| Seth Ariel Tongay | |
| Birth Name: | Seth Tongay |
| Birth Place: | Germany |
| Nationality: | Germany and United States of America |
| Fields: | Quantum materials, nanotechnology, materials manufacturing, materials discovery and synthesis, crystal growth, next-generation electronics |
| Workplaces: | Arizona State University |
| Alma Mater: | University of California, BerkeleyStanford UniversityUniversity of Florida |
| Known For: | First Graphene Solar Cell, Discovery of Quasi-1D Materials, Manufacturing of 2D Materials and Alloys |
| Awards: | Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers[1] National Science Foundation CAREER Award[2] [3] Highly Cited Researchers of 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 [4] [5] |
Seth Ariel Tongay (Hebrew: שת אריאל טונגאי) is an American-Jewish materials scientist and engineer internationally recognized for materials manufacturing of emergent semiconductors and quantum materialshttps://search.asu.edu/profile/2397559https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=EbRbrREAAAAJ&hl=en. He is the chair of Materials Science and Engineering at Arizona State University and serves as an associate editor at American Institute of Physics (AIP) Applied Physics Reviews[6] and Nature 2D materials & applications by Nature.[7]
His work received several prestigious awards including one from the President of the United States Donald Trump Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers[1] [8] given to outstanding scientists and engineers in the U.S. by the White House. His work has resulted in prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER Award[2] [3] and Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World award. From 2019-2023, his work has seen him identified as one of the most influential researchers over the past decade by Clarivate Analytics and Web of Science.[4] [5] [9] Google Scholar statistics independently identified him as one of the top 10 researchers in the world in the area of quantum materials[10] and the top 50 in two-dimensional materials.[11] He has participated in major government and state-level initiatives. In late 2023, the U.S. federal government selected his team within the White House initiative, the CHIPS Act, to initiate the development of manufacturing processes for next-generation semiconductors, catering to future electronics and infrared technologies.[12] The State of Arizona has awarded the Arizona Water Innovation Initiative, which aims to develop innovative and manufacturable engineering solutions for accessing clean water.[13] [14]
He studied materials physics at the University of Florida working with Prof. Dr. Arthur F. Hebard[15] and a postdoctoral fellowship in materials science and engineering at the University of California, Berkeley and Stanford with Prof. Dr. Junqiao Wu.[16] He is known for his patent integrating conductive graphene into flexible displays, solar cells, and touch screens.[17] His notable and most cited work includes synthesis of 2D and quantum materials, 2D Janus materials, the discovery of quasi-1D materials including Rhenium disulfide (ReS₂),[18] graphene-based high-power devices,[19] and graphene solar cells.[20] [21] [22] His research often uses alloying, defects engineering, dopants, and manufacturing techniques to create a new set of functionalities. His other seminal contributions include establishing the genome of defects in 2D quantum materials,[23] 2D alloying, van der Waals epitaxy, the discovery of Moire excitons in 2Ds,[24] and band alignment theory of 2D superlattices.