Rate My Professor Tania Roy

Roy's research specializations encompass semiconductor device physics, solid-state physics, next-generation electronics, two-dimensional materials, solar cells, neuromorphic computing, and energy-efficient electronics and optoelectronics using novel functional materials. At UCF, her group pioneered brain-like devices for artificial intelligence, including memristive synapses with ultra-low variability using MoS2, ultrasensitive and ultrathin phototransistors and photonic synapses with perovskite quantum dots grown from graphene lattices, and artificial neurons via vertical MoS2/graphene threshold switching memristors. Key publications include "Field-effect transistors built from all two-dimensional material components" (ACS Nano, 2014), "Dual-Gated MoS2/WSe2 van der Waals Tunnel Diodes and Transistors" (ACS Nano, 2015), "The Role of Graphene and Other 2D Materials in Solar Photovoltaics" (Advanced Materials, 2019), "Artificial Neuron using Vertical MoS2/Graphene Threshold Switching Memristors" (Scientific Reports, 2019), and "Ultrasensitive and ultrathin phototransistors and photonic synapses using perovskite quantum dots grown from graphene lattice" (Science Advances, 2020). She has earned major awards such as the NSF CAREER Award in 2019 and the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) in 2025. Her work has advanced radiation-resilient electronics and in-memory computing for space and remote applications.