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2D Materials and Devices Group

Ismail Sami

 

Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy,
University of Cambridge,
27 Charles Babbage Road,
Cambridge, CB3 0FS

is448@cam.ac.uk

 

 

 

Education:

  • University of Cambridge, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, PhD., 2019-present
  • University of Cambridge, Graphene Technology (EPSRC CDT), MRes., 2019
  • University of Manchester, Theoretical Physics, MPhys(Hons) 1st class, 2018
  • University of Berkeley, Theoretical Physics, Study abroad, 2017

 

 

Research Experience:

  • MRes in Graphene technology - University of Cambridge. Second dissertation rotation titled: YBCO - Hall effect in high-temperature superconductors, supervised by Dr. Suchitra Sebastian and Prof. Gilbert Lonzarich, 2019
  • MRes in Graphene technology - University of Cambridge. First dissertation rotation titled: Bionic Algae - The interaction of graphene and algae for applications in bio-photovoltaics, supervised by Dr. Silvia Vignolini and Prof. Chris Howe, 2019
  • MPhys in Theoretical Physics - University of Manchester. Dissertation titled: Dynamics of Football – Manchester City, supervised by Prof. Terry Wyatt FRS and Dr. Tobias Galla, 2018
  • Summer research project - University of Manchester. Theoretical Physics department titled: The topological properties of graphene, supervised by Dr. Yang Xian, 2017
  • Undergraduate researcher for the Earth and Sciences department. Using seismic tomography data from stations across California with Matlab to image volcanoes and determine their status supervised by Prof. Michael Manga, 2017

 

Contact Information

   is448@cam.ac.uk

 

 

Latest Happenings in the 2DMD Sphere

2D TMDs Conference 2025

After the success of the 2D TMDs Conference in Cambridge and Hong Kong, the conference is back in Cambridge next year! The conference will gather leading researchers from academia and industry to present cutting-edge research in the field of atomically thin TMDs and related materials for fields including electronics, photonics, and energy storage. Click https://www.2dtmds2025.com/  to find out more and register!

20th-25th July 2025

 

We are hiring!

Our 2DMD Group in the Materials Science and Metallurgy Department has an opening for a Post Doctoral Research Assistant/Associate position. Check here for more details!

13th January 2025

New Paper Alert

Check out our latest paper "Ultrathin transition metal oxychalcogenide catalysts for oxygen evolution in acidic media" in Nature Synthesis here.

1st January 2025

Royce Battery Suite

The Royce Battery Suite launched on the 31st of October 2023, and is built on the £1million investment from the Sir Henry Royce Institute – UK’s National Materials Institute, SHRI Hub located in Manchester with UCam being one of the partners. It is an open access facility for researchers from both industry and academia. Have a look at our video here to find out more!

19th December 2024

Christmas lunch 2025

2DMD had our annual Christmas Lunch at John's College and it was a fruitful time of fun, laughter and unwinding. Here's to a wonderful 2024 and to an even better 2025 ahead! We also had an enjoyable time of Secret Santa, featuring Manish's cat enjoying the presents that he got.

13th December 2024

Farewell Dinner for Juntae and Hosting Dr. Shiqiang Luo

The 2DMD Group enjoyed a Thai dinner at Sala Thong to bid our visiting student, Juntae, farewell, and host Dr. Shiqiang Luo for his talk at MSM. It was a bittersweet moment with Juntae's touching goodbye speech. Good luck, Juntae, we will miss you! And thanks for the informative talk, Dr. Shiqiang Luo!

29th November 2024