Current Members

Principal Investigator 

Xiaodong Xu

BS: Univ. of Sci & Tech of China

PhD: Univ. of Michigan – Ann Arbor

Postdoc: Cornell 

Email: xuxd [at] uw.edu

Postdocs

Chaowei Hu (joint with Jiun-Haw Chu's group)

Originally from Wenzhou, China

B.S.: University of California, Los Angeles

Ph.D.: University of California, Los Angeles

Email: chaoweih[at]uw.edu

Jiang Yao

Originally from Tianjin, China

B.S.: Nankai University

Ph.D.: University of California, Irvine

Email: yaoj8[at]uw.edu


Weijie Li

Originally from Jiangxi, China

B.S. Physics, University of Science and Technology of China

Ph.D.: Emory Univeristy

Email: weijieli2017[at]gmail.com


Shuai Yuan

Originally from Jiangsu, China

B.S.: Jilin University

Ph.D.: Peking University

Email: shuaiy81 [at] uw.edu


Graduate Students

Heonjoon Park

Originally from Seoul, South Korea

B.S. Physics, Seoul National University

Currently pursuing Ph.D. in physics

Email: hjoonpk [at] uw.edu

Will Holtzmann 

Originally from Parker, Colorado

B.S. Physics, University of Denver

Currently pursuing Ph.D. in physics

Email: wgholtz [at] uw.edu 

Courtney Baier 

Originally from Nashville, Tennessee

B.S. Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga

Currently pursuing Ph.D. in chemistry

Email: baiercn [at] uw.edu 

Jack Barlow

From Livonia, MI

BSE Engineering Physics, Univ. of Michigan

Currently pursuing PhD in Physics

email: barlowmj [at] uw.edu 

Mai Nguyen

Originally from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

B.S. Physics, California Institute of Technology

Currently pursuing Ph.D. in physics

Email: maing8 [at] uw.edu


Sinabu Pumulo (Ren) 

Originally from Lusaka, Zambia

B.S. Optical Engineering, University of Rochester

Currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering

Email: spumulo@uw.edu 


Dhan Bautista

Originally from Fresno, California

B.S. Physics, California State University, Fresno

Currently pursuing Ph.D. in physics

Email: dbaut [at] uw.edu


Essance Ray

Joint with Juan Carlos Idrobo group

B.S. Resource Science & Engineering and Chemistry, UW, Seattle

Master, Material Science & Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Currently pursuing Ph.D. in MSE

Email: essancel[at]uw.edu


Julian Alexander Stewart

Originally from Silver Spring, Maryland

B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, University Of Maryland, College Park

Currently pursuing Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering

Email: jstewar1 [at] uw.edu


Christiano Wang Beach

Originally from London, England

B.S. Physics, University of Michigan

Currently pursuing Ph.D. in Physics

Email: cwbeach [at] uw.edu


Undergraduate Students