Anurag Chapagain
Evanston,Illinois
Summary
Three years of hands-on nano-device fabrication experience. Completed five graduate-level semiconductor and solid state courses. Full-ride scholar with a strong work ethic and a deep interest in advancing device fabrication and analysis.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Research Assistant (Paid)
Materials Innovation Lab, Hersam Group
04.2023 - Current
- Earned consecutive research grants ($4.5 K freshman winter & $5 K sophomore year) to drive graphene hot-junction solar-cell and mem-transistor fabrication—handling crystal growth, e-beam/photolithography, SEM & solar simulations, plus cryoprobe testing
- Co-authored a research paper currently under review at Nature; another manuscript completed and pending submission to Nature Electronics. Five other studies in prep.
Physics Researcher
Department of Physics, St. Xavier's College
01.2019 - 09.2022
- First-author of a peer-reviewed journal publication investigating the theoretical quantum-mechanical stability of point-based regular polygons with Dr. V. K. Jha. (accepted at the International Conference on Materials Science & Characterization Technology Nepal, youngest presenter),
Academic Affairs Chair
Ayers Residential College of Commerce & Industry
04.2023 - 04.2024
- Elected by a 173-student constituency to run academic programming, I planned and hosted ten professor-, entrepreneur-, alumni-led Firesides. Hosted the president of Northwestern and CTO John Rogers
Education
B.S. - Physics, Materials Science Eng., Integrated Sci.
Northwestern University – Integrated Science Program (ISP)
Evanston, IL06-2026
Skills
- Electron-Beam Lithography, Photolithography, Scanning Electron Microscopy, RIE, ALD, E-beam/PVD, Atomic Force Microscopy, Sputtering, Raman Spectroscopy, Solar Simulation, AutoCAD, MATLAB, Python
Awards
- NorthwesternU Full-Ride Scholarship (Buffett Scholar)— four-year tuition, room & board (2022)
- McCormick Undergraduate Summer Research Grant— $4,500 freshman research award (2023)
- Summer Internship Grant $4500 (2024)
- Murphy Scholar, Northwestern University — $4,000 competitive research stipend (2023)
- Gold Medal- LAC Advanced Level Maths Olympiad, Nepal
Publications
1. Hersam, M., et al. “Multi‑Order Complexity Spiking Neurons Enabled by Printed MoS₂ Memristive Nanosheet Networks.” Submitted to Nature (under review), Jan 2025.
2. Chapagain, A.; Qian, J.; Hersam, M. “Self‑Aligned Gate Tunable BJT for Neural Networks.” In prep., 2025.
3. Qian, J.; Liu, K.; Chapagain, A., et al. “Split‑Gate Memtransistors with Independent Tunable Memory for Reinforcement Learning.” In prep., 2025.
4. Chapagain, A. “Quantum Stability of Polygons via Heisenberg Principle.” IJRASET 9(X), 2021.
Timeline
Research Assistant (Paid)
Materials Innovation Lab, Hersam Group
04.2023 - Current
Academic Affairs Chair
Ayers Residential College of Commerce & Industry
04.2023 - 04.2024
Physics Researcher
Department of Physics, St. Xavier's College
01.2019 - 09.2022
B.S. - Physics, Materials Science Eng., Integrated Sci.
Northwestern University – Integrated Science Program (ISP)
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