People

Title

Technical Manager, Fabrication facility

Degree

Ph.D.

Biography

Kristina Vaklinova is a Senior Research Fellow with 12+ years of hands-on experience in nano- and micro-fabrication of 2D-material-based heterostructures for electronic and optoelectronic applications, and electronic transport experiments at room and cryogenic temperatures. She brings expertise in electron beam and optical lithography, surface characterization techniques (AFM, KPFM, SEM), PVD, CVD growth of epitaxial heterostructures, equipment and laboratory management, including work in clean room-grade facilities. During her PhD and post-doctoral research tenure, she has investigated a range of low-dimensional materials (carbon nanotubes, graphene, hBN, TMDs, topological insulators, ferromagnetic insulators) by fabricating transistors, Hall bars, spin valves, light emitting diodes, and SQUIDs, and probing their electronic properties as a function of externally applied electric and magnetic fields.

As the Technical Manager of the I-FIM Fabrication Facility, Kristina oversees the day-to-day operations, manages all laboratory fabrication and characterization resources, and supports researchers utilizing the equipment and premises. She is working to establish a functional, state-of-the-art fabrication facility that gives I-FIM scientists access to the best tools, materials, and expertise to bring their projects to life.