Brian S. Y. Kim
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Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Brian Kim is an assistant professor of materials science and engineering at the University of Arizona. He conducted his postdoctoral research in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Physics at Columbia University from 2018 to 2023. He received his PhD in electrical engineering from Stanford University in 2018. His research interests include designing and engineering low-dimensional quantum materials and heterostructures from the atomic level to the system level for a new generation of electronic, photonic and quantum technologies. His group do so using a state-of-the-art device fabrication and characterization approaches, ranging from robotic nano-manufacturing and reconfigurable device architectures to nano-optical imaging. His group mix and match these approaches to better understand new emergent phenomena and discover new functionalities in quantum materials.
Degrees
- PhD: electrical engineering, Stanford University, 2018
- MS: electrical engineering, Stanford University, 2013
- BS: electrical engineering, Northwestern University, 2011
Work Experience
- 2024 — present: Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Arizona
- 2018 — 2023: Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Physics, Columbia University
Interests
Research Interests
2D quantum materials and heterostructures, experimental condensed matter and materials physics, light-matter interactions, nano-optics and plasmonics, nanoelectronics, quantum devices, NEMS, robotic nano-manufacturing, nanofabrication
Teaching Interests
Semiconductor materials and processing, micro/nano device fabrication, and fundamentals of materials science and engineering
Scholarship
20 refereed publications, one patent (South Korea)