People

Group Leader

Dr. Yuji Furukawa

Professor

Department of Physics & Astronomy, Iowa State University

Senior Physicist

Ames Laboratory (USDOE)

furukawa_at_ameslab.gov

Dr. Qing-Ping Ding

Research Technologist

qpding_at_ameslab.gov

Back to the group in June 2023

Devi Vijayan Ambika

Graduate Student

deviva_at_iastate.edu

Joined the group in Jan. 2020

Shweta

Graduate Student

shwraj _at_iastate.edu

Joined the group in July. 2025

Andrew Schmidt

Undergraduate Student

Honor Mentor program

Joined the group in Jan. 2025

Visitors

Former Members

Charles Taylor

Undergrad Student

McNair Graduate Preparation Program

IINSPIRE LSAMP Summer 2024 Scholar

01/2023-05.2025

Now: Grad. Student at Univ. of Florida

Khusboo Rana

Post-doctor

01/2022-07/2023

Now: Postdoc at PNNL.

Joyal Babu

Graduate Student

09/2021-05/2022

Qing-Ping Ding

Scientist

qpding_at_ameslab.gov

04/ 2015-02/2022.

Cheng Xiang

Master Student

08/2019-06/2020

Khusboo Rana

PhD Graduate

04/2016 - 12/2021.

Hyung-Cheol (Daniel) Lee

Master Student

01.2020.-05.2022

Rabindra Bhattarai

Graduate Student

rabindra _at_iastate.edu

05/2018-01/2019

Paul Wiecki

PhD Graduate pwwiecki_at_iastate.edu

06/2014 - 05/2018.

Now: Editor of

Nat. Commun.

Jinfang Cui

PhD Graduate

cuijinfangmilk_at_gmail.com

06/2014 - 06/2017.

Beas Roy

PhD Graduate

(2010 -2014)

Now: Postdoc at CNRS, Orleans, France.

Panchanana Khuntia

Post-doctor

(2014.01 -2014.12)

Now:

Assistant Prof. at IIT.

Steven Yeninas

PhD Graduate

(2008 -2013)

Ex-Visiting Professors, Scientists, & Students

Sebin J. Sebastian

Fulbright-Nehru Scholarship

PhD student, IISER Thiruvanathapuram in India

(2024.08-2025.05)

Claire Nemmers

Undergraduate Student at Minnesota State Univ. Moorhead

(2024.06-08)

Dr. Moumita Nandi

Visiting Scientist

2016.02-2017.01

Nonoka Higa

Visiting Student

(the University of Ryukyus, Japan)

(2016.10-2016.12)

Dr. Ananda Shastri

Professor from Minnesota State Univ. Moorhead

shastri_at_mnstate.edu (2017.05-06, 2018.05-06, 2021.06-08, 2024.06-08)

Dr. Mamoru Yogi

Visiting Prof. from the University of Ryukyus, Japan

(2016.11.10-11.18)

Yoshiki Kuwata

Visiting Student, Kobe University, Japan

(2019.06.17-09.07)

Dr. Yuji Inagaki

Visiting Prof. from Kyushu University, Japan (2018.01-04, 07-08, 2019.02-04, 08-09)

Dr. Takuya Kobayashi

Visiting Prof. from Saitama University, Japan (2019.01-2019.02)

Dr. Almaz Sadykov

M. N. Mikheev Institute of Metal Physics of Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences (2018.11-2019.01)

Dr. Vasily Ogloblichev

Visiting Scientist from Institute of Metal Physics, Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Ekateringurg, Russia (2013)

Dr. Mikhalev Konstantin

Visiting Scientist from Institute of Metal Physics, Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Ekateringurg, Russia (2012)

Yuji Yamada (Chiba University, Chiba, Japan) (2010), Lorenzo Bordonali (Uniroma TRE University, Rome, Italy) (2010 - 2011),

Cecilia Casadei (University of Pavia, Italy) (2011), Takuto Matsumoto (University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan) (2011),

Yasuhiro Komaki (Chiba University, Chiba, Japan) (2011), Yohei Nagasawa (Chiba University, Chiba, Japan) (2012).