Projects and Publications

Publications

Chen, H. et al. (2022). "Revealing room temperature ferromagnetism in exfoliated Fe_5GeTe_2 flakes with quantum magnetic imaging." 2D Mater. 9 025017. View PDF View Article

Quantum Magnetic Imaging

In winter 2021, I joined Prof. Mark Ku’s lab group, where we used quantum magnetic imaging techniques to characterize 2D magnetic flakes. I did the hands-on work of building our quantum sensor system based on nitrogen vacancy centers in diamonds. We published this work in 2D Materials as “Revealing room temperature ferromagnetism in exfoliated Fe5GeTe2 flakes with quantum magnetic imaging.”

Age Structured Population Models Applied to Tissue Dynamics

In summer 2020, I was UD Summer Research Scholar working with Prof. Gilberto Schleiniger and Dr. Bruce Boman. For my project, I used MATLAB to find numerical solutions for age-structured population models. I then used these models to predict how retinoic acid (RARɑ), a metabolite responsible for cell maturation, influences the progression of colorectal cancer.

Electronic Confinement in Quantum Dots

I joined Prof. Zubaer Hossain’s lab group in fall 2018. I optimized the shape and composition of SiGe and InGaAs quantum dots (QDs) to improve the energy conversion efficiency of solar cells. For this, I learned how to use COMSOL and MATLAB to compute solutions to the time-independent Schrödinger equation using the finite element method. I also extended this work through a cluster QD array project during an internship at UD’s Energy Research Institute. My efforts culminated in several presentations, including one at the APS April 2020 meeting, and two manuscripts.