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Principle Investigator
Principle Investigator
Sugata Chowdhury, Ph.D.
Sugata Chowdhury, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Howard University, 2021-Present.
IBM-HBCU Quantum Center, 2020-Present.
Graduate Faculty, Howard University. 2019-2021.
Guest Researcher, NIST, USA. 2014-Present.
Postdoctoral Associate, Rice University.
Postdoctoral Associate, University of Pennsylvania.
Visiting Researcher, KTH, Sweden.
Ph.D., University of Calabria, Italy.
M. Sc. Physics, University of Pune, India.
B.Sc. Physics (Hons), University of Burdwan, India.
Postdocs
Sougata Mardanya, Ph.D. (2022-Present)
Sougata Mardanya, Ph.D. (2022-Present)
Ph.D., IIT-Kanpur, India.
M. Sc. Physics, IIT-Kanpur, India.
Research Interest: Skyrmions; Charge Density Waves; Quantum Spin Liquid; Topological Superconductivity.
Vineet Kumar Sharma, Ph.D. (2023-Present)
Vineet Kumar Sharma, Ph.D. (2023-Present)
Ph.D., IIT-Hydrerebad, India.
M. Sc. Materials Science, IIT-Jamia Millia Islamia, India.
Research Interest: Skyrmions, Kondo Effect, Magnetic Topological Insulators, Perovskites materials.
Imran Khan Mulani, Ph.D. (2024-Present)
Imran Khan Mulani, Ph.D. (2024-Present)
Ph.D., IIT-Hydrerebad, India.
M. Sc. Materials Science, IIT-Jamia Millia Islamia, India.
Research Interest: Skyrmions, Kondo Effect, Magnetic Topological Insulators, Perovskites materials.
Graduate Students
Gadeer Alqasseri
Gadeer Alqasseri
Graduate Student, Howard University. 2020-Present.
M.Sc. (Physics), Queens College, 2016.
Research Interest: 2D-Topological Magnetic Materials, Topological Superconductivity.
Alana Okullo
Alana Okullo
Graduate student, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Howard University, 2022-Present.
Graduate Fellow, IBM-HBCU Quantum Center, 2022-Present.
NSF-REU student, Summer 2021, Howard University.
Research Interest: Non-linear Optical properties, Skyrmions, Quantum Spin Liquid, Machine learning
Ashutosh
Ashutosh
Graduate student, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Howard University, 2022-Present.
M.Phil from Himachal Pradesh University, India. Thesis: “Ab-initio investigation on Structural, Electronic and Thermal Properties of NbX2, NbY2, NBXY (X =S, Se and Y =Cl, Br) Monolayers”
M.Sc. Physics from Himachal Pradesh University, India. Thesis: “A First Principle Study of 2D Monolayer, 1D Armchair and Zigzag Nanoribbon of CrS2”
Research Interest: Charge Density Wave, Skyrmions, Machine Learning, Magnetic TI.
Undergraduate Students
Summer Students
DOE Program Assistant
Lab Alumnus
Ms. Diana M. Cifuentes, Program Assistant, 2022-2023.
Ms. Diana M. Cifuentes, Program Assistant, 2022-2023.
Johannes Nokelainen, Ph.D. (2023-Present)
Ph.D., LUT University, Finland.
M. Sc. Physics, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland.
Research Interest: Magnetic Topological Insulators; Charge Density Waves; Quantum Spin Liquid; Superconductivity
Caelia Thomas.
Caelia Thomas.
Undergraduate student, Electrical Engineering(Major), Howard University. 2021-2022. Graduated 2022. Currently a graduate student at Stanford University, USA.
Project: Modeling of Top0logical Magnetic Materials.
Alana Okullo
Alana Okullo
Undergraduate student, Chemical Engineering, University of San Fransisco, California.
NSF-REU student, Summer 2021
Project: Optical properties of 2D-heterostructres.
Andrea Nunez
Andrea Nunez
Undergraduate student, Northern Virginia Community College, Virginia.
NSF-REU student, Summer 2021.
Project: Modeling quantum materials using Quantum Computer.
Bronwen Olsen
Bronwen Olsen
Undergraduate student, Physics (Major), the University of Texas at Dallas. Summer 2022.
Project: 2D-Dimensional Magnetic Materials
Quantum Spin Liquid.
Jalen Garner (Currently at UMD (Graduate StudenT)
Jalen Garner (Currently at UMD (Graduate StudenT)
Undergraduate student, Physics (Major), Howard University. 2019-2023.
NASA-JPL Summer Internship, 2020.
SURF-NIST, summer inter at NIST, USA. 2021.
Project: Modeling of Magnetic Topological Materials (Graduated 2023)
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Group June 2021
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