Past Doctoral Students
Haozhi Zhang
Graduate Student (2018 -- 2023)
Christopher Melnychuk
Graduate Student (2016 -- 2022)
Menglu Chen
Graduate Student (2015 -- 2020)
Assistant Professor, Beijing Institute of Technology
Matt Ackerman
Graduate Student (2015 -- 2020)
Founder and CEO, QDIR, Inc.
Guohua Shen
Graduate Student (2013 -- 2019)
Intel
Zhiyou Deng
PhD Student (2013 --2017)
Scientist at NovaBioAssays
Ed Malachosky
PhD Student (2011 --2017)
Engineer at Intel
Wei Qin
PhD Student (2010/11- 2015/6)
Equity Analysist in Shanghai
Pavlo Zolotavin
PhD (2007/09- 2013/06)
Engineer at Lam Research Corp
Praket Jha
PhD (2004/08- 2010/08)
3330 Scott Blvd, Santa Clara, CA 95054
Manager, Process Engineer at Applied Materials
Chris Matranga
PhD (1998-2002)
Moonsub Shim
PhD (1998-2001)
Professor and Willett Faculty Scholar
Materials Science and Engineering UIUC
Past Postdocs
Xin Tang
Postdoc (2018 - 2020)
Assistant Professor, Beijing Institute of Technology
Emmanuel Lhuillier
Postdoc (2010--2012)
Alexandre Pourret
Postdoc (2007 - 2009)
Julien Burgin
Postdoc (2008)
Matthew Pelton
Postdoc (2004 - 2007)
Uwe Schröder
Postdoc (1999 - 2002)
Past Undergraduates
John Roberts
Undergraduate Student
John is from the Syracuse, New York area and is a fourth-year physics major at UChicago. He is working on mid-infrared HgTe colloidal quantum dot photovoltaic detectors.
Kevin O’Connor
Undergraduate (Feb. 2014-- Jun. 2014)
Kevin grew up and attended Salesianum High School in Wilmington, Delaware. While there, he spent two summers doing condensed matter research under then Chair, Dr. George Hadjipanayis of the University of Delaware Physics and Astronomy Department. Specifically, he was charged with testing the magnetization and crystallization properties of a proprietary AlNiCo alloy as well as assisting with some imaging analysis for other projects. Having joined the PGS group in early 2014, his current research centers on developing an inkjet-printing-based method of depositing patterns of colloidal quantum dots with the aim of producing infrared detectors. Entering his third year as an undergraduate physics major, he enjoys spending his free time training and competing in triathlons as well as playing guitar.
Vuk Brajoskovich
Undergraduate Student
PhD program in Physics at Princeton
Visiting Students and Scholars
Roberto Gómez Salinas
Research Intern (2011)