Doctoral Student Profiles

PhD student on experimental condensed matter physics/ Optical and terahertz spectroscopy Advisor: Lyubov Titova Project: Carrier dynamics and microscopic conductivity in 2D nanomaterials and energy materials; nonlinear terahertz spectroscopy

I am a physics PhD student with a focus in Physics Education Research (PER). I am working with Prof. Ben Pollard to research the physics writing skills that undergraduate physics lab students need to create lab reports that are cohesive and engage with scientific literature. Starting in 2018, I worked for the Physics Department as an undergraduate Peer Learning Assistant and since 2021, I have been a graduate Teaching Assistant. My favorite part about working with students is seeing them expand their understanding by engaging in active learning and laboratory settings.

I am a PhD student in the physics department. I am currently a teaching assistant and have interest in computational biophysics and biophysical modeling.  

I am a PhD candidate and I work in David Medich’s lab performing resuspension experiments. Currently, my objective is to determine how changing the deposition surface affects the suspended fraction above the surface. I use europium oxide powder as a suspending mass and determine the amount of europium in the air by sampling the air, then performing neutron activation analysis on the air sampler filters. When I am not in the lab I enjoy hiking, climbing, video games, and underwater hockey.

I am a Physics Master's student researching efficient calculations of random walk lengths along the edges of symmetric polyhedra. From 2018 to 2021, I worked as a PLA in the Physics and Mathematical Sciences departments, and since 2021 I have worked as a GLA in the Mathematical Sciences department. In addition to my research and teaching, I am currently on a quest to complete all of Advent of Code.

I am a physics PhD candidate working under Professor Aaron Deskins in the Chemical Engineering department. We use Density Functional Theory (DFT), which is essentially computational quantum mechanics, to study electronic and elastic properties of materials. In particular, we study a family of 2D materials called MXenes for use in applications such as photocatalysis, energy storage, and solar cells. This research is part of the WPI CEDAR program, connecting us with experimental physicists, data scientists, and materials scientists who also study MXenes.

I am an Applied Physics PhD student with a concentration in photonics. I am particularly interested in THz spectroscopy, imaging and data processing methods. Outside of class, I enjoy baking and playing chess.

I am a PhD. student in the physics department. I am currently working as a teaching assistant for undergraduate physics classes. My research interests lie in biophysics and nuclear physics.

I'm a Ph.D candidate in the physics department.

I am a second-year Ph.D. student in physics studying in Professor Raisa Trubko’s lab. My current research interests are in the application of Nitrogen-Vacancy defects present in diamonds for high-resolution magnetometry. As a member of the Quantum Sensors Laboratory at WPI, I also focus on improving and implementing new designs for our Quantum Diamond Microscope. Our current projects are focused on the measurement of biological samples and novel magnetic materials. I am also a Teaching Assistant and enjoy all aspects of encouraging educational growth within my students. Outside of the lab, I ...