Student Spotlights
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Current Spotlight
PI: Christopher Kloxin
My work uses peptides, which are made up of the same components as proteins, as a particle that can be modified with different charge and chemical handles to be able to contribute new properties to materials.
Previous Spotlights
PI: Joshua Zide
Designing a semiconductor material to be fabricated into a photoconductive switch having ability to both emit and detect terahertz radiation.
PI: Joseph Fox
My research is in design and construction of molecules that can be used for light activated reactions to form responsive materials.
PI: Matt Doty & Joshua Zide
My research focus on searching for hybrid quantum material platforms with the ideal properties that can extensively support the application of THz devices.
PI: Benjamin Jungfleisch
Our goal is to make and investigate novel materials as good candidates for teraherhz sources in processing and transporting information.
PI: Eric Furst, Chistopher Kloxin, & Darrin Pochan
I use laser light to understand the behavior of proteins in solution.
PI: Benjamin Jungfleisch
I study the antiferromagnetic magnons using STFMR, BLS and TDTS techniques.
PI: Joshua Zide
My research is focused on the growth of novel materials to be implemented in terahertz (THz) technology which can apply to wireless communication or medical diagnosis.
PI: Kristi Kiick
Using bacteria to synthesize temperature-sensitive molecules.
PI: LaShanda Korley
Using concepts inspired by nature, such as peptide assembly, to make materials stronger and responsive.
PI: Branislav Nikolic
My research focuses on magnetization dynamics, associated current profiles, and Terahertz emission from magnetic materials.
PI: Stephanie Law
My research focuses on topological insulator-induced plasmon coupling with other quasi-particles.
PI: Anderson Janotti
My expertise is in density functional theory and tight-binding calculations for the properties of the heterovalent interfaces and nanoparticles.
PI: John Xiao
Fabricating various antiferromagnets (AFMs) such as MnPt or NiO and exploring their properties on Terahertz (THz) excitations.
PIs: April Kloxin, Wilfred Chen, & Christopher Kloxin
Focused on chemistry demonstrated in nature to design and apply proteins as building blocks for multifunctional materials.
PI: Jeffrey Saven
I use computers to predict amino acid sequences for a given protein structure and to run simulations of proteins in solution to evaluate their properties.
Alumni Spotlights
PI: Matt Doty
Investigating how waves produced from oscillating electrons interact and move on the surface of topological insulators.
PI: Kristi Kiick
Using bacteria to make extremely well-defined molecules. Their size can be controlled using temperature.
PI: Lars Gundlach
Built a Terahertz (THz) detector measuring how much a material generates/absorbs THz wavelengths.
PI: Christopher Kloxin
Enhancing biological materials by incorporating synthetic entities onto them, making new hybrid materials with specific functionalities.