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Neupane’s group<\/h1>\n

@ November 07, 2025<\/h4>\n

\"A\"A<\/p>\n

@ March 04, (2023)<\/h4>\n

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Principal Investigator<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Madhab Neupane<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Dr. Neupane received his Ph.D. in Physics from Boston College, Boston, MA, in 2010. He spent four years (2011\u20132014) as a postdoctoral research associate at Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, and one year (2015\u20132016) as a Director\u2019s Fellow at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM. He joined the University of Central Florida (UCF) in 2016 as an Assistant Professor and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2020, and Professor in 2025.\u00a0 He is the recipient of several honors, including the Director\u2019s Fellowship at Los Alamos National Laboratory (2015), the NSF CAREER Award (2019), the UCF Luminary Award (2019), and the UCF Research Incentive Award (RIA) (2020). Dr. Neupane has been recognized as a Highly Cited Researcher<\/strong> by Clarivate Analytics based on Web of Science data for six consecutive years (2019\u20132024). His research focuses on the electronic and spin properties of novel quantum materials. He employs a range of spectroscopic techniques to investigate not only the intriguing electronic and spin characteristics, but also the momentum-resolved dynamical properties of the bulk and symmetry-protected properties of the surface in these materials. Neupane has published more than 100 peer-reviewed papers in the field of quantum materials.<\/p>\n

Graduate Students<\/strong><\/h1>\n
    \n
  1. Iftakhar<\/span> Bin<\/span> Elius<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Milo Sprague\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Mazharul Islam Mondal<\/li>\n
  4. Nathan Valadez<\/li>\n
  5. Arun Kumay<\/li>\n
  6. FNU Himanshu<\/li>\n
  7. Dante James<\/li>\n
  8. \n
    \n
    Nia Suitt <\/span>(APS Bridge fellow; from summer 2025)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

    Undergraduate Students<\/strong><\/h1>\n
    \n
      \n
    1. \n

      Dalton Pedersen, Fall 2025 to present<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    2. \n

      Zakaria El-Helw \u2013 Fall 2024 to present<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    3. \n

      Daniela Zavala, University of North Florida (REU student, Summer 2025)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    4. \n

      Kyle Irvin Chessler, Hamilton College (REU student, Summer 2024)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      High School Students<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n
        \n
      1. Taleah Fields, Oak Ridge High School, Orlando, FL, Summer 2025<\/span><\/li>\n
      2. Hope Ugwuoke, Timber Creek High School, Orlando, FL, Summer 2022<\/li>\n
      3. Elizabeth Ameyibor, Jones High School, Orlando, FL, Summer 2021<\/li>\n
      4. Omar Kousa, University High School, Orlando, FL, Summer 2021<\/li>\n
      5. Leyna O\u2019Brien, Seabreeze High School, Daytona Beach, FL, Summer 2021<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Alumni<\/strong><\/h1>\n
          \n
        1. \n

          Anup Pradhan Sakhya<\/strong> \u2013 Postdoctoral fellow from Spring 2021 to Fall 2025; currently a faculty member at Hiroshima University, Japan.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

        2. \n

          Troie Journigan<\/strong> \u2013 Postdoctoral fellow from Fall 2024 to Spring 2025; currently a postdoctoral researcher at Purdue University.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

        3. \n

          Yang Yang Liu<\/strong> \u2013 Postdoctoral fellow from Fall 2017 to Fall 2022; currently a faculty member at Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan, China.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

        4. \n

          Sabin Regmi<\/strong>, Ph.D. in Physics, Fall 2022 \u2014 Currently a postdoctoral researcher at Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

        5. \n

          Gyanendra Dhakal<\/strong>, Ph.D. in Physics, Spring 2022 \u2014 Currently at Intel Corporation, Portland, Oregon.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

        6. \n

          Firoza Kabir<\/strong>, Ph.D. in Physics, Fall 2021 \u2014 Currently at Intel Corporation, Portland, Oregon; previously a postdoctoral researcher at Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

        7. \n

          Mofazzel Hosen<\/strong>, Ph.D. in Physics, Spring 2020 \u2014 Currently at Intel Corporation, Portland, Oregon; previously a postdoctoral researcher at Boston College.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

        8. \n

          Robert Smith<\/strong>, B.Sc. in Physics, Fall 2019 \u2013 Spring 2023, Honors Undergraduate Thesis \u2014 Currently a graduate student at the University of Colorado Boulder.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

        9. \n

          Klauss Dimitri<\/strong>, B.Sc. in Physics and Aerospace Engineering, 2021, Honors Undergraduate Thesis \u2014 Currently at Lockheed Martin Corporation, Orlando.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

        10. \n

          Christopher Sims<\/strong>, M.Sc. in Physics, 2021 \u2014 Currently at Purdue University.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

        11. \n

          William Neff<\/strong>, B.Sc. in Physics, 2019.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

        12. \n

          Arsene Landry Tatke<\/strong>, Spring 2020.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

        13. \n

          Luis Persaud<\/strong>, Fall 2018 \u2013 2022.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

        14. \n

          Hector Vazquez<\/strong>, Engineering, 2021 \u2014 Currently at Lockheed Martin Corporation, Orlando.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

        15. \n

          Alex Agosto<\/strong>, Graduate student in Physics at UCF, Fall 2022 \u2013 Fall 2023.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

        16. \n

          Damani Jarrett<\/strong>, Spring 2023 \u2013 Fall 2023 \u2014 APS Bridge Fellow.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

        17. \n

          Kali Booth<\/strong>, Spring 2022 \u2013 Fall 2023 \u2014 Graduate student.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

        18. \n

          Justin Scrivens<\/strong>, Summer 2023 \u2013 Fall 2024.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

        19. \n

          Peter Radanovich<\/strong>, Spring 2024 \u2013 Summer 2025.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

        20. \n

          Avike Seal<\/strong>, Spring 2024 \u2013 Present (Summer 2025).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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