Group Members
Principle Investigator

Prof. Jincheng Du
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Research Staff

Dr. Thiruvilla S. Mahadevan
Research Scientist
Graduate Research Assistants

Jayani Kalahe
PhD candidate

Joy-anne Najwa Oliver
PhD candidate

Wenqing Xie
PhD candidate

Navid Marchin
PhD candidate
Thanh Xuan NgyuenMS student

Cristina Lopez Puga
PhD candidate

Rashita Yasmeen
PhD candidate
Undergraduate Research Assistants

Arihan Varanasi (TAMS)
Group Alumni
- Dr. Manzila I. Tuheen (Ph.D. 2023).
- Myra Vu (MS, 2022). Now Research Scientist at Alcon Inc.
- Dr. Po-Hsuen Kuo (Ph.D. 2020, postdoc 2020-2021). Now Development Engineer at Corning Inc.
- Dr. Lu Deng (Ph.D. 2017, postdoc 2018-2021.) Now Associate Professor at Shanghai Institute of
Optics and Fine Mechanics.
- Roberto Recuero Chen (M.S. 2019, now research staff at UNT)
- Dr. Xianan Lu (Ph.D. 2018.) Now staff scientist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- Dr. Wei Sun (Ph. D. 2016; postdoc 2016-2018.) Now postdoc at Lehigh University
- Dr. Mengguo Ren (Ph.D. 2018, now at USC)
- Dr. Jessica Rimsza (Ph.D. 2016.) Now staff scientist at Sandia National Labs
- Dr. Ye Xiang (Ph.D. 2014), R&D Engineer, K Lab Corp.
- Chao-hsu Chen (M.S. 2014), Engineer, SMS Infocomm Corp.
- Dr. Mrunalkumar Chaudhari (Ph.D. 2012). Now Professor at Lalbhai Dalpatbhai College of Engineering, Ahmedabad,
India
- Leopold Kokou (M.S. 2012)
- Yun Li (M.S. 2012). R&D Engineer at TCL
- Larry Kuo (B.S. 2012). Engineer at Olin Chlor Alkali Products
- Andrew Hwang (TAMS, 2011). UT Austin
Visiting Scholars and Students
- Dr. Qiming Liu (visiting scholar (2012-2013), Professor at School of Physics and Technology, Wuhan
University)
- Dr. Elena Petracovschi (visiting student (2013), PhD student at Université de Rennes 1, France)
- Ian Buterbaugh (2015, REU student from University of Arizona)
- Greggory Guokas (2016, REU student from Coe College)
- Tristan Dutertre (2016, visiting student from University of Rouen, France)
- Dr. Giulia Brioglia (visiting PhD student (2013), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy)
- Dr. Pierre Gras (visiting PhD student (2013), CIRIMAT, INPT-UPS-CNRS, France)
- Dr. Xusheng Qiao (visiting scholar (2013-2014), Associate Professor at Department of Materials Science
and Engineering, Zhejiang University, China)
- Dr. Li Li (visiting scholar (2013-2014), Associate Professor at School of Physical Electronics,
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China)
- Dr. Ye Tian (Visiting PhD student (2015-2016), University of Electronic Science and Technology
of China)
- Dr. Junjie Zhao (Visiting PhD student (2016-2018) from Zhejiang University. Now Engineer at Corning
Inc. China)
- Dr. Jun Xie (visiting scholar (2018-2019), Associate Professor at State Key Laboratory of Silicate
Materials for Archetecture, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China)
- Ms. Yuan Guo (visiting scholar (2018-2019), Associate Professor at School of Mathematics, Lanzhou
City University, Lanzhou, China)
Group Photos

Group photo January 2023

Group photo, April 2019

Group photo, May 2018

Group photo, June 2015

Group photo, May 2012