Our team

Scott Keene

Principal Investigator
sk251@rice.edu

Scott earned his B.S. from the University of Washington (Seattle, WA) in 2015. He went on to earn his Ph.D. in 2020 from Stanford University where he studied organic mixed conductors for neuromorphic devices and biosensors. He joined the Department of Electrical Engineering and Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge with a Marie Curie postdoctoral fellowship to study mixed ionic-electronic transport in conjugated polymers. Following his time at Cambridge, he joined the Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering at Rice University as an assistant professor in July 2024. In his spare time, Scott enjoys experimenting in the kitchen and traveling with his family.

Intisar (Zeina) Qubbaj

PhD Student, MSNE
zq12@rice.edu

Zeina earned her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in Spring 2024. During her time at UTRGV, she was active in the Partnership for Research and Education in Materials Science (PREM) where her research project was designing fibrous membranes for drug delivery applications through emulsion based systems. She will start as a PhD student in Materials Science and NanoEngineering at Rice University in Fall 2024.

Qianyun Xiao

PhD Student, MSNE
qx18@rice.edu

Qianyun earned her B.S. from Beijing University of Chemical Technology and her M.S. from National University of Singapore. She is interested in polymers and biosensors. She will start her Ph.D. studies in the Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering in August 2024. In her spare time, she likes dancing, reading, cooking, and playing badminton.

Jolie Wang

Undergraduate Student, ECE
jw161@rice.edu

Jolie is a junior at Rice University majoring in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Through an internship at Sandia National Labs, she gained exposure to characterizing materials and devices for neuromorphic computing. She is interested in the intersection of materials and electronics and hopes to further her exploration. In her free time, she will be having fun with her friends, especially exploring new food options in the city. 

We are currently recruiting talented students and posdocs to join our group. Interested in joining? Please contact Scott Keene by email.