Current Team Members
Dr. Zafer Mutlu, Director
Assistant Professor of
Materials Science and Engineering
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Physics
Email: zmutlu@arizona.edu
Dr. Kentaro Yumigeta
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Materials Science and Engineering
Email: kyumiget@arizona.edu
Muhammed Yusufoglu
Ph.D. Student
Materials Science and Engineering
Email: myusufoglu@arizona.edu
Howard Yawit
Ph.D. Student
Materials Science and Engineering
Email: howardyawit@arizona.edu
Thomas Sweepe
Master's student
Materials Science and Engineering
Email: sweepe@arizona.edu
Julian Battaglia
Master's student
Materials Science and Engineering
Email: jrbattaglia@arizona.edu
Richard Holloway
Undergraduate student
Materials Science and Engineering
Email: richardholloway@arizona.edu
Franco Daluisio
Undergraduate student
Chemical Engineering
Email: fdaluisio@arizona.edu
Shelby Janssen
Undergraduate student
Materials Science and Engineering
Email: shelbyjanssen@arizona.edu
Alexandra Winkelman
Undergraduate student
Chemical Engineering
Email: awinkelman@arizona.edu
Johnna Zarndt Buettner
Undergraduate Student
Chemical Engineering
Email: jzarndtbuettner@catworks.arizona.edu
Paul DiPasquale
Undergraduate Student
Materials Science and Engineering
Email: pauld1@arizona.edu
Ahmet Mert Degirmenci
Undergraduate Student
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Email: ahmetdegirmenci@arizona.edu
Alex Charles Welch
Undergraduate Student
Materials Science and Engineering
Email: acwelch@arizona.edu
Liam Fox Ellersick
Undergraduate Student
Materials Science and Engineering
Email: liamellersick@arizona.edu
Ture Wright Gustafson
Undergraduate Student
Optical Engineering
Email: turegus@arizona.edu
Past Team Members
Christina Dinh
Graduate Student Researcher
Materials Science and Engineering
Prof. Zafer Mutlu's first student at University of Arizona
Worked in our group on semiconductor research from January 2023 to May 2024
Graduated with an MS degree with a thesis from Materials Science and Engineering in May 2024
Thesis: "Contact engineering and reliability of atomically precise graphene nanoribbon transistors"
Joined NXP Semiconductors as Process Engineer in May 2024
Christian Copic
Graduate Student Researcher
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Worked in our group on semiconductor research from January 2023 to May 2024
Graduated with an MS degree from Electrical and Computer Engineering in May 2024
Joined Microsoft as Silicon Engineer in May 2024
Stafford Lorenzo Lewis
Undergraduate Student Researcher
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Worked in our group on semiconductor research from January 2024 to May 2024
Graduated with an BS degree from Electrical and Computer Engineering in May 2024
Michael Joseph Rafko
Undergraduate Student Researcher
Computer Science
Worked in our group on AI/machine learning for semiconductor research from May 2024 to December 2024
Joined IBM as a Back-End Developer Intern in January 2024