Materials Science PhD student at USC
Chloe Isabella Tsang
I work on thin films and crystals at the nanoscale: how they form, how to control their structure, and the devices built from them.
Research
Publications
- 2026
Orientation-tunable local crystallization of Si films enabled by atomic imprint crystallization
Applied Physics Letters
- 2025
Multiscale simulation and machine learning facilitated design of two-dimensional nanomaterials-based tunnel field-effect transistors: A review
APL Machine LearningCover article
Experience
Labs and research groups
University of Southern California
PhD Student, Materials Science
Graduate research in materials science at the Viterbi School of Engineering, supported by the Mork Family Graduate Fellowship.
USC Center of Nano-Imaging
Student Staff
Super user for X-ray diffraction, X-ray fluorescence, and atomic force microscopy.
Caltech
Visiting Undergraduate Research Fellow
Summer research fellowship.
IBM Research, Almaden
Undergraduate Research Intern
Thin-film characterization with atomic force microscopy and ellipsometry.
Argonne National Laboratory
Undergraduate Researcher
Wrote a review of two-dimensional-material tunnel FETs and how multiscale simulation and machine learning can optimize them, published as the cover article of APL Machine Learning.
Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, UChicago
Undergraduate Researcher · Engineering Fellows Mentor
Fabrication work including wafer cleaning and machining. Co-author on silicon thin-film crystallization research published in Applied Physics Letters. Mentor for the Engineering Fellows program.
Education
University of Southern California
PhD, Materials Science
2025 – PresentUniversity of Chicago
BS, Molecular Engineering (Quantum Engineering). Varsity Tennis, UChicago Quantum Society, Society of Women in Physics.
2021 – 2025Stanford Online High School
Mathematics and Physics
2014 – 2021
Honors
Mork Family Graduate Fellowship
University of Southern California
2025NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, Honorable Mention
National Science Foundation
2025
Beyond the lab
Service and languages
International Rescue Committee
Fundraiser Ambassador. Raised $10,100 for refugee relief through tennis training.
2018 – 2022UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency
Community volunteer.
2018 – 2022Languages
English and French (DELF B2)
Get in touch.
The best way to reach me is on LinkedIn.
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