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(Not pictured: Matt Cervantes (MS Student), Paul Geffert (Honors BS student), Sarah Henry (Undergrad), David Maffei (M.S. Student), Mike Mason (M.S. Student), Mike Weinberger (postdoc), Sean Yeager (M.S. Student))

Physics Research

Postdoctoral Students and Research Scientists (Co-supervised):

  • Dr. Jon Wilson, Feb 2014 – June 2019. Currently Postdoc, Baylor University

  • Dr. Jason Nett, August 2010 – August 2013. Currently Technical Staff, Row 44

  • Dr. Daniel Goldin, September 2009 – December 2012. Currently Staff Scientist, Science Systems and Applications, Inc

  • Dr. Michael Weinberger, January 2006 – June 2008. Currently Reserach Analyist, Quantitative Strategies Group, TradeLink LLC

  • Dr. Maxim Goncharov, June 2001 – August 2008. Currently Research Scientist, MIT

  • Dr. Sungwon Lee, January 2001 – August 2005. Currently Associate Professor, Texas Tech

Ph.D. Students (Dissertation chair):

  • Rik Bhattacharyya, Sept 2019 – Present

 

  • Dave Elofson, Sept 2018 – Present

 

  • Iman Ataee, Sept 2018 – Present

 

  • McKay Osborne, Sept 2017 – Present

 

  • Lei Zheng, Sept 2017? – Present

 

  • Elham Azadbakht, Sept 2016 – Present (M.S. 2019)

 

  • Josh Winchell, Sept 2016 – Present (M.S. 2018)

 

  • Richard Lawrence, Sept 2016 – Present (M.S. 2018)

 

  • Xuji Zhao, Summer 2014 – Present (M.S. 2015)

 

  • Jorge Morales, Fall 2012 – Present (M.S. 2014)
    • URA Visiting Scholar Award at Fermilab (2014-2015)
    • Travel Award to the Workshop on Germanium-Based Detectors (2012)
    • Concyt Award

 

  • Ziqing Hong, Spring 2011 – Present (M.S. 2012, PhD 2015), Currently postdoc at Northwestern University
    • Bush Library Graduate Student Travel Award (2015)
    • Young Scientist Forum Travel Award at LaThuile (2014)
    • Travel Award to the New Perspectives Conference (2012)

 

  • Jonathan Asaadi, Summer 2004 – August 2012 (M.S. 2007, Ph.D. 2012). Postdoc at Syracuse University → Currently Assistant Professor at University of Texas at Arlington
    • 2nd Place, presentation competition, TexasA&M Student Research Week (2008)
    • American Association of Physics Teachers Outstanding Teaching Assistant (2008)

 

  • Adam Aurisano, Summer 2004 – December 2012 (M.S. 2007, Ph.D. 2012). Postdoc at University of Cinncinnati → Currently Assistant Professor at University of Cinncinnati
    • Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Member (2009)
    • Winner, presentation competition, Texas Section of the APS (2004)

 

  • Eunsin Lee, Summer 2004 – Spring 2010 (M.S. 2006, Ph.D. 2010), Postdoc Univ. of Pennsylvania (medical physics) → Medical Physics Resident at University of Washington. → Currently Chief Medical Physics Resident at University of Washington, → Medical Physicist/Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology at University of Cincinnati.
    • 3rd Place, presentation competition, Texas A&M Student Research Week (2007)
    • Winner, presentation competition, Texas Section of the APS (2006)

 

  • Peter Wagner, August 2001 – August 2007 (Ph.D. 2007). Postdoc Univ. of Pennsylvania → Currently Researcher Bonn University
    • Co-Winner, Thesis Award for 2007 from the University Research Association, International award for the most outstanding thesis from a project on a Fermilab Experiment

Masters Students (Committee chair or co-chair):

  • Nate Herbert, Jan 2017 – June 2019 (M.S. 2019). Currently?

 

  • Katrina Colletti, Summer 2014 – Fall 2016 (M.S. 2016). Currently Staff Museum of Science, City of New York

 

  • Sean Yeager, Fall 2010 – December 2013 (M.S. 2013). Math/Science Teacher & Mentor / Fusion Academy → Adjunct Professor University of Portland → Graduate student in Digital Humanities at the Ohio State University

 

  • Daniel Cruz, Spring 2010 – June 2013 (M.S. 2013). Currently Support Engineer / Intergraph Corporation
    • URA Visiting Scholar Travel Award at Fermilab for New Perspectives conference (2012)

 

  • Vaikunth Thukral, Fall 2009 – Present (M.S. 2011), Currently Project Scientist at Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
    • URA Visiting Scholar Award at Fermilab (2011-2012)

 

  • Michael Mason, Summer 2010 – December 2010 (M.S. 2011). Currently Scientist Los Alamos National Lab. 

     

  • Matthew Cervantes, Summer 2002 – August 2006 (M.S. 2006). Currently postdoc Texas A&M University (Nuclear)

Graduate Students (Masters or Ph.D. committee member or co-chair):

  • Sourabh Dube (Rutgers), Spring 2008 – Fall 2008 (Ph.D. 2008). Chamberlain Fellow, Berkeley → Assistant Professor IISER, Pune
    • Richard J. Plano Ph.D. Dissertation Prize, Rutgers Department of Physics (2009)

  • Nathaniel Pogue, Spring 2006 – Spring 2011 (Ph.D. 2011)

  • Masaki Watabe, Spring 2004 – Spring 2010 (Ph.D. 2010). 

  • Vadim Khotilovich, Fall 2001 – Spring 2008 (Ph.D. 2008). Software Engineer Texas A&M → ??

  • Slava Krutelyov, Fall 2000 – December 2005 (Ph.D. 2005, co-chair). Postdoc UCSB → Currently Assistant Research Scientist Texas A&M

Undergraduates (only present students or students who did an honors thesis are listed):

  • Benjamin Stein, Spring 2016 – Summer 2016

  • James Reed Waton (Honors Student), Summer 2014 – Fall 2016. PhD Physics Student UC Berkeley

  • Randy White (Honors Thesis Student), Spring 2013 – Summer 2016. PhD Physics Student, Stanford

  • Sarah Henry, Spring 2013 – Spring 2015. PhD Physics Student, Rochester

  • Christopher Davis (Honors Thesis Student), Spring 2010 – June 2013. PhD Physics student Yale

  • Paul Geffert (Honors Thesis Student), January 2006 – May 2009. PhD in Physics, UC Santa Barbara 2014 → Currently Firmware Engineer with SanDisk
    • Winner, Gathright Scholar Academic Excellence Award, TAMU College of Science (2009)
    • Honors Thesis (2008)

 

  • Paul Simeon (Honors Program Student), January 2004 – Summer 2006. PhD in Physics, Stanford 2014 → Instructional Consultant, Stanford’s Center for Teaching and Learning
    • Winner, Goldwater Scholarship, (2007)

Supervision of Students on Teaching Projects

Physics Students (Graduate Students unless otherwise indicated):

  • J.P. Quinn (undergraduate), Spring 2010 – Dec 2010

  • Christopher Maguire (undergraduate), Spring 2009 – Fall 2009

  • Michael Mason, Fall 2008 – Spring 2009

  • David Rahmani (undergraduate), Spring 2008 – Fall 2009

  • Eunsin Lee, Summer 2007 – Spring 2010

  • Jonathan Asaadi, Summer 2004 – August 2012. Currently Postdoc at Syracuse University
    • Recipient of American Association of Physics Teachers Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, 2008

  • Matt Cervantes, Summer 2003 – Spring 2004

  • Irina Novikova, Summer 2002 – Spring 2003. Currently Associate Professor, William & Mary
    • Named a Fellow by the Center for Teaching Excellence

  • Andreas Mershin, Spring 2001 – Spring 2002, Currently Reserach Scientist, MIT

  • Joel Walker: Spring 2001 – Summer 2003. Currently Associate Professor and Department Head, Sam Houston University. 

     

All students who have received a graduate degree from me (ordered by first degree 5 PhD’s, 20 different students, 25th degree):

  1. Eunsin Lee: MS 2005, PhD 2010
  2. Adam Aurisano: MS 2006, PhD 2012
  3. Matt Cervantes: MS 2006
  4. Peter Wagner: PhD 2007
  5. Jonathan Asaadi: MS 2007, PhD 2012
  6. Michael Mason: MS 2010
  7. Vaikunth Thukral: MS 2011
  8. Daniel Cruz: MS 2012
  9. Ziqing Hong: MS 2013, PhD 2015
  10. Sean Yeager: MS 2013
  11. Jorge Morales: MS 2014, PhD 2020
  12. Xuji Zhao: MS 2015
  13. Katrina Colletti: MS 2016
  14. Richard Lawrence: MS 2018
  15. Josh Winchell: MS 2018
  16. Nate Herbert: MS 2019
  17. Elham Azadbakht: MS 2019
  18. Dave Elofson: MS 2021
  19. McKay Osborne: MS 2021
  20. Iman Ataee Lagroundy: MS 2021

* Note: All students are from Texas A&M University unless otherwise noted. All awards are physics research awards from regional or national organizations, unless noted as an international award. Students (and their awards) on scholarly teaching activities, such as web-based materials, course and textbook development, are listed separately.