Doctoral Graduates
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- Shoaib鈥 Khalid鈥,听Electronic properties of topological semimetals, and wide-gap oxide semiconductors using hybrid density functional theory鈥, Advisor鈥:鈥 Anderson鈥 Janotti鈥嬧
- Yue鈥 Pan鈥,听A neural network-based ultra-high energy neutrino reconstruction method with the Askaryan Radio Array鈥, Advisor鈥:鈥嬧 David鈥 Seckel鈥
- Hassan鈥 Shahfar鈥,听Predicting, controlling and molecular understanding of therapeutic protein self-interactions: a combined experimental and computational approach鈥, Advisor鈥:鈥嬧嬧嬏鼵hristopher J.鈥 Roberts鈥
- Charles鈥 Cheung鈥,听Development of a relativistic atomic theory for accurate treatment of complex correlations, Advisor鈥:鈥 Marianna Safronova鈥
- Hang鈥 Chen鈥,听Magnetic dynamics in magnetic multilayers and spintronic devices鈥, Advisor鈥:鈥 John Q.鈥 Xiao鈥
- Vimal鈥 Deepchand鈥,听Magnetic and structural properties of chemically synthesized Fe(Co)-Pt(Ni, Bi) nanoparticles鈥, Advisor鈥: George C.鈥 Hadjipanayis鈥
- Utkarsh鈥 Bajpai鈥,听Quantum-classical approach to nonequilibrium system of conduction electrons interacting with localized spins in spintronics鈥, Advisor鈥: 鈥婤ranislav K.鈥 Nikolic虂鈥
- Priyanka鈥 Mondal鈥,听Quantum spin-torque-driven nonclassical magnetization dynamics and dynamical buildup of long-range entanglement鈥, Advisor鈥: Branislav K.鈥 Nikolic虂鈥
- Aung Sis鈥 Naing鈥,听Generation and isolation of highly charged ions with low ionization thresholds鈥, 鈥婣dvisor: Marianna Safronova鈥, Joseph N.鈥 Tan鈥
- Christiana鈥 Erba鈥,听Characterizing massive star magnetospheres at ultraviolet wavelengths鈥, Advisor:鈥 V茅ronique鈥 Petit
- Ramiz Ahmad鈥 Qudsi鈥,听On the interplay between microkinetics and turbulence in space plasmas鈥, Advisor:鈥 Bennett A.鈥 Maruca鈥嬧
- Riddhi 鈥婤andyopadhyay鈥嬧,听Turbulent heating in space plasmas: theory and observations, Advisor鈥: William H.鈥 Matthaeus鈥
- Michael P.鈥 Metz, 鈥Fitted models for intermolecular interactions from first principles鈥, Advisor鈥:鈥 Krzysztof鈥 Szalewicz
- Swapnil鈥 Baral鈥,听Quantitative prediction of spectral properties of polarity sensitive dyes using a MD/QM approach鈥, Advisor鈥:鈥 Edward鈥 Lyman, Bjo虉rn 鈥婤aumeier鈥
- Mitchell鈥 Dorrell鈥,听Simulation-derived neutron scattering for lipid membranes鈥, Advisor鈥: Alexander J.鈥 Sodt鈥
- Shirin鈥 Pourmiri鈥,听Iron oxide nanoparticles for biomedical applications鈥, Advisor鈥: George C.鈥 Hadjipanayis鈥
- Onur鈥 Tosun鈥,听Structural and magnetic properties of Mn-X and Co-X (X = Ge, V) nanostructured alloys fabricated by non-equilibrium techniques鈥, Advisor鈥:鈥 George C.鈥 Hadjipanayis
- Zhiqiang鈥 Zhang鈥,听Theory of doping and defects in complex semiconductor materials鈥, Advisor鈥:鈥 Anderson鈥 Janotti鈥
- Yunjiao Cai,听Quantitative Analysis of Spin Relaxation and Spin Transfer in Mesoscopic Nonlocal Spin Valves; Advisor: Dr. Yi Ji
- Ramesh Koirala,听Extension of the Icetop Energy Spectrum to 250 TeV and Application of the Constant Intensity Cut Method to Icetop Data;听Advisor: Professor Thomas Gaisser
- Rishi Paudel,听A study of the white light flare rates of M and L dwarfs; Advisor: Professor John Gizis
- Hershal Pandya,听Search for PeV Gamma Rays and Astrophysical Neutrinos With IceTop and IceCube; Advisor: Professor David Seckel
- Debanjan Sengupta,听Planet Formation in a Dusty Disk: Effects of Collisional Dust Growth and Dynamics; Advisor: Professor James MacDonald
- Muhammad Shahbaz,听Dispersion Energy in Density-Functional Theory; Advisor: Professor Krzysztof Szalewicz
- Abhishek Sharan,听Electronic Properties of Semiconductors and Energy Materials from Density Functional Theory; Advisor: Professor Anderson Janotti
- Prayash Sharma Pyakurel,听Ion-Coupling During Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection: Causes and Consequence; Advisor: Professor Michael Shay
- Alex Wise,听Where Do We Find Exoplanets?; Advisor: Dr. Sarah E. Dodson-Robinson
- Frank Abel III,听Synthesis and Study of "L1o" Magnetic Nanostructures; Advisor: Professor George Hadjipanayis
- Peng Cao,听A Search for Astrophysical Ultra High Energy Neutrinos with ANITA-IV Experiment; Advisors: Dr. John Clem, Professor David Seckel
- Halise Celik,听Spin-Orbit Torque Measurements in Heavy Metal/Ferromagnet Heterostructures Using the Magneto-Optic Kerr Effect; Advisor: Professor John Q. Xiao
- Rohit Chhiber,听Studies in multi-scale turbulent dynamics of the soloar wind; Advisor: Professor William Matthaeus
- Fatih Kandaz,听Anisotropic Spin Transport in Mesoscopic Nonmagnetic Channels;听Advisor: Dr. Yi Ji
- Harsha Kannan,听Material Designs and Fabrications for various Spintronics Applications;听Advisor: Professor John Q. Xiao
- Ozlem Koylu-Alkan, Mechanochemical Synthesis of Rare Earth 3d Transition Metal Submicron Particles with the R2Fe14B Structure; Advisor: Dr. George Hadjipanayis
- Sajan Kumar,听Study of the Very High Energy Gamma-ray Emission from Supernova Remnants with Veritas. Two Test Cases: Cassiopeia A and IC 443; Advisor: Professor Jamie Holder
- Xiangyu Ma,听Exploring Single Hole States in INAS/GAAS Quantum Dots and Quantum Dot Molecules Under 2-D Electric Fields; Advisor: Dr. Matthew Doty
- Katharine Mulrey,听Characterizing Radio Emission from Extensive Air Showers with the SLAC-T510 Experiment, with Applications to ANITA;听Advisor: Professor David Seckel
- Taha Salavati-Fard,听Computational Studies on the Catalyzed Conversion of Furans to Aromatics; Advisor: Professor Douglas J. Doren
- Muhammad Asif Warsi,听Nanowire Based Exchange Coupled Permanent Magnets; Advisor: Professor John Q. Xiao
- Andrew Zgorski,听Mesoscale Simulation of Lipid Bilayers: Quasi-2D Hydrodynamics and Shear Viscosity; Advisor: Dr. Ed Lyman
- Patrick Grugan,听Transitioning from a Dipole to a Relativistic Response in Atoms and Molecules; Advisor Professor Barry C. Walker.
- Brian Kelly,听Characterization of Solid-State Reactions in Nanoscale Systems via Structural and Energetic Techniques;听Advisor: Professor Karl Unruh.
- Jesus Nieto Pescador,听Photoinduced Electron Transfer at the Tetrapyrrole-Tio 2 Interface: Effect of the Energy Alignment; Advisor: Professor Lars Gundlach.
- Prachanda Subedi,听Transport of Charged Particles in Turbulent Magnetic Fields Professor in charge of dissertation;听Advisor: Professor William Matthaeus.
Chuan Qin,听Quantitative Study of Spin Hall Effects in Mesoscopic Thin Films; Advisor: Dr. Yi Ji
- Tao Wang,听Spin Orbit Coupling Induced Phenomena in Spintronic Devices; Advisor: Professor John Q. Xiao
- Zuhrianda Zuhrianda,听High Precision Calculation for the Development of Atomic Clock and the Search Beyond the Standard Model Professor in charge of dissertation;听Advisor: Professor Marianna Safronova
- Heng-Yu Chen,听Theoretical Investigations of Neutrino and Dark Matter Properties; Advisor: Professor Stephen Barr
- Lei Chen,听Development and Characterization of (Ag,Cu) (In,Ga) Se2 Thin Films Deposited by Three-Stage Co-Evaporation;听Advisor: Professor William N. Shafarman.
- Curtis Walkons,听Approaches to Increase Open Circuit Voltage (Voc) of CdTe Devices: Device Modeling and Thinner Devices, Alternative Back Contacts;听Advisor: Professor Robert Birkmire.
- Yunpeng Chen,听Spin Dynamics in Magnetic Thin Films and Spintronics Devices;听Advisor: Professor John Q. Xiao.
- Seth Meiselman,听Spontaneous Transient Ultrafast Coherent Raman Spectroscopy; Advisor: Professor Matthew DeCamp.
- Yunsong Xie,听Designing metamaterials and nanostructured materials for microwave power transfer applications;听Advisor: Professor John Xiao.
- Jun Wu,听Current-driven Spin-orbit Torques in Ferromagnetic Heterostructures; Advisor: Professor John Xiao.
- Colby C. Haggerty,听Ion and Electron Heating during Magnetic Reconnection in Simulations; Advisor: Professor Michael Shay.
First Job After Graduation
- Debanjan Sengupta, PhD. 2019, NASA Postdoctoral Fellow, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California
- John Russo, MS 2019; MS advisor: Dr. Lyman; Ph.D. student at Oregon Health & Science University, Biomedical Engineering.
- Alex Wise, Ph.D. 2019; postdoc scholar at Penn State University, State College, PA.
- Abhishek Sharan, Ph.D. 2019; postdoc scholar at National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO.
- Yunjiao Cai, PhD. 2019; Data Scientist Associate at JP Morgan, Wilmington, DE.
- Hershal Pandya, Ph.D. 2019; Postdoctoral Fellow, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium.
- Prayash Sharma Pyakurel, PhD. 2019; postdoc researcher at the Space Science Laboratory, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA.
- Rishi Paudel, Ph.D. 2019; postdoc research associate UMBC/CRESST/NASA Goddard, Greenbelt, MD.
- Muhammad Shahbaz, Ph.D. 2019; Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.
- Frank Abel, PhD. 2018; Visiting Scholar, Department of Physics, 91原创, Newark, DE.
- Zachary Bond, M.S. 2018;
- Halise Celik, Ph.D. 2018;
- Rohit Chhiber, Ph.D. 2018; postdoc researcher in Department Physics and Astronomy at the 91原创 in Newark, DE.
- Harsha Kannan, Ph.D. 2018; TD Module and Integration Yield Engineer for Intel in Hillsboro, OR.
- Fatih Kandaz, Ph.D. 2018; Dr. Lecturer (Dr. 脰臒retim G枚revlisi) at Gebze Technical University at Gebze/ Kocaeli, Turkey.
- Ozlem Koylu-Alkan, Ph.D. 2018; Project Manager at ASPILSAN in Keyseri, Turkey.
- Xiangyu Ma, Ph.D. 2018; Product Specialist, B&W Tek, A Metrohm Group Company, Newark, DE.
- Rebecca Macinnis, MS 2018; Data Analyst, True Motion in Boston, MA.
- Katherine Mulrey, Ph.D. 2018; postdoc at the University of Belgium.
- Taha Salavati-Fard, Ph.D. 2018; postdoc fellow at the University of Houston, Houston, TX.
- Muhammad Asif Warsi, Ph.D. 2018; Junior Scientist, Pakistan Atomic Energy Comission, Islamabad, Pakistan.
- Zuhrianda Zuhrianda, Ph.D. 2018.
- Yasaman Barekatain, MS 2017; MS advisor Dr. Hadjipanayis; Ph.D student at MD Anderson UT Health Center Houston, TX.
- Patrick Grugan, Ph.D. 2017;
- Aditya Hebbar, M.S. 2017;
- Dadong Huang, M.S. 2017;
- Brian G. Kelly, Ph.D. 2017; Process Integration Engineer, Samsung Austin Semiconductor, Austin, TX.
- Jesus Nieto Pescador, Ph.D. 2017; Research and Development Engineer for Intel in Phoenix, AZ.
- Muhammad Shahabudin, M.S. 2017;
- Prachanda Subedi, Ph.D. 2017; Senior-Advisory, Data & Analytics, EY, New York, NY.
- Yunsong Xie, Ph.D. 2016; postdoc at Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago, IL.
- Jun Wu, Ph.D. 2016; Research scientist for Spectrum Magnetics, LLC in Wilmington, DE.
- Lei Chen, Ph.D. 2016; Senior Test Engineer for Seagate Technology in Minneapolis, MN.
- Heng-Yu Chen, Ph.D. 2016; postdoc fellow in Physics for the 91原创 in Newark, DE.
- Seth Meiselman, Ph.D. 2016; Research Physicist for Sotera Defense Solutions in Washington, D.C.
- Yunpeng Chen, Ph.D. 2016; Technical Staff Member for Winchester Technologies in Burlington, MA.
- Shuhan Chen, Ph.D. 2016; postdoc in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
- Po-Hao Chang, Ph.D. 2016; postdoc research assoc. in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, NE.
- Curtis Walkons, Ph.D. 2016; physics instructor at BASIS Phoenix School in Phoenix, AZ.
- Colby Haggert, Ph.D. 2016; postdoc fellow at the 91原创 in Newark, DE.
- Sui Luo, Ph.D. 2015; Software Engineer for Fact Set Research Systems.
- Bin He, Ph.D. 2015; Physics Instructor at Central Michigan University in Mt Pleasant, MI.
- Jeffrey Tessein, Ph.D. 2015; Research Engineer for Northup Grumman Defense Contractor in Fairfax, VA.
- Laura Vanderhoef, Ph.D. 2015; postdoc for the Army Research Lab in Aberdeen, MD.
- Zhiyuan Chen, M.S. 2015; Senior Quantitative Analyst for PNC in Wilmington, DE
- Nathaniel Kee, Ph.D. 2015; postdoc in the Computational Physics Department at Eberhard Karls University of T眉bingen, Germany.
- John Meyer, Ph.D. 2015, co-founder of Foolhardy Softworks.
- Matthew Civiletti, Ph.D. 2014; instructor at Morrisville State College, NY.
- Derya Vural, Ph.D. 2014; postdoc at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, 91原创.
- Farzad Mahfouzi, Ph.D. 2014; postdoc at the State University of CA at Northridge.
- Muhammad Adeel Ajaib, Ph.D. 2014; visiting assistant professor at Ursinus College, PA.
- Dana Saxon, Ph.D. 2014; adjunct instructor in the Department of Physics at Villanova University, PA.
- Cem Salih Un, Ph.D. 2014; teaching assistant at Uludag University, Turkey.
- Zhan Shu, Ph.D. 2014; staff engineer at Western Digital, CA.
- Lala Zhu, Ph. D. 2014; Process Engineer - Applied Materials in Santa Clara, CA.
- Inci Ruzybayev, Ph.D. 2014; Assistant Professor of Engineering Physics at York College in PA.
- Xin Fan, Ph.D. 2014; Assistant Professor of Physics at the 91原创 in Newark, DE.
- Fariha Nasir, Ph.D 2014; Full-Time Lecturer for the Physics Department at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, CA.
- Muhammad Ajaib, Ph.D. 2014; post doc teaching fellow at Ursinus College in PA.
- Farzad Mahfouzi, Ph.D. 2014; postdoc research associate for California State University in Northridge, CA.
- Yang Zhou, Ph.D. 2014; Product Design Engineer for Apple in Cupertino, CA.