• Assistant Professor of Physics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
• Postdoctoral Research Assistant, University of California, Los Angeles, CA

Lei Research Group focuses on developing new electronic, optoelectronic, and quantum devices for applications in biomedicine, microelectronics and sensing systems. The research interests include:

• Surface/interfacial physics and chemistry of low-dimensional materials
• Advanced manufacturing and large-scale integration of microelectronics based on low-dimensional materials
• Organic-inorganic hybrid structures and soft electronics for biomedical applications

• Jabegu, T.; Li, N.;  Okmi, A.;  Tipton, B.;  Vlassiouk, I.;  Xiao, K.;  Yao, Y.; Lei, S., Momentum Matching for 2D-3D Heterogeneous Ohmic van der Waals Contact. arXiv preprint arXiv:2401.17114 2024.
• Bhatti, F.; Xiao, D.;  Jebagu, T.;  Huang, X.;  Witherspoon, E.;  Dong, P.;  Lei, S.;  Shen, J.; Wang, Z., Semiconductive biocomposites enabled portable and interchangeable sensor for early osteoarthritis joint inflammation detection. Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials 2023, 6 (1), 33.
• Li, N.; Okmi, A.;  Jabegu, T.;  Zheng, H.;  Chen, K.;  Lomashvili, A.;  Williams, W.;  Maraba, D.;  Kravchenko, I.; Xiao, K.; He, K,; Lei, S., van der Waals semiconductor empowered vertical color sensor. ACS Nano 2022, 16 (6), 8619-8629.
• Okmi, A.; Xiao, X.;  Zhang, Y.;  He, R.;  Olunloyo, O.;  Harris, S. B.;  Jabegu, T.;  Li, N.;  Maraba, D.; Sherif, Y.; Dyck, O.; Vlassiouk, I.; Xiao, K.; Dong, P.; Xu B.; Lei, S., Discovery of Graphene‐Water Membrane Structure: Toward High‐Quality Graphene Process. Advanced Science 2022, 9 (26), 2201336.
• Huang, T.-X.; Dong, B.;  Filbrun, S. L.;  Okmi, A. A.;  Cheng, X.;  Yang, M.;  Mansour, N.;  Lei, S.; Fang, N., Single-molecule photocatalytic dynamics at individual defects in two-dimensional layered materials. Science Advances 2021, 7 (40), eabj4452.
• Tsai, S.-H.; Lei, S.;  Zhu, X.;  Tsai, S.-P.;  Yin, G.;  Che, X.;  Deng, P.;  Ng, J.;  Zhang, X.; Lin, W.-H., Interfacial states and Fano–Feshbach resonance in graphene–silicon vertical junction. Nano letters 2019, 19 (10), 6765-6771.
• Jin, Z.; Ye, F.;  Zhang, X.;  Jia, S.;  Dong, L.;  Lei, S.;  Vajtai, R.;  Robinson, J. T.;  Lou, J.; Ajayan, P. M., Near-field coupled integrable two-dimensional InSe photosensor on optical fiber. ACS nano 2018, 12 (12), 12571-12577.
• Li, N.;  Jabegu, T.;  He, R.;  Yun, S.;  Ghosh, S.;  Maraba, D.;  Olunloyo, O.;  Ma, H.;  Okmi, A.; Xiao, K.; Wang, G.; Dong, P.; Lei, S., Covalently‐Bonded Laminar Assembly of Van der Waals Semiconductors with Polymers: Toward High‐Performance Flexible Devices. Small 2024, 2310175.Organizations

• AIChE Future Leader-Young Investigator Research Award (2024)
• NSF Career Award (2023)
• GSU Dean’s Career Award (2023)

• Member of Materials Research Society
• Section Chair of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers
• Section Chair of the American Social of Mechanical Engineering