Group Members
We are looking for new Ph.D. students, master students, and undergraduates to join the team (see openings)!
Jump to graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and faculty, undergraduate students, alumni.
Graduate Students, Postdoctoral Researchers, and Faculty
Brian R. D’Urso
Associate Professor
- Bachelor of Science in Physics, California Institute of Technology
- Ph.D. in Physics, Harvard University
Paul Nachman
Affiliate Research Professor
- Bachelor of Arts in Physics, Carleton College
- Ph.D. in Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago
Cody Jessup
Graduate student
- Bachelor of Science in Physics and Politics, Hillsdale College
Connor Murphy
Graduate student
- Bachelor of Science in Physics and Mathematics, Grove City College
Dakota Chapman
Graduate student
- Bachelor of Science in Physics, Montana State University
Undergraduate Students
Sage McNulty
Undergraduate student
Steven Mattson
Undergraduate student
Carson Sander
Undergraduate student
Alumni
Bradley Slezak
2016-2020
Graduate student and postdoctoral researcher, now Staff Physicist at AdvR (Bozeman,
MT).
Charles Lewandowski
2015-2020
Graduate Student, now NRC postdoc at AFRL (Albuquerque, NM).
Walter Klahold
2018-2019
Postdoctoral researcher, now Electronics Engineer at Green Bank Observatory (Green Bank, WV).
Jen-Feng Hsu
2011-2016
Graduate student (first to develop magneto-gravitational trap and trap diamond microcrystals),
now Detector Physicist at Kromek (Zelienople, PA).
Elliot Jenner
2008-2015
Graduate student (studies of nanostructured and superhydrophobic materials).
Shonali Dhingra
2009-2015
Graduate student (fabrication of graphene nanomechanical devices, and use of NV centers
in diamond for QND measurements), now postdoc at UCLA.