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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 - 24th July 2025

New Paper Alert!

Check out our latest paper "Effect of Substrate on Sulfur Vacancy Defect-Mediated Photoluminescence in Two-Dimensional MoS2" in the Journal of Physical Chemistry C here.

18th April 2025

New Paper Alert!

Check out our latest paper "Mapping Polysulfides in Sodium–Sulfur Batteries" in ACS Nano here.

28th February 2025

Group dinner with Prof. Jieun and Prof. Sakaushi!

The Group enjoyed a lovely dinner at The Old Spring to wrap up the week!

21st February 2025

Seminar by Prof. Sakaushi!

A very interesting talk by Prof. Sakaushi from NIMS, Japan on "Expanding the limit of human’s capability with artificial intelligence for accelerated discovery of advanced electrochemical materials" to end the week!

21st February 2025

Congratulations Dr. Li!

Congratulations to our latest PhD graduate, Dr. Li! We wish you all the best in your next step in life and we will miss you dearly!

21st February 2025

Seminar by Prof. Jieun Yang

It was great to have Prof. Yang, a former post-doc in the group give a talk on "Synthesis of two-dimensional iron sulfides for energy applications"!

19th February 2025