Oscar Vazquez Menaمشاهده پروفایل
استادیار
- Nanomaterials
- Two-Dimensional Materials
- Graphene
- +۱۲ مورد دیگر
Oscar Vazquez Mena is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), within the Jacobs School of Engineering. His research integrates cutting-edge nanomaterials and 2D atomic layers for applications in optoelectronics, biosensing, and biomedical devices. Education: Ph.D. in Physics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland Postdoctoral Research, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Physics (2011–2014) Postdoctoral Research, Institute of Photonic Sciences, Barcelona (2015, Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow) M.S. in Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden (thesis at Delft University of Technology) B.S. in Physics Engineering, Monterrey Institute of Technology, Mexico His research focuses on 2D materials (especially graphene), acoustic metamaterials , quantum dots , and 3D nano-architectures . He explores how these materials can be hybridized to create novel functionalities in photovoltaics, biosensing, and non-invasive brain interfaces. His work bridges fundamental physics with practical engineering applications. The recent publications highlight a strong trend in hybrid nanomaterial systems —particularly combining graphene with quantum dots or silicon microstructures—to achieve tunable optoelectronic responses and advanced acoustic control. These works fall within broad disciplines of nanotechnology, materials science, and applied physics, with subfields including negative-index materials, carrier dynamics, and nanofabrication. Scientific Awards: NSF CAREER Award (2021) DARPA Director's Fellowship (2020) DARPA Young Faculty Award (2018) Emerging Scholar, Diverse Journal (2020) Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship (2015) Prof. Vazquez-Mena has successfully mentored multiple Ph.D. students to graduation, including Jiaying Wang, Malcolm Lockett, and Wenjun Chen. His research is supported by significant grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) , DARPA , and the UCSD Center for Brain Activity Mapping . These grants fund work on acoustic metamaterials, graphene/quantum dot photodetectors, and non-invasive brain interfaces. He leads a dynamic research group at UCSD focused on nanofabrication and integration of 2D materials, with specialized expertise in developing acoustic metamaterials for high-frequency applications, hybrid graphene/quantum dot devices , and 3D nanostructured systems . The lab leverages semiconductor fabrication tools to push the boundaries of nanoscale material design, aiming to emulate biological complexity in engineered systems.










