Dr. Iman Santoso is a faculty
member (associated professor) at the Physics Department, Faculty of Mathematics and
Natural Sciences, University of Gadjah Mada (UGM) Yogyakarta. He received his
bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees respectively from UGM, University of
Groningen-the Netherlands, and University of Amsterdam- the Netherlands. During
his doctoral program, he studied fundamental aspects of electronic structure and
interactions in oxide superconducting materials using angle-resolved
photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES). From 2008 to 2012 he then worked
successively as a postdoctoral researcher at the chemistry department of the
National University of Singapore (NUS), the NUS Graphene Research Center, and
the NUS Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Initiative (NUSNNI). During 2013 he was
also a visiting Scientist at the Singapore Synchrotron Light Source. Currently, his research interests include:
(1) Computational studies
of electronic structure, optical, and thermal properties of emerging
2D materials such as graphene, transition metal dichalcogenides (TMD), cuprates,
oxide electronics, and strongly correlated materials. electron materials) using
the Tight Binding Time Propagation Method.
(2) Electron spectroscopy
studies using ARPES, X-ray/Ultraviolet Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS/UPS),
and Optical Spectroscopy (Ellipsometry, Reflectance, Transmittance,
Photoluminescence, Raman) as well as synchrotron radiation facilities to
understand electronic structure emergence/novel materials and their
applications in the fields of energy (photovoltaic solar cells,
supercapacitors, thermoelectrics, superconductors), optoelectronics, and
sensors.
(3) Design and synthesis of 2D emerging materials for
optoelectronics and sensors using various methods such as CVD (chemical vapour
deposition), vacuum evaporation and wet chemistry
