Doctoral Graduates

2022

• ​ Shoaib​ Khalid​, Electronic properties of topological semimetals, and wide-gap oxide semiconductors using hybrid density functional theory​, Advisor​:​ Anderson​ Janotti​​
• Yue​ Pan​, A neural network-based ultra-high energy neutrino reconstruction method with the Askaryan Radio Array​, Advisor​:​​ David​ Seckel​
• Hassan​ Shahfar​, Predicting, controlling and molecular understanding of therapeutic protein self-interactions: a combined experimental and computational approach​, Advisor​:​​​ Christopher J.​ Roberts​

2021

• Charles​ Cheung​, Development of a relativistic atomic theory for accurate treatment of complex correlations, Advisor​:​ Marianna Safronova​
• Hang​ Chen​, Magnetic dynamics in magnetic multilayers and spintronic devices​, Advisor​:​ John Q.​ Xiao​
• Vimal​ Deepchand​, Magnetic and structural properties of chemically synthesized Fe(Co)-Pt(Ni, Bi) nanoparticles​, Advisor​: George C.​ Hadjipanayis​
• Utkarsh​ Bajpai​, Quantum-classical approach to nonequilibrium system of conduction electrons interacting with localized spins in spintronics​, Advisor​: ​Branislav K.​ Nikolić​
• Priyanka​ Mondal​, Quantum spin-torque-driven nonclassical magnetization dynamics and dynamical buildup of long-range entanglement​, Advisor​: Branislav K.​ Nikolić​
• Aung Sis​ Naing​, Generation and isolation of highly charged ions with low ionization thresholds​, ​Advisor: Marianna Safronova​, Joseph N.​ Tan​
• Christiana​ Erba​, Characterizing massive star magnetospheres at ultraviolet wavelengths​, Advisor:​ Véronique​ Petit
• Ramiz Ahmad​ Qudsi​, On the interplay between microkinetics and turbulence in space plasmas​, Advisor:​ Bennett A.​ Maruca​​

2020

• Riddhi ​Bandyopadhyay​​, Turbulent heating in space plasmas: theory and observations, Advisor​: William H.​ Matthaeus​
• Michael P.​ Metz, ​Fitted models for intermolecular interactions from first principles​, Advisor​:​ Krzysztof​ Szalewicz
• Swapnil​ Baral​, Quantitative prediction of spectral properties of polarity sensitive dyes using a MD/QM approach​, Advisor​:​ Edward​ Lyman, Björn ​Baumeier​
• Mitchell​ Dorrell​, Simulation-derived neutron scattering for lipid membranes​, Advisor​: Alexander J.​ Sodt​
• Shirin​ Pourmiri​, Iron oxide nanoparticles for biomedical applications​, Advisor​: George C.​ Hadjipanayis​
• Onur​ Tosun​, Structural and magnetic properties of Mn-X and Co-X (X = Ge, V) nanostructured alloys fabricated by non-equilibrium techniques​, Advisor​:​ George C.​ Hadjipanayis
• Zhiqiang​ Zhang​, Theory of doping and defects in complex semiconductor materials​, Advisor​:​ Anderson​ Janotti​

2019

• Yunjiao Cai, Quantitative Analysis of Spin Relaxation and Spin Transfer in Mesoscopic Nonlocal Spin Valves; Advisor: Dr. Yi Ji
• Ramesh Koirala, Extension of the Icetop Energy Spectrum to 250 TeV and Application of the Constant Intensity Cut Method to Icetop Data; Advisor: Professor Thomas Gaisser
• Rishi Paudel, A study of the white light flare rates of M and L dwarfs; Advisor: Professor John Gizis
• Hershal Pandya, Search for PeV Gamma Rays and Astrophysical Neutrinos With IceTop and IceCube; Advisor: Professor David Seckel
• Debanjan Sengupta, Planet Formation in a Dusty Disk: Effects of Collisional Dust Growth and Dynamics; Advisor: Professor James MacDonald
• Muhammad Shahbaz, Dispersion Energy in Density-Functional Theory; Advisor: Professor Krzysztof Szalewicz
• Abhishek Sharan, Electronic Properties of Semiconductors and Energy Materials from Density Functional Theory; Advisor: Professor Anderson Janotti
• Prayash Sharma Pyakurel, Ion-Coupling During Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection: Causes and Consequence; Advisor: Professor Michael Shay
• Alex Wise, Where Do We Find Exoplanets?; Advisor: Dr. Sarah E. Dodson-Robinson

2018

• Frank Abel III, Synthesis and Study of "L1o" Magnetic Nanostructures; Advisor: Professor George Hadjipanayis
• Peng Cao, A Search for Astrophysical Ultra High Energy Neutrinos with ANITA-IV Experiment; Advisors: Dr. John Clem, Professor David Seckel
• Halise Celik, Spin-Orbit Torque Measurements in Heavy Metal/Ferromagnet Heterostructures Using the Magneto-Optic Kerr Effect; Advisor: Professor John Q. Xiao
• Rohit Chhiber, Studies in multi-scale turbulent dynamics of the soloar wind; Advisor: Professor William Matthaeus
• Fatih Kandaz, Anisotropic Spin Transport in Mesoscopic Nonmagnetic Channels; Advisor: Dr. Yi Ji
• Harsha Kannan, Material Designs and Fabrications for various Spintronics Applications; 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, 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, Exploring Single Hole States in INAS/GAAS Quantum Dots and Quantum Dot Molecules Under 2-D Electric Fields; Advisor: Dr. Matthew Doty
• Katharine Mulrey, Characterizing Radio Emission from Extensive Air Showers with the SLAC-T510 Experiment, with Applications to ANITA; Advisor: Professor David Seckel
• Taha Salavati-Fard, Computational Studies on the Catalyzed Conversion of Furans to Aromatics; Advisor: Professor Douglas J. Doren
• Muhammad Asif Warsi, Nanowire Based Exchange Coupled Permanent Magnets; Advisor: Professor John Q. Xiao
• Andrew Zgorski, Mesoscale Simulation of Lipid Bilayers: Quasi-2D Hydrodynamics and Shear Viscosity; Advisor: Dr. Ed Lyman

2017

• Patrick Grugan, Transitioning from a Dipole to a Relativistic Response in Atoms and Molecules; Advisor Professor Barry C. Walker.
• Brian Kelly, Characterization of Solid-State Reactions in Nanoscale Systems via Structural and Energetic Techniques; Advisor: Professor Karl Unruh.
• Jesus Nieto Pescador, Photoinduced Electron Transfer at the Tetrapyrrole-Tio 2 Interface: Effect of the Energy Alignment; Advisor: Professor Lars Gundlach.
• Prachanda Subedi, Transport of Charged Particles in Turbulent Magnetic Fields Professor in charge of dissertation; Advisor: Professor William Matthaeus.

• Chuan Qin, Quantitative Study of Spin Hall Effects in Mesoscopic Thin Films; Advisor: Dr. Yi Ji

• Tao Wang, Spin Orbit Coupling Induced Phenomena in Spintronic Devices; Advisor: Professor John Q. Xiao
• Zuhrianda Zuhrianda, High Precision Calculation for the Development of Atomic Clock and the Search Beyond the Standard Model Professor in charge of dissertation; Advisor: Professor Marianna Safronova

2016

• Heng-Yu Chen, Theoretical Investigations of Neutrino and Dark Matter Properties; Advisor: Professor Stephen Barr
• Lei Chen, Development and Characterization of (Ag,Cu) (In,Ga) Se2 Thin Films Deposited by Three-Stage Co-Evaporation; Advisor: Professor William N. Shafarman.
• Curtis Walkons, Approaches to Increase Open Circuit Voltage (Voc) of CdTe Devices: Device Modeling and Thinner Devices, Alternative Back Contacts; Advisor: Professor Robert Birkmire.
• Yunpeng Chen, Spin Dynamics in Magnetic Thin Films and Spintronics Devices; Advisor: Professor John Q. Xiao.
• Seth Meiselman, Spontaneous Transient Ultrafast Coherent Raman Spectroscopy; Advisor: Professor Matthew DeCamp.
• Yunsong Xie, Designing metamaterials and nanostructured materials for microwave power transfer applications; Advisor: Professor John Xiao.
• Jun Wu, Current-driven Spin-orbit Torques in Ferromagnetic Heterostructures; Advisor: Professor John Xiao.
• Colby C. Haggerty, Ion and Electron Heating during Magnetic Reconnection in Simulations; Advisor: Professor Michael Shay.

2015

• John Meyer, Structure of the Diffusion Region in Three Dimensional Magnetic Reconnection; Advisor: Professor Michael Shay.
• Laura Vanderhoef, Understanding Charge Carrier Relaxation Processes In Terbium Arsenide Nanoparticles Using Transient Absorption Spectroscopy; Advisor: Professor Matthew Doty.
• Bin He, Higgs Phenomenology and New Physics beyond the Standard Model; Advisor: Professor Qaisar Shafi.
• Roy Murray, Analyzing Novel Fabrication and Doping Methods of Organic Photovoltaic Devices Through a Lumped Circuit Model; Advisor: Professor Ismat Shah.
• Xiaocao Hu, Synthesis and Characterization of Magnetically Hard FePt Alloy Nanoparticles and Nano-Islands; Advisor: Dr. George Hadjipanayis.
• Shuhan Chen, Pure Spin Current In Lateral Structures; Advisor: Professor Yi Ji.
• Sui Luo, Ionization, Photoelectron Dynamics and Elastic Scattering In Relativistic, Ultra-Strong Field; Advisor: Dr. Barry C. Walker.
• Dylan Kee, Radiative Ablation of Disks Around Massive Stars; Advisor: Professor Stan Owocki.
• Po-Hao Chang, Spin and thermoelectric transports in Dirac materials-based Nanostructures; Advisor: Professor Branislav K. Nikolic.
• Jeffrey Tessein, Effect of Coherent Structures on Energetic Particle Intensity In the Solar Wind; Advisor: Professor William Matthaeus.

2014

• Fazle Rob, Localized-Overlap Approach to Calculations of Intermolecular Interactions; Advisor: Professor Krzysztof Szalewicz.
• Inci Ruzybayev, Nanostructured Nitrogen and Carbon codoped TiO2 Thin Films: Synthesis, Structural Characterization and Optoelectronic Properties; Advisor: Professor Ismat Shah.
• Yang Zhou, High Frequency Soft Magnetics and Nanoporous Silver for Energy Applications; Advisor: Professor John Xiao
• Lala Zhu, Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition of Silicon Thin Films: Characterization of Film Growth at Different Frequencies and Gas Compositions Utilizing Plasma Diagnostics; Advisor: Dr. Robert Birkmire.
• Derya Vural, Dynamics and Dynamical transitions in proteins; Advisor: Henry Glyde.
• Farzad Mahfouzi, Nonequilibrium Green function approach to elastic and inelastic spin-charge transport in topological insulator-based heterostructures and magnetic tunnel junctions; Advisor: Branislav Nikolic.
• Fariha Nasir, Exploring Natural Supersymmetry at the LHC; Advisor: Qaisar Shafi.
• Muhammad Adeel Ajaib, Supersymmetry at the Crossroads; Higgs Boson: Dark Matter and Collider signals; Advisor: Qaisar Shaifi.
• Dana Saxon, Very high energy gamma-ray emission from Tycho's supernova remnant; Advisor: Dr. Jamie Holder.
• Cem Salih Un, Higg boson, sparticle masses and neutralino dark matter in Yukawa unified models; Advisor: Qaisar Shafi.
• Fazle Rob, Localized-Overlap Approach to Calculations of Intermolecular Interactions; Advisor: Krzysztof Szalewicz.
• Zhan Shu, Low Temperature Surface Passivation of Crystalline Silicon and its Application to Interdigitated Back Contact Silicon Heterojunction (IBC-SHJ) Solar Cell; Advisor: Robert BIrkmire.

2013

• Nagitha Ekanayake, Photoionization of Highly Charged Ions from Ultra-Intense Ultraviolet and Near-Infrared Radiation Fields; Advisor: Barry Walker.
• James Dalessio, Peculiar Variations of White Dwarf Pulsation Frequencies; Advisor: Harry Shipman.
• Yuan Gao, Probing and Reconstructing Transient One-Dimensional Acoustic Strains Using Time-Resolved X-Ray Diffraction; Advisor: Matthew DeCamp.
• Chris Russell, Using 3D Dynamic Models to Reproduce X-Ray Properties of Colliding Wind Binaries; Advisor: Stanley Owocki.
• Ryan Stearrett, Magnetization Fluctuations and Electronic Noise in Exchange-Biased Magnetic Tunnel Junctions During Annealing; Advisor: Edmund Nowak.
• Lulu Zhang, Preparation and Optimization of Interfaces in Interdigitated Black Contact Silicon Hetero-Junction (IBC-SHJ_Solar Cells; Advisor: Robert Birkmire.
• Syed Shabbar Raza Rizvi, Low Energy Predictions from Supersymmetric Grand Unified Theories; Advisor: Qaisar Shafi.
• Nurdan Anilmis, Evolutionary Models of Hot SubDwarf B Stars with Radiative Levitation of Iron; Advisor: James MacDonald

2012

• Ozan Akdogan, Size Effects in Non-Phase Hard Magnetic Materials; Advisor: George Hadjipanayis.
• Xing Chen, Functional Nanometer-Scale Structures: Fabrication, Formation Mechanism and Their Applications; Advisor: John Q. Xiao.
• Nilay Gundaz, Rare-Earth 3D Transition Metal Nanoparticles and Nanoflakes by Surfactant-Assisted High-Energy Ball Milling; Advisor: George Hadjipanayis.
• Hassnain Jaffari, Morphological, Magnetic and Electronic Structural Studies of Nanostructured Spinel Ferrites; Advisor: Ismat Shah.
• Qi Lu, Nanostructured Electrodes for High-Performance Electrochemical Capacitors; Advisor: John Q. Xiao.
• Chen Xu, Chemical Composition of Primary Cosmic Rays with IceCube; Advisor: Thomas Gaisser.
• Han Zhou, Spin Transport in Nanoscale Metallic Nonlocal Spin Valves; Advisor: Yi Ji.
• Amir Javaid, Monte Carlo Simulation for Radio Detection of Ultra High Energy Air Shower Cores by ANITA-II; Advisor: David Seckel.
• Kitipat Malakit, Asymmetric Magnetic Reconnection: A Particle-in-Cell-Study; Advisor: Michael Shay.
• Bakhtiyar Ruzybayev, Measurement of Cosmic Ray Energy Spectrum with Icetop; Advisor: Thomas Gaisser.

2011

• Hassnain Jaffari, Morphological, magnetic and electronic structural studies of nanostructured spinel ferrites; Adviser: Ismat Shah.
• Chen Xu, Chemical composition of primary cosmic rays with iceCube; Adviser: Tom Gaiser.
• Hafsa Khurshid, Synthesis and characterization of iron based nanoparticles for novel applications; Adviser: George Hadjipanayis.
• Mary Oksala, Observations and models of centrifugally supported magnetospheres in massive stars; Adviser: Stan Owocki.
• Xiaoming Kou, Novel microwave properties and "memory effect" in magnetic nanowire array; Adviser: John Q. Xiao.
• Mansoor Rehman, Realistic inflation models and primordial gravity waves; Advisor: Qaisar Shafi.
• Tareque Aziz, Spectral and statistical study of relaxation processes in two-dimensional guiding center plasma using Penning trap data; Adviser: William Matthaeus.
• Rizwan Khalid, Sparticle and Higgs spectroscopy for Yukawa and guage-Yukawa unified models; Adviser: Qaisar Shafi.
• Tulasi Parashar, On kinetic dissipation in collisionless turbulent plasmas; Adviser: Michael Shay.
• Douglas Rodgers, Turbulent relaxation and meta-stable equilibrium states of an electron plasma; Adviser: William Matthaeus.
• Philip Castro, Star Formation in the Lagoon Nebula & Low-Mass Stars and Brown Dwarfs; Advisor: John Gizis.

2010

• Dilara Sultana, Isotropic rare Earth based hard magnets through non-equilibrium process; Adviser: George Hadjipanayis.
• Levent Colak, Chemically Synthesized Fe-Pt Binary Alloy Nanoparticles; Advisor: George Hadjipanayis.
• Xin Fan, Microwave Dynamics in Magnetic Materials, Spintronic Devices and Metamaterials; Adviser: John Q. Xiao.
• Tom Madura, Constraining the properties of the eta carinae system via 3-D SPH models of ground- and space-based observations; Adviser: Stanley Owocki.
• Almas Khan, Predicting theta-13 in a class of unified models; Adviser: Stephen Barr.
• Xiaojun Wang, Spin-transfer torque effects and spin relaxation in magnetic nanostructures; Adviser: Yi Ji.
• Bhupender Thakur, Density Matrix Renormalization Group method for large scale nuclear structure calculations; Adviser: Stuart Pittel.
• Dansha Jiang, Development of many-body perturbation theory and calculation of atomic properties for optical clock; Adviser: Marianna Safronova.
• Srinivasan Balakrishnan; Structural and magnetic properties of polymer coated iron based nanoparticles for biomedical applicaitons; Adviser: George Hadjipanayis.
• Lubna Shah, New materials and functionality in spintronic devices; Adviser: John Q. Xiao.
• Ali Shams, Superfluidity and Bose-Einstein condensation in optical lattices and porous media; a Quatum Monte Carlo study; Adviser: Henry Glyde.

2009

• Arif Ozbay, Noise and transport studies in spin valve structures; Adviser: Edmund Nowak.
• Gokce (Aisha) Cehreli, Current and resistance fluctuations in magnetic tunnel junctions; Adviser: Edmund Nowak.
• Rong Cao, Spin dynamics in magnetic thin films and electromagnetic properties of metamaterials; Adviser: John Q. Xiao.
• Thomas F. Ekiert, Jr., Synthesis and characterization of self-assembled nanostructured iron particles formed in the presence of citrate, Adviser: Karl M. Unruh.
• Ralitsa L. Dragomirova, Spin-dependent shot noise in semiconductor and graphene nanostructures; Adviser: Branislav K. Nikolic.

2008

• Takahiro Moriyama, Nonlocal and local magnetization dynamics excited by a RF magnetic field in magnetic multilayers; Adviser: John Q. Xiao.
• Weigang Wang, Spin-dependent transport in magnetic tunnel junctions and diluted magnetic semiconductors; Adviser: John Q. Xiao.
• Hao Zhu, Material design and synthesis for desirable magnetic and optic properties; Adviser: John Xiao
• Xiaokai Zhang, Novel magnetic composites for high-frequency applicaitons; Adviser: John Xiao.
• Meijun Lu, Silicon heterojunction solar cell and crystallization of amorphous silicon; Adviser: Robert Birkmire.
• Bindiya Arora, Modeling of atomic systems for quantum information and atomic clocks; Adviser: Marianna Safronova.
• Rupsi Pal, Development of non-linear coupled-cluster single-double method and calculation of properties of atoms with one and two valence electrons; Adviser: Marianna Safronova.
• Eugenia Iskrenova-Tchoukova, All-order approach to high-precision atomic calculation; Adviser: Marianna Safronova
• Basmah Riaz, A study of circumstellar disk properties in low-mass stars and brown dwarfs; Adviser: John Gizis.
• Shahida Dar, TEV scale leptogenesis, primordial monopoles, and supersymmetry at LHC; Adviser: Qaisar Shafi.
• Chin-Aik Lee, Selected topics in unified field theory; Adviser: Qaisar Shafi.
• Benjamin A. Breech, Topics in solar wind turbulence; Adviser: William H. Matthaeus.
• Isaac Ghebregziabher, Radiation and photoelectron dynamics in ultrastrong laser fields; Adviser: Barry C. Walker.
• Sasikumar Palaniyappan, Relativistic rescattering and multielectron ionization of atoms and molecules in ultra-strong laser fields; Adviser: Barry Walker
• Abdul K. Rumaiz, Cobalt doped TiO2: A possible candidate for dilute magnetic semiconductors (2008); Adviser: S. Ismat Shah.

2007

• Liviu P. Zarbo, Mesoscopic spin Hall effect in semiconductor nanostructures; Adviser: Branislav K. Nikolic.
• Abdullah Ceylan, Core/shell structured magnetic nanoparticles synthesized by inert gas condensation; Adviser: S. Ismat Shah.
• Souleymane Omar Diallo, A neutron scattering study of the momentum distribution of atoms in liquid and solid helium; Adviser: Henry R. Glyde
• V. Nefer Senoguz, Aspects of inflationary models and unification; Adviser: Qaisar Shafi.
• Antony D. Dichiara, Ionization measurements of argon, krypton and xenon atoms with Petawatt- to Exawatt-per-square-centimeter laser fields; Adviser: Barry C. Walker.
• Yushan Wang, First-principles investigations on electronic structures of pristine and doped anatase TiO2; Adviser: Doug Doren
• Hongli Wang, A study of the structural, microstructural and magnetic properties of EePt and CoPt type nanoparticles; Adviser: George C. Hadjipanayis.​

2019

• 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.
  

2018

• Frank Abel, PhD. 2018; Visiting Scholar, Department of Physics, University of Delaware, 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 University of Delaware 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. Öğretim Görevlisi) 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;
  

2017

• 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.
  

2016

• 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 University of Delaware 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 University of Delaware in Newark, DE.
  

2015

• 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 Tübingen, Germany.
  
• John Meyer, Ph.D. 2015, co-founder of Foolhardy Softworks.
  

2014

• Matthew Civiletti, Ph.D. 2014; instructor at Morrisville State College, NY.
• Derya Vural, Ph.D. 2014; postdoc at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware.
• 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 University of Delaware 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.
  

2013

• Nagitha Ekanayake, Ph.D. 2013; postdoc (DESY) Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Hamburg, Germany.
• James Dalessio, Ph.D. 2013; software company start-up, Newark, DE.
• Yuan Gao, Ph.D. 2013; Argonne National Lab, Chicago, IL.
• Chris Russell, Ph.D. 2013; postdoc fellowship Japanese Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS).
• Ryan Stearrett, Ph.D. 2013; Process Engineer at Intel, Hillsboro, Oregon.
• Syed Shabbar Raza Rizvi, Ph.D. 2013; postdoc Institute of Theoretical Physics at Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China.
  

2012

• Ozan Akdogan, Ph.D, 2012; postdoc at Institute Neel CNRS, Grenoble, France.
• Joshua Wickman, Ph.D., 2012; Assistant Professor at Gloucester County Community College, Sewell, NJ.
• Bakhtiyar Ruzybayev, Ph.D. 2012; postdoc University of Delaware, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Newark, DE.
• Amir Javaid, Ph.D. 2012; postdoc at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.
• Kitipat Malakit, Ph.D. 2012; postdoc at Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
• Qi Lu, Ph.D. 2012; postdoc at University of Delaware, College of Engineering, Newark, DE.
• Chen Xu, Ph.D. 2012; System Engineer at WorldQuant LLC, Stamford, CT.
• Ha Zhou, Ph.D. 2012; Research Scientist at Western Digital, San Jose, CA.
• Xing Chen, Ph.D. 2012; postdoc at Argonne National Lab, Chicago, IL.
• Nilay Gundaz, Ph.D. 2012; postdoc at Institute NEEL CNRS, Grenoble, France.
  

2011

• Xiaoming Kou, Ph.D. 2011; postdoc at University of Delaware, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Newark, DE.
• Chen Xu, Ph.D. 2011; trading system operator at WorldQuant LLC, Old Greenwich, CT.
• Hassnain Jaffari, Ph.D. 2011; Assistant Professor at Department of Physics, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
• Tulasi Parashar, Ph.D. 2011; postdoc at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
• Hafsa Khurshid, Ph.D. 2011; postdoc at the University of South Florida in Tampa.
• John Shaw, Ph.D. 2011; Adjunct Professor at West Chester University.
• Mary Oksala, Ph.D. 2011; postdoc at Astronomical Institute of Czech Academy of Sciences.
• Taraque Aziz, Ph.D. 2011; pattern processing engineer with RIE technology with IBM in New York.
• Doug Rodgers, Ph.D. 2011; science analysis applications developer at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory.
• Mansoor Ur Rehman, Ph.D. 2011; postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Physics, University of Basel, Switzerland.
• Rizwan Khalid, Ph.D. 2011; Assistant Professor at the Center for Advanced Mathematics and Physics (CAMP) affiliated with the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) in Islamabad, Pakistan.
• Phiip Castro, Ph.D. 2011; Scientist at Applied Optimization Inc, Dayton, Ohio
• Levent Colak, senior development engineer at Seagate Product and Technology Development center in Minnesota.
  

2010

• Xiaojun Wang, Ph.D. 2010; postdoc at Hitachi GST in San Jose, CA.
• Tom Madura, Ph.D. 2010; postdoc at the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, Germany.
• Almas Khan, Ph.D. 2010; instructor, Virginia Tech.
• Bhupender Thakur, Ph.D. 2010; computational research scientist, Louisiana State University.
• Ali Shams, Ph.D. 2010; quantitative analyst, Polar Securities, Toronto, Canada.
• Lubna R. Shah, Ph. D. 2010; postdoc at the Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University.
  

2009

• Ralitsa L. Dragomirova, Ph. D. 2009; postdoc at the Department of Computational Biology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh.
  

2008

• Takahiro Moriyama, Ph.D. 2008; postdoc at the Department of Physics, Cornell University.
• Benjamin A. Breech, Ph.D. 2008; NASA Postdoctoral Fellow Award at Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD.
  
• Weigang Wang, Ph.D. 2008; postdoc at the Department of Physics, The Johns Hopkins University.
• Meijun Lu, Ph.D. 2008; research scientist at DuPont.
• Rupsi Pal, Ph.D. 2008; postdoc at Naval Research Lab, Stennis Space Center, Mississippi.
• Isaac Ghebregziabher, Ph.D. 2008; postdoc at the Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
  
• Eugenia Iskrenova-Tchoukova, Ph.D. 2008; postdoc at the Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University.
  
• Basmah Riaz, Ph.D. 2008; postdoc at the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, Spain.
• Hao Zhu, Ph. D. 2008; research scientist at Spectrum Magnets.
• Xiaokai Zhang, Ph. D. 2008; research scientist at Spectrum Magnets.
  

2007

• Liviu P. Zarbo, Ph.D. 2007; postdoc at the Department of Physics, Texas A&M University
• Souleymane Omar Diallo, Ph.D. 2007; postdoc at Ames Laboratory, Iowa.
• V. Nefer Senoguz; Ph.D. 2007; postdoc at the Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Kansas.
• Antony D. Dichiara, Ph.D. 2007; postdoc at the Department of Physics, Ohio State University.
• Yushan Wang, Ph.D. 2007; postdoc at the Department of Chemical Engineering, Penn State University.
• Hongli Wang, Ph.D. 2007; postdoc at QPS LLC.
  

2008

• Takahiro Moriyama, Ph.D. 2008; Assistant Professor of Physics at Kyoto University in Japan.
  

2007

• Souleymame Omar Diallo, Ph.D. 2007; Instrument Scientist at Oak Ridge National Lab in Oak Ridge, TN.
  

2006

• Akin-Ojo Omololu, Ph.D. 2006; postdoc at the Department of Chemistry, Boston University.
  

2003

• Jonathan DuBois, Ph.D. 2003; Research scientist at the Lawrence Livermore National Lab​