Graduate Student Alumni
(Updated on August 28, 2019)
Dr. Xiao Li
Graduate student (Fall 2017-Summer 2022)
xli151@crimson.ua.edu
Current affiliation: Applied Materials
Dr. Lyndi Strange
Graduate student (Summer 2016-Summer 2021)
lstrange@crimson.ua.edu
Current affiliation: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Dr. Jeetika Yadav
Graduate student (Fall 2016-Spring 2021)
jyadav@crimson.ua.edu
Current affiliation: Ambient Photonics, Inc. Boston.
Ms. Xin Kang
MS degree Graduate student (Fall 2019-Fall 2021)
xkang4@crimson.ua.edu
Dr. Wilson Yanxiao Ma
Graduate student (Fall 2014-Summer 2019)
yma35@crimson.ua.edu
Current position: Intel TD Module and Integration Yield in California as of 8/28/2019
Dr. Nelly Kaneza
Graduate student (Summer 2013-Fall 2018)
Current position: Chemist at TN department of agriculture as of 8/28/2019
Dr. Daniel Clayton
Graduate student (Spring 2009-Summer 2014)
Current position: Associate Professor in Shorter University
Dr. Caleb Hill
Graduate student (Summer 2009-Fall 2014)
Current position: Associate Professor in University of Wyoming as of 11/01/2022
Dr. Jue Wang
Graduate student (Fall 2010-Fall 2015)
jwang79@crimson.ua.edu
Current position: Li battery engineer at CATL as of 4/26/2017
Dr. Zhichao Shan
Graduate student (Fall 2011-Fall 2016)
zshan1@crimson.ua.edu
Current position: Dielectric film process engineer at Intel, Chandler, AZ as of 4/26/2017
Mr. Jia Liu
MS degree graduate student (Fall 2011-Fall 2015)
Current position: Software Engineer at IBM
Ms. Michelle Benoist
MS degree graduate student (Fall 2008-Fall 2010)
Postdocs and Visiting Scholars
Dr. Pravin S. Shinde (Postdoc October 2016-April 2019)
Currently employed at The University of Alabama
psshinde@ua.edu
Dr. Yiliyasi Wusimanjiang (Postdoc January 2017-May 2018)
ywusimanjiang@ua.edu
Current position: Senior scientist at Nova Biomedical (Waltham, MA) as of July 31, 2018
Dr. Xiaoniu Peng (Visiting Professor, August 2015-February 2016)
xpeng3@ua.edu
PhD in Optics, 2012, Department of Physics, Wuhan University
BS in Applied Physics, 2007, Department of Physics, Wuhan University
Dr. Qiang Zhu (Visiting Professor, January 2019-Spring 2020)
qzhu19@ua.edu
College of Chemistry, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing. P.R.China 401331
Dr. Ke Liu (Postdoc September 2015-March 2016)
PhD in Chemistry, 2015, UC Santa Cruz
Office Shelby 1081
kliu20@ua.edu
Dr. Hongwei Geng (Postdoc 2010-2012)
PhD in chemistry
Current position: Process Engineer at North Microelectronics (NMC) as of 4/26/2017
Zhao Gao
Graduate student (Fall 2019-Fall 2020)
zgao11@ua.edu
Undergraduate Researchers
Pieter Boer (Spring 2022-)
Ana Albrecht (Fall 2022-Fall 2023)
Burkette Moulder (Fall 2021-Spring 2021)
Kaden Peart (Spring 2023)
Ryan Lockhart (Fall 2021-Spring 2022)
Richard Broskey (Fall 2021)
Om Hirurkar (Spring 2020-Fall 2021)
Javier Michael (UA, Fall 2018-Fall 2021)
Jeffrey Steltzner (UA, Fall 2019-Spring 2020)
Olivia Simmons (UA, Fall 2019-Spring 2020)
Kasey Ferguson (Undergraduate, UA, Fall 2018-Spring 2020)
Melanie Cottrell (UA, Fall 2019-Spring 2020)
Meredith Lee (Undergraduate, UA, Spring 2016-Fall 2019)
Hannah Gregg (Undergraduate, UA, Spring 2019-Fall 2019)
Hilary Walterscheid (UA, Fall 2015-Fall 2016)
Jeremy Hitt (Undergraduate, UA, Spring 2015-Spring 2017)
Dusty Trotman (UA, Fall 2015-Spring 2016)
Kieran Bhattacharya (Fall 2014-Spring 2016)
Casey Dalton (Emerging Scholar, Fall 2012-Fall 2015)
Scotty Rogers (Summer 2014-Fall 2015)
Qamar Tejani (Fall 2014-Spring 2016)
Marissa Leshnov (Fall 2014, Fall 2015)
Kristen Sabino (Fall 2014-Fall 2015)
Karson Brooks (Fall 2010-Spring 2013)
Stewart Herndon (Summer 2013-Spring 2014)
Jordan L. Jackson (Fall 2008)
Katherine Stovall (Fall 2011-Spring 2013)
Robert Matroni (Fall 2010-Spring 2011)
Fraser Mole, ECTN-ACS-IREU Fellow (Summer 2011)
Mcpherson Tyler (Spring 2009-summer 2010)
Xiao Wang (Fall 2010-Spring 2012)
Rachel M. Rose (Fall 2008-Spring 2009)
Christopher Simpson (Fall 2012-Spring 2014
Chris Palmer (Summer 2014-Spring 2015
Miriam Bryant (Spring 2015)
Jackson Gunter (Summer 2017-Fall 2017)
Patrick (Ryan) Randolph (Fall 2017)
Ashley Chonko (Undergraduate, UA, Fall 2016-Spring 2017)
Summer Program Participants
2022 Summer High School Students
Birdie Sun, Tuscaloosa Academy, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
2019 Summer REU Students
John McDonough, The University of Alabama
Megan Bruneau, The University of Alabama
Michael Murphy, The University of Alabama
2018 Summer REU students
Stephanie Spring, Houghton College
2017 Summer REU students
Victoria Arau, Gorden College
Zachary VanOrman, Hillsdale College
Jackson Gunter, The University of Alabama
Jordan Wilson, University of Montevallo
Summer 2017 Visiting Professor
Dr. Lillian Mathews, University of Montevallo
2016 Summer REU students
Jeremy Hitt (Undergraduate, UA, Spring 2015-present)
Elizabeth Dyer (Undergraduate, Saint Francis University, Summer 2016)
Timothy Lee (Undergraduate, Rutgers University, Summer 2016)
Heesoo Kim (Undergraduate, Brown University, Summer 2016)
Summer Research Internship High school Participants
Mackenzie Rymond (2016), Paul W. Bryant High School, AL
Jada Bibb (2016), Autaugaville High School- Autaugaville, AL
Stephanie Wang (2010) currently in college: Stanford University)
High School Teacher Summer Program Participants
Felecia S. Briggins (Greensboro, Summer 2013
Krystal Flantroy (Tuscaloosa, Summer 2013)
Shari E. Jones (Greensboro, Summer 2009)
Shanel Lightfoot-Brown (2016), Hillcrest High School, AL
Jennifer Reynolds (2016), Brookwood High School, AL
Felecia Briggins (2016), STEM Teacher, Hale County College & Career Academy, Greensboro, AL