After graduating in 2021, Michael became a research scientist at the Air Force Research Laboratory. |
After graduating in 2019, Kelly became a Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow at Cornell University, working with Dan Ralph, Kin Fai Mak, and Jie Shan. In 2023, she became an Assistant Professor of Physics at the University of Southern California. |
After graduating in 2019, Tiancong became a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, Berkeley working with Michael Crommie and Zi Qiang Qiu. In 2024, he became an Assistant Professor of Physics at Purdue University. |
After graduating in 2019, Dante became a NRC Postdoctoral Fellow at the Naval Research Laboratory working with Berry Jonker. |
After graduating in 2018, Igor became a postdoctoral researcher at Carnegie Mellon University working with Jyoti Katoch. He is the founder and CEO of VolkVac Instruments LLC. |
After graduating in 2018, Jinsong became a postdoctoral researcher at John Hopkins University working with C. L. Chien. In 2024, he became an Assistant Professor of Physics at the University of Science and Technology of China. |
After graduating in 2018, Beth became a Research Analyst at Metron. |
After graduating in 2017, Adam became the lead postdoctoral researcher for skyrmion research at OSU, funded by the DARPA “Topological Excitations for Electronics” Program. |
After graduating in 2017, Walid became a Process Technology Development Engineer at Intel Corporation. |
Pat Odenthal
After graduating in 2015, Pat became a postdoctoral researcher at University of Utah, working with Yan (Sarah) Li. He is currently a Process Technology Development Engineer at Intel Corporation. Pat Odenthal’s thesis |
Hua Wen
After graduating in 2015, Hua became a postdoctoral researcher at Penn State University, working with Jun Zhu. Subsequently, he started at KLA-Tencor. |
Adrian Swartz
After graduating in 2013, Adrian became a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford University, working with Harold Hwang.
Adrian Swartz Thesis part 1 Adrian Swartz Thesis part 2 |
Jared Wong
After graduating in 2012, Jared became a postdoctoral researcher in the Experimental Systems Group of the Advanced Light Source at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. |
Kathleen McCreary
After graduating in 2012, Kathy became an NRC Postdoctoral Fellow at the Naval Research Laboratory, working with Berry Jonker. She is now a staff scientist at NRL.
Kathleen McCreary’s thesis |
Wei Han
After graduating in 2012, Wei became a postdoctoral researcher at IBM Alamden, working with Stuart Parkin. Subsequently, he became an Assistant Professor at Peking University.
Wei Han’s Thesis |
Yan (Sarah) Li
After graduating in 2010, Yan became a Director’s Postdoctoral Fellow at Los Alamos National Laboratory, working with Scott Crooker. Subsequently, she became an Assistant Professor of Physics at the University of Utah.
Yan Li’s thesis |
Kyle Pi
After graduating in 2010, Kyle became a postdoctoral fellow at Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, and is currently an engineer at Headway Technologies. |