People

Our Commitment to Collaboration - Our lab thrives on diverse perspectives in a supportive environment, aiming to tackle the challenges of the 21st century by embracing varied experiences, viewpoints, and academic or personal backgrounds.

Principal Investigator

Andy Mannix

Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering 

ONR Young Investigator Program Award, 2024NSF CAREER Award, 2024
PreviouslyKadanoff-Rice Postdoctoral Fellow, University of ChicagoPh.D. , Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern UniversityB.S. , Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignContact: ajmannix [at] stanford.edu; Pronouns: he/him/his 

Staff

Naomi Tudor

Administrative Associate, Materials Science and Engineering

Contact: ntudor@

Pronouns: she/her/hers


Alan Fang

Staff Scientist

Ph.D., Physics

Stanford University

Alan is designing the next generation of automated van der Waals transfer systems.

Postdoctoral Scholars

Zhepeng Zhang

Ph.D., Physical Chemistry

Peking University

B.S., Physics

Northwest University

Zhepeng is currently working on the growth of 2D semiconductors and the fabrication of their heterostructures.

Contact: zhangzp@

Pronouns: he/him/his

Anh Tuan Hoang

(Co-Advised, Prof. Eric Pop, EE)

Ph.D., Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Yonsei University

M.S., Bionanotechnology

Hanyang University

B.E., Chemical Engineering 

Hanoi University of Science and Technology

Anh Tuan is working on wafer-scale synthesis & characterization of 2D semiconductors 

Contact: athoang@

Pronouns: he/him/his

Xiang Zhu 

Ph.D., Physical Chemistry

University of Science and Technology of China

Xiang is currently working on the development of advanced scanning probe microscopy

Contact: xiang86@

Pronouns: he/him/his

Qingrui Cao

(Co-Advised, Prof. Goldhaber-Gordon, Physics)

Ph.D., Physics

Carnegie Mellon University

Qingrui is working on engineering moirés using strain and advanced van der Waals assembly.

Contact: qingruic@

Pronouns: he/him/his

Graduate Students

Risa Hocking

GFSD Fellow

Ph.D. Candidate, Materials Science and Engineering

B.S., Materials Science and Engineering

Michigan State University

Risa is currently working on investigating rhombohedral polymorphs.  

Contact: mhocking@

Pronouns: she/her/hers

Lauren Hoang

Ph.D. Candidate, Electrical Engineering

(Co-Advised, Prof. Eric Pop, EE)

M.S., Electrical Engineering

University of Pennsylvania

B.S., Materials Science and Engineering

University of Pennsylvania

Lauren works towards large-scale growth and fabrication of 2D semiconductor devices.

Contact: lahoang@

Pronouns: she/her/hers

Aldo Chavez

Ph.D. Candidate, Materials Science and Engineering

B.A., Physics, Mathematics

Cornell University 

Aldo is interested in defect creation and characterization in hexagonal boron nitride.

Contact: aldomcg@

Hank Peng

Ph.D. Student, Materials Science and Engineering

B.S., Materials Physics

Sichuan University 

Hank is interested in 2D materials and their heterostructures, particularly twisted TMDC structures.

Contact: peng525@

Pronouns: he/him/his

Victoria Kyveryga

NDSEG Fellow

Knight-Hennessy Scholar

Ph.D. Student, Materials Science and Engineering

B.S., Chemical Engineering and Chemistry

Iowa State University

Victoria is working on growth and characterization of 2D semiconductors.

Contact: kyveryga@

Pronouns: she/her/hers

Yemi Uthman

M.S. Student, Materials Science and Engineering

B.S., Materials Science and Engineering

Carnegie Mellon University 

Yemi is interested in using computational techniques to analyze 2D TMDC structures.

Contact: authman@

Pronouns: he/him/his

Honorary Members

Sir Isaac Newton (Newt)

Felis catus, Domestic shorthair

Newt addresses novel phenomena in reflected beams using modulated acoustic stimuli.



HIBOU

Felis catus, Domestic mediumhair 

(personal webpage)

HIBOU applies ultrafast kinetic probes towards understanding subsurface topographical features. 

Alumni

Johnny Dollard (undergraduate)

Dr. Jinyoung Koo (visiting scholar)

Christina Henzinger (undergraduate)

Aluminio Inc, mechatronics engineering

Pohang University of Science and Technology

Harvard University (PhD)