Group Alumni

Graduate student

Jeffrey Parker

Ph.D 2003

Yongqing Li

Ph.D 2003

Ildefonso Guilaran

Ph.D 2004

Saleem Rao

Ph.D 2005

Jazcek Braden

Ph.D 2006

Pradeep Manandhar

Ph.D 2007

Xiaohang Zhang

Ph.D 2008

Yi Cheng

Ph.D 2009

Ashwani Kumar

Ph.D 2009

Kan-Sheng Chen

Ph.D 2011

“Investigation of Materials with High Spin Polarization via Spin Polarized Transport”

“Optimization of Hall Magnetometry and Single Magnetic Nanoparticle Measurements” 

Professor, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences   Website

“Spin-Dependent Transport in Ferromagnet-Based Devices” 

Professor, Union University  Website

“Molecular Templated Assembly of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes and Their Electrical Characterization” 

Associate professor, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals  Website

“Determining Spin Polarization of Ferromagnets Using Superconducting Spectroscopy” 

Devops Engineer at Gearbox Software​

“Molecular and Electronic Transport in Solid-State/Organic Hybrid Nanostructures” 

Senior Nanofabrication Engineer at Spin Transfer Technologies

“Tunneling Study of Molecular Interfaces and Novel Ferromagnets via Superconducting Spectroscopy” 

Senior staff scientist, Nova Research Website

“Physics and Applications of Semiconducting Oxide Nanobelt Field-Effect Transistors” 

Scientist at W. L. Gore & Associates

“Superconductivity and Quantum Phase Transitions in Ultrathin a-Pb Films” 

Associate Professor, Monmouth College  Website

“Fabrication, Characterization and Application of Molecularly Modified Semiconductor Nano-devices” 

Process engineer, Lam Research

H Jeffrey Gardner

Ph.D 2011

“Quantum phase transitions and enhancement of superconductivity by a parallel magnetic field in two dimensional superconductors” 

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Liuqi Yu

Ph.D 2014

“Emergent transport phenomena in low-dimensional conductors, superconductors and correlated electron materials” 

Postdoc in physics, University of Maryland

Joon-Il Kim

Ph.D 2016

“Spin transport and nanomagnetism in semiconductor heterostructures” 

Process engineer, Applied Materials

Timothy Keiper

Ph.D 2017

“Surface Modification for Improved Design and Functionality of Nanostructured Materials and Devices"

Medical physics resident, University of California, San Deigo

Jorge Barreda

Ph.D 2017

“Fabrication and Characterization of Heterogeneous Nanowires” 

Research engineer, University of Michigan

Longqian Hu

Ph.D 2018

“Transport and Tunneling Investigation of Strongly Correlated Superconducting and Magnetic Thin Films”

MTJ characterization engineer, Avalanche technology. Inc.

Konstantinos Kountouriotis

Ph.D 2018

Danielle Simmons

Ph.D 2019

“Spin Transport in Si Nanowires with an Axial Doping Gradient”

Process engineer, Lam Research

“Magnetic Ordering and Magnetotransport at Molecular and Nano Scales”

Research Scientist, Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station     Link

Postdoc