MEMBERS
Principal Investigator
Research Interests: Condensed matter theory; Nanophotonics; Plasmonics; Physics of nanomaterials and nanostructures; Computational nanophysics.
Special Group Members
Office: His School and Outdoors
Research interests: Everything which is fun: Astrophotography, Astronomy, Rocks, Engineering, Electronics.
Alison Large
Office: Daddy's Office and the Library
Research interests: Books, Drawings, Lego blocks and Photography.
Graduate Students
(210) 458-7481
Office: AET 3.202C
Research interests: Optical properties of 2D hybrid nanoparticle arrays; Plexcitonics; Boundary Element Method (BEM)
(210) 458-7481
Office: AET 3.202C
Research interests: Optical and photothermal properties of nanoparticles; Optical forces.
Research interests: Acousto-Plamonics; Optical Forces; Acoustic Raman Scattering.
Research interests: Acousto-Plamonics; Optical Forces; Acoustic Raman Scattering.
Undergraduate Students
(210) 458-7481
Office: AET 3.202C
Research interests: Optical properties of periodic nanostructures. Boundary Element Method (BEM)
(210) 458-7481
Office: AET 3.202C
Research interests: Photonic crystals and nanoparticle-on-mirror (NOM) cavities
Visiting Scholars
Group Alumni
Postdocs
Dr. José Luis Montaño-Priede, 2017-2022
- Now Postdoctoral Researcher at the Center for Materials Physics (CFM-CSIC), Bilbao, Spain
Graduate Students
Priscilla Lopez, 2018-2023
>> Doctoral Dissertation Thesis
- Now Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, UTSAJoel Rigor, 2017-2022
>> Doctoral Dissertation Thesis
- Now Process engineer III at Applied MaterialsEmil C. Peñafiel, 2016-2021
- Now HS Math & Physics Teacher at Living Rock AcademyVida Nooshnab, 2017-2021
- Now Graduate Student at the University of Wisconsin, Madison (ECE)
Undergraduate Students
Tiffany Jensen, Spring 2023, Physics
Eric Austin, Spring 2023, Physics
Rudin Kraja, 2018-2022, Physics
- Now Graduate Student at CUNY (Photonics)Esteban Ramirez, Spring 2022, Physics
Miguel Hernandez, Spring 2021, Physics
Zain Manasia, Spring 2021, Biology
- Now M.S. Student at Columbia University (CS)Ray Hagimoto, 2018-2020, Physics
- Now Graduate Student at Rice University (Physics)
Brandon Rangel, 2017-2019, Physics
- Now at Dynamics 365 Functional Consultant at Accenture Federal ServicesJoseph Isaac Garcia, 2018-2019, Physics
- Now Graduate Student at Auburn University (Physics)Nelson Umanzor Meija, 2018, Physics
- Now Health Physicist at Stanford University
Visiting Students
Aurélien Goerlinger, Summer 2019, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon (ENS), France
>> Master Thesis
- Now PhD Student at the Institut d'électronique de microélectronique et de nanotechnologie (IEMN), Lille, FranceJesús Castrejón Figueroa, Summer 2019, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), México
Ramón Amézquita Vizcarra, Summer 2018, Monterrey Institute of Technology (TEC), Monterrey, México
- Now Machine Learning Engineer at Kuona Analytics, MéxicoGesuri Morales Luna, Fall 2017, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), México
- Now Assistant Professor at Universidad Iberoamericana (IBERO), Mexico
Guests
Prof. Adnen Mlayah, Feb. 2019, Center for Materials Elaboration and Structural Studies (CEMES), Toulouse, France