Dr. Zachary Schiffer joined the Atwater group in September 2021. Zachary received his B.S.E. in Chemical and Biological Engineering from Princeton University in 2016 and his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from MIT in 2021. In his graduate research, Zachary focused on developing electrochemical routes for nitrogen cycle reactions. In the Atwater lab, he is exploring […]
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Dr. Aisulu Aitbekova is a KNI Postdoctoral Fellow in the Atwater Group. She did her Ph.D. at Stanford University, where she was advised by Assistant Professor Matteo Cargnello. Her graduate research focused on carbon dioxide conversion into fuel and chemicals using nanomaterials. She obtained her M.S. (2016) in Chemical Engineering Practice from MIT and B.S. […]
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Lior Joined the Atwater group in August 2021 as a Fulbright scholar. He received his BSc, MSc and Ph.D. in Physics from Tel Aviv University. In his PhD, conducted under the supervision of Prof. Tal Ellenbogen and Prof. Haim Suchowski, Lior investigated collective effects in two-dimensional nanoparticle arrays, known as metasurfaces. Among his results, he […]
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Claudio joined the Atwater Group in October 2020 as a Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Fellow. He received his M.S. from MIT in 2015 and graduated with a PhD from ETH Zurich in 2020 in the group of Prof. Poulikakos. His dissertation work focused on novel approaches for integrating solid state quantum emitters and on […]
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Xueqian (Lucy) Li joined the Atwater group as a KNI Prize Postdoctoral Fellow in October 2019. Lucy received her B.S. in Chemistry from New York University in 2014 and her Ph.D. in Chemistry from Duke University in 2019. Her dissertation research focused on investigating thermal and nonthermal effects in plasmonic photocatalysis. At Caltech, her research […]
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Pankaj Jha joined Atwater Group in October 2017. His research interests lie at the interface of quantum physics, applied optics, and materials science to understand and harness light-matter interactions at the atomic-scale. Of paramount importance is to make use of quantum nature of light and develop devices that will deliver quantum-enhanced performances for energy, health, […]
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