Alice White
With over 125 publications and 7 patents issued/pending, Alice White is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, the IEEE Photonics Society, and the Optical Society of America. She is also conducting research as part of CELL-MET, a multi-institutional National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center in Cellular Metamaterials (EEC-1647837). CELL-MET aims to grow functional and […]
Zifan Wang
Zifan Wang is a graduate student in the Ling Lab. Previous REU/RET Projects include: 2D Heterostructures via Selective-area Atomic Substitution (2023)
Xi Ling
The Ling Group focuses their research interests on the fundamental science and applications of nanomaterials and their hybrid structures. They aim to use their interdisciplinary knowledge to (1) explore chemistry approaches to achieve new 2D materials and multifunctional hybrid structures in a controlled manner, (2) reveal the physical nature of such nanomaterials and the interface […]
Siddharth Ramachandran
Professor Ramachandran and team focus their research around nonlinear, ultrafast and quantum photonics,, fundamentals of light-matter interactions, fibers and guided-wave devices, super-resolution & brain imaging, classical & quantum networks. Previous REU/RET Projects: Generation, Transmission and Manipulation of Optical Skyrmions (2025, REU) Machine Learning Optimization of OAM-mediated Nonlinear Fiber Optics (2024, REU) Sculpting Light in Space […]
Sean Lubner
Professor Lubner specializes in nano-to-macro energy transport and conversion, and has worked on a variety of energy-related systems including biomedical devices, electrochemical and thermal energy storage systems, solid state energy conversion devices, machine learning models, and water desalination. Lubner works extensively with both industry and academia, and holds numerous joint patents and publications. Previous REU/RET […]
Tommaso Ranzani
Previous REU/RET Projects Include: User Interface for Electronic Control of a Biospired Soft Robot (2024) Design of a Soft Manipulator for Beating Heart Procedures (2023) Robotic Stabilization for Beating Heart Procedures (2023) A Soft Jet Propulsion System for Underwater Navigation (2022) Utilizing Magnetorheological Fluid and Jamming Materials in Stiffening Wearable Applications (2022) Variable Stiffness Soft […]
Sheila Russo
Previous REU/RET Projects Include: Simulation of the Lung Environment for Validation of Soft Robot Bronchoscopy (2024) Hybrid Surgical Robot Project (2023)
Roberto Paiella
Professor Paiella’s research interests include plasmonics, nanophotonics, and metasurface-enhanced optoelectronics, terahertz photonics, and device physics and applications of semiconductor quantum structures and 2D materials. Previous REU/RET Projects Include: Manufacturing of Lens-Free Image Sensors for Ultrasmall Compound-Eye Cameras (2016) Manufacturing of Group-IV Semiconductor Nanomembranes for Laser Applications (2015)
Jillian Goldfarb
Previous REU/RET Projects Include: Biorenewable Nanomaterials: Using Biomass as a Fuel Source and Nano-template (2015)
Chuanhua Duan
Previous REU/RET Projects Include: Developing a Nanofluidic Volatile Memory Cell (2022) Rapid Detection of Ultra-Low concentration of Nanoparticles using trapping-based Nanopore Sensing and Free-Flow Electrophoresis (2021) Nanofluidic Sensor for Clogging Monitoring (2019) High Permeable Graphene Oxide Membranes for Water Desalination and Purification (2017) Facile and Scalable Fabrication of PDMS-Glass Nanochannel Devices (2016) Exploring the Effect […]