OPEN POSITIONS
FEB 2021: There are no open graduate student/postdoc positions in our group currently.
Our group is in general looking for very motivated PhD students with interest in wide band gap and other novel electronic/optoelectronic devices. Students with a strong background/interest in semiconductor device physics, materials synthesis, and nanofabrication with a bachelors/masters degree in electrical engineering (or related fields) can contact me. Please send a note (with CV) to sriram.krishnamoorthy@utah.edu , if you are interested in discussing your research interests with me.
We welcome undergraduate researchers and masters students (no funding available) to join our group at any time to gain research exposure and experience.
CURRENT GROUP MEMBERS
Last Updated: Feb 2021
| CURRENT GROUP MEMBERS | |
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 | SRIRAM KRISHNAMOORTHY Principal Investigator (PI), Semiconductor Devices and Materials Lab Assistant Professor 2004-2009 - B.E. (Hons.), Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS), Pilani, India 2004-2009 - M.Sc. (Hons), Physics, Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS), Pilani, India 2009-2014 - Ph. D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, The Ohio State University. 2014-2017- Post-doctoral Researcher, Electrical and Computer Engineering, The Ohio State University. Sriram Krishnamoorthy joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Utah in July 2017. He received his PhD in 2014 from the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at The Ohio State University where he was awarded the presidential fellowship. He continued his postdoctoral work at the Ohio State. His research interests are in the area of semiconductor devices and materials, specifically, wide band gap materials epitaxy, electronic/optoelectronic devices for a broad range of applications- high power/high frequency electronics, and visible/ultraviolet optoelectronics. |
 | PRANEETH RANGA PhD Graduate Student Start Date: August 2017 Praneeth received his B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering from GITAM University,India and M.S in Electrical Engineering from Arizona State University. At ASU, he worked on InGaP alloy nanowire growth and applications. He joined Krishnamoorthy group as a PhD student in Fall 2017. His research interests include metaorganic vapor phase epitaxy of Gallium (Aluminum) Oxide thin films and heterostructures. Praneeth is making contributions to the field in the areas of AlGaO doping (2019 Applied Physics Express Spotlight Article), delta and modulation doping of Ga2O3 and growth of metastable polar Ga2O3. He is a recipient of the 2020-2021 University of Utah Graduate Research Fellowship. |
 | ARKKA BHATTACHARYYA PhD Graduate Student Start Date: August 2018 Arkka received his B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering from the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Silchar, India, and M.Tech in Nanotechnology from Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT) Bhopal, India. During his masters, he worked on zirconium dioxide metal-oxide semiconductor synthesis and characterization. He joined the Krishnamoorthy research group as a Ph.D. student in Fall 2018. His research interests include semiconductor growth and characterization, device simulation and modeling. Arkka has demonstrated Schottky barrier height modulation using interlayer dielectric, low temperature high quality epitaxy of Ga2O3 and record low Ohmic contact resistance in Ga2O3. |
 | SAURAV ROY PhD Graduate Student Start Date: July 2019 Saurav received his B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineeering from National Institute of Technology Silchar, India and M.Tech in Electronics and Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India. During his masters, he worked on analytical modeling for Vertical Super-Thin Body Field Effect Transistor (VSTB FET). He joined the Krishnamoorthy research group as a Ph.D. student in Fall 2019. His research interests include semiconductor device modeling and simulation, device fabrication and semiconductor growth. Saurav has published his work on simulation of p-III-Nitrides/ Ga2O3 structures for enhanced breakdown in vertical diodes. |
 | CARL PETERSON PhD Graduate Student Start Date: Feb 2021 Carl received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Montana State University. He joined the Krishnamoorthy research group as a Ph.D. student in Spring 2021. His research interests include semiconductor device modeling, simulation, and fabrication as well as semiconductor material growth and characterization. |
 | XINGYUE (SOPHIE) WANG Undergraduate Researcher Start Date: Spring 2021 Sophie is an undergraduate student in Electrical Engineering. Her general interests is include optics and photonics, and integrated circuits. She plans to attend graduate school and ultimately pursue a career in academics. She joined Krishnamoorthy research group as an undergraduate student in Spring 2021. Her research interests include device modeling and simulation, and device fabrication. |
| GROUP ALUMNI | |
 | VIVEK SATTIRAJU GROUP ALUMNI Masters Project Student Alumni Research Volunteer September 2017- July 2018 Vivek Sattiraju is currently a Masters student from Chemical Engineering department. He received his Bachelor of Technology in Chemical Engineering from Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat, India. He joined Krishnamoorthy research group in September 2017. His research interests are thin film deposition using CVD, Semiconductor Fabrication and Characterization. After his masters degree, Vivek is currently working in IMFlash, Lehi, UT. |
 | JOSEPH E LYMAN Undergraduate Researcher Alumni Feb 2018- May 2020 Joseph is an undergraduate student in Electrical Engineering. Joseph was awarded Utah UROP award for two semesters (Spring 2018, Fall 2019) for his undergraduate research. He is also a recipient of Barry Goldwater Fellowship and several other awards. He has been working with Krishnamoorthy group from Spring 2018 to Spring 2020 on theoretical investigations of intersubband transitions in ultra-wide band gap quantum wells and has published his work in Journal of Applied Physics. |
 | KEVIN RAMIREZ Undergraduate Researcher Alumni October 2019- March 2020 Kevin Ramirez is a Chemical Engineering student. Kevin worked with Krishnamoorthy group on low pressure chemical vapor deposition (LPCVD) of Ga2O3. |