Researcher

Omar Alkendi

Undergraduate Researcher
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
Professor Kristofer S.J. Pister (Advisor)
B.S. 2023 (Anticipated)

Alexander Alvara

Graduate Student Researcher
Mechanical Engineering
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
Professor Liwei Lin (Advisor)
Professor Kristofer S.J. Pister (Advisor)
Ph.D. 2024 (Anticipated)

Alexander Alvara is a 5th year Ph.D. student in mechanical engineering who earned his 3 BS degrees from UC Irvine '17 concurrently in mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, and materials science and engineering. Alexander is interested in extreme conditions applications and performance of MEMS devices as well as nanoscale materials engineering that investigates the interplay of materials with electromagnetism and light.

Veronica Arriaga

Undergraduate Researcher
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Professor Roya Maboudian (Advisor)
B.S. 2024 (Anticipated)

Kamyar Behrouzi

Graduate Student Researcher
Mechanical Engineering
Professor Liwei Lin (Advisor)
Ph.D. 2024 (Anticipated)

Kamyar Behrouzi is an Iranian researcher, currently pursuing a Ph.D. in MEMS and NEMS at the University of California, Berkeley. He holds an academic background with a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in mechanical engineering, both with honors, from the University of Tehran, the top university in Iran. Presently, Kamyar is dedicated to cutting-edge research in Nanophotonics, integrated photonics, and computer vision, focusing on innovative applications in protein and nucleic acid sensing.

Noelle Davis

Graduate Student Researcher
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
Professor Ali Javey (Advisor)
Ph.D. 2025 (Anticipated)

Noelle received her B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Caltech in 2020. She is now pursuing her PhD as an NDSEG fellow under the supervision of Prof. Ali Javey. Her research is focused on electrochemical sensing technologies for athletic and healthcare applications, in particular developing and using sweat sensors to understand how non-invasive parameters can reflect deeper physiology. On the side, she rides bikes with Cal Cycling.

Mingzheng Duan

Postdoctoral Researcher
Mechanical Engineering
Professor Liwei Lin (Advisor)

Chun-Yuan Fan

Postdoctoral Researcher
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
Professor Ming C. Wu (Advisor)

Chun-Yuan Fan received Ph.D. in Photonics and Optoelectronics from National Taiwan University in 2021. He is a professional in photonics and optical system design. His doctoral research field was related to metasurface with an optimization algorithm for advanced optical systems, including the electrically modulated metalens, ultrawide angle, and broadband achromatic metalens. He also established and designed a deep learning system for the company. After his Ph.D., he did a half-year postdoc at the original lab and proposed advanced optimization for the optical component, such as the...

Wei Foo

Graduate Student Researcher
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
Professor Jun-Chau Chien (Advisor)
Ph.D. 2029 (Anticipated)

Yuan Gao

Graduate Student Researcher
Mechanical Engineering
Professor Liwei Lin (Advisor)
Ph.D. 2028 (Anticipated)

Kadircan Godeneli

Graduate Student Researcher
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
Professor Alp Sipahigil (Advisor)
Ph.D. 2026 (Anticipated)
Kadircan received his B.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Physics from Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey in 2021. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in the Quantum Devices Group at UC Berkeley under the supervision of Prof. Alp Sipahigil.