PhD Students

Jacob Held | PhD 2020 Chemical Engineering | Postdoc at ETH Zurich

Hwanhui Yun | PhD 2020 Chemical Engineering | Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology

Prashant Kumar | PhD 2018 Materials Science | Assistant Professor at NTU

Ryan Wu | PhD 2018 Chemical Engineering | Data Scientist

Claire Morgan | PhD 2017 Materials Science | Knoll Lab (KAPL)

Eric Hintsala | PhD 2015 Materials Science | Bruker 

Michael Odlyzko | PhD 2015 Materials Science | UMN CharFac

Andrew Wagner | PhD 2014 Materials Science | Intel

Anudha Mittal | PhD 2013 Chemical Engineering | ZoNexus LLC

Al Gunawan | PhD 2013 Materials Science | Intel

Postdoctoral Researchers

Subhajit Kundu, PhD

Fan Zhang, PhD

Danielle Reifsnyder Hickey, PhD | Assistant Professor | Assistant Professor at Penn State University

Jong Seok Jeong, PhD | LG Chem

Hwanhui Yun, PhD | Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology


Masters Students

Daniel Sorensen | M.S. 2014 Materials Science

Justin Helps | M.S. 2012 Materials Science

Rahool Gadkari | M.S. 2012 Electrical Engineering


Undergraduate Students

Cecilia Ledezma | Summer REU | University of Texas - Rio Grande Valley

Kevin Doku | Summer REU | New York University

Jennifer Conner | Summer REU | Arizona State University

Hosup Song | Chemical Engineering | University of Minnesota

Peter Sand | Materials Science | University of Minnesota

Michael Carroll | Materials Science | University of Minnesota

Phong Nguyen | Summer REU | University of Missouri

Samuel Duncan | Materials Science | University of Minnesota

Hannah Seo | Summer REU | Northwestern University

Ryan | Materials Science | University of Minnesota

Katherine Nygren | Summer REU | St. Olaf College

Alexander Chov | Chemical Engineering | University of Minnesota

Bart Hillberg | Chemistry and Materials Science | University of Minnesota

Karthik Sankaranarayanan | Chemical Engineering | University of Minnesota

Gabriel Rueda | Summer REU | University of Texas - Pan American

Megan Aubin | Materials Science | University of Minnesota

Dayne Plemmons | Summer REU | North Carolina State University

Claire Teresi | Summer REU | Clemson University

Kartikeya Desai | Chemical Engineering | University of Minnesota

Jared Haus | Chemical Engineering | University of Minnesota

Yinhan Liu | Chemical Engineering | University of Minnesota


Staff Scientists

Jason C. Myers, PhD | Electron Microscopy Technical Support, CharFac  | Boston Scientific

Michael Dupont | Electron Microscopy Technical Support, CharFac

Ozan Ugurlu, PhD | Electron Microscopy Specialist, CharFac  | Faro Technology


High School Students

Mark Kamenev  | Plymouth High School, Minnesota

Arsen Matevosyan  | Stillwater High School, Minnesota

Andy Ylitalo  | Stillwater High School, Minnesota


Visiting Scholars

Gina Mancini-Samuelson, PhD | Visiting professor from St. Catherine University


Pets/ Mascots

Phoebe Chameleon