Alumni
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
- DANIEL COHEN
- Doctoral Advisor: Dr. Michael Walter
- Dissertation Title: “Crystalline Silicon Interfaces with Adhesive Polymer Semiconducting Glue and Thiazolothiazole Redox Active Organic Small Molecules”
- JUSTIN HALMAN
- Doctoral Advisor: Dr. Kirill Afonin
- Dissertation Title: “Immunostimulatory properties of nucleic acid nanoparticles”
- WEINA KE
- Doctoral Advisor: Dr. Kirill Afonin
- Dissertation Title: “Functional Nucleic Acid Nanoparticles and Their Delivery Using Exosomes”
- MARGARET KOCHERGA
- Doctoral Advisor: Dr. Thomas Schmedake
- Dissertation Title: “Hexacoordinate Silicon Complexes For Electronic Devices”
- KEMING REN
- Doctoral Advisor: Dr. Abasifreke Ebong
- Dissertation Title: “Investigation of the Current Transport Mechanisms in Fire Through Dielectric Contact (FTDC) to Silicon Solar Cells by Spectroscopic Analyses”
- ABHISPA SAHU
- Doctoral Advisor: Dr. Jordan C. Poler
- Dissertation Title: “Environmentally Sustainable Synthesis of Novel Nano Assisted Ion Exchange Systems for Facile and High-Capacity Water Purification”
- MUBIN TARANNUM
- Doctoral Advisor: Dr. Juan Vivero-Escoto
- Dissertation Title: “Designing and Synthesis of Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles (MSNs) for Targeted Drug Delivery Towards Pancreatic Tumors”
2019
- MEESHA KAUSHAL
- Doctoral Advisor: Dr. Michael Walter
- Dissertation Title: “Organic Photovoltaic Applications”
- MATT SMITH
- Doctoral Advisor: Dr. Gregory J. Gbur
- Dissertation Title: “Optical Vortices and Coherence in Nano-Optics”
- KATHLEEN DIPPLE
- Doctoral Advisor: Dr. Thomas Schmedake
- Dissertation Title: “Employing Surface Plasmon Resonances to Boost Effectiveness of Multiple Exciton Generation in Lead-Based Quantum Dots”
2018
- ZACHARY LYLES
- Doctoral Advisor: Dr. Juan Vivero-Escoto
- Dissertation Title: “Synthesis, Characterization, and Application of Silica-Based Nanoparticulate Platforms for the Delivery of Photosensitizers in the Use of Photodynamic Therapy for Cancer Treatment”
- KATELYN ERICKSON
- Doctoral Advisor: Dr. Jerry Troutman
- Dissertation Title: “Analysis and Development of a Targeting Strategy for Bacterial Sugars”
2017
- DAWN MARIN
- Doctoral Advisor: Dr. Michael Walter
- Dissertation Title: “The Synthesis and Photophysical Characterization of Porphyrin Photoactive Materials for Use as Sensitizers in Organic Photovoltaics and Photodynamic Therapy”
- ANTHONY FOWLER
- Doctoral Advisor: Dr. Craig Ogle
- Dissertation Title: “Loaded and Elaborated Polyester Nanomaterials for the Treatment and Diagnosis of Disease”
2016
- ANDREW TOBIAS
- Doctoral Advisor: Dr. Marcus Jones
- Dissertation Title: “Synthesis and Optical Properties of Hybrid Gold Nanoparticles Coupled with Quantum Dots and Porphyrins”
- ZHIGUANG CUI
- Doctoral Advisor: Dr. Terry Xu
- Dissertation Title: “Characterization of Individual Straight and Kinked Boron Carbide Nanowires”
- DEREK PELOQUIN
- Doctoral Advisor: Dr. Thomas A. Schmedake
- Dissertation Title: “Hexacoordinate Silicon Complexes as Cathodic Colorants”
- JASON MARMON
- Doctoral Advisor: Dr. Yong Zhang
- Dissertation Title: “Light-matter interactions in semiconductor nanowires: Light-effect transistor and light-induced changes in electron-phonon coupling and electrical characteristics”
- SUSHANT PATIL
- Doctoral Advisor: Dr. Jennifer Weller
- Dissertation Title: “Characterizing next-generation sequencing (NGS) platforms for multiplexed biosensing and aptamer discovery: G-quadruplex aptamers as a case study”
2015
- NATHAN BEHM
- Doctoral Advisor: Dr. Qiuming Wei
- Dissertation Title: “The Influence of Reinforcement Size on the Microstructure and Mechanical Behavior of a Nanostructured Aluminum-Based Metal Matrix Composite”
- YOUFEI JIANG
- Doctoral Advisor: Dr. Qiuming Wei
- Dissertation Title: “The Influence of Reinforcement Size on the Microstructure and Mechanical Behavior of a Nanostructured Aluminum-Based Metal Matrix Composite”
- DANIELLE WOODALL
- Doctoral Advisor: Dr. Marcus Jones
- Dissertation Title: “Exploring exciton and trap state recombination dynamics in cadmium sulfide quantum dots”
- GAURAV SINGH
- Doctoral Advisor: Dr. Qiuming Wei
- Dissertation Title: “Investigations into photo-excited state dynamics in colloidal quantum dots”
2013
- RYAN HEFTI
- Doctoral Advisor: Dr. Patrick Moyer
- Dissertation Title: “Blinking correlation in nanocrystal quantum dots probed with novel laser scanning confocal microscopy methods”
- JONATHAN LIGDA
- Doctoral Advisor: Dr. Patrick Moyer
- Dissertation Title: “Effects of grain size on the quasi-static mechanical properties of ultrafine-grained and nanocrystalline tantalum”
- ALEXANDER GILES
- Doctoral Advisor: Dr. Edward Stokes
- Dissertation Title: “Exploring the self assembly of cadmium selenide nanoparticles in Langmuir Blodgett films”
- PRINCESS MYCIA COX
- Doctoral Advisor: Dr. Michael Fiddy
- Dissertation Title: “Design and fabrication of low loss and low index optical metamaterials”
2012
- JIFFREY ALSTON
- Doctoral Advisor: Dr. Jordan Poler
- Dissertation Title: “Physical and electrochemical interactions within hybrid nanocomposites of ruthenium coordination complexes and single-walled carbon nanotubes”
- KEVIN MAJOR
- Doctoral Advisor: Dr. Marcus Jones
- Dissertation Title: “Exploring the Photophysics and Photocatalytic Properties of Platinum and Palladium Nanoparticles”
- SHARONDA JOHNSON LEBLANC
- Doctoral Advisor: Dr. Patrick Moyer and Dr. Marcus Jones
- Dissertation Title: “Electric Field Dependent Spectroscopy of Single Nanocrystal Systems”
2011
- MICHAEL FORNEY
- Doctoral Advisor: Dr. Jordan Poler
- Dissertation Title: “Carbon nanotube growth, dispersion, and use in nanoelectromechanical actuators”