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Ultrafast and Nonlinear Optical Studies of Reduced Dimensional and Quantum Confined Systems
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Group photo summer 2011




Graduate Students:

Florian Figge
B.S. University of Freiburg, 2007
2011-present (Ph.D. expected autumn 2017)
Primary research: vibrational and orientational dynamics of water at interfaces



Alumni:

Post-Docs
Dr. Shunhao Xiao
2011-2014
Primary research: vibrational and orientational dyanmics of interfacial water

Next step: post-doc with Prof. Uwe Bovensiepen
at Universitat Duisburg-Essen  
Currently: Process Engineer at KLA Tencor                        

Ph.D.s
Yanhao Tang
B.S. Beijing University, 2011
Ph.D. Spring 2017
Primary research: Carrier and spin dynamics in GaSe and semiconductor nanocrystals

Next step: post-doc with Jie Shan and Kin Fai Mak
at Penn State University and Cornell University  
Cheng Sun
Ph.D. Spring 2016

Primary research: Exciton-exciton interactions and dynamics in colloidal graphene quantum dots                          


Masters Students
Xin, Yanlian Yanlian Xin  2013-2014                        


Undergraduate Students

Tyler Cochran
Michigan State University
2013 - 2017
Primary research: synthesis of colloidal MnxCd1-xSe nanocrystals

Next step: Ph.D. program in physics at Princeton University
Adam Bautzmann
University of Wisconsin, Whitewater
REU Summer 2015
Primary research: vibrational and orientational dyanmics of interfacial water
Samuel Estrella
University of Oregon
REU Summer 2015
Primary research: carrier trapping in colloidal CdSe nanocrystals
Angela Angela Ludvigsen
University of Wisonsin, River Falls
REU summer 2014
Primary research: synthesis of colloidal core-shell CdSe nanocrystals

Next step: Ph.D. program in physics at Rutgers University
Alice Bowe crop Alice Bowe
Kalamazoo College
REU summer 2011

Next step: M.S. program in Environmental Informatics at U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor
William Johnson crop William Johnson
Michigan State University
2011
Primary research: building a difference-frequency system for mid-infrared generation

Next step: physics engineer at United States Patent Office
followed by University of Chicago Law School
Lucian Lupinski crop Lucian Lupinski
Wabash College
REU summer 2010
Primary research: Exciton-exciton interactions and dynamics in colloidal graphene quantum dots

Next step: Ph.D. program in physics at Duke University
Alex Russell crop Alex Russell
Ohio Wesleyan University
REU summer 2011
Primary research: Exciton-exciton interactions and dynamics in colloidal graphene quantum dots

Next step: Ph.D. program in physics at Ohio State University