2022 Group Photo


(from left) Xiaoyan Shi, Vivek Kakani, Alejandro Garcia Villarreal, Ahmet Selman Neccar, Subash Sivakumar, Harper Ben Fox, and Ryan Joseph Stanicic

2019 Group Photo


(back row) Xiaotao Xu, Xurui Zhang, Vivek Kakani, and Jian Liao
(front row) Elizabeth Zhou, Ash Burch, Patrick Koch, Juan Zuniga, and Xiaoyan Shi

Xiaoyan Shi, PhD

Principle Investigator

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Xiaotao Xu

Postdoctoral Researcher

  • Postdoctoral Researcher (Jun. 2022 - present), Experimental Condensed Matter Physics, Department of Physics, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080 USA. email: xxx160530@utdallas.edu
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Undergraduate Students

  • William Brunt (Jun. 2023 - ) REU program, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Western Kentucky University

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Group Alumni

  • Harper Fox, (Aug. 2022 - Jan. 2023), Undergraduate student in Physics, University of Texas at Dallas

  • Ryan Stanicic (Aug. 2022 - Jan. 2023), Undergraduate student in Physics, University of Texas at Dallas

  • Subash Sivakumar (Aug. 2022 - Jan. 2023), Undergraduate student in Physics, University of Texas at Dallas

  • Gabriel Struve (Aug. 2022 - Jan. 2023), Undergraduate student in Physics, University of Texas at Dallas

  • Ahmet Neccar (Aug. 2022 - Jan. 2023), Undergraduate student in Physics, University of Texas at Dallas

  • Alejandro Garcia Villarreal (Apr. 2021 - May 2023), Undergraduate student in Physics, University of Texas at Dallas

  • Keenan Riordan (Jan. 2021 - May. 2022), Undergraduate student in Physics, University of Texas at Dallas

  • Dr. Xurui Zhang (Aug. 2015 - May. 2021), Graduate student, Currently at Intel Corp. @ Dalian

  • Suvir Dhari Sinha (Sept. 2019 - Jul. 2021), Undergraduate student in Physics, University of Texas at Dallas

  • Alec Nguyen (Jan. 2021 - May. 2021), Undergraduate student in Physics, University of Texas at Dallas

  • Morgan Yost (Jan. 2021 - May. 2021), Undergraduate student in Physics, University of Texas at Dallas

  • Rafael Josh (Jan. 2020 - Apr. 2020), Undergraduate student in Physics, University of Texas at Dallas

  • Juan Carlos Zuniga (Apr. 2019 - Apr. 2020), Undergraduate student in Physics, University of Texas at Dallas

  • Patrick Joseph Koch (Apr. 2019 - Sept. 2019), Undergraduate student in Physics, University of Texas at Dallas

  • Dr. Jian Liao (Feb. 2017 - Dec. 2019) Postdoctoral Visiting Scholar, Currently at Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

  • Elizabeth Zhou (Jun. 2019 - Aug. 2019) REU program, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southern California, Los Angles, CA

  • Ash Taylor Burch (Jun. 2019 - Aug. 2019), Clark Scholar, University of Texas at Dallas

  • Prayaag Gupta (Jun. 2019 - Aug. 2019), NanoExplorer, 11th grade, Coppell High School, Coppell, TX

  • Maddison York (Jun. 2018 - Aug. 2018), Clark Scholar, University of Texas at Dallas

  • Cody Allen (Apr. 2018 - Aug. 2018), Undergraduate student in Physics, University of Texas at Dallas

  • Chelsea Sanchez (Jan. 2018 - Aug. 2018), Undergraduate student in Physics, University of Texas at Dallas

  • Ryan Fitzpatrick (Jun. 2017 - Aug. 2017), NanoExplorer, 11th grade, Trinity Christian Academy, Addison, TX

  • Cody Fang (May 2017 - Jun. 2017), 11th grade, Plano West Senior High, Plano, TX

  • Christopher Cailide (May 2016 - Aug. 2017), Undergraduate student in Physics, University of Texas at Dallas

  • Arush Singh (May 2016 - Aug. 2016), Undergraduate student in Computer Engineering, Eric Johnson School of Engineering and Computer Science, University of Texas at Dallas

  • Daniel Codoluto (Sept. 2015 - Feb. 2017), Graduate student in Physics, University of Texas at Dallas

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