Researcher

Daniel Teal

Postdoctoral Researcher
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
Professor Kristofer S.J. Pister (Advisor)
Ph.D. 2024, PostDoc 2025 to present

EECS PhD student under Prof. Kristofer Pister; previously earned a BS mechanical engineering / math from the University of Texas at Austin. Studies MEMS and microfabrication. Interested in making microfabrication faster and easier.

Megan Teng

Graduate Student Researcher
Mechanical Engineering
Professor Liwei Lin (Advisor)
Ph.D. 2027 (Anticipated)

Megan Teng is a Ph.D. student in Mechanical Engineering at UC Berkeley, specializing in MEMS, sensor design, and machine learning. Her research focuses on PMUT-based volumetric environment sensing. She holds dual bachelor’s degrees in Mechanical Engineering and International Business from National Taiwan University and is a recipient of the Katherine & James Lau Fellowship.

Ya-Chen (Justine) Tsai

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

Ya-Chen (Justine) Tsai is now a second year PhD student in EECS Department, UC Berkeley. She received her B.S. in National Taiwan University, Department of Electrical Engineering in 2023. Her research interest focuses on CMOS-based microsystems for biosensing, especially the application catered to electrochemical aptamer-based sensing.

BSAC Spring 2024 Research Review Presenter

Peggy Tsao

Graduate Student Researcher
Mechanical Engineering
Professor Liwei Lin (Advisor)
Ph.D. 2027 (Anticipated)

Peggy Tsao received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from National Taiwan University in 2020. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D., major in Design and minor in MEMS/Nano in Mechanical Engineering at UC Berkeley under the supervision of Prof. Liwei Lin and is expected to graduate in 2027.

Shifan Wang

Visiting Scholar Researcher
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
Professor Ali Javey (Advisor)
Ph.D. 2024 (Anticipated)

Shu Wang

Graduate Student Researcher
Materials Science and Engineering
Professor Ali Javey (Advisor)
Ph.D. 2026 (Anticipated)

Zhen Wang

Postdoctoral Researcher
Materials Science & Engineering
Professor Rayne Zheng (Advisor)

Zihan Wang

Postdoctoral Researcher
Mechanical Engineering
Professor Liwei Lin (Advisor)
PostDoc 2024 to present

Zihan Wang received his Ph.D. degree in Data Science and Information Technology at Tsinghua University in 2024. He is currently a postdoctoral researcher in Professor Liwei Lin's lab focusing on liquid metal-based sensors and actuators.

Tzu-Chiao Wei

Postdoctoral Researcher
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Professor Roya Maboudian (Advisor)

BSAC Fall 2024 Research Review Presenter

Theodorus Jonathan Wijaya

Visiting Scholar Researcher
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
Professor Ali Javey (Advisor)
Ph.D. 2026 (Anticipated)

Theodorus is a Ph.D. candidate at The University of Tokyo and a visiting researcher in the Javey group at UC Berkeley for two years. His research focuses on solution-processed optoelectronic devices as part of a collaboration between the Javey group and the Someya group at The University of Tokyo, aiming to develop flexible mid-infrared electronics and explore their biomedical applications. He earned his B.Eng. and M.Eng. from The University of Tokyo in 2021 and 2023, respectively, with research experience in spintronics, solar cells, and organic electronics.