Seth Ariel Tongay
Professor, School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy
Cutting-edge research in manufacturing next-generation materials for electronics, national security, and sustainability.
Recent stories
October 9, 2025
Fulton Schools plays critical role in $270M Tempe hub that unites academic discovery with industrial-scale tools to fast-track semiconductor innovations.
July 15, 2025
ASU and Applied Materials charge into the atomic frontier of semiconductor breakthroughs.
April 21, 2025
Global giant invests in state-of-the-art facilities, leading-edge research projects and student scholarships at ASU.
December 9, 2024
After recently being named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, ASU Professor Seth Tongay was named an American Physical Society Fellow.
Additional stories
Defying materials research limitations
October 11, 2024
Seth Ariel Tongay gets double honors due to two-dimensional materials innovations.
Zachary Holman named vice dean for research and innovation
March 27, 2024
As Vice Dean for Research and Innovation, Zachary Holman is advancing groundbreaking research conducted in ASU’s Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering.
Strengthening semiconductor skills at the SWAP Hub
March 13, 2024
The ASU-led SWAP Hub, a U.S. Department of Defense Microelectronics Commons Hub, advances electronic technology and workforce development for national defense.
ASU students forge award-winning blade with local materials
May 10, 2022
ASU Materials science and engineering students win Creative Use of Materials Award for their use of locally sourced iron in 2022 TMS Bladesmithing Competition.
Mirror, mirror: ASU researcher’s synthesis and analysis of 2D Janus materials lights the way to a quantum future
May 24, 2021
Sefaattin Tongay's research team is among the first to reliably create high-quality 2D Janus materials, leading the way to a new generation of quantum tech.
ASU engineering begins major industry collaboration
October 29, 2020
Semiconductor industry giant Applied Materials is supporting five years of new research with ASU's Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering.
Tongay explores the quantum realm to international acclaim
January 17, 2020
Sefaattin Tongay is making a name for himself in quantum materials with influential materials research that has earned prestigious grants and awards.