Ilektra Andoni
Department: Chemistry
Advisor/Lab: Reg Penner
Research Project Area:
Exploring the future of energy storage through use of nanowires as electrodes in batteries and supercapacitors. The project focuses on MnO2 which is a hybrid energy storage material that is capable of storing charge capacitively and Faradaically, as a change in the redox state of the Mn centers. The challenge is to prepare MnO2 nanomaterials that charge and discharge rapidly while also producing the highest possible energy density.
Email: iandoni@uci.edu
Andrew Barabas
Department: Physics
Ernesto B
Department: Physics
Nicholas Beier
Department: Physics
Advisor/Lab: Franklin Dollar
Research Project Area:
High Intensity Laser-Plasma Interactions
Email: nbeier@uci.edu
Thomas B
Department: Physics
Matt Bovyn
Department: Physics
Advisor/Lab: Jun Allard, Steven Gross
Research Project Area:
Molecular motors and cellular transportation mechanisms.
Email: mbovyn@uci.edu
Melvin Colorado Escobar
Department: Chemistry
Advisor/Lab: Alon Gorodetsky
Research Project Area:
Development of infrared camouflage and reconfigurable biomimetic shapeshifter technology.
Email: mcolorad@uci.edu
Siyu Chen
Department: Physics
Advisor/Lab: Wilson Ho
Research Project Area:
Ultrafast Scanning Tunneling Microscopy, single molecule chemistry
Email: chens13@uci.edu
Cody Combs
Department: Physics
Advisor/Lab: Suzanna Siwy
Research Project Area:
Developing a high-throughput device for mechanically phenotyping and sorting cancer stem cells. This device will offer unique information on these rare cancer stem cells. Microfluidic channels, a high speed camera, and electrical measurements aid us in probing the elastic properties of these cells.
Email: ccombs1@uci.edu
Cameron C
Laurent D
Emily D
Cassidy F
Elianna (ELLIE) F
Chaitanya G
Charlette G
Sara H
Department: CBE/MSE
Department: CBE/MSE
Department: CBE/MSE
Department: Chemistry
Department: Chemistry
Department: Physics
Department: CBE/MSE
Department: CBE/MSE
John Houlihan
Department: Chemistry
Advisor/Lab: Ara Apkarian
Research Project Area:
Manipulation of nanoparticles to fabricate enhanced magnetic field structures, electrical characterization of conductive polymers, and tip-enhanced raman spectroscopy by utilizing scanning electron microscopy and a nanomanipulation device.
Email: houlihaj@uci.edu
Nicole Ing
Department: CBE/MSE
Advisor/Lab: Alon Hochbaum
Research Project Area:
Electronic conductivity in biomimetic a-helical peptide nanofibers and gels.
Email: ingn@uci.edu
Edward J
Samuel K
John K
Tharratt K
Rylan K
Department: CBE/MSE
Department: Physics
Department: Physics
Department: CBE/MSE
Department: CBE/MSE
Ryan Khan
Department: Chemistry
Advisor/Lab: Eric Potma
Research Project Area:
Studying photo-induced force microscopy, combining mechanical force detection with optical microscopy.
Email: khanrm@uci.edu
Jessica Kelz
Department: Chemistry
Advisor/Lab: Rachel Martin
Research Project Area:
Developing new solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance instrumentation by building the first triple-resonance switched angle spinning probe which will be capable of high resolution spectra for structure determination and selective reintroduction of information important to dynamics. This probe will be used to study protein-membrane interactions, specifically with proteins recently discovered in the Martin lab from carnivorous plants that have promise for impactful applications as non-toxic pesticides or as antimicrobials for medical devices.
Email: jkelz@uci.edu
Bridgett Kohno
Department: Chemistry
Advisor/Lab: Vladimir Mandelshtam
Research Project Area:
Theoretical and computational chemistry.
Email: bkohno@uci.edu
Calvin L
Jinfeng L
David M
Daniel M
Department: Physics
Department: Physics
Department: Physics
Department: Physics
Michael Milgie
Department: Physics
Advisor/Lab: Taborek
Research Project Area:
Porous Gold Quartz Crystal Microbalance: extremely sensitive chemical detection.
Email: mmilgie@uci.edu
MBrian Nguyen
Department: Chemistry
Advisor/Lab: Filipp Furche
Research Project Area:
Dual fluorescence is phenomena where some molecules can emit different wavelengths of light depending on the polarity of the solution. I am developing electronic structure methods to predict these excited states properties for solvated molecules.
Email: bdnguye2@uci.edu
PAVEL O
Department: Chemistry
Alexandra Perebikovsky
Department: Physics
Advisor/Lab: Marc Madou
Research Project Area:
Lab-on-a-CD; biological Microelectromechanical systems (bioMEMS).
Email: aperebik@uci.edu
Kara P
Phi P
Department: CBE/MSE
Department: CBE/MSE
Caroline Qian
Department: CBE/MSE
Advisor/Lab: Matt Law
Research Project Area:
Quantum dot superlattices
Email: cyqian@uci.edu
Kate Rodriguez
Department: Chemistry
Advisor/Lab: Ara Apkarian
Research Project Area:
Investigating the Raman scattering process of plasmonic nanoparticles, typically consisting of metallic nanospheres functionalized with a molecular Raman reporter; Chirality of plasmons and interference effects that arise between scattering processes of the metal and molecule; Polarization-resolved and intensity-dependent surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy.
Email: kater@uci.edu
Prantik Saha
Department: Physics
Advisor/Lab: Iryna Zenyuk
Research Project Area:
Hydrogen Fuel Cells
Email: sahap@uci.edu
Trenton Salk
Department: Physics
Randy Sawaya
Department: Physics
Advisor/Lab: Steven White
Research Project Area:
Tensor Network Algorithms for Condensed Matter Systems
Email: rsawaya@uci.edu
Wenlu S
Kliah S
Komal S
William T
Department: Physics
Department: CBE/MSE
Department: CBE/MSE
Department: CBE/MSE
Kevin Tkacz
Department: CBE/MSE
Advisor/Lab: Ardo
Research Project Area:
Dye Sensitized Solar Cells/Monte Carlo Modeling
Email: ktkacz@uci.edu
Peter Tieu
Department: Chemistry
Advisor/Lab: Xiaoqing Pan
Research Project Area:
TEM and STEM characterization of material interfaces and transport properties.
Email: ptieu1@uci.edu
Alan T
Peter W
Matthew W
Likun W
Jiang Y
Agnes Y
Julia Z
Department: Physics
Department: Physics
Department: Physics
Department: Physics
Department: Physics
Department: Physics
Department: CBE/MSE