Jing Kong
Professor of Electrical Engineering (RLE Bio)
Email: jingkong@mit.edu
Phone: (617) 324-4068
Fax: (617) 324-5293
MIT Room 13-3065
Professor Jing Kong is a principal investigator in the Research Laboratory of Electronics (RLE) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She received the B.S in chemistry from Peking University in 1997 and the Ph.D. in chemistry from Stanford University in 2002. From 2002 to 2003, she was a research scientist at NASA Ames Research Center, and from 2003 to 2004, she was a postdoctoral researcher at Delft University. She joined the MIT faculty in 2004 in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
Professor Kong is member of the American Chemical Society, the American Physical Society, and the Materials Research Society. She received the 2001 Foresight Distinguished Student Award in Nanotechnology in 2001, the Stanford Annual Reviews Prize in Physical Chemistry in 2002, and the MIT 3M Award in 2005.
Administrative Assistant
Postdoctoral Fellows and Associates
Tianyi Zhang
Email | Website | LinkedIn | Publication | 13-3073
Two-dimensional materials
Vapor phase synthesis
Optical spectroscopy
Zachariah Hennighausen
Email | LinkedIn | Publication | 13-3033
Two-dimensional (2D) quantum materials
Van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures
Interfacial interactions between crystals
Exciton engineering and its applications
Condensed matter physics
Kenan Zhang
Email | LinkedIn | Publication | 13-3021
Two-dimensional materials and heterostructures
Chemical vapor deposition
Photodetectors
Tilo H. Yang
Email | LinkedIn | Publication | 13-3077
Wafer bonding
Solid-state thermodynamics
Two-dimensional materials
Kyung Yeol Ma
Email | LinkedIn | Publication | 13-3073
Growth and application of 2D materials
Fabrication and characterization of 2D heterostructures
Jianfeng Jiang
Email | LinkedIn | Publication | 13-3025
Ultra-scale ballistic transistors, nano electronics, integrated circuits
Two-dimensional materials
Hongkai Ning
Email | LinkedIn | Publication | 13-3037
2D material physics and electronics
Hf-based ferroelectric materials and memory
Brain-inspired devices and Software-Hardware Co-optimization
Graduate Students
Xudong (Sheldon) Zheng
Email | LinkedIn | Publication | 13-3073
Low-dimensional materials
Chemical vapor deposition
Microelectronics�
Meng-Chi (Ed) Chen
Email | LinkedIn | Publication | 13-3025
Automation of two-dimensional material synthesis and characterization
Application of machine learning on material synthesis process optimization
AI-empowered automatic 2D material im
Visiting Students and Scholars
Alumni
Sungmi Jung
Email | LinkedIn | LinkedIn | Publication | 13-3073 (PostDoc, Nov 2012 - Jun 2016)
Plant sensor, biosensor, aerogel, hydrogel, battery
Current Affiliation: Korea Institute of Toxicology, Jinju, South Gyeongsang, South Korea
Allen Hsu
Email | LinkedIn | Publication | 13-3077 (PhD student, Sep 2006 – Dec 2014)
Micro-robotics, magnetic, semiconductor devices, materials
Current Affiliation: SRI International
Kyeong-Jae Lee
Email | LinkedIn | Publication | 13-3077 (PhD student, Sep 2005 - Jan 2012)
Low-power digital design, graphene interconnects
Current Affiliation: Rebellions
Mario Hofmann
Email | LinkedIn | Publication | 13-3037 (PhD student, graduate researcher, Sep 2005 - July 2012)
Nanostructured 2D materials, graphene and carbon nanostructures.
Advanced characterization and metrology, device-oriented applications of nanomaterials
Current Affiliation: Department of Physics, National Taiwan University
Ya-Ping Hsieh
Email | Website | LinkedIn | Publication | (Visiting student, Oct 2007 - Aug 2009; PostDoc, Apr 2010 - Jan 2011)
Nanoscience, graphene
Two-dimensional synthesis and application
Current Affiliation: Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Minseok Choi
Email | LinkedIn | Publication | 13-3033 (PhD student, 2007 - 2012)
Graphene synthesis, chemical vapor deposition
Transparent conductive graphene, multilayer graphene for electrode applications
Current Affiliation:
Daniela Lopes Mafra
Email | LinkedIn | Publication | 13-3094 (Visiting student, 2010 - 2011; PostDoc Dec 2012 - Jan 2016)
Graphene, raman spectroscopy, CVD, PECVD (Plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition)
Current Affiliation: Infineon Technologies
Tingying (Helen) Zeng
Email | LinkedIn | Publication | 13-3033 (PostDoc, 2011-2014)
Graphene, (Titanium Dioxide), self-assembly
Current Affiliation: Academy for Advanced Research and Development (AARD)
Daniel Nezich
Email | LinkedIn | Publication | 13-3073 (PostDoc, Jun 2010 - Jun 2012)
Graphene, Carbon Nanotubes (CNT), Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD), (Hexagonal Boron Nitride)
Current Affiliation: Lincoln Laboratory
Ki Kang Kim
Email | Website | Publication | 13-3026 (Apr 2009 - Aug 2012, PostDoc)
Carbon nanotube, hexagonal boron nitride, graphene
Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs)
Current Affiliation: Department of Energy Science, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea
Hyesung Park
Email | Website | LinkedIn | Publication | 13-3033 (PhD student, Sep 2008- Jun 2012)
Graphene, transition metal dichalcogenides,
Renewable & sustainable energy, olar cells, bioelectronics
Current Affiliation: Department of Integrative Energy Engineering, Korea University, South Korea
Yi-Hsien Lee
CVD, ALD, MBE, Photonics
Hootan Farhat
Defect physics and characterization
Alfonso Reina Cecco
Email | LinkedIn | Publication | (PhD student, Sep 2004- Jun 2010)
Materials science, nano structures
Graphene nanotubes, transition metal dichalcogenides
Current Affiliation: UM-SJTU Joint Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Kai Xu
Email | LinkedIn | Publication | 13-3027 (Visiting student, 2015 - 2016?)
Carbon nanotubes, molybdenum ditelluride (MoTe2)
Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD)
Current Affiliation: Research Institute of Petroleum Processing, Beijing, China
Yumeng Shi
Email | Website | LinkedIn | Publication | (PostDoc, 2011 - 2012)
Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), graphene
Epitaxial growth, energy storage and applications
Current Affiliation: Institute of Optoelectronic Technology, Beijing Jiaotong University
Maria Teresa Avila
Email | 617-324-6894 | 26-349 (Administrator, ? - May 2018)
Current Affiliation: (Retired)
Ang-Yu Lu
Email | LinkedIn | Publication | 13-3037 (PhD student, Sep 2016 - June 2023)
Two-dimensional materials
Machine learning, smart manufacturing
Current Affiliation: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC)
Luda Wang
Email | Website | LinkedIn | Publication | 137-3037 (PostDoc, Sep 2014 - Mar 2018)
Micro/Nanofluidics, nanotechnology, nanosciencegas, ion separations
Graphene, 2D materials
Current Affiliation: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Universit
Ji-Hoon Park
Email | LinkedIn | Publication | 13-3073 (PostDoc, Sep 2017 - Jun 2023)
Low-dimensional materials, 2D materials-based future electronics
Remarkable physical properties
Current Affiliation: CDimension
Arlene Wint
Email | 617-324-4349 | 36-872 (Administrator, May 2018 - Aug 2025)
Current Affiliation: (Retired)
Luiz Gustavo Pimenta Martins
Email | LinkedIn | Publication | 13-3025 (Jun 2015 – Dec 2022, PhD student, research specialist)
Condensed matter physics, high-pressure physics
Two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs)
Raman spectroscopy
Current Affiliation: University of São Paulo
Ming-Hui Chiu
Email | LinkedIn | Publication | 13-3073 (Mar 2019 - Nov 2020, PostDoc)
Nanofabrication, chemical Vapor Deposition, thin Film Technology
Low-Dimensional Materials
Current Affiliation: Applied Material
Yuxuan (Cosmi) Lin
Email | LinkedIn | Publication | 13-3021 (Sep 2012 - Jan 2020, PhD student, PostDoc)
Nanotechnology, nanoelectronics
Two-dimensional materials, Graphene
Current Affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University
Jiangtao Wang
Email | Website | LinkedIn | Publication | 13-3033 (Oct 2018 - Mar 2025, PostDoc)
Carbon nanotubes, graphene
Electrical control of CVD
Current Affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, China
Nannan Mao
Email | LinkedIn | Publication | 13-3021 (PostDoc, Jan 2017 - Aug 2024)
Two-dimensional materials, van der Waals (vdW) ferroelectric materials
Optical spectroscopy, nonlinear optical effect
Current Affiliation: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Universit
Mahdi Tavakoli
Email | LinkedIn | Publication | 13-3037 (PostDoc, Nov 2017 - May 2021)
Nanomaterials, microelectronic devices, quantum dots, biotechnology
Current Affiliation: Applied Material
Zhien (Abigail) Wang
Email | LinkedIn | Publication | 13-3037 (Sep 2020 - Sep 2025, PhD student)
Two-dimensional materials, Graphene
Chemical vapor deposition
Current Affiliation: Lam Research
Peng Wu
Email | LinkedIn | Publication | 13-3025 (Nov 2021 - Aug 2024, PostDoc)
Nanoscale transistors, cold-source FET, tunneling field effect transistor
Two-dimensional materials
Current Affiliation: School of Electronics, Peking University, China
Shin-Yi Tang
Email | LinkedIn | Publication | 13-3073 (Mar 2022 - Mar 2023, Visiting Student)
Two-dimensional materials and hetero-nanostructures
Chemical vapor deposition (CVD)
Photodetectors, gas sensors
Current Affiliation: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC)
Hongwei Liu
Email | LinkedIn | Publication | 13-3077 (May 2022 - June 2023, Visiting Student)
Two-dimensional materials
Chemical vapor deposition
Current Affiliation:
Shih-Ming He
Email | Website | LinkedIn | Publication | 13-3077 (Oct 2023 – May 2025, PostDoc)
Chemical Vapor Deposition, Graphene, Suspended 2D materials
Functionalization
Current Affiliation: Department of Electronic Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan
Yu-Ren Peng
Email | LinkedIn | Publication | 13-3077 (Apr 2024 - Mar 2025, Visiting Student)
Two-dimensional materials
Electron Microspectroscopy, electrochemistry
Current Affiliation: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC)
Ding-Rui Chen
Email | LinkedIn | Publication | 13-3033 (Mar 2024 - Jan 2025, Visiting Scholar)
Graphene-based heterostructures and their energy applications
Atomically engineered electrochemical catalysts for efficient water splitting.
Current Affiliation: Department of Electronic Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan
Gloria Yin
Email | LinkedIn | Publication | 13-3037 (Aug 2024 - May 2025, Visiting Student)
Origami structures, mechanical metamaterials
Wave dynamics, soft and micro robotics
Current Affiliation:
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