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Group Leader<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\"Matt<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Matthew Dawber<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Current Group Members<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Nitin Kumar<\/strong> Postdoc<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Spencer Obiero<\/strong> PhD Student<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Kevin Wu<\/strong> PhD Student<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Former Group Members (from Stony Brook University)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

PhDs<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
\"Teddy<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Teddy Sauyet<\/strong> earned his PhD in our groutp from 2018-2023. He is now a postdoc at the University of Connecticut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Giulia<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Giulia Bertino<\/strong> earned her PhD in our group from 2016-2021. She is now working in Vienna, Austria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Anya<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Anya Gura<\/strong> earned her PhD in our group from 2015-2020. She is now working at LAM Research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Rui<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Rui Liu<\/strong> earned his PhD in our group from 2014-2019. He dis a postdoc at University of Wisconsin-Madison and is now a Staff Scientist at Argonne National Laboratory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Greg<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Greg (Hsiang-Chun) Hsing<\/strong> earned his PhD in Materials Science in our group from 2013-2017. Since graduating he has worked at LAM Research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Benjamin<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Benjamin Bein<\/strong> earned his PhD in our group from 2010-2016 and now works as a Data Science Consultant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Humed<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Mohammed Humed Yusuf<\/strong> earned his PhD jointly in our group and that of Xu Du from 2011-2016. He did a postdoc at University of Wisconsin-Madison, before moving to Intel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Sara<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Sara Callori<\/strong> earned her PhD in our group from 2008-2013. After a postdoc at the Bragg Institute and UNSW in Sydney, Australia, Sara is an Associate Professor at California State University, San Bernardino where she has been on the faculty since 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"John<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

John Sinsheimer<\/strong> earned his PhD in our group from 2008-2012. He now works at Brookhaven National Laboratory at the NSLS-II in the Data Sci & System Integration group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Masters<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Amanda (Jin-Wen) Lai<\/strong> completed a Master’s degree with us in 2016-2018, she is now a Process Engineer at Bluescope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wenxiang Hu<\/strong> worked with us in 2014-2015 and completed a PhD in Materials Science at the University of Rochester before moving to Amazon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vidhi Shingla<\/strong> Worked with us while completing her Master’s degree in 2013-2014 and a PhD at Purdue University before moving to Intel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lukas Kuerten<\/strong> Completed a Master’s thesis in our group in 2011-2012 as a Fulbright Fellow, completed his PhD at the Max Planck Institute in Stuttgart, a postdoc at ETH Zurich and is now a principal scientist at the Center for Process Innovation in Durham, UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Benedikt Ziegler<\/strong> Completed a Master’s thesis in our group in 2008-2009 and earned a PhD at the University of Geneva with Prof. Patrycja Paruch from 2009-2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergrads<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Huma Yusuf<\/strong> Worked with us an undergraduate student researcher in the summer of 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deran Schweitzer<\/strong> Completed an Honors project with us in 2013-2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Youcef Benkara<\/strong> Completed a project with us in the summer of 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

High School Students<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Anne Chen<\/strong> was a Simons Summer Fellow with us in the summer of 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Niyati Desai<\/strong> was a Simons Summer Fellow with us in the summer of 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saranesh Prembabu<\/strong> was a Simons Summer Fellow with us in the summer of 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aron Coraor<\/strong> was a Simons Summer Fellow with in the summer of 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kevin Chen<\/strong> Was a Simons Summer Fellow with us in the summer of 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grace Pan<\/strong> Was a Simons Summer Fellow with us in the summer of 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Juli Coraor<\/strong> Was a Simons Summer Fellow with us in the summer of 2011 and continued her research in the summer of 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Group Leader Matthew Dawber Current Group Members Nitin Kumar Postdoc Spencer Obiero PhD Student Kevin Wu PhD Student Former Group Members (from Stony Brook University) PhDs Teddy Sauyet earned his PhD in our groutp from 2018-2023. He is now a postdoc at the University of Connecticut. Giulia Bertino earned her PhD in our group from 2016-2021. She … <\/p>\n

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