Melissa is a PhD student in Applied Physics and joined the Atwater group in July 2019. She graduated from MIT in 2017 with a double major in Physics and Electrical Engineering and received a M.Eng in Electrical Engineering. For her M.Eng, she worked under Prof. Vladimir Bulovic on quantum dot LEDs. Aside from physics, she […]
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Arun Nagpal
Arun is an Applied Physics graduate student who joined the Atwater Group in July 2019. Previously, he graduated from the University of Michigan with a B.S.E. in Electrical Engineering and a minor in Physics. His current research projects center around graphene plasmonics. Outside of the lab, Arun enjoys playing squash and the piano.
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Prachi is an Applied Physics PhD student conducting research involving design optimization and experimental demonstration of spatiotemporally modulated active metasurfaces. She received her BSc and MSc degree in Mechanical Engineering at ETH Zurich in Switzerland. At ETH, she previously worked on the design and fabrication of chiral metasurfaces for enhanced polarization control. Outside of the […]
Read MoreRamon Gao
Ramon is graduate student in Applied Physics in the Atwater group since January 2019. He obtained his BSc and MSc in Electrical Engineering from ETH Zurich in Switzerland. At Caltech, his research focuses on the dynamics and optomechanics of laser-driven, self-stabilizing lightsails.
Read MoreMagel Su
Magel Su joined the Atwater group in the fall of 2018. In 2018, he graduated with a B.S.E. in materials science and engineering and a minor in chemistry from the University of Michigan. His research experience covers both ultrafast optical sciences and engineering education.
Read MoreParker Wray
Parker is a third year electrical engineering graduate student. He joined the Atwater group in the fall of 2018.
Read MoreHamidreza Akbari
Hamid received his B.Sc. in Physics and Mechanical engineering and his M.Sc. in Physics from Sharif University of Technology. He joined Atwater group in the summer of 2018 as an applied physics graduate student. His previous research experience includes perovskite solar cells and printing mechanisms for organic and organic-inorganic semiconductor films. His research interests are […]
Read MoreSara Anjum
Sara is a PhD student in Materials Science and joined the Atwater group in September 2019. She graduated from Princeton in June 2019 with an A.B. in Physics and a minor in Materials Science and Engineering. Her current research focuses on thermal emission manipulation in metasurfaces. Outside of the lab, she plays the piano and […]
Read MoreKyle Virgil
Kyle has a BS in Chemistry with Honors from NC State University (graduated May 2016), with minors in philosophy and biological sciences. He was a Fulbright Fellow from 2016-2017 at Uppsala University working with Prof Leif Hammarström. Kyle joined the Atwater group as a first year PhD student in Chemistry in the fall of 2017. He […]
Read MoreSouvik Biswas
Souvik is an Applied Physics graduate student in the Atwater group since the fall of 2017. His research focuses on electrically tunable strong light-matter interactions in van der Waals systems (2D materials). More specifically, his work aims at understanding the fundamental optical properties of black Phosphorus (from monolayer to multilayers) for tailoring excitonic emission at cryogenic […]
Read MoreMegan Phelan
Megan is a PhD student in the Materials Science option and joined the Atwater group in September 2017. She graduated from Yale in 2015 with a B.S. in Physics, and her current interests are in high-efficiency photovoltaic devices. Her previous research experience includes capacitance-voltage profiling of III-V photovoltaics, as well as a brief stint at […]
Read MoreEowyn Lucas
Éowyn is a PhD student in Materials Science who joined the Atwater group in September 2017. Before coming to Caltech, she gained a B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from North Carolina State University. Her research at Caltech focuses on electrochemical capture of CO2 from ocean water as well as electrochemical CO2 conversion to fuels. […]
Read MoreAreum Kim
Areum is a graduate student in Applied Physics. She joined the Atwater Group in September 2016 as a Samsung Scholarship fellow. She received her MS/BS in Integrative Engineering from Chung-Ang University, Korea. Her previous research was on electroless plating of nanomaterials for solar cells and fuel cells. Her current research focuses on electrically tunable metasurfaces […]
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