College of Arts and Sciences

Department of Physics

Graduate Students

Current

Physics
Photo	Name/Office/Email	Details
	Emmanuel Casiano-Diaz Office: Cook Science, A447 Emanuel.Casiano-Diaz@uvm.edu	B.A. in Physics, University of Puerto Rico (2015) Program: M.S. in Physics Advisor: Adrian Del-Maestro, Ph.D.
	Timothy Olszanski Office: Cook Science, A444 Timothy.Olszanski@uvm.edu	B.S. in Physics, New Mexico Institute (2016) Program: M.S. in Physics Advisor: Adrian Del-Maestro, Ph.D.

Materials Science
Photo	Name/Office/Email	Details
	Ben Himberg Office: Cook Science, A417 Ben.Himberg@uvm.edu	B.S. in Physics, University of Vermont (2009) Program: Ph.D. in Materials Science/M.S. in Physics Advisor: Adrian Del Maestro, Ph.D.
	Bharat Poudel Office: Discovery Hall, W209 Bharat.Poudel@uvm.edu
	Ekraj Dahal Office: Cook Science A515 Ekraj.Dahal@uvm.edu	M.S. in Physics, Boston College (2013) M.S. in Physics, Tribhuvan University (2006) B.S. in Physics, Tribhuvan University (2008) Programs: Ph.D. in Materials Science Advisor: Randy Headrick, Ph.D.
	Kim-Ngan Hua Burrill Office: Cook Science A444 Kim-Ngan.Hua@uvm.edu	M.S. in Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst (2013) B.S. in Chemistry, San Jose State University (2010) Program: Ph.D. in Materials Science Advisor: Madalina Furis, Ph.D.
	Alina Karki Office: Cook Science A446 Alina.Karki@uvm.edu	M.S. in Physics, Ohio University (2013) M.S. in Physics, Kurukshetra University (2009) BSc in Physics, Tribhuvan University (2006) Program: Ph.D. in Materials Science Advisor: Madalina Furis, Ph.D.
	Yang Li Office: Cook Science A443 Yang.Li@uvm.edu	M.S. in Surface Engineering, Dalian University of Technology (2012) B.A. in Materials Physics, Wuhan Institute of Technology (2010) Program: Ph.D. in Materials Science Advisor: Randy Headrick, Ph.D.
	Libin Liang Office: Cook Science A443 Libin.Liang@uvm.edu	M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology (2015) B.S. In Materials Science and Engineering and Engineering (2012) Program: Ph.D. in Materials Science Advisor: Madalina Furis
	Dong Ma Office: Cook Science A431 Dong.Ma@uvm.edu	B.S. in Materials Science, Southwest Jiaotong University (2005) Program: Ph.D. in Materials Science Advisor: Jun-Ru Wu, Ph.D.
	Nathan Nichols Office: Cook Science, A446 Nathan.Nichols@uvm.edu	B.S. in Physics, Chemistry, Math, Hartwick College (2014) Program: Ph.D. in Materials Science Advisor: Madalina Furis, Ph.D.
	Justin Paluba Office: Cook Science, Justin.Paluba@uvm.edu	B.A. in Mathematics, University of Vermont (2014) Program: Ph.D. in Materials Science Advisor: Madalina Furis, Ph.D.
	Sanghita Sengupta Office: Cook Science, A444 Sanghita.Sengupta@uvm.edu	M.S. in Physics, University of Calcutta (2011) Program: Ph.D. in Materials Science Advisor: Dennis Clougherty, Ph.D.
	Jeff Ulbrandt Office: Cook Science, A446 Jeffrey.Ulbrandt@uvm.edu	B.S. in Physics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst (2004) Program: Ph.D. in Materials Science Advisor: Randall Headrick, Ph.D.
	Jing Wan Office: Cook Science A445 Jing.Wan.1@uvm.edu	M.S. in Optical Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (2013) B.A. in Optoelec Engr an Opt (2011) Program: Ph.D. in Materials Science Advisor: Randy Headrick, Ph.D.
	Xiaozhi Zhang Office: Cook Science A446 xzhang20@uvm.edu	M.S. in Engineering Mechanics, Beijing University of Technology (2015) B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Graphic Communication (2012) Program: Ph.D. in Materials Science Advisor: Madalina Furis, Ph.D.

Past

Physics Program

Name

Details

Dan Burrill

Program: M.S. in Physics (2015)

B.S. in Physics, Michigan Tech (2012)

Advisor: Adrian Del Maestro, Ph.D.

Lisa Carpenter

M.S. in Physics, University of Vermont (2014)

M.S. in Secondary Education, University of Michigan (2009)

B.S. in Physics, University of Michigan (2008)

Advisor: Kevos Spartalian, Ph.D.

William DeWitt

M.S. in Physics, University of Vermont (2011)

BA in Physics, University of Vermont (2004)

Advisor: Kelvin Chu, Ph.D.

Megan Force

M.S. in Physics, University of Vermont (2011)

BA in Physics, University of Vermont (2008)
BA in Art History, Portland State University (2001)

Advisor: Joanna Rankin, Ph.D.

Ian Goyette

M.S. in Physics, University of Vermont (2012)

B.S in Phsyics, University of Vermont (2007)

Advisor: Dennis Clougherty, Ph.D.

Peter Harnish

M.S. in Physics, University of Vermont (2014)

B.S. in Physics, B.A in Chemistry, Miami University (2004)

Advisor: Valeri Kotov, Ph.D.

Jeffrey Herfindal

M.S. in Physics, University of Vermont (2008)

Advisor: Joanna Rankin, Ph.D.

Benjamin Knight

M.S. in Physics, University of Vermont (2012)

B.S. in EE & Applied Physics, Rensselaery Poly Institute (2001)

Advisor: Kelvin Chu, Ph.D.

Brian McGowan

M.S. in Physics, University of Vermont (2012)

B.A., Sidmore College (2009)

Advisor: Junru Wu, Ph.D.

Noah Wilson

M.S. in Physics, University of VT (2016)

B.S. in Physics, DePaul University (2014)

Advisor: Valeri Kotov, Ph.D.

Materials Science Program
Name	Details
Robert Andosca	Ph.D. in Materials Science, University of Vermont (2012) M.S., University of Vermont (1991) B.S., Keene State College (1989) Advisor: Junru Wu, Ph.D.
Di Chen	Ph.D. in Materials Science, University of Vermont (2010) B.S. in Physics, Xiamen University (2002) Advisor: Junru Wu, Ph.D.
Ishviene Cour	Ph.D. in Materials Science, University of Vermont (2013) B.S. in Physics, Gargi College, University of Delhi (2007) Advisor: Randall Headrick, Ph.D.
Max Graves	M.S. in Materials Science, University of Vermont (2014) B.S. in Mathematics, UNC, Greensboro, (2011) Advisor: Adrian Del Maestro, Ph.D.
Chris Layman	Ph.D. in Materials Science, University of Vermont (2007) B.A. in Physics, University of Vermont (2002) Advisor: Junru Wu, Ph.D.
Minghao Li	M.S. in Materials Science, University of Vermont (2011) B.S., Jilin University (2007) Advisor: Randall Headrick, Ph.D.
Lane Manning	Ph.D. in Materials Science, University of Vermont (2016) B.S. in Physics, University of Vermont (2009) Advisor: Madalina Furis, Ph.D.
Owen Myers	Ph.D. in Materials Science, University of Vermont (2015) B.S. in Physics, University of Vermont (2010) Program: Ph.D. in Materials Science Advisor: Jun-Ru Wu, Ph.D.
Zhenwen Pan	Ph.D. in Materials Science, University of Vermont (2012) B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering Shanghai Jiao Tong University (2006) Advisor: Madalina Furis, Ph.D.
Naveen Rawat	Ph.D. in Materials Science, University of Vermont (2016) M.S. in Materials Science, Rochester Institute of Technology (2007) Program: Ph.D. in Materials Science Advisor: Madalina Furis, Ph.D.
Wenjie Wang	Ph.D. in Materials Science, University of Vermont (2010) B.S., Nanjing University (2000) Advisors: Junru Wu, Ph.D., N. Sanjeeva Murthy, Ph.D.
Songtao Wo	Ph.D. in Materials Science, University of Vermont (2011) M.S. in Physical Electronics, Fudan University (2004) B.S. in Physical Electronics, Fudan University (2001) Advisor: Randall Headrick, Ph.D.
Yanting Zhang	Ph.D. in Materials Science, University of Vermont (2012) B.S. Nanjing University (2004) Advisor: Dennis Clougherty, Ph.D.
Hua Zhou	Ph.D. in Materials Science, University of Vermont (2007) B.S. Beijing Polytechnic University (2002) Advisor: Randall Headrick, Ph.D.
Lan Zhou	Ph.D. in Materials Science, University of Vermont (2010) B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing University (2000) M.E. in Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing University (2003) Advisor: Randall Headrick, Ph.D.