2025
Kylie Hoffman
“Integrated Remote Sensing Observations of Nocturnal Convection Initiation: Moisture Transport and Boundary Layer Convergence Dynamics”
Advisor: Dr. Belay Demoz
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral Research Associate at NASA Langley.
2025
Adeleke Ademakinwa
“On the impact of three-dimensional radiative effects on radiation-cloud interactions: consequences for satellite remote sensing of cloud properties and radiative effects estimates”
Advisor: Dr. Zhibo Zhang
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral Research Scientist at NOAA’s NESDIS (National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service).
2025
Akram Ibrahim
“Multiscale Atomistic Modeling and Machine Learning for Nanomaterials: Structural Evolution and Device Applications”
Advisor: Dr. Can Ataca
2025
Emily Faber
“Advancing Dust Emission Modeling: Physical Parameterization Improvements and Impacts”
Advisor: Dr. Adriana Rocha Lima
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral Research Associate at University of Maryland, College Park.
2025
Kamal Aryal
“Advancing Aerosol and Ocean Color Remote Sensing Over Coastal Waters Using Multiangle Polarimetry and Machine Learning”
Advisor: Dr. Pengwang Zhai
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral Research Associate at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
2025
Noah Sienkiewicz
“Characterization of the HARP2 Instrument and its Influences on the Polarimetric Retrieval of Aerosol Particles”
Advisor: Dr. J. Vanderlei Martins
Advisor: Dr. J. Vanderlei Martins
2025
Carson Evans
“Experimental Storage of Entangled Photons in Broadband Loop-Based Quantum Memories”
Advisor: Dr. Todd Pittman
Position after UMBC: Research Scientist in the Quantum Research and Applications Branch of NAWCAD in Patuxent River, MD
2025
Binod Joshi
“Quantum beats in second-order coherence: principles and applications”
Advisor: Dr. Yanhua Shih
Advisor: Dr. Yanhua Shih
2025
Maurice Roots
“Synergy of In-Situ and Remote Sensing Observations for Understanding Ozone Variability and Low-level Jet Dynamics”
Advisor: Dr. Belay Demoz
Position after UMBC: NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow at Goddard Space Flight Center
Advisor: Dr. Belay Demoz
Position after UMBC: NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow at Goddard Space Flight Center
2024
Vijin Kizhake Veetil
“Integrating Color Centers in Silicon to Optical Microcavities: Towards Building a Novel Integrated Quantum Photonic Device”
Advisor: Dr. Matthew Pelton
Advisor: Dr. Matthew Pelton
2024
Nimarta Chowdhary
“Investigating the Properties of Transition Metal-Based Thin Films”
Advisor: Dr. Theodosia Gougousi
Position after UMBC: Physics Patent Examiner at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Advisor: Dr. Theodosia Gougousi
Position after UMBC: Physics Patent Examiner at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
2024
Maxwell Aifer
“Linear Computing and Thermodynamics”
Advisor: Dr. Sebastian Deffner
Position after UMBC: Normal Computing.
Advisor: Dr. Sebastian Deffner
Position after UMBC: Normal Computing.
2024
Rachel Gelfand
“Spectroscopic Studies of Metals, Fluids, and Molecules on the Nanoscale Using Computational and Experimental Method”
Advisor: Dr. Matthew Pelton
Advisor: Dr. Matthew Pelton
2024
David Kanaar
“Scalable Quantum Control of Solid-State Qubit Systems to Counteract Physical Errors”
Advisor: Dr. Jason Kestner
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral Research Assistant at UCLA.
Advisor: Dr. Jason Kestner
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral Research Assistant at UCLA.
2023
Jianyu Zheng
“Characteristics of dust aerosol properties using CALIOP and thermal infrared satellite observations”
Advisor: Dr. Zhibo Zhang
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral Research Assistant in GESTAR II.
Advisor: Dr. Zhibo Zhang
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral Research Assistant in GESTAR II.
2023
Neranga Kaluappuwa Hannadige
“Remote Sensing of Aerosols and Ocean Color with Multi-Angle Polarimeters and Spectro-Radiometers”
Advisor: Dr. Pengwang Zhai
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral Scientist at SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research.
Advisor: Dr. Pengwang Zhai
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral Scientist at SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research.
2023
Aamil Shaik
“Variability and spectral properties of large-scale extragalactic X-ray jets”
Advisor: Dr. Eileen Meyer
Advisor: Dr. Eileen Meyer
2023
Agniva Roy Chowdhury
“Investigating the Dynamics of Extragalactic Jets from Parsec to Kiloparsec Scales: Novel Constraints on Jet Acceleration and Emission”
Advisor: Dr. Eileen Meyer
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral position at the Space Telescope Science Institute.
Advisor: Dr. Eileen Meyer
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral position at the Space Telescope Science Institute.
2023
Cory Nunn
“Quantum State Engineering with Zero-Photon Subtraction”
Advisor: Dr. Todd Pittman
Position after UMBC: NRC postdoc at the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Advisor: Dr. Todd Pittman
Position after UMBC: NRC postdoc at the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
2023
Akram Touil
“From Black Holes to Quantum Computers: The Universality of Information Dynamics”
Advisor: Dr. Sebastian Deffner
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral position at the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Advisor: Dr. Sebastian Deffner
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral position at the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
2022
Brent McBride
“The Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter: Pre-Launch Calibration, Validation, and Advancements in Cloud Science”
Advisor: Dr. J. Vanderlei Martins
Position after UMBC: Senior Research Scientist at Science Systems and Applications, Inc.
Advisor: Dr. J. Vanderlei Martins
Position after UMBC: Senior Research Scientist at Science Systems and Applications, Inc.
2022
Saurabh Shringarpure
“Quantum Optical State Preparation for Quantum Communication”
Advisor: Dr. James Franson
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral position with Dr. Hyunseok Jeong’s Quantum Information Science group at the Seoul National University in South Korea.
Advisor: Dr. James Franson
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral position with Dr. Hyunseok Jeong’s Quantum Information Science group at the Seoul National University in South Korea.
2022
Kenneth Pryor
“Examination of the Physical Process of Severe Convective Windstorms”
Advisor: Dr. Belay Demoz
Position after UMBC: Research Scientist at NOAA.
Advisor: Dr. Belay Demoz
Position after UMBC: Research Scientist at NOAA.
2022
Qianqian Song
“Observation-constrained Direct Radiative Effects of Dust Aerosols”
Advisor: Dr. Zhibo Zhang
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral position at Princeton.
Advisor: Dr. Zhibo Zhang
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral position at Princeton.
2022
Charity-Grace Chaney
“Simulating Li-ion Batteries and Beyond: Developing Electrode Materials for Next-Generation Batteries”
Advisor: Dr. Can Ataca
Position after UMBC: Computational Material Scientist at CEA Grenoble in France, focusing on solid state electrolytes.
Advisor: Dr. Can Ataca
Position after UMBC: Computational Material Scientist at CEA Grenoble in France, focusing on solid state electrolytes.
2022
Karthik Reddy Solipuram
“Morphological Clues to the X-ray Emission from Extragalactic Jets”
Advisors: Dr. Markos Georganopoulos and Dr. Eileen Meyer
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral position at Arizona State University.
Advisors: Dr. Markos Georganopoulos and Dr. Eileen Meyer
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral position at Arizona State University.
2022
Nathan Myers
“Quantum Engines at the Frontiers of Physics”
Advisor: Dr. Sebastian Deffner
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral position at Virginia Tech.
Advisor: Dr. Sebastian Deffner
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral position at Virginia Tech.
2022
Ralph Colmenar
“Investigating the geometric gate robustness conjecture and generating robust entangling gates using methods of dynamical error suppression”
Advisor: Dr. Jason Kestner
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral position at the Laboratory for Physical Sciences in College Park, MD.
Advisor: Dr. Jason Kestner
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral position at the Laboratory for Physical Sciences in College Park, MD.
2022
Daniel Wines
“Beyond DFT: Accurately Engineering the Properties of 2D Materials for Energy and Device Applications”
Advisor: Dr. Can Ataca
Position after UMBC: NRC postdoc at National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Advisor: Dr. Can Ataca
Position after UMBC: NRC postdoc at National Institute of Standards and Technology.
2021
Jon Gustafson
“Ultrafast Carrier Dynamics in Monolayer Transition Metal Dichalcogenides via Time-Resolved Terahertz Spectroscopy”
Advisor: Dr. Michael Hayden
Position after UMBC: NRC postdoc at the US Naval Research Lab, Washington, D.C.
Advisor: Dr. Michael Hayden
Position after UMBC: NRC postdoc at the US Naval Research Lab, Washington, D.C.
2021
Anin Puthukkudy
“Retrieval of aerosol properties using Polarized Imaging Nephelometer (PI-Neph) laboratory measurements and Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter (HARP) remote sensing observations”
Advisor: Dr. J. Vanderlei Martins
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral position at UMBC.
Advisor: Dr. J. Vanderlei Martins
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral position at UMBC.
2021
Zhifeng Yang
“Improving Air Quality Forecasts of Ozone and Particulate Matter: Modeling-Observation Integrated Study”
Advisor: Dr. Belay Demoz
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral position at Howard University Beltsville Research Center.
Advisor: Dr. Belay Demoz
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral position at Howard University Beltsville Research Center.
2021
Adam Leah Harvey
“Dynamics and Energy Dissipation in Extragalactic Jets”
Advisors: Dr. Eileen Meyer and Dr. Markos Georganopoulos
Position after UMBC: Senior Professional Staff I at the JHU Applied Physics Laboratory.
Advisors: Dr. Eileen Meyer and Dr. Markos Georganopoulos
Position after UMBC: Senior Professional Staff I at the JHU Applied Physics Laboratory.
2021
Thomas Smith
“Advances in the Study of Two-photon Interferometry: From Turbulence-free Interferometers to X-ray Ghost Microscopes”
Advisor: Dr. Shih
Position after UMBC: Scientist, Advanced Quantum Optic Sensors Laboratory, Naval Air Warfare Center.
Advisor: Dr. Shih
Position after UMBC: Scientist, Advanced Quantum Optic Sensors Laboratory, Naval Air Warfare Center.
2021
Brian Uthe
“Unraveling the Complex Fluid Dynamics of Simple Liquids at Nanometer Length Scales and Gigahertz Frequencies”
Advisor: Dr. Pelton
Position after UMBC: Teaches physics at the Bard High School Early College Baltimore.
Advisor: Dr. Pelton
Position after UMBC: Teaches physics at the Bard High School Early College Baltimore.
2020
Hari Lamsal
“Ultralow-power nonlinear optics using optical nanofibers in metastable xenon”
Advisor: Dr. Pittman
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral researcher at the Quantum Institute at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Advisor: Dr. Pittman
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral researcher at the Quantum Institute at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
2020
Ian Nodurft
“Light-Matter Interactions and Heralding in Quantum Information”
Advisor: Dr. Franson
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral researcher at Howard University.
Advisor: Dr. Franson
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral researcher at Howard University.
2020
Mary Keenan
“Investigating the Role of Jet Power in Radio-Loud AGN”
Advisor: Dr. Meyer
Position after UMBC: Software Developer NASA/Goddard, in the heliophysics department of ADNET Systems, under the SESDA contract.
Advisor: Dr. Meyer
Position after UMBC: Software Developer NASA/Goddard, in the heliophysics department of ADNET Systems, under the SESDA contract.
2020
Lipi Mukherjee
“Radiative Properties of Oceanic Particles”
Advisor: Dr. Zhai
Position after UMBC: Post Doctoral Fellow at National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in the High Altitude Observatory.
Advisor: Dr. Zhai
Position after UMBC: Post Doctoral Fellow at National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in the High Altitude Observatory.
2020
Chamara Rajapakshe
“Interactions of Radiation with Aerosols and Clouds in a Three-Dimensional Atmosphere: Implications for Aerosol and Cloud Remote Sensing”
Advisor: Dr. Zhang
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral researcher at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
Advisor: Dr. Zhang
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral researcher at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
2020
Jaron Kropp
“Investigations of Two-Dimensional Materials for Next-Generation Electronic Devices”
Advisor: Dr. Gougousi
Co-Advisor: Dr. Ataca
Position after UMBC: Cleanroom deposition engineer at ARL, Adelphi MD.
Advisor: Dr. Gougousi
Co-Advisor: Dr. Ataca
Position after UMBC: Cleanroom deposition engineer at ARL, Adelphi MD.
2020
Brian Carroll
“Observations of Low-level Jet Physics and Impacts”
Advisor: Dr. Demoz
Position after UMBC: NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) fellowship at NASA Langley Research Center in the Lidar Applications Group, focusing on scientific research but also instrument operation and development.
Advisor: Dr. Demoz
Position after UMBC: NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) fellowship at NASA Langley Research Center in the Lidar Applications Group, focusing on scientific research but also instrument operation and development.
2019
Richard Brewster
“Compensating for the Effects of Decoherence in Quantum States”
Advisor: Dr. Franson
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Maryland working on simulating polarization-encoded quantum networks with Dr. Yanne Chembo.
Advisor: Dr. Franson
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Maryland working on simulating polarization-encoded quantum networks with Dr. Yanne Chembo.
2018
Haixu Leng
“Discrete Metal-Semiconductor Nanoparticle Assemblies for Controlled Plasmon-Exciton Coupling”
Advisor: Dr. Pelton
Position after UMBC: Seismic Imaging Analyst at CGG in Texas.
Advisor: Dr. Pelton
Position after UMBC: Seismic Imaging Analyst at CGG in Texas.
2018
Peter Breiding
“Theoretical Modeling and Multiwavelength Observations of Powerful Quasar Jets”
Advisor: Dr. Meyer
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral Fellow, Active Galaxies and Multi-Messenger Astronomy at West Virginia University (2018-2021). Currently a postdoctoral fellow in the department of Physics & Astronomy at Johns Hopkins University.
Advisor: Dr. Meyer
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral Fellow, Active Galaxies and Multi-Messenger Astronomy at West Virginia University (2018-2021). Currently a postdoctoral fellow in the department of Physics & Astronomy at Johns Hopkins University.
2018
John Diehl
“Residual Amplitude Modulation and Chromatic Dispersion Induced Distortion in Microwave Photonic Links”
Advisor: Dr. Worchesky
Position after UMBC: Sr. Research Scientist at NRL.
Advisor: Dr. Worchesky
Position after UMBC: Sr. Research Scientist at NRL.
2018
Amanda Dotson
“Determining the location of the GeV emission in powerful blazars”
Advisor: Dr. Georganopoulos
Position after UMBC: Lecturer at Morgan State University.
Advisor: Dr. Georganopoulos
Position after UMBC: Lecturer at Morgan State University.
2017
Daniel Miller
“Satellite Simulator Studies of the Impact of Cloud Heterogeneity on Passive Cloud Remote Sensing Retrievals”
Advisor: Dr. Zhang
Position after UMBC: NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) fellowship at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in the Ocean Ecology Laboratory.
Advisor: Dr. Zhang
Position after UMBC: NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) fellowship at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in the Ocean Ecology Laboratory.
2017
W. Reed Espinosa
“Comprehensive airborne in situ characterization of atmospheric aerosols: from angular light scattering to particle microphysics”
Advisor: Dr. Martins
Position after UMBC: NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) fellowship working at Goddard Space Flight Center.
Advisor: Dr. Martins
Position after UMBC: NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) fellowship working at Goddard Space Flight Center.
2017
Diana Cheatham
“Shedding New Light on Accreting Pulsars”
Advisor: Dr. Pottschmidt
Advisor: Dr. Pottschmidt
2017
Paul Burkins
“Femtosecond Z-Scan Measurements in Novel Materials with Emphasis on Managing Thermal Effects”
Advisor: Dr. Johnson
Advisor: Dr. Johnson
2017
Edward Strobach
“The Impact of Coastal Terrain on Mid-Atlantic Offshore Wind and Implications for Offshore Wind Energy”
Advisor: Dr. Sparling
Position after UMBC: Support Scientist at NOAA’s Center for Weather and Climate Prediction (NCWCP).
Advisor: Dr. Sparling
Position after UMBC: Support Scientist at NOAA’s Center for Weather and Climate Prediction (NCWCP).
2017
Erin Balsamo
“Developing and Characterizing X-ray Concentrators for Space-Based Observations with the Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer”
Advisor: Dr. Hayden
Position after UMBC: Software Engineer at DGS, Digital Global Systems, a start-up tech company for RF signal analysis.
Advisor: Dr. Hayden
Position after UMBC: Software Engineer at DGS, Digital Global Systems, a start-up tech company for RF signal analysis.
2017
Garrett Hickman
“Nonlinear Optics at Ultralow Power using Metastable Xenon in a High Finesse Cavity”
Advisor: Dr. Franson
Position after UMBC: Research Associate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Advisor: Dr. Franson
Position after UMBC: Research Associate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
2016
Jane Sprigg
“The Physics of the “Ghost Camera”: Towards Practical “Ghost” Imaging”
Advisor: Dr. Shih
Position after UMBC: Research Scientist at Tarsier Optics, Inc.
Advisor: Dr. Shih
Position after UMBC: Research Scientist at Tarsier Optics, Inc.
2016
Fernando Calderon Vargas
“Dynamically correcting two-qubit gates against any systematic logical error”
Advisor: Dr. Kestner
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral researcher at Virginia Tech.
Advisor: Dr. Kestner
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral researcher at Virginia Tech.
2016
Daniel Jones
“Interaction of nanofiber-guided light with a warm atomic vapor”
Advisor: Dr. Pittman
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral researcher at ARL.
Advisor: Dr. Pittman
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral researcher at ARL.
2016
Neetika Sharma
“Physical Conditions in the X-ray Emission-Line gas in the Seyfert 2 galaxy NGC 1068”
Advisor: Dr. Turner
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral researcher at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
Advisor: Dr. Turner
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral researcher at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
2016
F. Daniel Orozco
“Aerosols, light, and water: Measurements of aerosol optical properties at different relative humidities”
Advisor: Dr. Hoff
Advisor: Dr. Hoff
2015
Alex Henegar
“Surface Chemistry and Interface Evolution During the Atomic Layer Deposition of High-k Metal Oxides on InAs(100) and GaAs(100) Surfaces”
Advisor: Dr. Gougousi
Position after UMBC: Lead Software Engineer at Enovational.
Advisor: Dr. Gougousi
Position after UMBC: Lead Software Engineer at Enovational.
2015
Anthony Davidson
“Silicon Germanium Quantum Well Thermoelectrics”
Advisor: Dr. Worchesky
Position after UMBC: Teaching physics at a local high school.
Advisor: Dr. Worchesky
Position after UMBC: Teaching physics at a local high school.
2015
Joel Coley
“Probing the Structure and Morphology of X-ray and Gamma-ray Binaries Using a Multi-wavelength, Multi-Mission Approach”
Advisor: Dr. Henriksen
Position after UMBC: NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) fellow working at Goddard Space Flight Center.
Advisor: Dr. Henriksen
Position after UMBC: NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) fellow working at Goddard Space Flight Center.
2015
Adriana Rocha Lima
“Optical, microphysical, and compositional properties of volcanic ash, dust, and other atmospheric aerosols”
Advisor: Dr. Martins
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral researcher at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
Advisor: Dr. Martins
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral researcher at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
2015
Erika Nesvold
“Modeling Collisions in Circumstellar Debris Disks”
Advisor: Dr. Georganopoulos
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral fellow at the Carnegie Institute in Washington D.C.
Advisor: Dr. Georganopoulos
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral fellow at the Carnegie Institute in Washington D.C.
2015
Tao Peng
“High-order Interference of Photons in Thermal State”
Advisor: Dr. Shih
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral researcher at Texas A&M University.
Advisor: Dr. Shih
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral researcher at Texas A&M University.
2015
John Sullivan
“Improving the Current Understanding of the Evolution and Vertical Processes of Tropospheric Ozone Using a Ground Based Differential Absorption Lidar”
Advisor: Dr. Hoff
Position after UMBC: NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) fellow working at Goddard Space Flight Center.
Advisor: Dr. Hoff
Position after UMBC: NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) fellow working at Goddard Space Flight Center.
2015
Brian Kirby
“Nonlocal Interferometry with Macroscopic Coherent States and its Application to Quantum Communications”
Advisor: Dr. Franson
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral researcher at ARL.
Advisor: Dr. Franson
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral researcher at ARL.
2014
Liwang Ye
“Surface reactions during the atomic layer deposition of high-κ dielectrics on III-V semiconductor surfaces”
Advisor: Dr. Gougousi
Position after UMBC: Scientist with Amperex Technology Limited (ATL) in China.
Advisor: Dr. Gougousi
Position after UMBC: Scientist with Amperex Technology Limited (ATL) in China.
2014
Hong Cai
“Optical Measurement on Quantum Cascade Lasers Using Femtosecond Pulses”
Advisor: Dr. Johnson
Position after UMBC: Chip-scale Photonics Measurement Scientist at Skorpios Technologies in Albuquerque, NM.
Advisor: Dr. Johnson
Position after UMBC: Chip-scale Photonics Measurement Scientist at Skorpios Technologies in Albuquerque, NM.
2014
Barry Baker
“Physical Processes in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer with Implications for Air Quality”
Advisor: Dr. Sparling
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral researcher at NOAA in Tennessee.
Advisor: Dr. Sparling
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral researcher at NOAA in Tennessee.
2014
Gergely Dolgos
“Polarized Imaging Nephelometer Development and Applications on Aircraft”
Advisor: Dr. Martins
Position after UMBC: System/Optical Engineer, Micos Engineering GmbH, Duebendorf, Switzerland.
Advisor: Dr. Martins
Position after UMBC: System/Optical Engineer, Micos Engineering GmbH, Duebendorf, Switzerland.
2014
Paul Corbitt
“Mathematical Modeling the Etiology of Schizophrenia and White Matter Lesions”
Advisor: Dr. Kramer
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral researcher at NIH.
Advisor: Dr. Kramer
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral researcher at NIH.
2014
Hui Chen
“The High-Order Quantum Coherence of Thermal Light”
Advisor: Dr. Shih
Position after UMBC: Faculty position at Jiaotong University in China.
Advisor: Dr. Shih
Position after UMBC: Faculty position at Jiaotong University in China.
2014
Felipe Vallejo Monsalve
“Modeling and design of lossy waveguide structures for generation of broadband terahertz pulses through difference frequency mixing”
Advisor: Dr. Hayden
Position after UMBC: Assistant Professor Universidad San Buenaventura, Bogota.
Advisor: Dr. Hayden
Position after UMBC: Assistant Professor Universidad San Buenaventura, Bogota.
2013
Malachi Tatum
“Examining the Role of the Compton-thick, X-ray reprocessor in Type 1 Active Galactic Nuclei”
Advisor: Dr. Turner
Position after UMBC: Post-doctoral researcher at NASA Goddard.
Advisor: Dr. Turner
Position after UMBC: Post-doctoral researcher at NASA Goddard.
2013
Patricia Sawamura
“Retrieval of optical and microphysical properties of aerosols from a hybrid lidar dataset”
Advisor: Dr. Hoff
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral Fellow at NASA Langley Research Center.
Advisor: Dr. Hoff
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral Fellow at NASA Langley Research Center.
2013
Meimei Lai
“Experiments Using Sub-Wavelength Diameter Tapered Optical Fibers in Rubidium Vapor”
Advisor: Dr. Pittman
Position after UMBC: Instructor at Morgan State University.
Advisor: Dr. Pittman
Position after UMBC: Instructor at Morgan State University.
2013
Li Zhu
“Determination of the single scattering albedo and direct radiative forcing of biomass burning aerosol with data from the MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) satellite instrument”
Advisor: Dr. Martins
Advisor: Dr. Martins
2012
Junlin Liang
“An Experimental Study of Nonclassical Effects in Two-photon Interferometry”
Advisor: Dr. Todd Pittman
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral fellow at Columbia University.
Advisor: Dr. Todd Pittman
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral fellow at Columbia University.
2012
Sanjit Karmakar
“Ghost Imaging with Sunlight”
Advisor: Dr. Shih
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral researcher at UMBC.
Advisor: Dr. Shih
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral researcher at UMBC.
2011
R. Chris Wilson
“Multivariate Retrieval of Carbon Monoxide”
Advisor: Dr. Hoff
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral researcher at the Jet Propulsion Lab.
Advisor: Dr. Hoff
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral researcher at the Jet Propulsion Lab.
2011
Debra Wicks Kollonige
“The Impact of Upper Tropospheric Dynamics on Surface Air Quality over the United States”
Advisor: Dr. Sparling
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral scholar at Penn State University.
Advisor: Dr. Sparling
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral scholar at Penn State University.
2011
Aboubakar Traore
“Measurement of the nonlinear refractive index of TeO2 fiber by using IGA technique”
Advisor: Dr. Johnson
Position after UMBC: Working at Sigmaspace Corporation.
Advisor: Dr. Johnson
Position after UMBC: Working at Sigmaspace Corporation.
2011
Sheng Liu
“Investigation of Carrier Dynamics and Nonlinear Effects in Quantum Cascade Lasers using Femtosecond Mid-Infrared Pulses”
Advisor: Dr. Johnson
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral scholar at Sandia National Labs.
Advisor: Dr. Johnson
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral scholar at Sandia National Labs.
2011
Samuel Trahan
“Multi-Scale Analysis of Observations of Tropical Cyclones with Applications to High-Resolution Hurrican Modeling”
Advisor: Dr. Sparling
Position after UMBC: Researcher at NOAA.
Advisor: Dr. Sparling
Position after UMBC: Researcher at NOAA.
2010
Yu Zhou
“Multiphoton Coherence of Thermal Light”
Advisor: Dr. Shih
Position after UMBC: Associate Professor at Jiao Tong University.
Advisor: Dr. Shih
Position after UMBC: Associate Professor at Jiao Tong University.
2010
Hao You
“Theoretical Study of Quantum Computation with Non Linear Optics”
Advisor: Dr. Franson
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral fellow at the University of Georgia.
Advisor: Dr. Franson
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral fellow at the University of Georgia.
2010
Vincenzo Tamma
“Theoretical and Experimental Study of a New Algorithm for Factoring Numbers”
Advisor: Dr. Shih
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral fellow at Ulm University in Germany.
Advisor: Dr. Shih
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral fellow at Ulm University in Germany.
2010
Paul Cunningham
“Optical Pump Terahertz Probe Studies of Semiconducting Polymers”
Advisor: Dr. Hayden
Position after UMBC: NRC postdoc at the US Naval Research Lab in Washington, DC.
Advisor: Dr. Hayden
Position after UMBC: NRC postdoc at the US Naval Research Lab in Washington, DC.
2010
Colin McLaughlin
“Electro-Optic Polymers for Terahertz Applications”
Advisor: Dr. Hayden
Position after UMBC: Researcher at the US Naval Research Laboratories in Washington, DC.
Advisor: Dr. Hayden
Position after UMBC: Researcher at the US Naval Research Laboratories in Washington, DC.
2010
Raymond Edziah
“Nonlinear Optical Properties of Novel Forms of Enriched Carbon Disulfide”
Advisor: Dr. Johnson
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral researcher in Electrical Engineering at UMBC.
Advisor: Dr. Johnson
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral researcher in Electrical Engineering at UMBC.
2009
Robinson Kuis
“Theoretical and Experimental Study of the Nonlinear Optical and Dispersive Properties of Conventional and Photonic Crystal Fibers”
Advisor: Dr. Johnson
Position after UMBC: R & D Program Manager at IRFlex in Danville, VA.
Advisor: Dr. Johnson
Position after UMBC: R & D Program Manager at IRFlex in Danville, VA.
2009
Nathan Kurtz
“Application of satellite laser altimetry data to studies of sea ice properties and processes”
Advisor: Dr. Sparling
Position after UMBC: PostDoc at NASA Goddard working in the Cryospheric Processes Branch.
Advisor: Dr. Sparling
Position after UMBC: PostDoc at NASA Goddard working in the Cryospheric Processes Branch.
2009
Mengsteab Weldegaber
“Investigation of Stable and Unstable Boundary Layer Phenomena Using Observations and a Numerical Weather Prediction Model”
Advisor: Dr. Sparling
Position after UMBC: PostDoc Research Associate in the Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering at UC Davis.
Advisor: Dr. Sparling
Position after UMBC: PostDoc Research Associate in the Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering at UC Davis.
2009
Jianning Zeng
“Extended Emission Surrounding Nearby Seyfert Galaxies”
Advisor: Dr. George
Position after UMBC: Software testing engineer for the National Weather Service.
Advisor: Dr. George
Position after UMBC: Software testing engineer for the National Weather Service.
2009
Timothy Bole
“A Study of the Effects of Electromigration on Structures at the Nanoscale”
Advisor: Dr. Rous
Advisor: Dr. Rous
2008
Antonia Gambacorta
“Temperature Change And Water Vapor Feedback In The Atmosphere. A Comprehensive Assessment Using The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder Instrument On NASA Aqua Satellite”
Advisor: Dr. Strow
Position after UMBC: Research Scientist at NOAA Center for Satellite Applications and Research in Camp Springs, MD.
Advisor: Dr. Strow
Position after UMBC: Research Scientist at NOAA Center for Satellite Applications and Research in Camp Springs, MD.
2008
Jeffrey Warner
“Displacement Damage-Induced Electrical and Structural Effects in Gallium Arsenide Solar Cells Following Ion Irradiation”
Advisor: Dr. Summers
Position after UMBC: Research Scientist at the Naval Research Lab in Washington, DC.
Advisor: Dr. Summers
Position after UMBC: Research Scientist at the Naval Research Lab in Washington, DC.
2008
Andrew Bunch
“Step Dynamics and the Morphological Evolution of Nanostructures”
Advisor: Dr. Rous
Advisor: Dr. Rous
2008
Justin Hackley
“Initial HfO2 Growth on Si(100) and GaAs(100) Substrates using TEMAH+H2O and TDMAH+H2O ALD Processes”
Advisor: Dr. Gougousi
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral researcher at the Laboratory for Physical Sciences in College Park, MD.
Advisor: Dr. Gougousi
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral researcher at the Laboratory for Physical Sciences in College Park, MD.
2008
Mark Stephen
“Fiber-Based Laser Transmitter and Laser Spectroscopy of the Oxygen A-Band for Remote Detection of Atmospheric Pressure”
Advisor: Dr. Hayden
Position after UMBC: Research Scientist at NASA Goddard in the Lasers and Electro-Optics Branch.
Advisor: Dr. Hayden
Position after UMBC: Research Scientist at NASA Goddard in the Lasers and Electro-Optics Branch.
2007
Eric Maddy
“Investigation of Spatial and Temporal Resolution of Atmospheric CO2 from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS)”
Advisor: Dr. McMillian
Position after UMBC: Research Scientist at QSS Division of Perot Systems in Lanham, MD.
Advisor: Dr. McMillian
Position after UMBC: Research Scientist at QSS Division of Perot Systems in Lanham, MD.
2007
Raymond Rogers
“Raman LIDAR Measurements of Hygroscopic Effects on Aerosol Extinctions “
Advisor: Dr. Hoff
Position after UMBC: Research Scientist position with NASA Langley on LIDAR research.
Advisor: Dr. Hoff
Position after UMBC: Research Scientist position with NASA Langley on LIDAR research.
2007
Glynn Collis Hulley
“Improved Refraction Corrections for Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) by Ray Tracing through Meteorological Data”
Advisor: Dr. Hoff
Advisor: Dr. Hoff
2007
Felicita Russo
“An Investigation of Raman LIDAR Aerosol Measurements and Their Application to the Study of the Aerosol Indirect Effect ”
Advisor: Dr. Hoff
Position after UMBC: Research position in Napoli, Italy.
Advisor: Dr. Hoff
Position after UMBC: Research position in Napoli, Italy.
2007
Jianming Wen
“Transverse Correlation in Entangled Photons and Light-Matter Interactions ”
Advisor: Dr. Rubin
Position after UMBC: Research Associate in the Physics Department at the Univ. of Virginia.
Advisor: Dr. Rubin
Position after UMBC: Research Associate in the Physics Department at the Univ. of Virginia.
2006
Michelle Comer
“Retrieving Carbon Monoxide Abundance From Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS)”
Advisor: Dr. McMillian
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral position at UMBC, working on K-12 science education.
Advisor: Dr. McMillian
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral position at UMBC, working on K-12 science education.
2006
Eric Moore
“Plastic Strain and Grain Size Effects in Surface Roughness of a Model Aluminum Alloy”
Advisor: Dr. Reno
Position after UMBC: Assistant Professor in Physics at Frostburg State University in Frostburg, MD.
Advisor: Dr. Reno
Position after UMBC: Assistant Professor in Physics at Frostburg State University in Frostburg, MD.
2006
Sulakshana Thanvanthri
“Quantum Coherence Effects in Light-Matter Interactions”
Advisor: Dr. Rubin
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral fellowship at the Department of Physics at LSU in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Advisor: Dr. Rubin
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral fellowship at the Department of Physics at LSU in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
2006
Rundong Wan
“Determination of the Structure and Composition of the Low Miller Index Surfaces of NiP and AgAu Binary Alloys Using Low-Energy Electron Diffraction”
Advisor: Dr. Rous
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral position in the Physics Department at Penn State University in State College, PA.
Advisor: Dr. Rous
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral position in the Physics Department at Penn State University in State College, PA.
2006
Hai Zhang
“A Global ETA Model on Quasi-Uniform Grids”
Advisor: Dr. McMillian
Position after UMBC: Research position in the NASA/UMBC GEST center.
Advisor: Dr. McMillian
Position after UMBC: Research position in the NASA/UMBC GEST center.
2006
Giuliano Scarcelli
“Two-Photon Correlation Phenomena”
Advisor: Dr. Shih
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral position at the Harvard University Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts.
Advisor: Dr. Shih
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral position at the Harvard University Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts.
2006
Megan Leahy-Hoppa
“Terahertz Spectroscopy and Molecular Modeling of Nonlinear Polymers”
Advisor: Dr. Hayden
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral position at the Applied Physics Laboratories of Johns Hopkins University in Laurel, MD.
Advisor: Dr. Hayden
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral position at the Applied Physics Laboratories of Johns Hopkins University in Laurel, MD.
2005
Dylan Powell
“Snow on Sea Ice: Microwave Remote Sensing and Its Impact on Antarctic Sea Ice”
Advisor: Dr. Sparling
Position after UMBC: Research Scientist at Lockheed Martin Corporation in Fairfax, VA.
Advisor: Dr. Sparling
Position after UMBC: Research Scientist at Lockheed Martin Corporation in Fairfax, VA.
2005
Alexander Sinyukov
“Electro-Optic Polymers for Terahertz Applications”
Advisor: Dr. Hayden
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral position in the Physics Department at NJIT in Newark, NJ.
Advisor: Dr. Hayden
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral position in the Physics Department at NJIT in Newark, NJ.
2005
Alejandra Valencia
“High-Accuracy Timing and Positioning using Entangled Photon Pairs”
Advisor: Dr. Shih
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral fellowship at the Institute for Photonics Science in Barcelona, Spain.
Advisor: Dr. Shih
Position after UMBC: Postdoctoral fellowship at the Institute for Photonics Science in Barcelona, Spain.
2004
Milena D’Angelo
“Quantum Imaging”
Advisors: Dr. Shih & Dr. Rubin
Position after UMBC: Marie Curie postdoctoral fellowship at LENS (the European Laboratory of Nonlinear Spectroscopy) in Sesto Fiorentino (near Florence), Italy.
Advisors: Dr. Shih & Dr. Rubin
Position after UMBC: Marie Curie postdoctoral fellowship at LENS (the European Laboratory of Nonlinear Spectroscopy) in Sesto Fiorentino (near Florence), Italy.
2004
Daniel Hudson
“Galaxy Cluster Merger Dynamics: Relating Merger Shocks to Cosmic Ray Acceleration and Cluster Substructure”
Advisor: Dr. Henriksen
Position after UMBC: Joined the Emmy Noether Research Group at the Institute for Astrophysics, Bonn University, Germany.
Advisor: Dr. Henriksen
Position after UMBC: Joined the Emmy Noether Research Group at the Institute for Astrophysics, Bonn University, Germany.
2004
Paul Poli
“Assimilation of Global Positioning System Radio Occultation Measurements into Numerical Weather Forecast Systems”
Advisor: Dr. Hoff
Position after UMBC: Returned to Meteo France as a ‘Checheur Scientifique’.
Advisor: Dr. Hoff
Position after UMBC: Returned to Meteo France as a ‘Checheur Scientifique’.
2004
Feng Liu
“Design and Fabrication of Dual-Side Waveguide-Based Optical Demultiplexers”
Advisor: Dr. Worchesky
Position after UMBC: Research Scientist at Columbia University, New York, NY.
Advisor: Dr. Worchesky
Position after UMBC: Research Scientist at Columbia University, New York, NY.
2004
Kurt Lightner
“Tropospheric Ozone Retrievals Using An Uplooking Infrared Interferometer”
Advisor: Dr. McMillan
Advisor: Dr. McMillan
2003
Bryan Jacobs
“Linear Optics Approach to Quantum Information Processing”
Advisor: Dr. Rubin
Position after UMBC: Staff Scientist at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Labs in Laurel, MD.
Advisor: Dr. Rubin
Position after UMBC: Staff Scientist at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Labs in Laurel, MD.
2002
Jason Cheng
“Theoretical and Experimental Studies of Surface Physics: Theory of Surface Electromigration Wind Force Felt by Na adatom on Na (110) Slipped Surface; Magnetic Order-disorder Phase Transition of Antiferomagnetic Nb Thin Films on Ag (COL)”
Advisor: Dr. Watson
Advisor: Dr. Watson
2001
Yoon-Ho Kim
“Two-Photon Quantum Entanglement”
Advisor: Dr. Shih
Position after UMBC: Leader in the Department of Physics Pohang University of Science and Technology in Korea.
Advisor: Dr. Shih
Position after UMBC: Leader in the Department of Physics Pohang University of Science and Technology in Korea.
2000
David N. Whiteman
“Investigation of Cloud Properties using a Raman Lidar”
Advisor: Dr. Melfi
Position after UMBC: NASA Scientist working in Mesoscale Atmospheric Processes Research.
Advisor: Dr. Melfi
Position after UMBC: NASA Scientist working in Mesoscale Atmospheric Processes Research.
2000
David G. Simpson
“Analysis of Low-Energy Electron Diffraction I-V Spectra using Artificial Neural Networks”
Advisor: Dr. Rous
Position after UMBC: Flight Software Senior Designer at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD.
Advisor: Dr. Rous
Position after UMBC: Flight Software Senior Designer at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD.
1999
Timothy E. Keller
“Multi-Photon Entanglement from Pulsed Pump Spontaneous Down-Conversion”
Advisor: Dr. Rubin
Advisor: Dr. Rubin
1999
Shane Strutz
“Dopant Mobility and the Performance of Nonlinear Optical Polymers”
Advisor: Dr. Hayden
Position after UMBC: Physicist at the Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC.
Advisor: Dr. Hayden
Position after UMBC: Physicist at the Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC.
1997
Dimitry Strekalov
“Biphoton Optics”
Advisor: Dr. Shih
Position after UMBC: Research Scientist at JPL in Pasadena, CA .
Advisor: Dr. Shih
Position after UMBC: Research Scientist at JPL in Pasadena, CA .
1996
Darren N. Bly
“A Theoretical Study of the Electromigration Wind Force at Metal Surfaces”
Advisor: Dr. Rous
Position after UMBC: Professor of Physics at Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia.
Advisor: Dr. Rous
Position after UMBC: Professor of Physics at Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia.
1996
Michael J. Panunto
“The Effect of Electric Fields on the Formation and Anealings of Stable Radiation Induced Defects in InP Semiconductor Junctions”
Advisor: Dr. Summers
Advisor: Dr. Summers
1996
Shane C. Brower
“Activation Volumes Associated with Chromophore Reorientation in Corona Poled Polymers: Their Physical Significance and Relationship to Stability”
Advisor: Dr. Hayden
Position after UMBC: Chair of the Physics Department at Grove City College in Grove City, PA.
Advisor: Dr. Hayden
Position after UMBC: Chair of the Physics Department at Grove City College in Grove City, PA.
1996
Todd Pittman
“Two-photon Quantum Entanglement from Type II Spontaneous Parametric Down-conversion”
Advisor: Dr. Shih
Position after UMBC: post-doctoral fellow at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU-APL).
Advisor: Dr. Shih
Position after UMBC: post-doctoral fellow at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU-APL).
1996
David Tobin
“Infrared Spectral Lineshapes of Water Vapor and Carbon Dioxide”
Advisor: Dr. Strow
Position after UMBC: Research Scientist at The University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
Advisor: Dr. Strow
Position after UMBC: Research Scientist at The University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
1995
David M. Hartley
“Theory of Negative Ion Resonance in Molecules on Surfaces”
Advisor: Dr. Rous
Position after UMBC: Research Associate Professor in the department of Microbiology and Immunology at the Georgetown University Medical Center.
Advisor: Dr. Rous
Position after UMBC: Research Associate Professor in the department of Microbiology and Immunology at the Georgetown University Medical Center.
1995
Scott R. Messenger
“Electron- & Gamma- Induced Displacement Damage Effects in InP Semiconductor Devices”
Advisor: Dr. Summers
Position after UMBC: Work for SFA, Inc.
Advisor: Dr. Summers
Position after UMBC: Work for SFA, Inc.
1994
Robert J. Walters
“A Study of the Annealing of Radiation-Induced Defects in Indum Phosphide Solar Cells”
Advisor: Dr. Summers
Position after UMBC: Research Physicist at the the Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC
Advisor: Dr. Summers
Position after UMBC: Research Physicist at the the Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC
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