People

Seven people stand in a row outside a building, smiling. Trees and a cloudy sky are in the background.

A person wearing a white shirt is smiling at the camera with a blurred background.Dr. Mihai E. Vaida
Principal Investigator

Resume

A person with short hair smiles at the camera, wearing a buttoned grey shirt, standing indoors.Keith Blackman
Graduate Student

Physics

A person with short black hair and glasses smiles at the camera, wearing a blue plaid shirt.Aakash Gupta
Graduate Student

A person with short black hair and glasses smiles at the camera, wearing a blue plaid shirt.Rebecca Reddin
Graduate Student

A person with short black hair and glasses smiles at the camera, wearing a blue plaid shirt.Alejandro Rodriguez
Undergraduate Student

A young person with curly hair smiles at the camera, wearing a black t-shirt with a "Starry Night" design. Blurred interior background.Eric Segrest
High School Student

Lake Highland Preparatory School, Orlando

A man with a beard and short hair smiles, wearing a dark T-shirt against a light gray background.Micah Hall
REU Student

Tuskegee University

Man wearing glasses, a light green shirt, and a red and white checkered bow tie, smiling.Luther Davis
Physics & Astronomy Teacher

Lake Mary High School

A smiling man with a beard is wearing a blue checkered shirt. The background is blurred.Steve DeSanto
Physics Teacher

Lake Mary High School

Alumni

Corine M Smith
Undergraduate Student

Physics, Photonic Science & Engineering

George Turner
Undergraduate Student

Physics, Directed research (2022)

Laura Killingsworth
Undergraduate Student

Materials Science and Engineering (2022-2023)

Dr. Mukhtar Hussain Awan
Postdoctoral Scholar

(2021-2022)

Janis Rusu
High School Student

Eijkhagen Charlemagne College, Landgraaf, Netherlands (2022)

Roman Kooler
High School Student

Eijkhagen Charlemagne College, Landgraaf, Netherlands (2022)

Brian Madondo
High School Teacher

Olympia High School, Orlando (2022)

Chad K Hobby
High School Teacher

Timber Creek School, Orlando (2022)

Emily Martinez
Undergraduate Student

Materials Science and Engineering (2021-2022)

Ariel Tarago
Undergraduate Student

Mechanical Engineering (2021-2022)

ChristopherSSweatman
Undergraduate Student
Physics

Directed research (2021)

Afjal Pathan
Graduate Student

(2017-2021)

Nikki Marrow
Undergraduate Student

(2019-2021)

Trong Nguyen (Hieu)
Undergraduate Student
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

(2018-2021)

Cody Jordan
Undergraduate Student
Physics major

(2018-2019)

Mark Wasuwanich
Research Assistant
Timber Creek School

(2017-2019)
Since Aug. 2019 at the University of Pennsylvania

Bryan Laurie
Undergraduate Student
Spring 2017 EXCEL/COMPASS undergraduate research program

Nick Honickmann
Undergraduate Student
2017 EXCEL/COMPASS undergraduate research program
Fall 2017- Spring 2018 Duke Energy

Josh Kalinec
Summer Research Assistant
Valencia Community College