People

Interested graduate students should contact Professor Dallesasse or a listed graduate student for further discussion and details. The Advanced Semiconductor Device and Integration Group also welcomes participation of undergraduate students in the research process through independent study projects, undergraduate thesis projects, and through information working relationships. A limited number of slots are available, but interested individuals are encouraged to contact Professor Dallesasse or one of his graduate students.

Principal Investigator

John Michael Dallesasse
jdallesa@illinois.edu

Graduate Research Members

Robert Kaufman (Ph.D Candidate)
rbkaufm2@illinois.edu
Transistor-Injected Quantum-Cascade Laser (TI-QCL)

Kevin Pikul (Ph.D Candidate)
kpikul2@illinois.edu
Optical Transverse-Mode Control and Polarization Control in VCSELs

Leah Espenhahn (Ph.D Candidate)
leahe2@illinois.edu
III-V Heterogenous Integration via Epitaxial Transfer

Undergraduate Research Members

Nicholas Watanabe

Collin Roy

Alumni Group Members

Raman Kumar (Ph.D) [May 2023]
Post Doctorate at City University of New York (New York, NY)

Nithiyassri Vivagandan (B.S.) [May 2023]

Patrick Su (Ph.D) [Aug. 2022]
Apple (Cupertino, CA)

Mark Kraman (M.S.) [May 2022]
Western Digital (San Joes, CA)

John Anthony Carlson II (Ph.D) [Aug. 2021]
HRL Laboratories (Malibu, CA)

Maanav Ganjoo (M.S.) [May 2021]
LAM Research (Freemont, CA)

Fu-Chen (Alex) Hsiao (Ph.D) [Nov. 2020]
Post Doctorate at NC State (Raleigh, NC)

Coleman Williams (B.S.) [May 2019]
Graduate Student at UC Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, CA)

Shuang Chen (B.S.) [Jan. 2019]
Intel Corporation (Folsom, CA)

Kanuo Chen (Ph.D) [Dec. 2017]
Apple (Cupertino, CA)

Saoud (Sam) AEA Almulla (M.S) [Aug. 2017]
Intel Corporation (Folsom, CA)

Thomas R. O’Brien Jr. (Ph.D) [Aug. 2017]
Intel Corporation (Hillsboro, OR)

Brittany Joy (B.S.) [May 2017]
Motorola Solutions (Schuamburg, IL)

Ben Kesler (Ph.D) [Feb. 2017]
Lumentum Operations LLC (Milpitas, CA)

Guan-Lin Su (Ph.D) [Aug. 2016]
Post Doctorate at UC Berkely (Berkely, CA)