LABORATORY TEAM MEMBERS

I am currently working with a team of bright and energetic research staff and students. They are from diverse technical background (Mechanical Eng., Material Science/Eng., Polymer Eng., Chemical Eng. and Chemistry) to perform challenging research tasks. I am also working with a few dynamic undergraduate students who are interested in R&D projects.

AMSL members (as of Fall 2025)

	Principal Investigator (PI): Kwang J. (Jin) Kim, PhD, ASME Fellow (2007), NAI Fellow (2017) UNLV Distinguished Professor & Southwest Gas Professor of Energy and Matter Founder and Director, Active Materials and Smart Living (AMSL) Laboratory Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Email: kwang.kim@unlv.edu Web: www.kwangjinkim.org
	Senior Research Staff and Lab Manager: Dr. Jung Hwa Lee Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry, Korea University in Seoul, S. Korea Email: junghwa.lee@unlv.edu

Postdoctoral Researchers:

Dr. Myeongjun JI, PhD in Material Science and Engineering, SEOULTECH, S. Korea
Dr. Jeongchul LEE, PhD in Chemical Engineering, Penn State University, University Park, PA
Dr. Nazanin MINAIAN, PhD in Mechanical Engineering, UNLV

Students:

John FACCINTO (PhD student), BS in Mechanical Engineering, UNLV
Daniel FISHER (PhD student), BS in Mechanical Engineering, UNLV
Katherine May Peralta (Undergraduate student), Mechanical Engineering, UNLV
Santyna Sampson (Undergraduate student), Mechanical Engineering, UNLV
Jaime Garcia (Undergraduate student), Mechanical Engineering, UNLV