Principal Investigator

Rongming Chu
Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering
2262, Holonyak Micro & Nanotechnology Laboratory,
208 N. Wright Street,
Urbana, IL 61801
Personal Website
rchu@illinois.edu
Postdoctoral Researchers

Dr. Ajay Kumar Visvkarma
angraj@illinois.edu
Graduate Students

Yuxin Du
Ph.D Student
yuxindu3@illinois.edu

Yi-Shuo Huang
Ph.D Student
yishuoh2@illinois.edu

Siyuan Ye
Ph.D Student
siyuany6@illinois.edu

Fanming Liu
Ph.D Student
fanming3@illinois.edu

William Curry
Master Student
wjcurry2@illinois.edu

Allison Hwang
Master Student
ah83@illinois.edu
Undergraduate Students
Alumni
- Kevin Dai (Undergraduate Researcher, 2025-2026, next stop: Columbia University)
- Zequan Chen (Postdoctoral Researcher, 2024-2026, next stop: ASM International N.V., China)
- Rian Guan (Graduate Student 2020-2025, PhD, Penn State University, next stop: Global Foundry)
- Yixin Xiong (Graduate Student 2021-2025, PhD, Penn State University, next stop: Ganify Inc.)
- Jianan Song (Graduate Student 2019-2025, PhD, Penn State University, next stop: Postdoctoral Researcher at Penn State University)
- Mansura Sadek (Graduate Student 2019-2024, PhD, Penn State University, next stop: Analog Devices)
- Jesse Kemmerling (Graduate Student 2019-2024, PhD, Penn State University, MS, Penn State University, next stop: iDEAL Semiconductor)
- John Gilroy (Undergraduate Researcher, 2024)
- Emily Miller (Undergraduate Researcher, 2024)
- Nate Martin (Master Graduate 2022~2024, next stop: Advanced Cooling Technology)
- Adarsh Hrishikesh Gadagkar (Master Graduate 2024)
- Augusto Molina (Undergraduate Researcher, 2024)
- Anusmita Chakravorty (Postdoctoral Researcher, 2023-2024, PhD, Jawaharlal Nehru University, MS, University of Delhi)
- Sang-Woo Han (Assistant Research Professor, 2018-2023, PhD, Hongik University, next stop: GaNify Inc.)
- Marcos Bentolila (Undergraduate Researcher, 2021, next stop: Samsung, Austin, TX)
- Alex Luo (Undergraduate Researcher, 2020)
- Nhat Tran (Undergraduate Researcher, 2020, next stop: UC Davis)
- Jesse Wisch (Undergraduate Researcher, 2018~2020, next stop: Princeton)