Principal Investigator

Ivan I. Smalyukh
Professor of Physics • Founding Fellow of Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute • Senior Investigator of the NSF Soft Materials Research Center
Physics
Postdocs

Eldho Abraham
Senior Research Associate
Physics

Amit Bhardwaj
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Physics

Souvik Ghosh
Research Associate
Physics

Olena Iadlovska
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Physics

Taewoo Lee
Senior Research Associate
Physics

Cuiling Meng
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Physics

Adam Ollanik
Postdoctoral Research Associate

Andrii Repula
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Physics
Ph.D. Students

Pedro B De Melo
Ph.D. Student
Materials Science and Engineering

Rao Fei
Ph.D. Student
Materials Science and Engineering

Jin-Sheng (Jason) Wu
Ph.D. Student
Chemistry

Hanqing Zhao
Ph.D. Student
Physics
Visiting Scholars

Dominika Benkowska-Biernacka
Visiting Ph.D. Student
Physics
Undergraduate Students

Richmond E. Adufu
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Engineering Physics

Luis Apodaca
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Physics

Nicholas Golden
Undergraduate Research Assistant

Darian Hall
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Physics

Parker Kronar
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Physics
High School Students

Jeffrey Hew
Junior Research Assistant • Summer 2019
Materials Science and Engineering
Past Members

Ghaneema Nasser Abuhaimed
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Materials Science and Engineering

Paul J. Ackerman
Postdoctoral Research Associate • 2016 - 2017
Physics

Yasser Albarakat
Undergraduate Research Assistant • Fall 2015 - Spring 2017
Physics

Mahmoud Almansouri
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Physics

Suman Anand
Visiting Scientist

Anakata Aschenbrenner
Undergraduate Research Assistant

Tracy Babb
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Engineering Physics

Corinne Beier
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Physics

Ephraim Bililign
REU Student • Summer 2014
Physics

Trent W. Bohl
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Astrophysical & Planetary Sciences

Julianna Bourgeois
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Physics

Timothy Boyle
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Physics

Jasmine Brewer
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Physics

Maxwell P. Brunette
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Physics

Audrey Burkart
REU Student • Summer 2012
Physics

Kristina Callaghan
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Physics

Timothy J. Callahan
Undergraduate Research Associate
Physics

Michael G. Campbell
MS Student
Physics

Varun Chandrasekar
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Physics

Zezhang Chen (陈泽章)
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Physics

Vladyslav Cherpak
Senior Research Associate
Physics

Kevin Crust
REU Student • Summer 2019
Physics

Enid Cruz-Colón
REU 2018 Student
Physics

Budhadipta Dan
Visiting Ph.D. Student

Joshua De La Cruz
Ph.D. Student
Materials Science and Engineering

Rajdeep Deb
Visiting Ph.D. Student

Trirup Dutta
Visiting Ph.D. Student
Physics

David Engström
Visiting Postdoctoral Research Associate
Physics

Julian S. Evans
Ph.D. Student • Graduated in Spring 2013
Physics

Brendan Evers
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Physics

Samuel Yuandong Fei
Junior Research Assistant • Summer 2017
Materials Science and Engineering

Blaise Fleury
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Physics

George W. Fosmire
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Physics

Allister W. Frazier
Ph.D. Student
Materials Science and Engineering

Andrew J. Funk
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Physics

Derek Gann
Undergraduate Research Assistant • Aug 2012 – May 2014
Engineering Physics

Dennis Gardner
Graduate Research Assistant
Physics

Núria Petit Garrido
Visiting Ph.D. Student
Physics

Brett Gedvilas
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Engineering Physics

Julian Giller
Graduate Research Assistant
Physics

David Glugla
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Engineering Physics

Raj Kumar Gupta
Visiting Associate Professor

Isaac Hanemann
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Physics

Leonardo Hermosillo
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Physics

Marshall J. Herr
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Physics

Andrew J. Hess
Ph.D. Student
Physics

Sharla Hopkins
REU Student • Summer 2009
Physics

Yana Izdebskaya
Visiting Scientist

Li Jiang
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Physics

Yang Jiang
Visiting Ph.D. student
Physics

Eric Junkins
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Physics

Noah Kent
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Physics

Joseph "Jake" Keuhlen
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Physics

Ivan Klevets
Visiting Ph.D. Student
Physics

Evan Kolderup
Junior Research Assistant • Summer 2017
Materials Science and Engineering

Benjamin Krug
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Physics

Julie Lampert
Junior Research Assistant • Summer 2018
Materials Science and Engineering

Clayton Lapointe
Postdoctoral Research Associate • 2008 - 2011
Physics

Mauricio Juanes Laviada
Undergraduate Research Assistant

Jason Lehrfeld
Junior Research Assistant • Summer 2017
Materials Science and Engineering

Dan Li
REU Student • Summer 2012
Physics

Jiaqi Li
Graduate Research Assistant • January 2011 – May 2011
Physics

Yuanyuan Li
Visiting PhD student
Physics

Yiheng Lin
Graduate Research Assistant • Fall 2009 - Summer 2010
Physics

Changda (Darren) Liu
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Physics

Dagang Liu
Visiting Professor

Qingkun Liu
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Physics

Heather Loden
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Engineering Physics

Javier Alonso López Medina
Visiting Ph.D. student

Carolyn Lubner
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Physics

Brice Lucero
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Engineering Physics

Zhijian Mai
Visiting Ph.D. student
Physics

Nikola Maksimovic
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Engineering Physics

Thomas Abel Manchego
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Physics

Angel Martinez
Ph.D. Student • Graduated in Fall 2014
Physics

Kenneth McCarthy
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Engineering Physics

Anna McLeland
Undergraduate Research Assistant • Aug 2012 - May 2013
Chemical and Biological Engineering

Mason R. McNutt
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Engineering Physics

Hector Cordova Mireles
Visiting Professor
Physics

Steven G. Morrison
SPUR Student • Summer 2019
Chemical and Biological Engineering

Haridas Mundoor
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Physics

Pegah Naeimi
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Physics

Anila Narayana
Junior Research Assistant • Summer 2016
Physics

Alex Nelson
Junior Research Assistant • Summer 2018
Materials Science and Engineering

Musqan Nighojkar
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Engineering Physics

Philip D. Nystrom
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Electrical Computer & Energy Engineering

Benjamin G. Pacheco
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Physics

Manoj Bhushan Pandey
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Physics

Vitaly Panov
Visiting Research Fellow

Jin-young Park
Student Research Assistant

Sungoh Park
Ph.D. Student
Physics

Michael A. Paul
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Physics

Karthik Reddy Peddireddy
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Physics

Ramarao Pratibha
Visiting Scientist

Owen Puls
REU Student • Summer 2015
Physics

Zhiyuan Qi
Graduate Research Assistant
Physics

Bryce Reiber
Undergraduate Research Assistant • Spring 2016
Physics

Blake M. Reimer
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Physics

Cassady Rupert
Undergraduate Research Assistant

Bennet Schwab
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Physics

Bohdan Senyuk
Senior Research Associate
Physics

Andrew J. Seracuse
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Physics

Ghadah H. Sheetah
Ph.D. Student • Graduated in Fall 2018
Materials Science and Engineering

Aris I. Sheiner
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Physics

Jaskaran Singh
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Electrical Computer & Energy Engineering

Hayley R. O. Sohn
Ph.D. Student
Materials Science and Engineering

Yi-Ting Song
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Physics

Jared C. Stanley
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Physics

Trevor L. Stanley
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Physics

Gabriel Stockdale
REU Student • Summer 2008
Physics

Wren Suess
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Physics

Yaoran Sun
Visiting Ph.D. student
Physics

Ruwang Sung
Visiting Professor
Physics

Jung-Shen (Benny) Tai (戴榮身)
Ph.D. Student • Graduated in Spring 2020
Physics

Jung-Shen (Benny) Tai (戴榮身)
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Physics

Mykola Tasinkevych
Visiting Professor
Physics

Jan Bart ten Hove
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Physics

Frederick M. Thayer
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Engineering Physics

Sabrina Thompson
REU Student • Summer 2010
Physics

Rahul P. Trivedi
Ph.D. Student • Graduated in Spring 2012
Engineering Physics

Andrij Trokhymchuk
Visiting Professor
Physics

Oksana Trushkevych
Visiting Scientist

Theo Tsal
Junior Research Assistant • Summer 2019
Materials Science and Engineering

Christopher Twombly
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Physics

Michael C. M. Varney
Ph.D. Student • Graduated in Spring 2014
Physics

Rayshan Visvanathan
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Physics

Robert Voinescu
Ph.D. Student
Physics

Yuhan Wang
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Physics

Dylan Warburg
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Physics

Rachel Ward
Ph.D. Student
Physics

Guoqing Wei
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Physics

Bethany Wilcox
Undergraduate Research Assistant

Philipp Wilhelm
Visiting graduate student
Physics

Tyler Wingfield
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Physics

Michal Wojcik
Visiting Scientist

Elise Wright
REU Student • Summer 2013
Physics

John P. Wright
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Physics

Yong Xie
Postdoctoral Research Associate • 2015 - 2016
Physics

Tianyi Yan
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Physics

Dong Ki Yoon
Postdoctoral Research Associate • 2009 - 2011
Physics

Ryan Young
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Physics

Ye Yuan
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Physics

Allen Zhang
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Physics

JunYan Zhang
Visiting Ph.D. student
Physics

Qiaoxuan Zhang
Undergraduate Research Assistant • MS Student
Physics • Materials Science and Engineering

Yuan Zhang
Visiting Scientist
Physics

Jianqiang Zhao
Visiting Ph.D. Student

Peter Zhong
Junior Research Assistant • Summer 2019
Physics

He Zhou
Visiting Ph.D. student
Physics
Administrative Support

Chris Pappas
General and Sponsored Project Accounting Professional
Physics