People

Current Members

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Jan Schroers

Phone: 203-432-4346
Room: Becton 217
Email: jan.schroers@yale.edu
Education:
1992: B.S, Physics, University of Cologne
1994: MS, Physics, University of Cologne
1997: Ph.D, Physics, RWTH Aachen
2002: PostDoc, Materials Science, California Institute of Technology

Salena Huang

Room: Becton 208A
Email: salena.huang@yale.edu
Education:
2018: B.SE, Biomedical Engineering, Duke University
2019: MS, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Duke University
2020-ongoing: Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Yale University
Research Interests: Metallic Glasses

Hansung Lee

Room: Becton 208A
Email: hansung.lee@yale.edu
Education:
2016: B.S, Materials Science and Engineering, Ajou University
2024: Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, Ajou University
2025-ongoing: Postdoctoral Researcher, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Yale University
Research Interests: High-Entropy Alloys, Materials Design, Microstructure, Powder Metallurgy, Metallic Glasses, Additive Manufacturing, Strengthening Mechanism

Michael Aderibigbe

Room: Becton 219
Email: michael.aderibigbe@yale.edu
Education:
2019: B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, Lagos State University
2022-ongoing: Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Yale University
Research Interests: Sustainable Metallurgy, Nano-fabrication

Yifei He

Room: Becton 219
Email: yifei.he@yale.edu
Education:
2022: B.S, Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology
2023: MS, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Yale University
2023-ongoing: Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Yale University
Research Interests: Machine Learning, Metallic Glasses

Yi-Xiang Yang

Room: Becton 208A
Email: yi-xiang.yang@yale.edu
Education:
2021: B.S, Materials Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
2021-ongoing: Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Yale University
Research Interests: Metallic Glasses, Nano-fabrication

Sungwoo Sohn

Room: Becton 208A
Email: sungwoo.sohn@yale.edu
Education:
2005: B.S, Materials Science and Engineering, Yonsei University
2013: Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, Yonsei University
Ongoing: Associate Research Scientist, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Yale University
Research Interests: Electron Microscopy, Phase Transformations, Combinatorial Materials Science, Alloy Design, Nano molding, Sustainable Metallurgy, Metallic Glasses, High Entropy Alloys

Abinish Kumar Dutta

Room: Becton 208A
Email: abinish.dutta@yale.edu
Education:
2018: B.E, Mechanical Engineering, Kathmandu University
2021: MS, Aerospace Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology
2023-ongoing: Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Yale University
Research Interests: Metallic Glasses and their applications, Electrospray Propulsion

Lily Behnke

Room: Becton 219
Email: lily.behnke@yale.edu
Education:
2021: B.S, Mechanical Engineering, University of Dayton
2022: M.S, Aerospace Engineering,  University of Dayton
2022-ongoing: Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Yale University
Research Interests: Metallic Glasses, Wearable Technology

Alex Gibbs

Room: Becton 219
Email: alex.gibbs@yale.edu
Education:
2022: B.S, Materials Science and Engineering: NanoMaterials & NanoEngineering, University of Washington, Seattle
2025-ongoing: Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Yale University
Research Interests: Nano Materials, Nano fabrication, Nano Molding, Characterization

Alumni

  • Ethen Lund (Associate at McKinsey & Company)

  • Guannan Liu (Quantitative Researcher at Two Sigma)

  • Arindam Raj (Postdoc at Northwestern University)

  • Jianbo Pang (Ph.D. at Xi’an Jiao Tong University)

  • Naijia Liu (Postdoc at Northwestern University)

  • Rodrigo Miguel Ojeda Mota (Lam Research)

  • Sebastian A. Kube (Faculty at University of Wisconsin-Madison)

  • Terry Yujun Xie (Faculty at Shanghai Jiao Tong University)

  • Shiyan Ding (Chief People Officer, Yum China)

  • Shaofan Zhao (Faculty at Qian Xuesen Laboratory, CAST)

  • Baran Sarac (Erich Schmid Institute, ÖAW)

  • Michael Kanik (Partner at McKinsey Consulting)

  • Wen Chen (Faculty at UMass Amherst)

  • Yanglin Li (Machine Learning Engineer at Square)

  • Punnathat Bordeenithikasem (JPL/NASA)

  • Jittisa Ketkaew (Principal Innovation Scientist, Bloom Energy)

  • Jingbei Liu (Software Engineer at Wing, San Francisco)

  • Golden Kumar (Faculty at University of Texas at Dallas)

  • Ze Liu (Faculty at Wuhan University)

  • Sundeep Mukherjee (Faculty at University of North Texas)

  • Kate Jensen (Faculty at Williams College)

  • Pan Gong (Faculty at Huazhong University of Science and Technology)

  • Yanhui Liu (Faculty at the Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)