People

Principal Investigator:

Victor Acosta. bio

Postdocs and Research Faculty:

Janis Smits (postdoc): bio

Andris Berzins (Research Assist. Prof): bio

Yaser Silani (postdoc): bio

 Graduate Students:

Nazanin Mosavian: bio

Maziar Saleh Ziabari: bio

Bryan Richards: bio 

Amilcar Jeronimo Perez: bio 

Max Aiello: bio

 Undergraduate Students:

Logan Lu

Alumni:

Name: Dr. Francisco Benito

Role in our lab: Postdoc 

Years: 2015-16

Last known position: Engineer, Intel Corp., AZ 

Name: Patrick Armenta

Role in our lab: High school intern

Years: 2016

Last known position: Undergraduate, U Rochester (Neuroscience)

Name: Charlie Oncebay

Role in our lab: Visiting grad

Years: 2017

Last known position: PhD student, IFSC Brazil (Physics)

Name: Aryeh Sapon

Role in our lab: Undergrad researcher

Years: 2016-18

Last known position: PhD student, Penn St (Physics)

Name: Nathan Arnold

Role in our lab: Summer REU

Years: 2018

Last known position: PhD student, UIUC (Physics)

Name: Dr. Zaili Peng

Role in our lab: Postdoc

Years: 2021

Last known position: Software Engineer, Bloomberg L.P.

Name: Eric Swiler

Role in our lab: Summer REU

Years: 2022

Last known position:  Undergrad, Georgia Tech

Name: Dr. Forrest Hubert

Role in our lab: PhD student. MS Thesis. PhD Thesis.

Years: 2016 - 2023

Last known position:  Postdoc, Sandia National Labs

Name: Dr. Abdelghani Laraoui

Role in our lab: Research Assistant Prof.

Years: 2016-19

Last known position: Assistant Prof., U Nebraska (Materials/Mech Eng)

Name: Dr. Joshua Damron

Role in our lab: Postdoc

Years: 2018-20

Last known position: Staff scientist, Oak Ridge Nat'l Lab (solid-state NMR)

Name: Dr. Ilja Fescenko

Role in our lab: Postdoc

Years: 2016-20

Last known position:  Senior Researcher, U Latvia (Laser Center)

Name: Roberts Ituah

Role in our lab: QU-REACH undergrad researcher

Years: 2021

Last known position:  Undergrad, New Mexico State U.

Name: Andrew Gilbert

Role in our lab: QU-REACH undergrad researcher

Years: 2021

Last known position:  Undergrad, U. New Mexico

Name: Dr. Nathaniel Ristoff

Role in our lab: PhD student. Thesis

Years: 2018 - 2022

Last known position:  Research scientist, Aerospace Corp.

Name: Lily Wood

Role in our lab: QU-REACH undergrad researcher

Years: 2022

Last known position:  Undergrad, U. New Mexico

Name: Dr. Yaser Silani

Role in our lab: PhD student. Thesis

Years: 2016 - 2023

Last known position:  Postdoc, Acosta Lab UNM