Group
Current Members
-
Svetlana Neretina
Principal Investigator, Professor
-
Robert A. Hughes
Associate Research Professor
-
Brendan Nieukirk
Ph.D. Student
-
Runze Tang
Ph.D. Student
-
Debasish Panda
Ph.D. Student
-
Aleksandr Revenko
Ph.D. Student
Undergraduate Researchers

Maximiliano Asiain
(Fall 2026)
Senior Undergraduate
Applied Sciences
Monterrey Institute of Technology
Monterrey, Mexico

Jeonghyun Song
(Summer 2026)
Junior Undergraduate
Materials Science and Engineering
University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL

Collin Wyant
(Summer 2025)
Junior Undergraduate
Computer Science
University of Notre Dame

Irvin Aldair Servin
(Summer 2024)
Senior Undergraduate
School of Chemistry
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM
Mexico City, Mexico

Delaney Clark
(Fall 2023)
Senior Undergraduate
Mechanical Engineering
University of Notre Dame

John Howe
(Summer 2023)
Sophomore Undergraduate
Electrical Engineering
University of Notre Dame

Ana Corcoran
(Summer 2022)
Junior Undergraduate
Chemistry
Saint Mary's College
Notre Dame, IN

Mateo Gutierrez
(Summer 2022)
Senior Undergraduate
Mechanical Engineering
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Edinburg, TX

Hailey Meyer
(Summer 2021)
Junior Undergraduate
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Saint Mary's College
Notre Dame, IN

Melanie Perez
(Fall 2020 & Spring 2021)
Sophomore Undergraduate
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
University of Notre Dame

Zijuan Liang
(Summer 2019)
Senior Undergraduate
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
University of Notre Dame

Zhicheng Ouyang
(Summer 2019)
Senior Undergraduate
Energy & Power Engineering
Xi’an Jiaotong University
Xi’an, China

Zhenxiang Wang
(Summer 2019)
Senior Undergraduate
Energy & Power Engineering
Huazhong University
Wuhan, China

Runhui Zhang
(Summer 2019)
Senior Undergraduate
Renewable Energy Engineering
Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, China

Yuko Inoue
(Summer 2018)
Senior Undergraduate
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
University of Notre Dame

Victor Manuel Rey Davila
(Summer 2018)
Senior Undergraduate
Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico
San Juan, Puerto Rico

Bo Yuan
(Summer 2018)
Senior Undergraduate
Xi’an Jiaotong University
Xi’an, China

Ban Lin
(Summer 2018)
Senior Undergraduate
Sichuan University
Sichuan, China

Kyle Kotesky
(Summer 2017)
Senior Undergraduate
Purdue University

Ryan Toth
(Summer 2017)
Senior Undergraduate
Mechanical Engineering
Purdue University

Justin Campanaro
(2016-2017)
Senior Undergraduate
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
University of Notre Dame
Group Alumni

Walker Tuff
(Ph.D. 2024)
Assistant Professor
High Point University
High Point, NC

Zachary Lawson
(Ph.D. 2024)
Principal Scientist
Faraday Technology, Inc

Luca Ciambriello
(Ph.D. 2024)
System Engineer (Chief Technology Officer)
Alten Italia SPA, Italy

Robert D. Neal
(Ph.D. 2023)
Researcher
U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)
Materials Research

Spencer D. Golze
(Ph.D. 2022)
Installation and Service Engineer
Oxford Instruments

Arin S. Preston
(Ph.D. 2021)
Postdoctoral Fellow
Idaho National Laboratory
Idaho Falls, ID

Stefania Porcu
(Ph.D. 2021)
Postdoctoral Fellow
Physics Department
University of Cagliari, Italy

Trevor Demille
(Ph.D. 2021)
Head of Quantum Components and Laboratories
Quix Quantum, Netherlands

Eredzhep (Eric) Menumerov
(Ph.D. 2018)
Opto-Mechanical Engineer
Meta
San Jose, CA

Maryam Hajfathalian
(Ph.D. 2017)
Assistant Professor
Bio-Medical Engineering
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Newark, NJ

Kyle D. Gilroy
(Ph.D. 2015)
Application Development Manager
Vision Research - Phantom High-Speed Cameras
Ametek Materials, NJ

Pouyan Farzinpour
(Ph.D. 2014)
Surface Scientist
Johnson & Johnson
West Chester, PA

Aarthi Sundar
(Ph.D. 2014)
Engineer
Samsung Electronics
Austin, TX