About me

Hello and welcome to my corner of the web!

I am a PhD student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Cornell University, where I work on the design, synthesis, and nanofabrication of wide‑bandgap semiconductors and their devices.

My background in physics began at IIT Kanpur, where I completed my bachelor’s degree in 2023. Over the years my interests wandered—from psychology to neuroscience to the AUV team—before finally settling into the world of semiconductor physics. After graduating, I moved to Ithaca to join the Jena‑Xing Group at Cornell University.

My current work focuses on the design, growth, and characterization of nitride and oxide semiconductors. I’ve worked with materials such as AlGaN, AlScN, AlYN, AlBN, and α-(Al,Ga)₂O₃. A good portion of my time is spent in the cleanroom and photonics lab, and occasionally on the MOCVD reactor (and sometimes the MBE system).

Whether I’m working on making DUV Lasers or exploring ferroelectric nitrides, I enjoy the balance between theoretical modeling and the practical realities of the lab. I’m always looking for ways to bridge ideas across people, materials, and scales.

Outside the cleanroom, I served as President of the Electron Devices Society (EDS) at Cornell, where I helped organize seminars and build a community for fellow researchers.

When I’m not in the lab, I like watching movies, playing (and making mods for) Minecraft, mentoring newer students in our group, and building Python‑based tools to automate laboratory measurements.

This site is a simple collection of the projects, papers, and technical puzzles I’ve worked on over the years. Feel free to look around — and reach out if you’d like to chat!