Graduate Students

Hazel Mohamedali

PhD candidate, joined in Fall 2020

Home Department: Chemical Engineering

Undergraduate Major and Institution: Chemical Engineering, UT Austin

Research interests: optoelectronics, soft electronics

Hobbies: I like to read books, watch movies, play frisbee, and hike in my free time.

Jierui Zhao

Master student, joined in fall 2021

Home Department: Materials Science and Engineering

Undergraduate Major and Institution: Polymer Science and Engineering, ECUST China

Research interests: advanced polymers, optoelectronics

Hobbies: I love playing table tennis and cooking and I also enjoy listening to music.

Sijun Seong

PhD pre-candidate, joined in Fall 2021


Home Department: Chemical Engineering


Undergraduate Major and Institution: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Yonsei University


Research Interest: stretchable optoelectronics, photodetector, Functional polymers


Hobbies: I enjoy working out and cooking in my free time.

Carlos A. Figueroa Morales

PhD Pre-candidate, joined in Fall 2021

Home Department: Macromolecular Science and Engineering

Undergraduate Major and Institution: General Chemistry, UPRRP Puerto Rico

Research interests: Biomaterials, soft-electronics

Hobbies: I like listening to music, do BBQ, sports and video games

Zhengtao Hu

Master student, joined in Winter 2022

Home Department: Materials Science and Engineering

Undergraduate Major and Institution: Nano Science and Technology, Soochow University

Research interests: organic electronics, photodetectors, thin film transistors

Hobbies: I like playing fingerstyle guitar and listening to city pop music.

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