Materials Science PhD student at USC

Chloe Isabella Tsang

I work on thin films and crystals at the nanoscale: how they form, how to control their structure, and the devices built from them.

My journey began on the tennis court, competing internationally from age 8 and professionally on the WTA tour at 15.

While tennis shaped my discipline and resilience, I was increasingly drawn to understanding the world at a fundamental level.

At the University of Chicago, I discovered a passion for experimental quantum materials research that ultimately led me to step away from competitive tennis and pursue a PhD in Materials Science at USC.

Today, I am driven by the belief that deep scientific curiosity can lay the foundation for innovations that address some of our most pressing challenges.

Research

Publications

  1. 2026

    Modeling Far Ultraviolet Reflective Spectropolarimetric Response of Oxide and Fluoride Thin Films

    Andrew Boyi Lee*, Chloe Isabella Tsang*, Kevin Ye, Claire Wu, John Hennessy, Jayakanth Ravichandran (*Co-first authors)

    In Preparation

  2. 2026

    Orientation-tunable local crystallization of Si films enabled by atomic imprint crystallization

    K. Tanaka, X. Doi, C. P. Horn, C. I. Tsang, S. Guha

    Applied Physics Letters

  3. 2025

    Multiscale simulation and machine learning facilitated design of two-dimensional nanomaterials-based tunnel field-effect transistors: A review

    C. I. Tsang, H. Pu, J. Chen

    APL Machine LearningCover article

Experience

Labs and research groups

Education

  • University of Southern California

    PhD, Materials Science

  • University of Chicago

    BS with Honors, Molecular Engineering (Quantum Engineering). Varsity Tennis, UChicago Quantum Society, Society of Women in Physics.

  • Stanford Online High School

    Mathematics and Physics

Honors

  • Mork Family Graduate Fellowship

    University of Southern California

  • NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, Honorable Mention

    National Science Foundation

Beyond the lab

Service and languages

Get in touch.

The best way to reach me is on LinkedIn.

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