Group Members

2023

 

2022

GRADUATE STUDENTS

Will Schmid

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electrical and Computer Engineering Ph.D. student at Rice University, Houston, TX, working on increasing the efficiency of light driven desalination devices.

Qian Ye

 

 

 

 

 

 

Physics Ph.D. student at Rice University, Houston, TX, working on coupling properties of light-harvesting modules for decentralized energy storage systems and heat management

 

VISITING RESEARCHERS

Dr. Andrea Schirato 

Physics Ph.D. candidate at Politecnico of Milan & Italian Institute of Technology, Genoa, Italy, working on Theoretical Nanophotonics with particular focus on the theoretical study and numerical modelling of the ultrafast light-matter interaction at the nanoscale in nonlinear optical nanostructures and metasurfaces

Giuseppe Giorgio

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Master’s student from the University of Bari, Italy. Working on modeling of ultrafast generation of THz radiation.

 

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

Jonathan Avecilla

 

 

 

 

 

 

Undergraduate research intern working on photothermal effects in an ensemble of nanostructures

Brook Ejigu

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SURF Scholar – Undergraduate research intern working on simulations of stimulated evoked potentials in brain regions for the study of neural pathways. In collaboration with the Baylor College of Medicine.

 

ALUMNI -> FOLLOWING POSITION:

GRADUATE STUDENTS:

Narmada Naidu – (2020-2024), awarded PhD in Applied Physics -> Postdoctoral Fellow at Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland

Bryant Jerome – (2020-2023), awarded MSc in Applied Physics -> IT sector

 

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS:

Keith Sanders – Rice Academy of Fellows (2021-2023) -> Research Scientist, Army Research Laboratory

 

VISITING RESEARCHERS:

Aubin Touraquet – Master’s student (2023-2024) -> PhD student, Institut d’Optique, University of Bordeaux (France)

Maria Crespo – IMFAHE Fellow (2022-2023) -> Research Assistant, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Maria Basanez – IMFAHE Fellow (2022-2023) -> PhD applicant

 

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS:

Alessandro Bordone – Undergraduate Research intern (2023) -> Tandon School of Engineering, NYU

Isabella Chiodi – Undergraduate Research intern (2021) -> Chemical Engineering sophomore, Rice University

Joao Cunha – Visiting Scholar (2020) -> Research Fellow, International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory