I received my B.S. in Nanoengineering from University of California, San Diego in 2020. Undergraduate research was under Prof. Vazquez-Mena’s research lab focused on materials science synthesis and characterization. I worked on synthesizing 2-D materials such as graphene oxide films and characterized the internal device structure of a graphene/quantum dot photodetector, which led to publication. Also working under Prof. Pascal’s Atlas Material Physics Lab as of 2019, investigating the structure and thermodynamics of silver nanoparticles-ssDNA complexes through computational modeling.
Fellowships & Awards (since PhD started)
2021: National GEM Consortium Employer Fellowship – The Aerospace Corporation
2021: Materials Science and Engineering Department Fellowship – University of California, Irvine
Publications
Chen, W., Ahn, S., Balingit, M., Wang, J., Lockett, M., & Vázquez-Mena, O. (2020). Near full light absorption and full charge collection in 1-micron thick quantum dot photodetector using intercalated graphene monolayer electrodes. Nanoscale, 12, 4909-4915.
Lockett, M., Sarmiento, V., Balingit, M., Oropeza-Guzmán, M. T., & Vázquez-Mena, O. (2020). Direct chemical conversion of continuous CVD graphene/graphite films to graphene oxide without exfoliation. Carbon, 158, 202-209.