PostDocs
2023
Ali Eltareb – October 2023 to Present
- Giovambattista Lab (Subproject 2)
- Current NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Brooklyn College
Richard Monge – September 2023 to Present
- Meriles Lab (Subproject 3)
- Current MPS-Ascend Postdoctoral Research Fellow at City College of New York
Jisoo Moon – July 2023 to Present
- Krusin-Elbaum Lab (Subproject 1)
- Current Research Associate at City College of New York
2022
Gabriel Lopez-Morales – October 2022 to Present
- Flick Lab (Subproject 3)
- Current NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow at City College of New York
2021
Xiaxin Ding – October 2021 to August 2023
- Krusin-Elbaum Lab (Subproject 1)
- Former Research Associate at City College of New York
- Currently pursuing Master’s in Data Science
Seda Kelestemur – December 2021 to Present
- Eisele Lab (Subproject 2)
- Current Research Associate at City College of New York
Piyali Maity – December 2021 to Present
- Eisele Lab (Subproject 2)
- Current Research Associate at City College of New York

September 1, 2021: IDEALS II BEGINS!
2020
Vasilios Deligiannakis – January 2020 to July 2021
- Tamargo Lab (Subproject 1)
- Former Research Associate at City College of New York
- Current Technical Sales Manager at Riber Inc.
Kaushini Wickramasinghe – December 2020 to Present
- Tamargo Lab (Subproject 1)
- Currently Research Associate at City College of New York
2019
Nick Proscia – September 2019 to April 2020
- Menon & Meriles Labs (Subproject 1)
- Current NRC Post-Doc at Naval Research Labs
Megan Webster – December 2019 to March 2020
- Kretzschmar Lab (Subproject 2)
- Current Process Engineer at Crane Aerospace and Electronics
2018
Jacob Henshaw – September 2018 to May 2019
- Menon Lab (Subproject 3)
- Currently Research Scientist at Sandia National Lab, Albuquerque, NM
Inna Korzhovska – May 2018 to August 2018
- Krusin-Elbaum Lab (Subproject 1)
- Currently Data Scientist at Amazon – Alexa Department, Seattle, WA
2017
Marcel Claro – October 2017 to June 2018
- Tamargo Lab (Subproject 1)
- Currently Research Scientist at International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL), Braga, Portugal
Thor Garcia – September 2017 to September 2018
- Tamargo Lab (Subproject 1)
- Currently Science teacher at Manhattan International High School, NY, NY
Chris Leishman – September 2017 to December 2017
- Eisele Lab (Subproject 2)
- Research Associate at CCNY from 2016 to 2019
2016
Zhiyi Chen
- Krusin-Elbaum Lab (Subproject 1)
- Currently Research Scientist at Intel Inc.
Jared Day
- Menon Lab (Subproject 1)
- Currently Co-Founder of Startup Company
Luis Hernandez-Mainet – Summer 2016, Summer 2017, and Summer 2019
- Tamargo Lab (Subproject 1)
- Currently an Adjunct Lecturer at Hostos Community College
Uladimir Kartazayeu – April 2016 to Present
- Gayen Lab (Subproject 3)
- Currently Research Associate at CCNY
Nikunjkumar Visaveliya – November 2016 to June 2020
- Eisele Lab (Subproject 2)
- Currently a Research Associate at CCNY
Kuaile Zhao – November 2016 to August 2020
- Tamargo Lab (Subproject 1) from 2018 – 2020
- Shen Lab (Subproject 1) from 2016 to 2018
- Current R&D Engineer
