Current Team Members
Dr. Zafer Mutlu, Group Leader
Assistant Professor
Materials Science and Engineering
Electrical and Computer Engineering (Joint)
Physics (Joint)
Email: zmutlu@arizona.edu
Dr. Kentaro Yumigeta
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Materials Science and Engineering
Email: kyumiget@arizona.edu
Muhammed Yusufoglu
Ph.D. Candidate
Materials Science and Engineering
Email: myusufoglu@arizona.edu
Howard Yawit
Ph.D. Student
Materials Science and Engineering
Email: howardyawit@arizona.edu
Thomas Sweepe
Graduate Student Researcher
Materials Science and Engineering
Email: sweepe@arizona.edu
Julian Battaglia
Graduate Student Researcher
Materials Science and Engineering
Email: jrbattaglia@arizona.edu
Richard Holloway
Undergraduate Student Researcher
Materials Science and Engineering
Email: richardholloway@arizona.edu
Franco Daluisio
Undergraduate Student Researcher
Chemical Engineering
Email: fdaluisio@arizona.edu
Shelby Janssen
Undergraduate Student Researcher
Materials Science and Engineering
Email: shelbyjanssen@arizona.edu
Alexandra Winkelman
Undergraduate Student Researcher
Email: awinkelman@arizona.edu
Johnna Zarndt Buettner
Undergraduate Student Researcher
Chemical Engineering
Email: jzarndtbuettner@catworks.arizona.edu
Michael Joseph Rafko
Undergraduate Student Researcher
Computer Science
Email: mrafko@arizona.edu
Paul DiPasquale
Undergraduate Student Researcher
Materials Science and Engineering
Email: pauld1@arizona.edu
Matthias Felix Anderson
Undergraduate Student Researcher
Engineering
Email: matthiasanderson@arizona.edu
Ahmet Mert Degirmenci
Undergraduate Student Researcher
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Email: ahmetdegirmenci@arizona.edu
Alex Charles Welch
Undergraduate Student Researcher
Materials Science and Engineering
Email: acwelch@arizona.edu
Liam Fox Ellersick
Undergraduate Student Researcher
Materials Science and Engineering
Email: liamellersick@arizona.edu
Past Team Members
Christina Dinh
Prof. Zafer Mutlu's first student at University of Arizona
Graduated with an MS degree with a thesis from MSE department in May 2024
Thesis: "Contact engineering and reliability of atomically precise graphene nanoribbon transistors"
Worked from January 2023 to May 2024 in our group
Joined NXP Semiconductors in May 2024
Christian Copic
Graduated with an MS degree from ECE department in May 2024
Worked from January 2023 to May 2024 in our group
Joined Microsoft in May 2024
Stafford Lorenzo Lewis
Graduated with an BS degree from ECE department in May 2024
Worked from January 2024 to May 2024 in our group