Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Also: Materials Science and Engineering, Physics, the Wisconsin Energy Institute, and the McPherson Eye Research Institute
BS (Engineering Physics), Cornell University; Ph.D (Applied Physics), Harvard University
1415 Engineering Drive, Room 3441, Madison, WI 53706
email: mkats [at] wisc [dot] edu | phone: 608 890 3984
- NSF CAREER recipient (2018)
- Coatings Young Investigator (2018)
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator (2017)
- Office of Naval Research Young Investigator (2016)
- Forbes "30 under 30" (2016)
Graduate Students
Brad Gundlach
BS (Engineering Physics), University of Wisconsin - Madison
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow
Engineering Hall, Room 2336
email: bsgundlach [at] wisc [dot] edu
Chenghao Wan
BS (Physics), Peking University; MS (Materials Science), University of Wisconsin - Madison
Engineering Hall, Room 2336
email: cwan3 [at] wisc [dot] edu
Jad Salman
BS (Electrical Engineering), University of Wisconsin - Madison
Frank Rogers Bacon Fellow
Engineering Hall, Room 2336
email: jsalman [at] wisc [dot] edu
Alireza Shahsafi
BS (Electrical Engineering), University of Tehran
Engineering Hall, Room 2336
email: shahsafi [at] wisc [dot] edu
Zhaoning (April) Yu
BS (Physics), University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)
Engineering Hall, Room 2336
email: zyu83 [at] wisc [dot] edu
Raymond Wambold
BS (Physics) and MS (Materials Science), Penn State University
Wisconsin Distinguished Graduate Fellow
Engineering Hall, Room 2336
email: rwambold [at] wisc [dot] edu
Postdoctoral Scholars
Brad Gundlach
BS (Engineering Physics), University of Wisconsin - Madison
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow
Engineering Hall, Room 2336
email: bsgundlach [at] wisc [dot] edu
Chenghao Wan
BS (Physics), Peking University; MS (Materials Science), University of Wisconsin - Madison
Engineering Hall, Room 2336
email: cwan3 [at] wisc [dot] edu
Jad Salman
BS (Electrical Engineering), University of Wisconsin - Madison
Frank Rogers Bacon Fellow
Engineering Hall, Room 2336
email: jsalman [at] wisc [dot] edu
Alireza Shahsafi
BS (Electrical Engineering), University of Tehran
Engineering Hall, Room 2336
email: shahsafi [at] wisc [dot] edu
Zhaoning (April) Yu
BS (Physics), University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)
Engineering Hall, Room 2336
email: zyu83 [at] wisc [dot] edu
Raymond Wambold
BS (Physics) and MS (Materials Science), Penn State University
Wisconsin Distinguished Graduate Fellow
Engineering Hall, Room 2336
email: rwambold [at] wisc [dot] edu
Postdoctoral Scholars
Yuzhe Xiao
BS (Physics), Harbin Institute of Technology; MS and PhD (Optics), University of Rochester
Postdoc (ECE), University of California - San Diego
Engineering Hall, Room 2336
email: xiao5 [at] wisc [dot] edu
Yuzhe Xiao
BS (Physics), Harbin Institute of Technology; MS and PhD (Optics), University of Rochester
Postdoc (ECE), University of California - San Diego
Engineering Hall, Room 2336
email: xiao5 [at] wisc [dot] edu
Visiting Scholars + Research Interns
Michel Frising
BS (Mechanical Engineering), ETH Zurich
Engineering Hall, Room 2336
email: mfrising [at] student [dot] ethz [dot] ch
Anthony Wang
BS (Electrical and Computer Engineering), UW-Madison
Co-advised by Victor Brar (Physics)
Engineering Hall, Room 2336
email: awang62 [at] wisc [dot] edu
Nick Stanisic
Alumni
Manuel Martinez
Intern [Summer 2016], visiting from UT - El Paso
UW-Madison Graduate Engineering Scholars (GERS) Summer Fellow
Presently: finishing up his BS in ECE at UT - El Paso
Nolan Urbanek
Undergraduate researcher [Fall 2016], UW - Madison ECE student
Presently (as of June 2017): Electronic Design Engineer at Boeing
Patrick Roney
MS Student [Fall 2015 - Spring 2017]
Sandia National Labs Critical Skills Master's Program Fellow
Presently (as of June 2017): Sandia National Lab
Graham Joe
Co-op student [2017], visiting from the University of Waterloo
Presently (as of August 2017): Finishing up his BS degree in Waterloo
Bryan Rubio
Intern [Summer 2017], visiting from the University of New Mexico
UW-Madison Graduate Engineering Scholars (GERS) Summer Fellow
Presently: finishing up his BS in New Mexico