Babak Parviz received his graduate degrees from the University of Michigan in Physics and Electrical Engineering. From 2000 to 2001 he was at Nanovation Technologies Inc. as a device designer and product manager. From 2001 to 2003 he was a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University. He joined the Electrical Engineering Department at the University of Washington as an assistant professor in October 2003.  Babak is a member of the American Association for Advancement of Science, Sigma Xi, American Chemical Society, American Academy of NanoMedicine, and IEEE. He has received the Distinguished Achievement Award from the Electrical Engineering Department of the University of Michigan, the Bronze Medal from the 22nd International Physics Olympiad, and the First Prize of the Kharazmi Award for designing a single-engine airplane.  He has some unsubstantiated claims about soccer skills. When he is not in his office working, he is probably somewhere else, well . . . working!

Ranjana received her PhD in Chemistry from Indian Institute of Technology Mumbai, India in 2001. There she studied the interactions of Cytochrome c and Ribonuclease A with some aqueous alcohol solutions employing thermodynamic approach. She then moved on to the Department of Physiology and Biophysics in Boston University School of Medicine for her post doctorate and was involved in the studies of folding, structure and stability of human apolipoprotein C-1, its mutant forms, and their complexes with lipids. In 2002, she joined the Department of Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Washington, Seattle to study Glutamine sythetase, the probable enzyme involved in pathogenesis of tuberculosis. Later in 2005, she decided to explore the world of nanotechnology and so joined the Group in the Electrical Engineering Department. She works on developing ultra-fast electronic genome sequencing methods. Her second project focuses on using genetically engineered polypeptides for the bottom-up self-assembly of nano-scale devices. Away from work, she likes spending time with her husband and their little princess, Tania.

Maryam joined the group in 2006 to work on developing nano-scale transduction mechanisms for direct electronic detection of biomolecules. In her PhD (2005), she studied metal to insulator transition in two dimensional electron systems. After PhD she worked on two different projects at UC Berkeley. One was to study magnetic and transport properties of amorphous MnSi thin films and the second one was concerned with using carbon nanotube (CNT) field effect transistors as gas sensors.

Jianchun Dong received his Ph.D. degree in Biochemistry from the Kansas State University in 2001. He is currently pursuing his second Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering at the University of Washington. His current work focuses on nanofabrication, self-assembly, and conversion of molecular recognition and binding events into electrical signals. In his spare time (like, there is any!), he likes to enjoy his time with his wife and son. He also likes to explore hiking trails around Seattle area.

Chris Morris received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of Washington, Seattle, in 1998 and 2000, respectively. From 2001-2002, he worked at Micronics, Inc. where he modeled, built, and tested microfluidic devices for medical diagnostic and life sciences applications. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in electrical engineering at the University of Washington. Research interests include self-assembly in fluids to integrate micrometer-sized components from different fabrication processes, and to form three-dimensional structures and circuits. He received the IEEE Electron Devices Society Scholarship in 2005, and the U.S. Department of Defense SMART Graduate Fellowship for 2005-2006. When not in the lab, Chris enjoys time with his wife trying to self-assemble legos with his three sons.

http://students.washington.edu/cjmorris/

Samuel Kim received his BS in 1999 and MS in 2001 from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. After graduation, he worked for Illumina, Inc., a biotechnology company in San Diego, CA. He worked there as a Senior Engineer on robotics, automation, and software development for DNA microarray technologies. He began pursuing a PhD in Electrical Engineering and Nanotechnology in 2004 at the University of Washington. His research interests are in the area of biophotonic and optoelectronic devices. He is currently working with Professors Parviz and Meldrum to develop a novel platform which has the capacity and throughput necessary for the analysis of single cell variation.

After growing up in Alaska and getting his B.S. in Computer Engineering at Washington State University, John finally decided to join civilization by attending UW. As a member of Prof. Parviz's group, John is working on constructing nano-scale electronic devices using self-assembly guided by DNA; and direct conversion of molecular recognition and binding events to electronic signals. Outside of school John enjoys spending time with friends and his wife Brie. His hobbies include baseball, basketball, and driving.

Harvey joined the group in autumn 2004 as an undergraduate student and worked on material deposition and self-assembly on microfabricated components. His background is in embedded systems and circuit design. He has since received his BSEE from the UW and is now working on his MSEE. His research project involves microfabrication on unconventional substrates and GHz RF power transmission to Microsystems. Outside of electrical engineering, Harvey enjoys skiing, cooking (competitively of course!), traveling, and listening to music.

Ehsan has received his B.Sc degree from Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, and joined Prof.Parviz' group as graduate student in Sep, 2005. He is working on integrating organic electronic and optoelectronic components onto single platforms using self-assembly.

Angela Shum earned a BSEE at Caltech in 2000 and a MSEE at UCLA in 2003. At UCLA, she researched a MEMS implementation for spray cooling of LDMOSFETs. Her other fabrication research experiences include internships at Sandia National Labs and Hughes Research Labs. Her project at Sandia investigated the process for making masks used for the X-ray lithography step of LIGA, a procedure for making high aspect ratio microparts. At HRL, she helped develop a patented process for conforming electronics to arbitrary surfaces including those with 2D curvatures. Before attending UW, she also worked as a systems engineer at the Space and Airborne Systems division of Raytheon Company. Currently, Angela is pursuing a PhD in Nanotechnology working on hybrid solid-state/biological manufacturing processes and single cell analysis systems. Besides school, her main interests include napping, relaxing with friends, and not driving. She also finds joy in eating candy.

Andrei Afanasiev has received a B.A. degree in Physics and a minor in Electrical Engineering from UC Berkeley in 2005. At UCB he researched thermal and electronic properties, novel synthesis methods and manipulation techniques of carbon and BN nanotubes. After graduating he worked for a year at AMD/Spansion as a Process Engineer developing the 65 and 45 nanometer SONOS-type flash memory. Having joined Prof. Parviz' group in 2006 as a PhD student, Andrei is working on designing nanoscale electronic sensors capable of detecting biomolecules at   concentrations pertinent to single cell measurements. Outside of lab he enjoys - depending on the season - skiing, snowboarding, sailing and hiking

After completing a BS degree in biology, Coretta completed a second BS degree in Electrical Engineering. She left Florida International University in Miami to start graduate school at the University of Washington in 2006. Coretta works on using proteins and genetically engineered polypeptides for guided self-assembly of inorganic structures from the bottom up.

Lisa Oh is currently a senior in electrical engineering. She joined the Group via NASA SURP (Summer Undergraduate Research Program) in 2006 working on patterning molecules on surfaces and developing ultra-fast genome sequencing techniques. After graduation, Lisa plans to further her study in electrical engineering in graduate school.

James is a senior working on his BSEE and hopes to attend graduate school here at UW in Fall 2008. He recently completed an internship at Mass. Electric Construction Co. working with fiber optic cable and communication specifications. Just before school started, James backpacked through Europe for three weeks and ended the trip in Munich for Oktoberfest. Along with traveling, he likes to hike, camp, play sports, and learn.

Louis Draghi is a junior in the Electrical Engineering Department. Louis joined the group as part of the Intel Research Experience for Undergraduates. He works on developing methods for self-assembling heterogeneous microsystems. He has had several internships with Hewlett-Packard (photolithography group) and one with Boeing. Louis likes playing basketball and is a big Seahawks fan.

Sunny is a senior in the department of Electrical Engineering, planning to specialize in Integrated Circuit Design. He also hopes to obtain MSEE at UW. Last summer Sunny worked at Puget Sound Energy as an intern where he helped senior engineers with distribution projects. He then worked at PMC-Sierra (Portland) as a co-op from Sep. 2006 to March 2007 where he executed PMC's DFT (Design For Test) and STA (Static Timing Analysis) flows on HP ASICs. He joined the group as part of the Intel REU program. In his spare time, he likes to workout and play basketball. He is also a huge Seahawks fan.

Xiaorong Xiang, Postdoctoral Associate (currently at Intel)

Sean Stauth, MS (currently at Accenture Labs)

Keith Jenkins, Undergraduate Student (currently at Boeing)

Nick Pounders, Undergraduate Student (currently at Intel)

Wesley Wang, Undergraduate Student (currently at Hewlett-Packard)

Walt Wyman, Undergraduate Student (senior, EE)