Students & Postdocs

Doctoral Students

2024

Daria Kafeeva

  • Mentors: Dr. Alexander Khanikaev & Dr. Maria Tamargo (Subproject 3)

2023

Emily Charleson

  • Mentors: Dr. Raymond Tu & Dr. Elizabeth Biddinger (Subproject 2)

Siedah Hall

  • Mentor: Dr. Matthew Sfeir & Dr. Gabrielle Grosso (Subproject 3)

Rohma Khan

  • Mentors: Dr. Carlos Meriles & Dr. Johannes Flick (Subproject 3)

Sina Mohammadi

  • Mentors: Dr. Maria Tamargo & Dr. Mohammed-Ali Miri (Subproject 3)

Justin Pinca

  • Mentors: Dr. Ilona Kretzschmar & Dr. Gustavo Lopez & Dr. Nicolas Giovambattista (Subproject 2)

Abdou Niang

  • Mentors: Dr. Roger Dorsinville & Dr. Swapan Gayen (Subproject 3)

Patrick Yang

  • Mentor: Dr. Stephen O'Brien & Dr. Sanjoy Banerjee (Subproject 2)

2022

Natalie Boykoff

  • Mentors: Dr. Stephen O'Brien & Dr. Ilona Kretzschmar (Subproject 2)

Daniel Carter

  • Mentors: Dr. Ilona Kretzschmar & Dr. Alexander Couzis (Subproject 2)

Paola Colon de Leon

  • Mentors: Dr. Rein Ulijn & Dr. Raymond Tu (Subproject 2)

Mohammad Hassan

  • Mentors: Dr. Johannes Flick & Dr. Carlos Meriles (Subproject 1)

Keidy Matos

  • Mentors: Dr. Adam Braunschweig (Subproject 2)

Eric McPherson

  • Mentors: Dr. Ilona Kretzschmar (Subproject 2)

2021

Serah Essang

  • Mentors: Dr. Adam Braunschweig & Dr. Vinod Menon (Subproject 2)
  • Withdrew from IDEALS Program and selected a new mentor within the CUNY Doctoral Program

Samhita Kattekola

  • Mentors: Dr. Ilona Kretzschmar & Dr. Alex Couzis (Subproject 2)

Janel Rivera-Cancel

  • Mentors: Dr. Gustavo Lopez & Dr. Nicolas Giovambattista (Subproject 2)

Gershon Starr

  • Mentors: Dr. Ray Tu & Dr. Xi Chen (Subproject 2)

September 1, 2021: IDEALS II BEGINS

2020

Ali Eltareb

  • Mentors: Dr. Nicolas Giovambattista & Dr. Gustavo Lopez (Subproject 2)
  • Received PhD in August 2023
  • Thesis: "The Role of Nuclear Quantum Effects in Supercooled Water and Amorphous Ice"

Nasim Farahmand

  • Mentors: Dr. Stephen O'Brien & Dr. Ilona Kretzschmar (Subproject 2)
  • Received PhD in September 2021
  • Thesis: "Characterization and Applications of Europium Based Perovskite Oxide Nanoparticles"

Didier Ndengeyintwali

  • Mentors: Dr. Pouyan Ghaemi & Dr. Vinod Menon (Subproject 3)

Baseemah Rucker

  • Mentors: Dr. Ilona Kretzschmar & Dr. Alexander Couzis (Subproject 2)

2019

Candice Forrester

  • Mentors: Dr. Gustavo Lopez & Dr. Maria Tamargo (Subproject 1)

Ahamed Jubair

  • Mentors: Dr. Swapan Gayen & Dr. Maria Tamargo (Subproject 3)

Andrew Levine

  • Mentors: Dr. Adam Braunschweig & Dr. Rein Ulijn (Subproject 2)
  • Received PhD in April 2021
  • Thesis: "Emergent Photophysics in Diketopyrrolopyrrole Superstructures"

Doug MacPherson

  • Mentors: Dr. Rein Ulijn & Dr. Raymond Tu (Subproject 2)
  • Received PhD in December 2022
  • Thesis: "Leveraging Bio-Inspired Molecules for Cancer Theranostics"

Richard Monge

  • Mentors: Dr. Carlos Meriles & Dr. Vinod Menon (Subproject 3)
  • Received PhD in August 2023
  • Thesis: "Dynamics of Spin and Charge of Color Centers in Diamond Under Cryogenic Conditions"

Shejla Pollozi

  • Mentors: Dr. Donna McGregor & Dr. Gustavo Lopez (Subproject 2)
  • Received PhD in October 2022
  • Thesis "Design and applications of fmoc-histidine and aspartic acid tripeptides as proton conductive materials"

2018

Vasilios Deligiannakis

  • Mentors: Dr. Maria Tamargo & Dr. Carlos Meriles (Subproject 1)
  • Received PhD in January 2020
  • Thesis: "II-VI Type-II Quantum Dot Superlattices for Novel Applications"

Omari Kirkland

  • Mentors: Dr. John Lombardi & Dr. Vinod Menon (Subproject 3)
  • Received PhD in June 2023
  • Thesis: "SERS for the Detection of Trace Materials"

Gabriel Lopez-Morales

  • Mentors: Dr. Gustavo Lopez & Dr. Vinod Menon (Subproject 3)
  • Received PhD in October 2022
  • Thesis "Engineering rare-earth based color centers in wide bandgap semiconductors for quantum and nanoscale applications"

Samsondeen Raheem

  • Mentors: Dr. Rein Uljin & Dr. Raymond Tu (Subproject 2)
  • Withdrew from Chemistry Doctoral Program to join Pharmacy Doctoral Program

Kara Ng

  • Mentors: Dr. Dorthe Eisele & Dr. Ilona Kretzschmar (Subproject 2)
  • Received PhD in July 2020
  • Thesis: "Excitons in Self-Assembled Hybrid Systems of Molecular Aggregate Light-Harvesting Nanotubes: Charge-Transfer Substrates and Solution-Stabilized Nanocomposites"

Sean O'Neil

  • Mentors: Dr. Raymond Tu (Subproject 2)
  • Received PhD in June 2018
  • Thesis: "Evolution of mechanical properties for stimuli-responsive peptide-PEG bioconjugates."
  • Former Post-Doc at City College of New York

2017

Jacob Henshaw

  • Mentors: Dr. Carlos Meriles & Dr. Vinod Menon (Subproject 3)
  • Received PhD in August 2018
  • Thesis: "Charge State Dynamics and Quantum Sensing with Defects in Diamond."

Fred Pearsall

  • Mentors: Dr. Stephen O'Brien & Dr. Jackie Li (Subproject 2)
  • Received PhD in April 2019
  • Thesis: "Synthesis and Characterization of Dielectric and Multiferrioc Nanocrystalline Transition Metal Oxide Materials and Nanocomposites."

Nick Proscia

  • Mentors: Dr. Vinod Menon & Dr. Carlos Meriles (Subproject 1)
  • Received PhD in February 2019
  • Thesis: "Control of light-matter interactions via nanostructured photonic materials."

Cody Youmans

  • Mentors: Dr. Pouyan Ghaemi & Dr. Kyungwha Park (Subproject 3)
  • Received PhD in September 2019
  • Thesis: "Interplay of Magnetism, Superconductivity, and Topological Phases of Matter."

2016

Robert Collison

  • Mentors: Dr. Jacob Trevino & Dr. Stephen O'Brien (Subproject 2)
  • Received PhD in October 2020
  • Thesis: "Interactions of Organic Fluorophores with Plasmonic Surface Lattice Resonances"

Anthony Cruz-Balberdy

  • Mentors: Dr. Gustavo Lopez & Dr. Ilona Kretzschmar (Subproject 3)
  • Received PhD in April 2021
  • Thesis: "Computational Modeling of Water and Proteins in Drug Discovery"

John Villanova

  • Mentors: Dr. Kyungwha Park & Dr. Lia Krusin-Elbaum (Subproject 1)
  • Received PhD in May 2018
  • Thesis: "Examining Topological Insulators and Topological Semimetals Using First Principles Calculations."

Megan Webster

  • Mentors: Dr. Ilona Kretzschmar & Dr. Marco Castaldi (Subproject 2)
  • Received PhD in September 2019
  • Thesis: "Investigation of the Synthesis and Optoelectronic Properties of Ultrasmall CdSe Quantum Dots"

Associated Doctoral Students

Entela Buzi

  • Mentor: Dr. Lia Krusin-Elbaum (Subproject 1)

Ayesha Lakra

  • Mentor: Dr. Lia Krusin-Elbaum (Subproject 1)

Yamuna Paudel

  • Mentor: Dr. Matthew Sfeir (Subproject 3)

Afrin Tamanna

  • Mentor: Dr. Lia Krusin-Elbaum (Subproject 1)

Fariha Tasnim

  • Mentor: Dr. Stephen O'Brien (Subproject 2)

September 1, 2021: IDEALS II BEGINS!

Haiming Deng

  • Mentors: Dr. Lia Krusin-Elbaum & Dr. Kyunghwa Park (Subproject 1)
  • Received PhD June 2021
  • Thesis: "Quantum Transport in Topological Magnets"
  • Current Radiation Engineer at Millenium Space Systems, in California

Thor Axtmann Garcia

  • Mentors: Dr. Maria Tamargo & Dr. Aidong Shen (Subproject 1)
  • Received PhD September 2017
  • Thesis: "Heterjunction Engineering for Next Generation Hybrid II-VI Materials"

Hailin Richard Huang

  • Mentors: Dr. Rein Ulijn & Dr. Stephen O'Brien (Subproject 2)
  • Received PhD in June 2023
  • Thesis: "Design and Synthesis of Surface-Functionalized Nanomaterials for Cancer Theranostics"
  • Current Field Applications Scientist at RedshiftBio


Ido Levy

  • Mentors: Dr. Maria Tamargo & Dr. Lia Krusin-Elbaum (Subproject 1)
  • Received PhD in October 2022
  • Thesis: "Growth, Optimization, and Characterization of Topological Insulator Nanostructures by Molecular Beam Epitaxy"

Shihua Zhao

  • Mentor: Dr. Lia Krusin-Elbaum (Subproject 1)
  • Received PhD in January 2023
  • Thesis: "Revealing Three-Dimensional Magnetic Texture with Machine Learning Models"


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

Masters Students

2023

Keith Cannon

  • Mentor: Dr. Carlos Meriles (Subproject 1)

2017

Nicole E. Perez Salas

  • Mentor: Dr. Ubaldo Cordova, Dr. Madeline Torres-Lugo & Dr. Ilona Kretzschmar (Subproject 2)
  • Received Master's of Enginnering in Bioengineering, December 2021
  • Currently works for Abbott Laboratories

2016

Sharmin Shaffique

  • Mentor: Dr. Maria Tamargo (Subproject 1)
  • Received Master's of Science in Chemistry, May 2017

Undergraduates Students

2023

Andy Cruz

  • Mentor: Dr. Vinod Menon (Subproject 1)

Philip Colman

  • Mentor: Dr. Stephen O'Brien (Subproject 2)

Amy Lopez

  • Mentor: Dr. Maria Tamargo (Subproject 1)

Nidhi Noble

  • Mentor: Dr. Maria Tamargo (Subproject 1)

Miguel Samuel

  • Mentor: Dr. Ilona Kretzschmar (Subproject 2)

Luna Silva Esquinas

  • Mentor: Dr. Ilona Kretzschmar (Subproject 2)

2022

Philip Colman

  • Mentor: Dr. Stephen O'Brien (Subproject 2)

Theodore Edwards

  • Mentor: Dr. Vinod Menon (Subproject 1)

Amy Lopez

  • Mentor: Dr. Maria Tamargo (Subproject 1)

2021

Segundo Chimborazo

  • Mentor: Dr. Ilona Kretzschmar (Subproject 2)

Ramsha Malik

  • Mentor: Dr. Ilona Kretzschmar (Subproject 2)

2020

Karisma McCoy

  • Mentor: Dr. Dorthe Eisele (Subproject 2)

Phillipe Jean-Baptiste

  • Mentor: Dr. Ilona Kretzschmar (Subproject 2)

Majharul Hoque

  • Mentor: Dr. Milan Begliarbekov (Subproject 1)

2019

Rawan Aldasooky

  • Mentor: Dr. Adam Braunschweig (Subproject 2)

Asmanda Espinosa

  • Mentor: Dr. Swapan Gayen (Subproject 3)

Phillipe Jean-Baptiste

  • Mentor: Dr. Ilona Kretzschmar (Subproject 2)

Majharul Hoque

  • Mentor: Dr. Milan Begliarbekov (Subproject 1)

Karisma McCoy

  • Mentor: Dr. Dorthe Eisele (Subproject 2)

Jaylene Salas

  • Mentor: Dr. Maria Tamargo (Subproject 1)

2018

Steve Alsheimer

  • Mentor: Dr. Maria Tamargo (Subproject 1)
  • Received Bachelor of Science Degree in Physics, May 2018

Calvin Forde

  • Mentor: Dr. John Lombardi (Subproject 3)

Candice Forrester

  • Mentor: Dr. Maria Tamargo (Subproject 1)
  • Received Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology, May 2018

Carlos Frias

  • Mentor: Dr. John Lombardi (Subproject 3)

Kristi Pepa

  • Mentor: Dr. Ilona Kretzschmar (Subproject 2)
  • Received Bachelor of Engineering Degree in Chemical Engineering, May 2018

2017

Steve Alsheimer

  • Mentor: Dr. Maria Tamargo (Subproject 1)

Calvin Forde

  • Mentor: Dr. John Lombardi (Subproject 3)

Candice Forrester

  • Mentor: Dr. Maria Tamargo (Subproject 1)

Kristi Pepa

  • Mentor: Dr. Ilona Kretzschmar (Subproject 2)

2016

Candice Forrester

  • Mentor: Dr. Maria Tamargo (Subproject 1)

Kristi Pepa

  • Mentor: Dr. Ilona Kretzschmar (Subproject 2)

Graduated

Fellows Doctoral Students

2023

Ali Eltareb

  • Mentors: Dr. Nicolas Giovambattista & Dr. Gustavo Lopez (Subproject 2)
  • Received PhD in August 2023
  • Thesis: "The Role of Nuclear Quantum Effects in Supercooled Water and Amorphous Ice"
  • Current Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Recipient at Brooklyn College

Omari Kirkland

  • Mentors: Dr. John Lombardi & Dr. Stephen O'Brien (Subproject 3)
  • Received PhD in June 2023
  • Thesis: "SERS for the Detection of Trace Materials"

Richard Monge

  • Mentors: Dr. Carlos Meriles & Dr. Vinod Menon (Subproject 3)
  • Received PhD in August 2023
  • Thesis: "Dynamics of Spin and Charge of Color Centers in Diamond Under Cryogenic Conditions"
  • Current MPS-Ascend Postdoc at CCNY

2022

Douglas MacPherson

  • Mentors: Dr. Rein Ulijn & Dr. Raymond Tu (Subproject 2)
  • Received PhD in December 2022
  • Thesis: "Leveraging Bio-Inspired Molecules for Cancer Theranostics"
  • Current Research Associate at H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC

Ido Levy

  • Mentors: Dr. Maria Tamargo & Dr. Lia Krusin-Elbaum (Subproject 1)
  • Received PhD in October 2022
  • Thesis: "Growth, Optimization, and Characterization of Topological Insulator Nanostructures by Molecular Beam Epitaxy"
  • Current Postdoc at New York University with Prof. Javad Shabani

Gabriel Lopez-Morales

  • Mentors: Dr. Gustavo Lopez & Dr. Vinod Menon & Dr. Carlos Meriles (Subproject 3)
  • Received PhD in October 2022
  • Thesis: "Engineering rare-earth based color centers in wide bandgap semiconductors for quantum and nanoscale applications"
  • Current Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Recipient at CCNY

Shejla Pollozi

  • Mentors: Dr. Donna McGregor & Dr. Gustavo Lopez (Subproject 2)
  • Received PhD in October 2022
  • Thesis: "Design and applications of fmoc-histidine and aspartic acid tripeptides as proton conductive materials"
  • Current Senior Associate Consultant at Clarion

2021

Nasim Farahmand

  • Mentors: Dr. Stephen O'Brien & Dr. Ilona Kretzschmar (Subproject 2)
  • Received PhD in October 2021
  • Thesis: "Characterization and Applications of Europium Based Perovskite Oxide Nanoparticles"
  • Current Research Scientist at L'Oreal

Andrew Levine

  • Mentors: Dr. Adam Braunschweig & Dr. Rein Ulijn
  • Received PhD in April 2021
  • Thesis: "Emergent Photophysics in Diketopyrrolopyrrole Superstructures"
  • Current R&D Director at GrapheneCA

Anthony Cruz-Balberdy

  • Mentors: Dr. Gustavo Lopez & Dr. Ilona Kretzschmar (Subproject 3)
  • Received PhD in April 2021
  • Thesis: "Computational Modeling of Water and Proteins in Drug Discovery"
  • Current Staff Scientist at Ventus Therapeutics

2020

Robert Collison

  • Mentors: Dr. Jacob Trevino & Dr. Stephen O'Brien (Subproject 2)
  • Received PhD in October 2020
  • Thesis: "Interactions of Organic Fluorophores with Plasmonic Surface Lattice Resonances"
  • Current Post-Doc at University of California, Riverside with Prof. Luat Vuong and Prof. Richard Wilson

Kara Ng

  • Mentors: Dr. Dorthe Eisele & Dr. Ilona Kretzschmar (Subproject 2)
  • Received PhD in July 2020
  • Thesis: "Excitons in Self-Assembled Hybrid Systems of Molecular Aggregate Light-Harvesting Nanotubes: Charge-Transfer Substrates and Solution-Stabilized Nanocomposites"
  • Current Staff Scientist at Kinnos

2019

Vasilios Deligiannakis

  • Mentors: Dr. Maria Tamargo & Dr. Carlos Meriles (Subproject 1)
  • Received PhD in December 2019
  • Thesis: "II-VI Type-II Quantum Dot Superlattices for Novel Applications."
  • Current Technical Sales Manager at Riber Inc.

Megan Webster

  • Mentors: Dr. Ilona Kretzschmar & Dr. Marco Castaldi (Subproject 2)
  • Received PhD in October 2019
  • Thesis: "Investigation of the Synthesis and Optoelectronic Properties of Ultrasmall CdSe Quantum Dots."
  • Former NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship Recipient
  • Former Post-Doc at City College of New York
  • Current Process Engineer at Crane Aerospace and Electronics

Cody Youmans

  • Mentors: Dr. Pouyan Ghaemi & Dr. Kyungwha Park (Subproject 3)
  • Received PhD in September 2019
  • Thesis: "Interplay of Magnetism, Superconductivity, and Topological Phases of Matter."
  • Current Adjunct Lecturer at City College of New York

Fred Pearsall

  • Mentors: Dr. Stephen O'Brien & Dr. Jackie Li (Subproject 2)
  • Received PhD in April 2019
  • Thesis: "Synthesis and Characterization of Dielectric and Multiferrioc Nanocrystalline Transition Metal Oxide Materials and Nanocomposites."
  • Current Technical Product Marketing Specialist at Veeco

Nick Proscia

  • Mentors: Dr. Vinod Menon & Dr. Carlos Meriles (Subproject 1)
  • Received PhD in February 2019
  • Thesis: "Control of light-matter interactions via nanostructured photonic materials."
  • Former Post-Doc at City College of New York
  • Current NRC Post-Doc at Naval Research Labs

2018

Jacob Henshaw

  • Mentors: Dr. Carlos Meriles & Dr. Vinod Menon (Subproject 3)
  • Received PhD in August 2018
  • Thesis: "Charge State Dynamics and Quantum Sensing with Defects in Diamond."
  • Former NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Recipient
  • Former Post-Doc at City College of New York
  • Former Post-Doc at Sandia National Laboratories
  • Current Senior Member of Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories

Sean O'Neil

  • Mentors: Dr. Raymond Tu (Subproject 2)
  • Received PhD in June 2018
  • Thesis: "Evolution of mechanical properties for stimuli-responsive peptide-PEG bioconjugates."
  • Former Post-Doc at City College of New York
  • Current Research Scientist at Jansen Pharmaceuticals

John Villanova

  • Mentors: Dr. Kyungwha Park & Dr. Lia Krusin-Elbaum (Subproject 1)
  • Received Phd in May 2018
  • Thesis: "Examining Topological Insulators and Topological Semimetals Using First Principles Calculations."
  • Former Post-Doc at University of Arkansas in Dr. Salvador Barraza-Lopez's group
  • Current Post-Doc at Oak Ridge National Lab

Associated Doctoral Students

Shihua Zhao

  • Mentors: Dr. Pouyan Ghaemi & Dr. Jiadong Zang (Subproject 1)
  • Received PhD in January 2023
  • Thesis: "Revealing Three-Dimensional Magnetic Texture with Machine Learning Models"

Hailin Richard Huang

  • Mentors: Dr. Rein Ulijn & Dr. Stephen O'Brien (Subproject 2)
  • Received PhD in June 2023
  • Thesis: "Design and Synthesis of Surface-Functionalized Nanomaterials for Cancer Theranostics"
  • Current Field Applications Scientist at RedshiftBio

Haiming Deng

  • Mentors: Dr. Lia Krusin-Elbaum & Dr. Kyungwha Park
  • Received PhD June 2021
  • Thesis: "Quantum Transport in Topological Magnets"
  • Current Radiation Engineer at Millenium Space Systems, in California

Thor Axtmann Garcia

  • Mentors: Dr. Maria Tamargo & Dr. Aidong Shen
  • Received PhD September 2017
  • Thesis: "Heterjunction Engineering for Next Generation Hybrid II-VI Materials"
  • Currently Science teacher at Manhattan International High School, NY, NY