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Photo of David Arnold David Arnold George Kirkland Engineering Leadership Professor Director, Florida Semiconductor Institute
352-392-4931

Primary Research Area

Electrophysics
Research Interests

Micro/nanostructured magnetic materials, magnetic microsystems, alternative power/energy systems (wireless power, energy harvesting, electromechanical circuits)

Honors and Awards

HWCOE Faculty Award for Excellence in Leadership, 2024
Fellow, National Academy of Inventors, 2024
ECE Faculty of the Year (student selected) (2021-2022)
DARPA MTO Microsystems Exploratory Council (2022-2025)
UF ECE Excellence Award for Teaching (2019)
Best Application Paper, 2017 MARSS Conference (2017)
UF ECE Excellence Award for Service (2017)
Best Poster, Frontiers in Biomagnetic Particles Conference, 2015
UF Engineering Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentoring Award, 2013
UF Engineering Pramod P.…

Photo of Philip Feng Philip Feng Rhines Endowed Professor in Quantum Engineering Associate Chair for Research
352-294-6320

Expertise

Devices, Nanotechnology
Research Interests

Solid-State Devices, Nanoelectromechanical Systems (NEMS), Quantum Engineering, Nanotechnology, Transducers, High-Precision Measurement & Instruments, Advanced Materials
Honors and Awards

ECE Research Excellence Award, 2025
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) (2019)
National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award (2015)
National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering Award (2014)
National Academy of Engineering (NAE) US Frontiers of Engineering (USFOE) Symposium Invited Participant (2013)
Best Paper Awards (for Advisees): IEEE NEMS (2013), IEEE IFCS (2014), AVS (2014, 2016, 2021)
Finalists of Best/Outstanding Paper Awards (for Advisees): IEEE MEMS (2015, 2017, 2022), Transducers (2019)

Photo of Jing Guo Jing Guo Professor
352-392-0940

Primary Research Area

Electrophysics
Research Interests

Modeling, simulation, and design in nanoelectronics, quantum computing
Honors and Awards

National Science Foundation, CAREER, 2009

Photo of Elham Heidari Elham Heidari Assistant Professor
352-392-8411

Primary Research Area

Electrophysics
Research Interests

Nanophotonic and optical interconnect, Integrated photonics, Quantum engineering, Sensors, MOS and nanostructure device modeling
Honors and Awards

Rising Star in Photonics, American Chemical Society (ACS), Class of 2025
Stanford–Elsevier Top 2% Scientists Ranking, 2025
OSA Grant – Women Attending to Science, Optical Fiber Conference (OFC), USA
JASSO Research Excellence Award, Japan

Photo of Jack Judy Jack Judy Professor Intel/Charles E. Young Chair in Nanotechnology Director of the Nanoscience Institute for Medical and Engineering Technologies
352-846-1275

Primary Research Area

Electrophysics
Research Interests

The development of novel micro/nano scale systems and their use in a wide variety of engineering and bio medical applications.
Honors and Awards

Medal for Exceptional Public Service, Office of the Secretary of Defense, 2013
Fulbright Senior Scholar, University of New South Wales, Australia, 2006
Okawa Foundation Award, 2002
National Science Foundation Career Award, 1999

Photo of Dennis Kim Dennis Kim Assistant Professor
352-846-3707

Primary Research Area
Electrophysics
Research Interests
Pico and nanoscale engineering, semiconductor materials, 2D materials, quantum engineering, microscopy and spectroscopy, statistical thermodynamics, quantum-mechanical simulations
Honors and Awards
STROBE Postdoctoral Fellow Award 2017
Lamgmuir-NSSA Outstanding Student Poster Presentation Award at the American Conference for Neutron Scattering 2014
Korean-American Scientists and Engineering Association KUSCO_KSEA Scholarship for Graduate Students 2012
Youngnak General Academic Scholarship 2012
California Institute of Technology Clark Graduate Fellowship
American Institute of Chemists Award 2011
George R.…

Photo of Laura Kim Laura Kim Assistant Professor
352-294-3179

Primary Research Area

Electrophysics
Research Interests

Quantum engineering, quantum sensing, nanophotonics, solid-state devices, 2D materials
Honors and Awards

DARPA Young Faculty Award (2025)
2024 Early-Career Award in Nanophotonics
UCLA Faculty Career Development Award
Intelligence Community Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, MIT, 2019-2022
EECS Rising Stars 2020
Gary Malouf Foundation Award, ARCS Foundation, 2016-2019
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 2013-2016
Early Career Editorial Advisory Board of Applied Physics Letters, 2022-2024

Photo of Mark Law Mark Law Distinguished Professor
352-392-1519

Primary Research Area

Electrophysics
Research Interests

Design and modeling of IC fabrication process, computer modeling of semiconductor process and device behavior
Honors and Awards

Fellow, National Collegiate Honors Council, 2023
Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering Undergraduate Faculty Advisor/Mentor of the Year, 2020
UF Academy of Distinguished Teaching Scholars, 2019
SEMI North America Award, 2014
Semiconductor Industry Association University Research Award, 2013
IEEE Electron Device Society J.J.…

Photo of Robert Moore Robert Moore Professor
352-392-0634

Primary Research Area

Electrophysics
Research Interests

Electromagnetic waves, non-linear energetic interactions in the ionosphere, remote-sensing applications of ELF/VLF propagation of ELF/VLF propagation
Honors and Awards

International Educator of the Year, College of Engineering, UF 2014
Young Scientist Award for XXIXth URSI General Assembly, Chicago, Illinois 2008
Recipient, National Science Foundation Antarctic Service Medal, 2006

Photo of Toshikazu Nishida Toshikazu Nishida Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
352-392-6774

Primary Research Area

Electrophysics
Research Interests

Multi-functional semiconductor devices, (Sensors, logic, actuators, memory, MEMS), Design, characterization, and reliability
Honors and Awards

NASA Invention Award, 2008
IEEE Electron Device Society Distinguished Lecturer, 2006-2011
Teacher of the Year Award, UF HKN, 2005-2007
Best Paper Award, AIAA Aerodynamic Measurement Technology Technical Committee, 2004
Teacher of the Year Award, UF College of Engineering, 2003-2004
Teaching Improvement Program Award, UF, 1995

Photo of Erin Patrick Erin Patrick Instructional Associate Professor Undergraduate Coordinator
352-392-0305

Primary Research Area

Electrophysics
Research Interests

Biophysical modeling of electric-field effects on cells (non-excitable and excitable), semiconductor-device modeling and simulation, neural interfaces
Selected Publications:

A. Furniturewalla, P. Rustogi, E. Patrick, J. Judy, “Modeling the Recording of Intraneural Action Potential with Microelectrodes Using FEM and Point-Source Methods, IEEE EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering, San Francisco, March, 2019.…

Photo of Vladimir Rakov Vladimir Rakov Distinguished Professor
352-392-4242

Primary Research Area

Electrophysics
Research Interests

Lightning, Atmospheric Electricity, Lightning Protection
Honors and Awards

HWCOE Teacher/Scholar of the Year (2025)
Distinguished Professor, University of Florida (2022)
Honorary Member, International Commission on Atmospheric Electricity (ICAE) (2022)
IEEE Richard R. Stoddart Award in Electromagnetic Compatibility (2019)
Toshio Takeuti Award, the International Symposium on Winter Lightning (2017)
Senior Faculty International Educator of the Year, Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering,(2015–2016)
Honorary Doctorate Degree, Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IAP RAS) (2015)
IEEE-EMC Richard Schulz Transactions Prize Paper Award Honorable Mention (2015)
Editors’ Citation for Excellence in Refereeing, JGR Atmospheres (2016)
Karl Berger Award, International Conference on Lightning Protection (2012)
Best Paper Award, 7th Asia-Pacific International Conference on Lightning, Chengdu, China (2011)
Annual Recognition Award, National Lightning Safety Institute (2004)
Prize Paper Award, IEEE Power Engineering Society, Surge Protective Devices Committee (2001)
UF Research Foundation Professorship (2001–2003, 2007–2009)
Outstanding Contribution in Research Award, Southeastern Section Medallion Certificate, American Society for Engineering Education (1999)

Photo of Keith Rambo Keith Rambo Instructional Professor
352-392-4243

Primary Research Area

Electrophysics
Research Interests

Lightning and Electromagnets, Devices and Semiconductor Device Manufacturing

Photo of Mark Sheplak Mark Sheplak Professor
352-392-3983

Primary Research Area

Electrophysics
Research Interests

Micromachined transducers, MEMS, electroacoustics, aeroacoustics, and fluid mechanics

Photo of Volker Sorger Volker Sorger Walden and Paula Rhines Endowed Professor in Semiconductor Photonics
202-509-6614

Primary Research Area

Electrophysics
Research Interests

Devices & optoelectronics, AI/ML accelerators, mixed-signal ASICs, quantum processors, cryptography
Honors And Awards

2024 Fellow, IEEE
2023 Maria Goeppert-Mayer Award, SPIE
2023 Scientist Medal, IAAM
2022 Distinguished Researcher Award, SEAS GWU
2022 Fellow, SPIE
2022 Fellow, IAAM
2021 Fellow, Optical Society (formerly OSA)
2021 Highly Cited Researcher recognition (Elsevier, top 0.1% in field)
2021 DURIP Award, AFOSR
2020 Community Champion, SPIE
2019 PECASE – Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists & Engineers, White House/U.S.…

Photo of Scott Thompson Scott Thompson Professor Pre-Emeritus
352-846-0320

Primary Research Area

Electronics
Research Interests

Solid state electronics and nano technology, new materials and devices to extend Moore’s law. Electrical measurements and modeling
Honors and Awards

TiE 50: Top Startup (SuVolta), 2014
ACE Award IEEE Spectrum: IEEE Emerging Technology: SuVolta, 2012
EuroAsia IC Industry Award for startup, 2011
Semi Award North America (Development of Strained Silicon Transistors), 2008
Fellow, IEEE, for Advancing Fabrication of nanoscale MOSFET, 2006
Fellow, Intel Corporation, 2003

Photo of Ant Ural Ant Ural Professor Pre-Emeritus
352-392-9753

Primary Research Area

Electrophysics
Research Interests

Carbon nanotubes, semiconductor nanowires, and related nanostructures. Integration of nanotechnology with silicon microfabrication

Photo of Shuo Wang Shuo Wang Professor Michael Hsing Faculty Fellow
352-392-4961

Primary Research Area

Electronics
Research Interests

Power electronics, electrical power, electromagnetic interference, electric vehicles, green energy conversion and grid integration, electromagnetic security, IoT security, cyber security, and hardware security
Honors and Awards

HWCOE Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentoring Award, 2024
UF Innovate Invention of the Year, 2023
NSF CAREER Award, 2012
IEEE Fellow, 2019

Photo of Yingying Wu Yingying Wu Malachowsky Family Rising Star Endowed Assistant Professor
 352-273-3029

Primary Research Area

Electrophysics
Research Interests

Quantum materials, quantum devices, nanoelectronics, magnetism and spintronics, nonvolatile memory, unconventional computing (e.g. quantum and neuromorphic computing).
Honors and Awards

NSF CAREER Award, 2025
Research Opportunity Seed Fund, 2024
IBM Pat Goldberg Memorial Best Paper Award, 2023
UCLA Outstanding Student Award Finalist
Physics Research Award
Editorial Board of Nanotechnology, member since 2024
IEEE EDS Young Professional Committee, member since 2024
Editorial Board of NPJ Spintronics, part of the Nature Partner Journals series, member since 2023

Photo of Yong Kyu Yoon Yong Kyu Yoon Professor
352-392-5985

Expertise

Devices
Research Interests

3-D MEMS technology; micromachined metamaterials for radio frequency and microwave applications; millimeter-wave antennas
Honors and Awards

HWCOE Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentor Award, 2025