Erick I. Hernandez Alvarez
Predoctoral Fellow, Ph.D. Candidate, Materials Science and Engineering
S.B. Materials Science and Engineering,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Email: eih2@illinois.edu
Research interests: I use experimental and computational techniques to explore the structure-function characteristics of quantum dots for biological imaging, particularly how their composition, shape, size, and internal structure affect their optical properties.
Personal interests: Photography, movies
Honors and awards:
Digi-Mat NRT (2020-2024)
NSF-GRFP Fellow (2019-2024)
Hamer Fellow (2018-2020)
SURGE Fellow (2018-2023)
Alfred P. Sloan Scholar (2018-Present)