Graduate Students in the Applied Physics Program
Hear from Applied Physics students and alumni
Mauricio Angelone
Jacobsen, C. Group
Phone number: 847-467-0218
Office location: Tech F222
m.angelone@u.northwestern.edu
Research Content: Mauricio uses phase retrieval algorithms in parallel with coherent X-ray diffraction methods at synchrotron radiation sources to characterize nanoscale structures, dynamics of materials and their phase transformations.
Sevde Nur Arpaci
Khalili, P. Group
Office location: L351
SevdeArpaci2024@u.northwestern.edu
Research Content: Sevde's research is on spintronics.
Bianca Baldassarri
Wolverton, C. Group
Phone number: 847-467-1186
Office location: Tech M485
BiancaBaldassarri2022@u.northwestern.edu
Research Content: Bianca searches for new materials for thermochemical water-splitting applications through high and low throughput DFT calculations.
Matthew Capocci
Koch, J. Group
Office location: Tech F225
MatthewCapocci2026@u.northwestern.edu
Research Content: Matthew's research focuses on predicting issues that arise in strongly driven systems of superconducting qubits.
Tse Min Chiang
Schatz, G. Group
Phone number: 847-467-4984
Office location: Ryan Hall 4033
Tse-minChiang2025@u.northwestern.edu
Research Content: Tse-Min's research focuses on the properties of entangled photons
Ting-Ching Chu
Lauhon, L. Group
Phone number: 847-491-5957
Office location: Cook 3087
Ting-chingChu2019@u.northwestern.edu
Research Content: ferroelectric semiconducting vdW photodetector.
Gregor Dairaghi
Odom, T. Group
Office location: KG56
GregorDairaghi2026@u.northwestern.edu
Research Content: Gregor researches the interaction between plasmonic nanoparticle arrays and two-dimensional semiconductors.
Vinh San Dinh
Koch, J. / Romanenko, A. Group
Phone number: 847-491-4558
Office location: Tech F229
VinhDinh2024@u.northwestern.edu
Research Content: San's research is about quantum optimal control for superconducting qubit using reinforcement learning.
Ali Ehlen
Olvera de la Cruz, M. Group
Phone number: 847-491-5958
Office location: Cook 4033
aehlen@u.northwestern.edu
Research Content: Ali uses molecular dynamics simulations to better understand assembly of soft matter and biophysical systems.
Jennifer Garland
Petford-Long A. Group
Office location: Cook Hall 3068, Argonne National Laboratory Building 241, B065A
jgarland@u.northwestern.edu
Research Content: My research is on imaging and understanding the behavior of nanoscale magnetic materials.
Gamze Gul
Kumar, P. Group
Phone number: 847 467 1801
Office location: Tech M391
GamzeGul2024@u.northwestern.edu
Research Content: Gamze's research focuses on photonic quantum information processes in biological systems.
Huanbo Jiang
Odom, T. Group
Office location: Tech KG 56
HuanboJiang2023@u.northwestern.edu
Research Content: Huanbo works on the quantum properties of nanoparticle array plasmonics.
Wing Shun Li
Backman, V. and Dravid, V. Groups
Phone number: 847-467-3334
Office location: Silverman B759
WingLi2025@u.northwestern.edu
Research Content: Wing Shun is working on imaging and analysis of DNA structure. In particular, he is developing co-imaging methods of light and electron microscopy.
Arthur McCray
Petford-Long, A. Group
Office location: ANL 241, B068
ArthurMccray2018@u.northwestern.edu
Research Content: Arthur is using Lorentz microscopy and computational tools to study magnetic skyrmions in van der Waals materials.
Dingwen Qian
Olvera de la Cruz, M. Group
Phone number: 847-491-5958
Office location: Room 4033, Cook Hall
DingwenQian2023@u.northwestern.edu
Research Content: Dingwen studies the driving force of nanoparticles assembly and many body effects in nanoparticles' transport. He is relating his model to biological phenomena and engineering applications.
Anirudh Ramesh
Kumar, P. Group
Phone number: 847-467-2261
Office location: Tech M350
AnirudhRamesh2023@u.northwestern.edu
Research Content: Anirudh research involves characterizing chip-based photon-pair sources with electronic-photonic integration fabricated in silicon-CMOS, for applications in quantum information science.
Alexander Tyner
Goswami, P. Group
Office location: Tech F328
AlexanderTyner2022@u.northwestern.edu
Research Content: Alex works on theoretical problems in condensed matter physics, with a special focus on topological properties.
Yiping Wang
Kovachy, T. Group
Phone number: 847-491-3440
Office location: Mudd 1164
YipingWang2023@u.northwestern.edu
Research Content: Atom interferometry.
Yi Wang
Odom, T. Group
Office location: Tech KG56
YiWang2023@u.northwestern.edu
Research Content: Yi's research focuses on ultralow-threshold lasing from subwavelength plasmons.
