Group

The Cape Crystal research group.Photo credit: Sabrina Li (May 2, 2023)

From left to right: (back row) Caleb Schlissel, Nathan Huang, Hongjin Du, Nicole Chen, Rachael Skye, Julia Dshemuchadse, Andreia Fenley, Reum Scott, Maya Martirossyan, (front row) Hillary Pan, Jasmin Kennard, Sophia Janoyan, Rohan Ukhade

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Principal Investigator

Julia DshemuchadsePhoto credit: Maya Martirossyan
Julia Dshemuchadse (she/her/hers)
Assistant Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
✉️ jd732@cornell.edu
Dr. sc. (Materials Science), ETH Zurich, Switzerland, 2013
Diploma (Physics), TU Dresden, Germany, 2008
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Postdoctoral Scholar

Reum ScottPhoto credit: Maya Martirossyan
Reum Scott (he/him/his)
co-advised with Phillip Milner, Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology
NSF MPS Ascend fellow, 2021–
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
✉️ rns76@cornell.edu
PhD (Materials Science and Engineering), Cornell University, 2019
MS (Chemistry), Howard University, 2013
BS (Materials Science and Engineering), University of Pennsylvania, 2009

Graduate Students

Maya Martirossyan
Photo credit: Sabrina Li
Maya M. Martirossyan (she/her/hers)
PhD student, 2018–
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
✉️ mmm457@cornell.edu
BS (Physics), Harvey Mudd College, 2017
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Jasmin Kennard
Photo credit: Sabrina Li
Jasmin J. Kennard (she/her/hers)
PhD student, 2018–
Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
✉️ jjk353@cornell.edu
HBS (Chemical Engineering), Oregon State University, 2018

Rachael Skye
Photo credit: Maya Martirossyan
Rachael S. Skye (she/her/hers)
PhD student, 2019–
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
✉️ rss364@cornell.edu
BS (Materials Science and Engineering), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019

Hillary Pan
Photo credit: Sabrina Li
Hillary Pan (she/her/hers)
PhD student, 2020–
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
✉️ hp393@cornell.edu
MS (Materials Science and Engineering), Cornell University, 2020
BA (Physics), Oberlin College, 2017
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Andreia FenleyPhoto credit: Maya Martirossyan
Andreia L. Fenley (she/her/hers)
PhD student, 2021–
Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
✉️ alf242@cornell.edu
BS (Chemical and Biological Engineering), Princeton University, 2015

Hongjin DuPhoto credit: Maya Martirossyan
Hongjin Du (she/her/hers)
PhD student, 2022–
✉️ hd329@cornell.edu
BSc (Materials Science and Engineering), Cornell University, 2022

Nathan HuangPhoto credit: Maya Martirossyan
Nathan Huang (he/him/his)
MEng student, 2023–
undergraduate researcher, 2022–
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
✉️ nch49@cornell.edu
MEng student (Materials Science and Engineering), Cornell University, 2023–
BSc student (Materials Science and Engineering), Cornell University, 2019–

George Padilla (he/him/his)
MS student & ACS Bridge Fellow, 2023–
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
✉️ gp389@cornell.edu
BS (Biology), Temple University, 2022

Undergraduate Students

Sophia JanoyanPhoto credit: Maya Martirossyan
Sophia Janoyan (she/her/hers)
undergraduate researcher, 2021–
✉️ sjj58@cornell.edu
BSc student (Chemical Engineering), Cornell University, 2020–

Rohan UkhadePhoto credit: Maya Martirossyan
Rohan Ukhade (he/him/his)
undergraduate researcher, 2022–
✉️ rpu4@cornell.edu
BSc student (Materials Science and Engineering), Cornell University, 2022–

Nadya LumyPhoto credit: Maya Martirossyan
Nadya Lumy (she/her/hers)
undergraduate researcher, 2023–
✉️ nal87@cornell.edu
BSc student, Cornell University, 2022–

Tran Nguyen (she/her/hers)
senior thesis, 2023–
✉️ tn357@cornell.edu
BSc student (Materials Science and Engineering), Cornell University, 2022–


If you are interested in joining the group
– as an undergraduate student at Cornell: please contact Prof. Dshemuchadse directly;
– as an external undergraduate student: the group regularly hosts summer research students via the CCMR and CoMSEF REU Programs, to which you can apply directly;
– as a graduate student: apply with a MS or PhD program at Cornell (decisions are made by the admissions committees → MSE, ChBE) or through our bridge program with Ezra’s Bridge or the ACS Bridge Program;
– as a postdoctoral researcher: please contact Prof. Dshemuchadse describing your research interests and the funding (e.g., fellowships) you intend to apply for. (There are currently no open funded positions for postdoctoral scholars.)