Ph.D. in
Physics and Astronomy
2015 - 2016

Fall Semester 2015

Michael David Jones
Thesis: "Spectroscopy of Neutron Unbound States in 24O and 2323N"
Advisor: Michael Thoennessen
B. S., Physics - 2011 - University of North Carolina

Sean Robert Wagner
Thesis: "Study of Organic-Inorganic Hetero-Interfaces and Electrical Transport
in Semiconducting Nanostructures"
Advisor: Pengpeng Zhang
M. S., Physics - 2012 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2010 - Michigan State University

Jack Robert Winkelbauer
Thesis: "Precision Measurement of Isospin Diffusion in Peripheral
Sn + Sn Collisions at 70 MeV/u"
Advisor: Man-Yee Betty Tsang
B. S., Physics - 2009 - Western Michigan University

Spring Semester 2016

Daniel Maloney Alt
Thesis: "Design and Commissioning of a 16.1 MHz Multiharmonic Buncher
for the ReAccelerator at NSCL"
Advisor: Michael Syphers
M. S., Physics - 2013 - Michigan State University
M. S., Astronomy - 1997 - Yale University
B. S., Physics - 1996 - Case Western Reserve University

Jun Hong
Thesis: "Effects of Nonlocality of Transfer Reactions"
Advisor: Pavel Danielewicz
B. S., Physics - 2009 - Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Emily Hannah Johnson
Thesis: "Constraints on Models for the Higgs Boson with Exotic Spin and Parity"
Advisor: Wade Fisher
M. S., Physics - 2010 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2007 - Michigan State University

Gregory Robert Meese [Astronomy and Astrophysics]
Thesis: "AGN Feedback and Delivery Methods for
Simulations of Cool-Core Galaxy Clusters"
Advisor: Brian O'Shea
M. S., Physics - 2013 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2011 - University of Delaware

Titus Dan Morris
Thesis: "Systematic Improvements of Ab-Initio In-Medium
Similarity Renormalization Group Calculations"
Advisor: Scott Bogner
B. S., Physics - 2009 - University of Arkansas-Fayetteville

Shreya Nad
Thesis: "Growth and Characterization of Large, High Quality Single Crystal
Diamond Substrates via Microwave Plasma Assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition"
Advisor: Stuart Tessmer
M. S., Physics - 2011 - Michigan State University
M. S., Physics - 2009 - University of Delhi
B. S., Physics - 2007 - University of Delhi

Cheng Sun
Thesis: "Excitonic Structure and Dynamics in Graphene Quantum Dots"
Advisor: John McGuire
B. S., Physics - 2008 - Tsinghua University

Luke Joseph Titus
Thesis: "Effects of Nonlocality of Transfer Reactions"
Advisor: Filomena Nunes
M. S., Physics - 2011 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2010 - University of Wisconsin, River Falls

Yaxing Zhang
Thesis: "Fluctuation Spectra of Mesoscopic Vibrational Systems"
Advisor: Mark Dykman
M. S., Physics - 2012 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2010 - Beihang University

Summer Semester 2016

Michael Bennett
Thesis: "Isospin Mixing and the 30P(p, γ)31S Reaction Rate"
Advisor: Christopher Wrede
M. S., Physics - 2012 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2009 - Westmont College

Winston Dylan Carr
Thesis: "Electronic and Thermal transport in Copper-Based
Chalcopyrite Semiconductors for Thermoelectric Applications"
Advisor: Donald Morelli
M. S., Physics - 2014 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2010 - Missoui University of Science and Technology

Thomas Patrick Connor [Astronomy and Astrophysics]
Thesis: "Multi-Wavelength Observations of Galaxy Clusters:
Population Evolution and Scaling Relations for Intermediate-Redshift Clusters"
Advisor: Megan Donahue
B. S., Physics - 2011 - Case Western Reserve University (AST)

Brian David Crosby [Astronomy and Astrophysics]
Thesis: "Semi-Analytic Modeling of Stellar Populations in Astrophysical Simulations"
Advisor: Brian O'Shea
M. S., Physics - 2012 - Michigan State University
B. S., Physics - 2010 - University of Minnesota

Feng-Kuo Hsu
Thesis: "Control of Lasing from a Highly Photoexcited Semiconductor Microcavity"
Advisor: Chih-Wei Lai
B. S., Physics - 2009 - National Taiwan University

Suwat Tangwancharoen
Thesis: "Design and construction of the SpiRIT TPC"
Advisor: William Lynch
B. S., Physics - 2010 - Khon Kaen University (Thailand)

Kenneth Aaron Whitmore
Thesis: "Experimental Study of 19C via Gamma-Ray Lifetime and Knockout Measurements"
Advisor: Hironori Iwasaki
B. S., Physics - 2011 - William Jewell College