Curriculum Vitae
Education
Sept 2019 - Apr 2025 Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering
(Exp.) Stanford University, Stanford, CA | Doctoral Advisor: Daniel Congreve
DARE Faculty Resource Advisor: Thomas Jaramillo | GPA: 4.06/4.00
Dissertation: B-Site Engineering Enables Emissive Perovskites Across the Visible and Ultraviolet Spectrums
Sept 2019 - Apr 2021 Master of Science in Electrical Engineering
Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Advisor: Daniel Congreve | GPA: 4.06/4.00
Aug 2015 - May 2019 Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Minor in Mathematics
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Sole College of Engineering Gay and Erskine Love Family Foundation Scholarship Finalist
GPA: 4.00/4.00
Research Experience
Aug 2020 - Present Doctoral Candidate Researcher, Congreve Lab, Advisor: Daniel Congreve
Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
Sept 2019 - July 2020 Rotating Doctoral Student Researcher, Pop Lab, Advisor: Eric Pop
Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
May 2017 - May 2019 Undergraduate Student Researcher, Silicon-Germanium Devices and Circuits Team, Advisor: John Cressler
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Jan 2017 - May 2017 Undergraduate Student Researcher, Digital Signal Processing of the Voice, Advisor: David Anderson
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Nov 2015 - Oct 2016 Undergraduate Student Researcher, Sustainable Thermal Energy Engineering Lab, Advisor: Shannon Yee
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Fellowships and Scholarships
2023 $140,000 Stanford Diversifying Academia, Recruiting Excellence (DARE) Doctoral Fellowship
2022 $264,000 U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy IBUILD Graduate Research Fellowship
One of eight nationally, First Stanford student to win fellowship
2022 Diversifying Academia, Recruiting Excellence (DARE) Doctoral Fellowship, Alternate
2022 Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship, Alternate
2021 Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship, Honorable Mention
2020 $5,000 Cadence Latinx Student in Technology Scholarship, One of eight nationally
2019 Sole College of Engineering Gay and Erskine Love Family Foundation Scholarship Finalist,
Given to the Georgia Tech Engineering Undergraduate with the Best Scholastic Record, One from 3000
2019 $300,000 P. Michael Farmwald Stanford Graduate Fellowship in Science and Engineering
2019 Princeton University Gordon Y.S. Wu Graduate Fellowship in Engineering (Declined)
2019 UC Berkeley Chancellor's Graduate Fellowship in Engineering (Declined)
2019 UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences Excellence Award (Declined)
2019 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign SURGE Graduate Fellowship (Declined)
2018 $20,000 GEM Ph.D. Engineering Fellowship
2018 $2,000 Georgia Engineering Foundation Scholarship
2015 $40,000 Zell Miller Scholarship
Honors and Awards
2024 $500 University of Washington Chemical Engineering Distinguished Young Scholars Seminar Winner
Winner of the Best Speaker Award among the eight invited faculty candidate speakers from
the 14th Annual Distinguished Young Scholars Seminar (DYSS) Series
2024 Rising Stars in Materials Science and Engineering
Hosted by the Departments of Materials Science and Engineering at MIT, Stanford
University, Carnegie Mellon University, and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2024 Purdue University Trailblazers in Engineering Fellow
Hosted by Purdue University, College of Engineering
2024 University of Washington Chemical Engineering Distinguished Young Scholars Seminar
One of eight 2024 Distinguished Young Scholars Seminar (DYSS) Invited Speakers
2024 WiscProf Future Faculty in Engineering Program Participant
Hosted by University of Wisconsin-Madison, College of Engineering
2024 Northwestern University Materials Science and Engineering Future Leaders Program
One of ten members of the 2024 Future Leaders Program Cohort
2023 1st Place Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education Invited Presentation
2023 3rd Place Duke Engineering Faculty Candidate DEFINE Presentation
2023 Duke Engineering Future Faculty of Innovation and Excellence Program Participant
2023 NextProf Nexus Future Faculty Program Participant, Hosted by the Colleges of
Engineering at UC Berkeley, Georgia Tech, and University of Michigan
2022 ACS Nano Letters Seed Grant Program North America Region, Finalist/Runner-Up
One of four finalists in North America, First Stanford student to be named finalist
2019 $500 Georgia Institute of Technology Undergraduate Teaching Assistant of the Year Award
2019 $250 Georgia Institute of Technology Electrical and Computer Engineering Undergraduate Research Award, One from 300
2019 $300 Georgia Institute of Technology Electrical and Computer Engineering Senior Scholar Award
2019 Georgia Institute of Technology Graduating Senior Gold Tower Award
2019 Georgia Institute of Technology School of Mathematics Undergraduate Teaching Assistant of the Year Award
2018 Stanford Exposure to Research and Graduate Education (SERGE) Participant
2018 UIUC Multicultural Engineering Recruitment for Graduate Education (MERGE) Participant
2018 $1,000 Eta Kappa Nu Outstanding Electrical and Computer Engineering Junior Scholar Award, One from 300
2018 Georgia Institute of Technology Senior Gold Sustained Award
2017 Georgia Institute of Technology School of Mathematics Outstanding Student Evaluations Award
2016 Georgia Institute of Technology Gold Tower Award
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiative Funding Awards
2024 $3,000 Department of Computer Science Diversity Fund Award for SERIO
2024 $2,000 2024 - 2025 Diversity and Inclusion Innovation Funds Award for SERIS
2024 $1,100 Stanford School of Engineering Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Initiative Funding Award for SERIO
2023 $5,000 Stanford School of Engineering Request for Funding Award for SERIO
2023 $3,000 Department of Computer Science Diversity Fund Award for SERIO
2023 $2,000 2023 - 2024 Diversity and Inclusion Innovation Funds Award for SERIS
2023 $6,500 Stanford School of Engineering Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Initiative Funding Award for SERIO
2023 $500 Haas Center for Public Service Fund Award for SERIO
2022 $1,100 ASSU Graduate Student Council and Undergraduate Senate Fund Award for SERIO
2022 $2,000 Department of Electrical Engineering Diversity Fund Award for SERIO
2022 $2,000 Department of Computer Science Diversity Fund Award for SERIO
2022 $2,000 Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Diversity Fund Award for SERIO
2022 $3,000 2022 - 2023 Diversity and Inclusion Innovation Funds Award for SERIS
2021 $750 Department of Chemical Engineering Diversity Fund Award for SERIS
2021 $1,500 Department of Computer Science Diversity Fund Award for SERIS
2021 $1,500 Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Diversity Fund Award for SERIS
2021 $1,500 Department of Electrical Engineering Diversity Fund Award for SERIS
2021 $2,500 2021 - 2022 Diversity and Inclusion Innovation Funds Award for SERIS
Invited Talks and Lectures
[1] University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Spring 2025, Champaign, IL.
"Enabling Perovskite Semiconductors for a Brighter, Safer, and Efficient World"
[2] University of California, Berkeley, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, BETR Solid State Technology and Devices Seminar, November 2024, Berkeley, CA. "Enabling Perovskite Semiconductors for a Brighter, Safer, and Efficient World"
[3] University of Washington, Department of Chemical Engineering, August 2024, Seattle, WA. - 2024 Winner
"Enabling Perovskite Semiconductors for a Brighter, Safer, and Efficient World"
University of Washington ChemE News: “Sebastian Fernández named 2024 University of Washington, Department of Chemical Engineering Distinguished Young Scholars Seminar Winner” Link: https://tinyurl.com/UWChemEDYSS2024
Stanford EE News: “Sebastian Fernández named 2024 University of Washington, Department of Chemical Engineering Distinguished Young Scholars Seminar Winner” Link: https://ee.stanford.edu/sebastian-fernandez-2024-distinguished-young-scholar
[4] Northwestern University, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, June 2024, Virtual.
"Enabling Perovskite Semiconductors for a Brighter, Safer, and Efficient World"
[5] University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, May 2024, Madison, WI.
"Enabling Perovskite Semiconductors for a Brighter, Safer, and More Efficient World"
[6] Oak Ridge National Laboratory, January 2024, Oak Ridge, TN.
"Trade-off Between Efficiency and Stability in Mn2+-Doped Perovskite LEDs"
[7] Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, November 2023, Virtual. - 1st Place
"Trade-off Between Efficiency and Stability in Mn2+-Doped Perovskite LEDs"
[8] Duke University, Pratt School of Engineering, October 2023, Durham, NC. - 3rd Place
"Enabling Perovskite Semiconductors for a Brighter, Safer, and More Efficient World"
[9] U.S. Department of Energy Building Technologies Office Peer Review, April 2023, Arlington, VA.
"Trade-off Between Efficiency and Stability in Mn2+-Doped Perovskite LEDs"
[10] Georgia Institute of Technology, Cutting-Edge Engineering Seminar, April 2023, Atlanta, GA.
Industry Experience
June 2019 - Sept 2019 Concept & Feasibility Dielectric Etch Engineering Intern, Lam Research Corporation | Fremont, CA
May 2017 - Aug 2017 Upstream Instrumentation and Controls Engineering Intern, ExxonMobil Corporation | Houston, TX
May 2016 - Aug 2016 Engineering Leadership Development Program Intern, Siemens Industry Inc. | Alpharetta, GA