Mona Ebrish

Emanuela (Emi) Riglioni and Owen Meilander, graduate students in interdisciplinary materials science at Vanderbilt University, have been awarded Best Student Poster Presentation at the 2026 Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences Users Meeting, held at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Their presentations, “Photonic Crystal Platforms for Optical Communication and Quantum Technologies”… Read More

  Cross-sectional schematic of GaN d-mode HEMT device on Qromis Substrate Technology (QST©). Congratulations to Owen Meilander and his collaborators! Owen’s paper, “Micro-transfer printing of GaN HEMTs on engineered substrates for use in harsh environments,” has been featured as a VINSE Spotlight publication and published in APL Electronic Devices. This… Read More

Congratulations to VINSE faculty member Mona Ebrish on receiving an NSF CAREER Award. Ebrish received the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award for her project, “CAREER: Unlocking Programmable Doping in Wide-Bandgap Materials.” The NSF CAREER Award is the foundation’s most prestigious award for early-career faculty, recognizing those who… Read More

Haley Dishmann Graduate Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering Mona Ebrish Research Group My inspiration to pursue my current research area is rooted in my undergraduate experiences. As a proud HBCU graduate from Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University, I was introduced to device fabrication through research opportunities supported by… Read More

VINSE graduate student Owen Meilander, a Ph.D. student in Interdisciplinary Materials Science working under the direction of Professor Mona Ebrish, received the Best Student Poster Presentation Award at the 2025 Lester Eastman Conference on High Performance Devices, held August 11–12 at the University of Florida in Gainesville, FL. His poster,… Read More

The Ebrish Electron Devices Group (EEDG)  focuses on heterogeneously integrating emerging materials, such as 2D materials and wide-bandgap semiconductors, with Si-CMOS chips to unlock unprecedented capabilities for the Internet of Things (IoT) and beyond. EEDG investigates the interfacial properties of these materials to enhance device performance, enabling applications ranging from… Read More

Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 VINSE NanoDay! Poster Competition! The 24th annual Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Forum Welcomed over 250 registered participants, representing 24 departments at Vanderbilt and partner institutions and 14 of industry collaborators.  A total of 66 posters were presented, highlighting the wide range… Read More

Owen Meilander, 2nd year Interdisciplinary Material Science PhD student in Dr. Mona Ebrish’s Lab in the Electrical Engineering department.   Summary of Research: My work focuses on the fabrication and characterization of gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductor devices. GaN devices offer many benefits for high power and high frequency applications. Read More

The 17th annual VINSE Fall Faculty Celebration was held on October 10, 2023, recognizing accomplishments of our community and celebrating faculty promotions. WELCOME TO VINSE Xiaoguang Dong | Mona Ebrish | Marjan Rafat | Krishnendu (Krish) Roy | René Colehour | Jasmine Zhang FACULTY PROMOTIONS… Read More

A yearly forum for members of the VINSE community engaged in nanoscience and nanotechnology research. Registration closed Schedule Student Life Center 11:30 LUNCH begins 12:00 POSTER SESSION 2:00 Opening Remarks Dr. Sharon M. Weiss 2:20 Modeling the irradiated breast microenvironment to evaluate tumor and immune cell interactions Dr. Marjan Rafat… Read More