Researcher

Theodorus Jonathan Wijaya

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

Theodorus is a Ph.D. student at The University of Tokyo, and he is currently working on ink-based optoelectronic devices in the Javey group as a visiting researcher for two years. This project is a collaboration between the Javey group and the Someya group of The University of Tokyo with the end goal of fabricating flexible mid-infrared sensors for biomedical applications. Before this project, he finished his B.Eng. course at The University of Tokyo in 2021 with experiences in solar cells, spintronics, and oxide electronics. He also finished his M.Eng. course at the same university in 2023...

Chao Wu

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

Fan Xia

Graduate Student Researcher
Mechanical Engineering
Professor Liwei Lin (Advisor)
Ph.D. 2026 (Anticipated)

Wei Xu

Visiting Scholar Researcher
Mechanical Engineering
Professor Liwei Lin (Advisor)
Visiting Scholar 2024 to present

Dr. Wei Xu is a distinguished overseas talent under the Shenzhen Peacock Program and a senior member of IEEE. He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in engineering from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 2010 and 2013, respectively, and completed his PhD at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2017. Since joining the School of Electronic and Information Engineering at Shenzhen University in 2018 (Associate Prof.), he has also become a visiting scholar at UC Berkeley since 2024. His research primarily focuses on CMOS-MEMS/MEMS integrated sensor...

Desheng Yao

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

Umut Can Yener

Graduate Student Researcher
Mechanical Engineering
Professor Liwei Lin (Advisor)
Ph.D. 2029 (Anticipated)

Umut Can Yener received his B.Sc. in mechanical engineering from Middle East Technical University in Turkey. For this M.Sc. degree, he joined Bio-integrated Microdevices Laboratory (BMDL) at Koc University, where he worked on wearable ultrasonic devices for continuous monitoring applications and passive ultrasonic communication systems. Currently, Umut is a Ph.D. student at the University of California Berkeley as a Fulbright scholar. He is interested in medical devices and continuous monitoring systems.

Kerry Yu

Graduate Student Researcher
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
Professor Alp Sipahigil (Advisor)
Ph.D. 2029 (Anticipated)

Kerry Yu is a Ph.D. candidate in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS) at UC Berkeley, advised by Prof. Alp Sipahigil. He earned his M.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from UCLA and High Honors B.Sc. in EECS from UC Berkeley. His current research focuses on the intersection between microwave and phononic engineering to mitigate the decoherence of superconducting qubits. Kerry is also a recipient of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.

Titan Yuan

Graduate Student Researcher
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
Professor Kristofer S.J. Pister (Advisor)
Ph.D. 2027 (Anticipated)

Titan received his B.S. and M.S. in EECS from UC Berkeley in 2019 and 2020, respectively, advised by Prof. Kris Pister. After graduating, he spent two years in industry working on radar embedded software and signal processing for autonomous vehicles. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in EECS, also advised by Prof. Kris Pister, with an interest in wireless sensor networks, RFICs, and RF/wireless sensing.

Wei Yue

Graduate Student Researcher
Mechanical Engineering
Professor Liwei Lin (Advisor)
Ph.D. 2026 (Anticipated)

Wei Yue received his B.S. in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from Peking University in 2021. He is currently pursuing Ph.D. in MEMS/Nano in Mechanical Engineering at UC Berkeley under the supervision of Professor Liwei Lin.

Yifei Zhan

Graduate Student Researcher
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
Professor Ali Javey (Advisor)
Ph.D. 2029 (Anticipated)