Dr. Afaq Piracha is a Research Associate in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Michigan State University. Dr. Piracha completed his PhD in single crystal diamond membranes for nanophotonics and nanomechanics from University of Melbourne, Australia. Before joining MSU, he did postdoc fellowships at Harvard University in diamond nanophotonic quantum devices and diamond on GaN for heat spreaders at University of Bristol, UK. Recently, Dr. Piracha joined ULTRA team to work on high quality CVD growth of doped and undoped diamond for high power electrical applications.