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Prof. Ivan I. SMALYUKH
Asst. Professor of Physics
Gamow Tower, F-527 (office)
Phone: 303.492.7277(office); 303.492.6530 (lab)
Fax: 303.492.2998
Email: Ivan.Smalyukh@Colorado.EDU
http://spot.colorado.edu/~smalyukh
SPRING 2010 Teaching: Physics 7430 Soft Condensed Matter Physics
Postdocs
Dr. Clayton LAPOINTE
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Research Project "Interactions and self-assembly
of colloidal lithoparticles in liquid crystals." This project is
performed in collaboration with Prof. Tom Mason, UCLA
Phone: 303-492-6530 Fax: 303.492.2998
Email: clayton.lapointe@colorado.edu
Dr. Taewoo LEE
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Research Project "Nonlinear optical microscopy of
orientational order in soft matter and biological systems."
Phone: 303-492-6530 Fax: 303.492.2998
Email: taewoo.lee@colorado.edu
Dr. Dong Ki YOON
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Research Project "Novel self-assembly phenomena
in lamellar liquid crystals." This collaborative project is performed
jointly by Noel Clark's and Ivan Smalyukh's research groups.
Phone: 303-492-0987 Fax: 303.492.2998
Email: dong.yoon@colorado.edu
Ph.D. Students
Rahul P. TRIVEDI
Ph.D. student
Research Project "CARS polarizing microscopy
imaging of ordered structures in biological membranes and liquid
crystals"
Phone: 303.492.6530 (lab), 720.837.2485 (Google voice); Fax:
303.492.2998
Email: Rahul.Trivedi@Colorado.EDU
Julian S. Evans
Ph.D. student
Research Project "Self-assembley of liquid
crystalline bioploymers and colloidal nanoparticles into electrically-
and optically-controlled structures."
Phone: 303.492.6530 (lab); Fax: 303.492.2998
Email: julian.evans@Colorado.EDU
Zhiyuan QI
Ph.D. student
Research Project "Non-linear optical properties
of liquid crystals."
Phone: 303.492.6530 (lab); Fax: 303.492.2998
Email: zhiyuan.qi@Colorado.EDU
Michael VARNEY
Ph.D. student
Research Project "Surface plasmon resonance and
liquid crystal alignment based detection of molecules for bio-sensor
applications."
Phone: 303.492.6530 (lab), 302.827.6530 (Google voice); Fax:
303.492.2998
Email: michael.varney@Colorado.EDU
Angel MARTINEZ
Ph.D. student
Research Project "Optical patterning of director
structures in liquid crystals via control of light-sensitive surface
monolayers"
Phone: 303.492.6530 (lab) ; Fax: 303.492.2998
Email: anglm@csupomona.EDU
Yiheng LIN
Ph.D. student
Research Project
Phone: 303.492.6530 (lab); Fax: 303.492.2998
Email: yiheng.lin@Colorado.EDU
Visiting Scientists
Ruwang SUNG
Visiting Professor from University of Northern Colorado
Research Project "Organic Photovoltaics"
Phone: 303-492-6530; Fax: 303.492.2998
Email: rsung@yahoo.com
Dr. Oksana TRUSHKEVYCH
Visiting Scientist from Cambridge University, UK
Research Project "Nonlinear optics and novel
optical properties of dye-doped and nanoparticle-doped liquid crystals"
Phone: 303-492-6530; Fax: 303.492.2998
Email: ot213@cam.ac.uk
Ivan KLEVETS
Ph.D. student (Visiting from the Institute for Condensed Matter Physics, Lviv, Ukraine)
Research Project "Defect formations and
structures in complex colloids nematic liquid crystals: theoretical
modeling versus experimental observations"
Phone: 303-492-1366; Fax: 303.492.2998
Email: ivan.klevets@colorado.edu
Dr. David ENGSTROM
Visiting Postdoctoral Research Associate
Research Project "Liquid Crystal SLM optimization
for polarization controlled holographic optical trapping and
manipulation"
Phone: 303-492-6530 Fax: 303.492.2998
Email: david.engstrom@colorado.edu
Qingkun LIU
Ph.D. student (Visiting from the group of Prof. Sailing He)
Research Project "Tunable negative refraction and
plasmonic effects in nanoparticle-doped liquid crystals"
Phone: 303.492.6530 (lab); Fax: 303.492.2998
Email: liuqingkun@coer.zju.edu.cn
Rajdeep DEB
Ph.D. student (Visiting from the group of Prof. Rao, India)
Research Project "Characterization of novel
light-sensitive and luminescent azo- or ester- based liquid crystals by
optical techniques"
Phone: 303.492.6530 (lab); Fax: 303.492.2998
Email: rajdeepaus@gmail.com
Dr. Andrij TROKHYMCHUK
Visiting Scientist from the Institute for Condensed Matter Physics, Lviv, Ukraine
Collaborative Research Project (conducted jointly
with Prof. Arthi JAYARAMAN from the Chemical and Biological Engineering
Department at CU) "Elasticity-Mediated Colloidal Interactions in liquid
crystals"
Phone: 303-492-1366; Fax: 303.492.2998
Email: adt@icmp.lviv.ua
Trirup DUTTA
Ph.D. student (Visiting from the group of Prof. Rao, India)
Research Project "Organic Photovoltaic Liquid
Crystalline Materials"
Phone: 303.492.6530 (lab); Fax: 303.492.2998
Email: trirupaus@gmail.com
Hector CORDOVA MIRELES
Visiting Professor from CSU Pomona
Collaborative Research Project "3D imaging of
molecular orientation patterns in liquid crystals"
Phone: 303-492-6530; Fax: 303.492.2998
Email: hecmireles@yahoo.com
Students
Christopher TWOMBLY
Student
Research Project "Optical patterning of
three-dimensional structures in liquid crystals"
Phone: 303-350-0141; 303.492.6530 (lab)
Fax: 303.492.2998
Email: Christopher.Twombly@Colorado.edu
Dennis GARDNER
Student
Research Project "Patterning and alignment of
nanoparticles in liquid crystals using defects and periodic structures."
Phone: 303.492.6530 (lab); Fax: 303.492.2998
Email: Dennis.Gardner@Colorado.EDU
Pegah NAEIMI
Student
Research Project "Photonic structures in liquid
crystals and their applications"
Phone: 303.492.6530 (lab); Fax: 303.492.2998
Email: Pegah.Naeimi@Colorado.EDU
Bethany WILCOX
Student
Research Project "Stabilization of Cholesteric
Blue Phase Using Nanoparticles"
Phone: 970.412.5014, 303.492.6530 (lab)
Fax: 303.492.2998
Email: bethany.wilcox@colorado.edu
Tyler WINGFIELD
Student
Research Project "Colloidal self-assembly at
surfaces of liquid crystals"
Phone: 303.492.6530 (lab G-335)
Fax: 303.492.2998
Email: tyler.wingfield@Colorado.EDU
Paul ACKERMAN
Student
Research Project "CARS Microscopy of Liquid
Crystals"
Phone: 303.492.6530 (lab G-335)
Fax: 303.492.2998
Email: paul.ackerman@Colorado.EDU
Corinne BEIER
Student
Research Project "Self-assembly of 3D layered
structures in thin smectic films"
Phone: 303.492.6530 (lab G-335)
Fax: 303.492.2998
Email: corinne.beier@Colorado.EDU
Yi-Ting SONG
Student
Research Project "Elasticity-mediated colloidal
interactions in liquid crystals"
Office F-611, Lab G-335
Phone: 303.492.3367 (office); 303.492.6530 (lab)
Fax: 303.492.2998
Email: songy@Colorado.EDU
Ryan YOUNG
Student
Research Project "Colloidal self-assembly at the
interfaces of anisotropic and isotropic fluids studied using magnetic
and optical tweezers"
Office F-611, Lab G-335
Phone: 303.492.6530 (office); 303.492.6530 (lab)
Fax: 303.492.2998
Email: youngre@Colorado.EDU
Sharla Hopkins
Research Project ""
Phone: 303.492.6530 (lab); Fax: 303.492.2998
Email: sharlahopkins@gmail.com
Past Group Members
Dr. Ramarao PRATIBHA
Visiting Scientist from the Raman Research Institute, Bangalore, India
Collaborative Research Project (conducted jointly
with Prof. Won Park from the ECE department at CU) "Self-assembly of
nanoparticles in smectic and columnar liquid crystals for optical
metamaterials applications"
Phone: 303-492-6530; Fax: 303.492.2998
Email: pratibha@rri.res.in
Dr. Suman ANAND
Visiting scientist
Research Project "Optical trapping and
manipulation of liquid crystal defects"
Phone: 303.492.6530; Fax: 303.492.2998
Email: anands@colorado.edu
Gabriel STOCKDALE
Research Project "Holographic laser trapping and
manipulation"
Phone: 303.492.6530 (lab); Fax: 303.492.2998
Email: gstockda@ucsc.EDU
Administrative Support
Annett BAUMGARTNER
LCMRC Administrator
Gamow Tower, office F-611
Phone: 303.492.1515 Fax: 303.492.2998
Email: Annett.Baumgartner@Colorado.edu
Barbara BOWMAN
Administrative Assistant
Gamow Tower, office F-611
Phone: 303.492.1515 Fax: 303.492.2998
Email: Barbara.Bowman@Colorado.EDU
Nikki KILBRIDE
Administrative Assistant
Gamow Tower, office F-611
Phone: 303.492.3367 Fax: 303.492.2998
Email: Kilbridn@Colorado.edu