk82@rice.edu
RAMI Postdoctoral Fellow, 2025 – present
Ph.D. Mechanical Science & Engineering, 2019-2025
van der Zande group, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign
Graduate Students

Tian Lang
tl153@rice.edu
Ph.D. Materials Science and NanoEngineering, 2024-present
BS Material Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China

Aryan Chugh
ac308@rice.edu
Ph.D. Applied Physics, 2024-present
BS Physics (Applied), Texas Tech University
Chatzakis Group

Zeming He
zh72@rice.edu
Ph.D. Materials Science and NanoEngineering, 2025-present
MS Science in Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
Jariwala Group
BS Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University

Meer Mahfuz
mm378@rice.edu
Ph.D. Materials Science and NanoEngineering, 2025-present
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
BS Materials Science and Engineering, University of Florida