People

Principal Investigator (PI)

Na Hyun Jo

Norman M. Leff Assistant Professor
Department of Physics
PhD: Iowa State University (2019)
Postdoc: Ames National Laboratory (2021)
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (2022)
Office: 253 West Hall
Email: [email protected]

Postdoctoral Fellow

Ashiq Shawon

PhD: Michigan State University (2024)
Honors: NSF INTERN (ORNL, MSU), Engineering Distinguished Scholar (MSU)

Outside Interests: Billiards, Movies and TV shows, stringed musical instruments

Email: [email protected]

Graduate Students

Shane Smolenski

Undergraduate Institution: Bowdoin College (2022)
Honors/Awards: Summa Cum Laude
Outside Interests: Running, NYT crossword puzzles, pencil drawing

Email: [email protected]

Eoghan Downey

Undergraduate Institution: Tufts University (2022)
Honors/Awards: Phyllis Karno Dean’s award, Howard Sample Prize
Outside Interests: Rowing

Email: [email protected]

Trisha Musall

Undergraduate Institution: Tufts University (2024)
Honors/Awards: Rackham Merit Fellowship, Summa Cum Laude, Highest Honors in Thesis, Phyllis Karno Dean’s Award, Class of 1911 Prize Scholarship
Outside Interests: Hiking, reading fiction, going on long walks in new places!

Email: [email protected]

Undergraduate students

Julio Gimenez Citoler

Major: Physics

Email: [email protected]

Taylor Pierce-James

Major: Physics
Outside Interests: Astronomy, running, reading

Email: [email protected]

Holly McLeod

Major: Physics

Email: [email protected]

Folashade Teriba

Major: Physics

Email: [email protected]

Engineer in Research

Nicholas Ristow

BE: University of Michigan, Aerospace Engineering (2012)

>10 years of experience as an engineer in Physics research

Alumni

Undergraduate: Carly Mistick, Ruiqi Tang, Amir Henderson