ESE Postdoctoral Job Market

Welcome to the ESE Postdoctoral Job Market page, which represents upcoming graduates on the job market for the 2025-2026 academic year.

Hyunmin Cho

Postdoctoral Fellow

• Seeking: Assistant Professor, Engineering Scientist (Process, Development, Test, Characterization, Design) in academia or industry.
• Email: 2011132011y@gmail.com or jhm920@seas.upenn.edu
• Expertise/research area: Ferroelectric Devices, 2D Materials & Device Physics, Contact Resistance Engineering, Memory & Neuromorphic Devices, Negative Capacitance, electronic characterization, process optimization, and measurement automation.
• Advisor(s): Prof. Deep Jariwala and Prof. Troy Olsson
• Expected availability date: July 2026 (flexible)

Nick-Marios T. Kokolakis

Postdoctoral Fellow

• Seeking: Faculty position
• Email: nmkoko@seas.upenn.edu
• Expertise/research area: Safe Physics-Informed AI
• Advisor(s): Rahul Mangharam Expected availability date: September 2027

Dhiren K. Pradhan

Postdoctoral Fellow

• Seeking: Assistant Professor, Staff Scientist, R & D Staff
• Email:  pdhiren@seas.upenn.edu, dhirenkumarp@gmail.com
• Expertise/research area: High Temperature Logic and Memory Devices, Ferroelectric Non-volatile Memory Devices, Micro(nano)electronics, Quantum Materials and Devices, Piezoelectrics and Ferroelectrics, Hyperferroelectrics, Dielectrics, Polar metals, Scanning Probe Microscopy, Nanofabrications, Interface Engineering, Oxide Heterostructures and Superlattices, Magnetism, Magnetoelectrics, 2D materials, Strongly Correlated Oxides, Polymer Composites, Ferroelectric nanostructures for Energy storage and Energy Harvesting applications, Energy applications of nanostructured materials.  
• Advisor(s): Prof. Deep Jariwala and Prof. Troy Olsson
• Expected availability date: Available Immediately

Shuxian Wu

Postdoctoral Fellow

• Seeking: Assistant Professor or Senior Researcher
• Email: wu24@seas.upenn.edu
• Expertise/research area: Magnetostatic wave tunable filters, SAW/BAW resonator, Acoustic filters, RF-MEMS, 5G/6G communication system.
• Advisor(s): Prof. Troy Olsson
• Expected availability date: September 2026