Our group’s research is part of MIT’s Research Laboratory for Electronics (RLE) and Microsystems Technology Laboratories (MTL).
Principal Investigator
Suraj Cheema
sscheema@mit.edu
[Office] 13-5034
[Phone] 617-253-0219
MIT | Incoming Assistant Professor | Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering (DMSE); Dept. of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (EECS) | 2024-Current
MIT | Principal Investigator & Visting Scientist | Research Laboratory of Electronics | 2023-
U.C. Berkeley | Postdoc | Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Dept. | 2021-2024
MIT Lincoln Laboratory | Research Intern | Advanced Technology Division | 2021
U.C. Berkeley | Ph.D. | Materials Science & Engineering Dept. | 2021
Philips Research | Research Intern | Clinical Informatics | 2012-2013
Columbia University | B.S. | Applied Physics & Applied Mathematics Dept.; Pre-Medical | 2012
Administrative Assistant
Kathryn Simons
kesimons@mit.edu
[Office] 13-5062
Postdoctoral Researchers & Visiting Scientists
Piush Behera
pbehera@mit.edu
Postdoc | MIT | RLE | 2024-
Ph.D. | Berkeley | MSE | 2024
B.S. | UIUC | MSE | 2019
Hongkai Ning
hongkai@mit.edu
Postdoc | MIT | RLE | 2025–
Ph.D. | Nanjing | EE | 2024
B.S. | Huazhong University of Science and Technology | EE | 2018
Atharva Sahasrabudhe
atharva@mit.edu
Co-advised: Prof. Jeehwan Kim
Postdoc | MIT | RLE | 2025–
Research Scientist | MIT | RLE | 2024-2025
Ph.D. | MIT | Physical Chemistry | 2024
B.S.-M.S. | IISER-Kolkata | ECE | 2017
Hyunho Seok
dddsjk@skku.edu
Visiting Scientist | MIT | RLE | 2025-
M.S. & Ph.D. | SKKU | Nanoscience & Tech | 2025
B.S. | SKKU | MechE | 2019
Feras Al-Dirini
aldirini@mit.edu
Visiting Scientist | MIT | RLE | 2024-
Senior Research Scientist | Queen’s University | School of Computing | 2024-
Assistant Professor | King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals | EE | 2017-2024
Lecturer | Univ. of Melbourne | EEE | 2015-2017
Ph.D. | Univ. of Melbourne | EEE | 2015
B.S. | Princess Sumaya Univ. for Technology | EE | 2011
Jangsaeng Kim [alumni]
jangskim@mit.edu
Assistant Professor | Sogang University | Electronic Engineering & System Semiconductor Engineering | 2025–
Postdoc | MIT | RLE | 2024-2025
Postdoc | Seoul National Univ. | Inter-University Semiconductor Research Center | 2024
Ph.D. | Seoul National Univ. | ECE | 2024
B.S. | Seoul National Univ. | ECE | 2018
Wonjun Shin [alumni]
swj0107@mit.edu
Assistant Professor | Sungkyunkwan University | Semiconductor Convergence Engineering | 2024-
Postdoc & Visiting Scientist | MIT | RLE | 2024-2025
Postdoc | Seoul National Univ. | Inter-University Semiconductor Research Center | 2023-2024
Ph.D. | Seoul National Univ. | ECE | 2023
B.S. | Seoul National Univ. | ECE | 2017
Graduate Scientists
Dooyong Koh
dooyong@mit.edu
Co-Advised: Prof. Marc Baldo
PhD Student | MIT | EECS | 2022-
B.S. | SNU | MSE & ECE | 2022
Yejin Hong
yjhong@mit.edu
PhD Student | MIT | EECS | 2024-
M.S. | Berkeley | MSE | 2024
B.S. | Berkeley | ChemE | 2023
Aditya Dev Varma
advarma@mit.edu
Co-Advised: Prof. Tomas Palacios
PhD Student | MIT | EECS | 2024-
M.S. | Berkeley | EECS | 2024
B.S. | Berkeley | CS | 2023
Qinyuan (Sophia) Xue
xueq@mit.edu
PhD Student | MIT | EECS | 2024-
B.S. | Berkeley | EECS & MSE | 2024
Gregory Muha
gregmuha@mit.edu
PhD Student | MIT | EECS | 2024-
B.S. & M.S. | Cincinnati | EE | 2024
Mateusz Czajka
mczajka@mit.edu
PhD Student | MIT | EECS | 2024-
M.S. | Manchester | Physics | 2024
Joseph Schaadt
jschaadt@mit.edu
PhD Student | MIT | EECS | 2025–
M.S. | Berkeley | MechE | 2021
B.S. | Villanova | MechE | 2015
Kangkyu Kwon
kkwon2@mit.edu
Co-Advised: Prof. Jeehwan Kim
PhD Student | MIT | MechE | 2024–
M.S. | Georgia Tech | ECE | 2024
B.S. | Georgia Tech & KAIST | ECE & EE | 2022
Shaw Woei (Arthur) Chiu
chiu421@mit.edu
PhD Student | MIT | DMSE | 2024-
B.S. | National Tsing Hua | MSE | 2023
Andrew Danbury
adanbury@mit.edu
PhD Student | MIT | DMSE | 2024-
B.S. | Michigan | MSE | 2024
Benjamin Luijten
luijten@mit.edu
PhD Student | MIT | DMSE | 2024-
B.S. | Northwestern | MSE & Econ | 2024
Aditya Rao
adirao@mit.edu
PhD Student | MIT | DMSE | 2024-
B.A. | UPenn | MSE & Phys | 2024
Kaylynn Chen
ckaylynn@mit.edu
Visiting Researcher | MIT | 2024-
B.S. | Columbia | MSE | 2024
Mingqiang Li
mq.li@mail.utoronto.ca
Visiting Student | MIT | 2025
PhD Student | U Toronto | MSE | 2020-2025
M.Sc. | Peking | Cond Matt Phys | 2020
B.S. | Zhengzhou | MSE | 2016
Moboluwagbe (Bolu) Adesanmi
boluadesanmi@g.harvard.edu
Co-Advised: Prof. Gage Hills
PhD Student | Harvard | Appl. Phys. | 2024-
B.S. | Villanova | Phys | 2024
Minuk Lee
mlee687@gatech.edu
Visiting Student | MIT | 2025
M.S. Student | Georgia Tech | CS | 2024-
B.S. | Georgia Tech & KAIST | ECE & EE/Phys | 2022
Undergraduate Students
Suraj Reddy
surajrdy@mit.edu
B.S. | MIT | Course 3 & 6 | 2028
Maya Zavatsky
mrz_sky@mit.edu
B.S. | MIT | Course 2 & 3 | 2028
Alexis Meneses
lexis789@mit.edu
B.S. | MIT | Course 3 | 2028
Aneesh Sharma
anee123@mit.edu
B.S. | MIT | Course 3 | 2028
Key Collaborators
without whom our work on integrated ferroelectrics would not have been possible
Mohamed Mohamed
mo26480@mit.edu
Team Lead, Principal Investigator, Staff Scientist | MIT Lincoln Laboratory | 2016-
Research Scientist & Lecturer | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 2012-2016
Asst. Director Educational Programs | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | Computational Science & Engineering | 2013-2016
Ph.D. | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | Electrical & Computer Engineering | 2012