People

Hong Y. Ling, Ph. D.

Education:

AS Physics, Jiaxin Teacher’s College (currently known as Huzhou University), Huzhou, Zhejiang, China.

MS Applied Optics, Joint Program by Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Academia Sinica, Xi'an, Shannxi, China, and University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China.

PhD Physics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Research Expertise:

Ultracold Atoms & Molecules | Condensed Matter | (Quantum) Light & Matter

The numerals attached to a name have the following meanings,

President of the Physics Club.
Dean's Outstanding Senior Award.
Medallion for Excellence in Physics.
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship.
M. Goldwater Scholarship.
New Jersey Space Grant Consortium Fellowship (either summer or regular academic year).
Rowan University 40 under 40.

Current Members

Elise Cantu, Major in BS Physics (2025-)

Topological superconductivity in many-body lattice quantum systems.

Jack Garhart, Major in BS Computer Science, with a Minor in Physics and a Minor in Mathematics (2025-)

Machine learning of phases in many-body quantum systems

Former Members

Nicole Hummel (7), Double major in BS Physics and BS Mathematics, with a Minor in Astronomy, 2025

Exploration of topological quantum matter in spin lattice systems by the method of (Majorona) fermionization

Victor Lasasso (1, 2, 7), BS Physics, 2022

Non-Hermitian topological system, Topological lasers, and twisted bilayer graphenes

PhD Program, Florida State University in Tallahassee, FL

Brian Nepper, BS Physics, 2020

Topological phenomena in non-Hermitian Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model

MS data science program, Rowan University; Health Physicist at Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Philadelphia, PA

Gabriel Kovacs, BS Physics, 2018

Bose polarons within the framework of ultracold atoms and molecules

PhD Program in Physics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT

Jacob Gaggese, BS Physics, BS Computer Science, 2018

Statistical Physics, Ising models, renormalization, and Monte-Caro simulations

Java Full Stack Developer, Atco, NJ

Ronak Desai (3), BS Physics, BS Mathematics, 2017

(Static and dynamic) Fermi polaron problem in the context of ultracold atomic physics

PhD Program in Physics, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

Timothy Baker (3, 7), BS Physics, 2017

Bose polaron problem within the framework of ultracold atoms and molecules (the Radio-Frequency Spectrum of a Localized Impurity in a Bose-Einstein Condensate)

PhD Program in Computer Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MICH

Robert Walko (3), BS Physics, 2016

Topological phenomena, especially the Chern insulator, in lattice systems

PhD Physics (Experimental Condensed Matter), 2022, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

Paul Hornung, BS Physics, 2016

Topological phenomena, especially the Chern insulator, in lattice systems

MS Physics, 2018, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT; Test Engineer II at Lockheed Martin, Mantua, NJ

Nicholas DeCicco, BS Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2016

Bethe ansatz, Bose polarons, topological insulators

Research Assistant, CUB Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

Tara Trent, BS Physical Science with a Specialization in Physics, 2014

Quantum computing, quantum entanglement (and entropy) in spin chain models

Science teacher, West Morris Mendham High School, Mendham, NJ

Chris Rotella (1, 2), BS Physics, 2014

Magnetism and many-body quantum physics in the Heisenberg model

PhD Physics (Experimental Condensed Matter), 2019, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

John Bonini (3, 7), BS Physics, BS Mathematics, 2013

Engineer an effective interaction between two cold polar trapped molecules using electromagnetic field

PhD Physics (Condensed Matter Theory), 2020, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ; Flatiron Research Fellow, Center for Computational Quantum Physics, Flatiron Institute, New York, NY

Jasen Scaramazza (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7), BS Physics, BS Mathematics, 2012

Berry phase on electronic properties, and unconventional superfluid pairings in a mixture of cold fermionic and dipolar bosonic atoms

PhD Physics (Condensed Matter Theory), 2016, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

Brian Arnold (3, 7), BS Physics, BS Mathematics, 2011

Two-body scattering in mixed dimensions, and effective theory of the two-channel Feshbach resonance

PhD Physics (Experimental atomic, molecular and optical physics), 2019, The State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY

Michael Fodor, BS Physics, BS Computer Science, 2010

Mean-field Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov formulation of superfluid pairings, and Landau-Ginzburg perspective of finite-temperature phase diagrams of a two-component Fermi-Bose mixture

DevOps Engineer at MeetMe, North Wales, PA

Robert Booth (3), BS Physics, BS Mathematics, 2009

Crystallography (especially that of graphene), group theory, and phases in a Bose-Fermi mixture of cold atoms and molecules

PhD Mathematics, 2018, University Of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; MS Physics, 2013, Brown University, Providence, RI

Robert Buonpastore, BS Physics, BS Mathematics, 2008

Path integral formulation of quantum field theory, and its application to superfluid pairings in two-component ultracold Fermi gases

(was enrolled in a) Graduate Program in Physics, Temple University, Philadelphia PA

Andrew Robertson (1, 2, 3, 5, 6), BS Physics, BS Mathematics, 2007

Superfluid pairing in two-species fermionic atoms coupled to a molecular condensate via Feshbach resonance within the framework of ultracold atomic physics

PhD Physics (Condensed matter theory), 2011, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; Chief Scientist at Naval Research Laboratory

Peter Maenner (3), BS Physics, 2005

Numerical algorithms popular in physics, and Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov formulation of coherent population trapping and dynamical instability in a multi-component atom-molecule condensate system involving Feshbach resonance

(was enrolled in a) PhD Program, Bryn Mawr College, Philadelphia, PA

Mike Campolongo, BS (Major) Electrical and Computer Engineering, (Minor) Physics, 2005

Two-body problems: two atoms in a trapped optical potential including spin coupling and Zeeman effects

PhD Biomedical Engineering, 2012, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; Associate at Lowenstein Sandler Law Firm, Roseland, NJ

Tim Osedach, BS (Major) Electrical and Computer Engineering (major), (Minor) Physics, 2005

Two-body problems: quantum mechanics of two atoms in a trapped optical potential including spin coupling and Zeeman effects

PhD Applied Physics, 2012, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; Machine Learning Engineer at Lockheed Martin, Denver, CO

Keith McDonald (1, 2, 3), BS Physics, 2004

Adiabatic creation of stable molecular condensate by a single radiation field and a magnetic field (controlling the Feshbach Resonance)

MS Physics, 2006, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; Systems Engineering Manager at Lockheed Martin, Mt. Laurel, NJ

Brian Seaman (1, 2, 3, 4, 8), BS Physics, BS Mathematics, 2003

Feshbach-resonance, coherent molecular beam generation in a coherent atomic waveguide, and molecular Bose-Einstein condensate creation from atomic condensates, via either magnetic- or optical-tuned Feshbach resonance

PhD Physics (Theoretical ultracold atomic and molecular physics), 2008, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; Senior Director Of Data Science at Walmart Labs, San Francisco, CA

Anthony Williams, BS Physics, 1999

The effect of the atomic recoil on the momentum distribution and absorption spectrum of a V system driven by two counterpropagating laser fields in a momentum regime where a full quantum-mechanical treatment of the atomic variables is necessary

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