2D materials

Xiaowen Zhang

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dr. Xiaowen is a Postdoc Fellow at the Integrated Photonics Laboratory under the supervision of Prof. Yating Wan at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Before joining KAUST, he received his B.E. degree in Material Science from South China University of Technology in 2013. He received the Ph.D. degree from the South China University of Technology in 2017 and completed 2-year postdoctoral research in Zhejiang University. He previously published 15 SCI journals (8 first author), including Nano Lett., Nano Res., Chem. Mater., etc. His current research focus towards the

Veerappan Mani

Research Scientist, Sensors
Dr. Veerappan Mani is currently a Research Scientist at the Sensors Lab, in the Electrical Engineering Department, CEMSE, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). He is one of the world’s top 2% scientists since 2020. Education and Early Career Dr. Veerappan Mani received his Ph.D. from the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology (NTUT), Taiwan in 2014. He worked as a research assistant professor at the Institute of Biochemical and Biomedical Engineering, Taipei Tech, Taiwan, from 2016 to 2019. He was a research visiting

Paulraj Gnanasekar

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Photonics Laboratory
My research is focused on the synthesis of 2D materials by CVD approach and renewable hydrogen production during Ph.D. My current research is focused on electrochemical and photoelectrochemical N2 reduction, CO2 Reduction and oxidation applications using 2D heterostructures.​ Research Interests CO 2/N 2 Reduction Reaction Oxidation Reaction 2D Materials Chemical Vapour Deposition Renewable Energy Photoelectrochemisty Selected Publications G. Paulraj, P. Dharmaraj, V. Purushothaman, Jr-hau He and K. Jeganathan, Highly efficient and stable photoelectrochemical hydrogen evolution with 2D-NbS2/Si

Latifah Al Maghrabi

Latifah Al-Maghrabi is pursuing a master's degree in Electrical Engineering in the electrophysics track at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Currently, the questions that guide Latifah's journey of investigation revolve around exploring novel lower dimensional materials for integration with group-III-nitride-based optoelectronic devices at the Photonics Laboratory at KAUST. By understanding the physics at the device level, she hopes to be able to enhance optoelectronics used for light and energy generation. In May 2018, Latifah graduated with a B.S. in Electrical

Chun-Ho Lin

Chun-Ho Lin obtained his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) under the supervision of Prof. Jr-Hau He in 2018. Lin completed his master’s degree in the Department of Electrical Engineering from the National Taiwan University and began his Ph.D. studies at KAUST in 2014. Research Interest Chun-Ho Lin's research interests include Perovskites, Nanophotonics, Flexible Electronics, Paper device, and 2D Materials.

Bashayr Alqahtani

Bashayr Alqahtani is an Electrical and Computer Engineering master’s student at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, and a student at the KAUST Smart, Advanced Memory devices and Applications (SAMA) Laboratory under the supervision of Professor Nazek El-Atab. Her research interests include the fabrication of physics devices such as sensors for industrial and in-memory sensing applications.

Abdul Momin Syed