Materials Webinar | Defective Functional Materials for AI Chips, Next Generation Sensors and Terahertz Electronics

Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, University of Waterloo, ON, Canada;
Dr. Yimin Wu is currently a Tang Family Chair associate professor in the University of Waterloo Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering. After receiving his DPhil degree in Materials from the University of Oxford in 2013, he won the prestigious a SinBeRise Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of California, Berkeley, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. In 2014, he joined the Argonne National Laboratory and was a research assistant professor at University of Illinois until 2019. Dr. Wu has authored over 120 papers in top journals, including Nature, Nature Energy, Nature communications and Science Advances.

Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering Dept., University of Waterloo, ON, Canada;
Dr. Bersu Bastug Azer is a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Waterloo. Dr. Bastug-Azer received her doctoral degree in Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering in 2025 at the University of Waterloo in defect engineering of functional perovskites. Dr. Bastug Azer has received many prestigious research awards such as Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) fellowship, and Paul Nissen Teck Award Medal. Dr. Bastug Azer is the world leading scientist in the photo-electro-chemical oxygen demand (PECOD) sensors for industrial applications.

Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, Waterloo, ON, Canada;
Dr. Mustafa Yavuz is a professor and the Director of Nanotechnology Graduate Program at the University of Waterloo. Dr. Yavuz’s pioneering research has significantly advanced the understanding of nanoscale devices and smart sensor networks. Dr. Yavuz’s work spans the fabrication and functionalization of PECOD sensors, nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS), quantum resonators, and MIM diodes for THz applications.