Zhancheng Yao
Zhancheng Yao is a graduate student who was in the Bishop Lab. Previous REU/RET Projects include: A Quantum Printed Circuit Board for Quantum Computing (2022)
Noelle Pierce
Noelle Pierce is a graduate student in the Bishop Lab. Previous REU/RET Projects include: Utilizing the SEM & FIB to Write Focal Attachments for Cardiomyocytes (2022)
Nicholas Fuhr
Dr. Nicholas Fuhr is a Postdoctoral Associate who was in the Bishop lab. Previous REU/RET Projects include: Wide-and Zero-bandgap Nanodevices for Viral Detection (2022)
Ji-Xin Cheng
2026 REU Project: Imaging tumor spheroid by SWIR CARS Dr. Cheng’s research interests include medical photonics, neurophotonics, molecular spectroscopic imaging technologies, label-free microscopy, cancer metabolism, and photonics for infectious diseases. Cheng and his team have invented a series of chemical microscopes that use spectroscopic signals to map molecular interactions inside a living system temporally and […]
Kamil Ekinci
Professor Kamil Ekinci’s research focuses on physical and biological phenomena at the nanometer length scales. His group uses state-of-the-art nanofabrication techniques to create functional micro and nanostructures. They use these small structures along with highly sensitive electrical and optical measurement techniques to study diverse fundamental phenomena in solid mechanics, fluid dynamics and biological physics. They […]
Catherine Klapperich
Dr. Klapperich’s research is focused on engineering medical devices for trans women’s and women’s health, use in low resource settings, and at the point of care. Current projects include on-body physiological monitoring, disposable microfluidic diagnostics and minimally instrumented devices to enable molecular testing. Her work includes diagnostics for CT-NG, HPV and other sexually transmitted infections. […]
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 […]