Zafer Mutlu

Zafer Mutlu is an Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) at the University of Arizona since August 2022. Before joining the MSE faculty, he completed his postdoctoral research in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS) at the University of California, Berkeley, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory with Prof. Jeffrey Bokor. He earned his Ph.D. in MSE at the University of California, Riverside, in 2016 under the supervision of Prof. Cengiz Ozkan. Prof. Mutlu leads the "Advanced Nanoelectronics & Nanostructures" group, primarily focusing on 1D graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) as transistor channel materials for high-performance logic applications, while also conducting recent research on the semiconductor properties of chalcopyrite minerals and nano- and micro-fabrication of acoustic devices. The group’s research is supported by funding from several agencies and companies, including the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) Logic and Memory Device (LMD) program, the National Science Foundation (NSF) Future of Semiconductors (Fuse) program, the NSF New Frontiers of Sound (NewFoS) Science and Technology Center (STC), TSMC, and Freeport-McMoRan. The research has been published in prestigious conferences and journals, including IEEE IEDM, IEEE EDTM, SRC Techcon, Applied Physics Reviews, Advanced Functional Materials, ACS Nano, JACS, Nano Energy, Carbon, and Small.