People

Principle Investigator

Professor Stephen B. Cronin

Professor of Electrical Engineering, Physics, Chemistry
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering,

Department of Physics,
Department of Chemistry,

Email: scronin@usc.edu, Phone: (213)-740-8787

Brief Biosketch

Current Lab Members

Boxin Zhang, Ph.D. Student, Materials Science

B.S. in Material Science and Engineering, Donghua University, 2017
M.S. in Material Engineering, University of Southern California, 2020
Email: boxinzha@usc.edu
Boxin is working on novel catalysts development and intermediates study for CO₂ reduction.

Sizhe Weng, Ph.D. Student, Electrical Engineering

B.S. in Physics, Lanzhou University, 2018
M.S. in Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, 2020
Email: sizhewen@usc.edu
Sizhe is working on single photon emission and the cross-plane and in-plane thermoelectric study on 2D materials.

Ruoxi Li, Ph.D. Student, Materials Science

B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, 2017
M.S. in Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, 2020
Email: ruoxil@usc.edu
Ruoxi is working on SERS mechanism study and TiO₂ passivated TMDC monolayers for water splitting and CO₂ reduction.

Caleb Medchill, Ph.D. Student, Electrical Engineering

B.S. in Physics 2021, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Email: medchill@usc.edu
Caleb is working on plasma-enhanced combustion.

Haley Weinstein, Ph.D. Student, Electrical Engineering

B.S. Electrical Engineering, M.S. Electrical Engineering, 2021 Northeastern University
Email: haweinst@usc.edu
Haley is working on quantum information theory and quantum communications.

Mariano Rubio, Ph.D. Student, Mechanical Engineering

A.S. Automotive Technology, Toyota T-TEN Program, Citrus College, June 2004
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, California State Polytechnic University Pomona, May 2018
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Thermal-Fluids Emphasis, California State Polytechnic University Pomona, May 2022
Email: rubiomar@usc.edu
Mariano is working on transient pulsed plasma combustion ignition applications research and zero-carbon fuel-based combustion research.

Rifat Shahriar, Ph.D. Student, Electrical Engineering

Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (2021)
Email: rshahria@usc.edu
Rifat is working on graphene electrode electrochemistry and semiconductor photocatalysis.

Yu Yun Wang, Ph.D. Student, Electrical Engineering

B.S. in Applied Chemistry, National Chiao Tung University, 2017
M.S. in Applied Chemistry, National Chiao Tung University, 2019
Email: yuyun@usc.edu
Yu Yun is working on graphene functionalization and electrochemical cell research.

Curtis Hauck, Ph.D. Student, Electrical Engineering

B.S. in Physics from California State University Channel Islands

Email: chauck@usc.edu

Curtis is working on low temperature plasma discharge in various states of matter to drive new forms of energy related chemistry.

Ehsan Shamsi, Ph.D. Student, Physical Chemistry

M.S. in Optics and lasers, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), 2022
Email: Eshamsi@usc.edu
Ehsan is working on surface plasmon resonant metal gratings to induce and probe the dielectric responses.