I am a materials/data scientist working on the development of miniaturized instruments enabled by nanomaterials to study planetary environments within the solar system. The overarching goal of our first project is to fabricate a chemical sensor platform using graphene, graphene oxide, and carbon nanotubes, to detect low concentrations of target gas species. My work involves designing experiments to characterize their sensitivity and selectivity, fabricating sensors via inkjet printing, and utilizing machine learning algorithms to predict their concentrations. Additionally, I am contributing to the development of a miniaturized computational spectrometer that leverages the tunable optical properties of quantum dot nanoparticles to calculate incident light spectra. I am working on implementing facile nanoparticle synthesis techniques, spectrometer fabrication via inkjet printing, as well as applying compressive sensing and machine learning algorithms to reconstruct light spectra accurately.

Research Areas:

Instrumentation

Research Centers & Collaborations: Center for Research and Exploration in Space Science and Technology II