Alumni

Visiting Researchers

 Dr. Matthew HalsallUniversity of ManchesterSummer 2006
 Hartmut RoskosUniversitat Frankfurt Am MainSpring/Summer 2005
 Prof. Martin KochTechnische Universitat Braunschweig2003
 Dr. Junichiro KonoAssistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept., Rice University 
 Dr. Karl UnterrainerTechnical University, Vienna 
 Prof. Chris PhillipsImperial College, London 
Philippe Boucaudl’Institut d’electronique Fondamentale, Grenoble, France 
James HeymanProfessor, Physics Department, Macalaster College, St. Paul, MN2004

Former Postdocs

Xiaoling (Cocoa) WangAssistant Professor, CSU East Bay2021
Marzieh KavandResearch Associate, The Ohio State University2020
Mengchen Huang 2017
Nutan GuatamJDSU, Milpitas CA2014
 Brian YoungbloodLecturer, UCSB2015
 Mattias Fehr 2013-2014
Vinh Quang NguyenAssistant Professor, Virginia Institute of Technology, Blacksburg, VA2012
Sascha PreuFriedrich Alexander University Erlangen-NurembergChair of Applied Physics [Lehrstuhl fuer angewandte Physik] Staudstr. 7, 91058 Erlangen Germany2011
Susumu TakahashiUniversity of Southern California2010
Ethan Pratt 2009-2010
Dominik StehrStaff Scientist, Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf2007-2009
Brendan SerapigliaLaw Student, Southwestern2004
Victoria CiulinReseacher, Dept. of Chem, University of Aarhus, Denmark2004
Tom KingIndustrial Physicist – High Temperature Superconductors, New Zealand2002
Bryan ColeToshiba Research Lab, Cambridge 
Frank HegmannAssistant Professor, Physics Department, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 
 James HeymanProfessor,Physics Department, Macalaster College, St. Paul, MN 

Graduated Ph.D. Students

Seamus D. O’HaraPostdoc, University of Pennsylvania 2023
Joseph CostelloExponent, Menlo Park, CA2023
Changyun YooPostdoc, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA2022
Blake WilsonNational Institute of Health (NIH), MD2019
Darren ValovcinMathworks, MA2019
Jessica ClaytonDesign Verification Test Engineer, Karl Storz, Goleta CA2017
Jonathan Essen2017
Hunter BanksUS Office of Naval Research2017
Devin EdwardsPostdoc, University of Colorado Boulder2012
Ben ZaksProduct Engineer, Agilent Technologies, Santa Clara, CA2012
Chris MorrisPostdoc, Physics department, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MA2011
Cristo YeePosdoc, Physics Department, CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico City2009
Sang-Woo KimStaff Scientist, Tanner Research2009
Dan AllenStaff Researcher, Sandia National Laboratory 2008
Nathan JukamPostdoc, Ecole Normale Superieure Paris, France2006
Kohl GillServing a one year democratic mission in India 2005
Sam CarterStaff Scientist, Naval Research Lab2004
Matt DotyPost-Doctoral Scholar, Naval Reasearch Labs 2004
Mark SuStaff Scientist, National Institute of Standards and Technology2001
Jon WilliamsPost-Doctoral Scholar, California Institute of Technology
Carey CatesElectro-Optical Engineer, Lockheed-Martin2002
John CerneAssociate Professor, University at Buffalo1996
Brian GaldrikianSenior Software Engineer, Mathengine, Inc.
Keith CraigWilliam Bewley Staff member, Naval Research Lab
Chris FelixStaff member, Naval Research Lab
John PlombonStaff member, Surface Interface
Andrea MarkelzAssociate Professor, University at Buffalo1995
Jeremy LevyProfessor, University of Pittsburgh1993

Graduated Bachelors/Visiting Students

Miranda Claypool2022 – 2024
Lucas Lau2022 – 2024
Robert Krumland-Dunning2022 – 2024
Lillia Hammond2023
Audri Sewal2020-2021
Cameron Cannon2020-2021
Juntian (Oliver) Tu2020-2021
Alex Penzaloza2017-2019
 Simon Lange 2019
Yuanqi Lyu 2017-2018
Carmen Roelcke 2018
Sam Aronson 2015-2017
Michael Balcewicz 2015-2017
 Clara Di 2016
Sophia Han 2016
Ben Jargowsky 2017
Sijia Zhao 2016
Andrew PierceHarvard University2012-2015
 Mary Lou BaileyYale University2012-2015
Nana ShumiyaVisiting student from University of California, Berkeley2014
 Aaron MaUniversity of California, San Diego2014-2015
Aaron Simon 2015
Brad Katz 2015
Dominik PellerVisiting student from Regensburg University2014
 Andrea HofmannVisiting student from Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule, Zurich2013
 Allegra LattimerStanford University2013-2014
 George Kontsevich  
 Nico KraussVisiting student from University of Konstanz, Germany2009-2010
 Sahar El AbbadiREU studentSummer 2009
 Stephen ParhamUniversity of Colorado2008
 Kiyo AkaboriUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst2007
 Melissa AnholmUniversity of Wisconsin Milwaukee2007
 James LessUniversity of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne2005
 Tristan RocheleauCornell2005
 Nicholas MoskovicUniversity of Hawaii2003
 Sachin Patel  
 Xerxes Lopez-YglesiasCaltech 
 Sean RoyStanford 
 Andrew Rothfuss  
 Greg MaskelCornell 
 Kevin SparkmanHughes 
 Basil Sabbah  
 Suzanne KyreUCSB-high-energy physics 
 Jeremiah Pope