Group
Current Members
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Svetlana Neretina
Principal Investigator, Professor
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Robert A. Hughes
Associate Research Professor
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Brendan Nieukirk
Ph.D. Student
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Walker Tuff
Ph.D. Student
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Runze Tang
Ph.D. Student
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Debasish Panda
Ph.D. Student
Undergraduate Researchers
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Irvin Aldair Servin
(Summer 2024)
Senior Undergraduate
School of Chemistry
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM
![Delaney Clark](/assets/530413/200x200/delaney_clark.jpg)
Delaney Clark
(Fall 2023)
Senior Undergraduate
Mechanical Engineering
University of Notre Dame
![Ana Corcoran](/assets/519603/200x200/john_howe.jpg)
John Howe
(Summer 2023)
Sophomore Undergraduate
Electrical Engineering
University of Notre Dame
![Ana Corcoran](/assets/466261/200x200/ana_corcoran_reduced.jpg%20%20width=)
Ana Corcoran
(Summer 2022)
Junior Undergraduate
Chemistry
Saint Mary's College
![Mateo Gutierrez](/assets/473929/200x200/mateo_gutierrez.jpg)
Mateo Gutierrez
(Summer 2022)
Senior Undergraduate
Mechanical Engineering
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
![Melanie Perez](/assets/431848/200x200/hailey_meyer.jpeg)
Hailey Meyer
(Summer 2021)
Junior Undergraduate
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Saint Mary's College
![Melanie Perez](/assets/424162/200x200/melanie_perez.jpg)
Melanie Perez
(Fall 2020 & Spring 2021)
Sophomore Undergraduate
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
University of Notre Dame
![Ugzliang](/assets/381459/200x200/ugzliang.jpg)
Zijuan Liang
(Summer 2019)
Senior Undergraduate
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
University of Notre Dame
![Ugzouyang](/assets/381465/200x200/ugzouyang.jpg)
Zhicheng Ouyang
(Summer 2019)
Senior Undergraduate
Energy & Power Engineering
Xi’an Jiaotong University
Xi’an, China
![Ugzwang](/assets/381456/200x200/ugzwang.jpg)
Zhenxiang Wang
(Summer 2019)
Senior Undergraduate
Energy & Power Engineering
Huazhong University
Wuhan, China
![Ugrzhang](/assets/381468/200x200/ugrzhang.jpg)
Runhui Zhang
(Summer 2019)
Senior Undergraduate
Renewable Energy Engineering
Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, China
![Ugyinoue](/assets/381457/200x200/ugyinoue.jpg)
Yuko Inoue
(Summer 2018)
Senior Undergraduate
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
University of Notre Dame
![Ugvdavila](/assets/381639/200x/ugvdavila.jpg)
Victor Manuel Rey Davila
(Summer 2018)
Senior Undergraduate
Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico
San Juan, Puerto Rico
![Ugbyuan](/assets/381471/200x200/ugbyuan.jpg)
Bo Yuan
(Summer 2018)
Senior Undergraduate
Xi’an Jiaotong University
Xi’an, China
![Ugblin](/assets/381472/200x200/ugblin.jpg)
Ban Lin
(Summer 2018)
Senior Undergraduate
Sichuan University
Sichuan, China
![Kyle Kotesky](/assets/381473/200x200/ugkkotesky.jpg)
Kyle Kotesky
(Summer 2017)
Senior Undergraduate
Purdue University
![Ryan Toth](/assets/381458/200x200/ugrtoth.jpg)
Ryan Toth
(Summer 2017)
Senior Undergraduate
Mechanical Engineering
Purdue University
![Justin Campanaro](/assets/381461/200x200/ugjcampanaro.jpg)
Justin Campanaro
(2016-2017)
Senior Undergraduate
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
University of Notre Dame
Group Alumni
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Zach Lawson
(Ph.D. 2024)
Principal Scientist
Faraday Technology, Inc
![Foto Ciambriello](/assets/482765/200x200/foto_ciambriello.jpeg)
Luca Ciambriello
(Ph.D. 2024)
System Engineer (Chief Technology Officer)
Alten Italia SPA, Italy
![Spencer Golze](/assets/517473/200x200/rob_s_graduatin_head3_may_20_2023.jpg)
Robert D. Neal
(Ph.D. 2023)
Researcher
U.S. Department of Defense (DOD)
Materials Research
![Spencer Golze](/assets/473955/200x200/spencer_graduated.jpg)
Spencer D. Golze
(Ph.D. 2022)
Installation and Service Engineer
Oxford Instruments
![Stefania Porcu](/assets/381955/200x200/arinwelcome.jpg)
Arin S. Preston
(Ph.D. 2021)
Postdoctoral Fellow
Idaho National Laboratory
Idaho Falls, ID
![Stefania Porcu](/assets/385244/200x200/porcu.jpg)
Stefania Porcu
(Ph.D. 2021)
Postdoctoral Fellow
Physics Department
University of Cagliari, Italy
![Trevor Demille](/assets/381431/200x200/tdemille.jpg)
Trevor Demille
(Ph.D. 2021)
Head of Quantum Components and Laboratories
Quix Quantum, Netherlands
![Eric Menmerov](/assets/381449/200x200/emenmerov.jpg)
Eredzhep (Eric) Menumerov
(Ph.D. 2018)
Opto-Mechanical Engineer
Meta
San Jose, CA
![Maryam Hajfathalian](/assets/381448/200x200/mhajfathalian.jpg)
Maryam Hajfathalian
(Ph.D. 2017)
Assistant Professor
Bio-Medical Engineering
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Newark, NJ
![Kyle Gilroy](/assets/381447/200x200/kdgilroy.jpg)
Kyle D. Gilroy
(Ph.D. 2015)
Application Development Manager
Vision Research - Phantom High-Speed Cameras
Ametek Materials, NJ
![Pouyan Farzinpour](/assets/381445/200x200/pfarzinpour.jpg)
Pouyan Farzinpour
(Ph.D. 2014)
Surface Scientist
Johnson & Johnson
West Chester, PA
![Aarthi Sundar](/assets/381446/200x200/asundar.jpg)
Aarthi Sundar
(Ph.D. 2014)
Engineer
Samsung Electronics
Austin, TX