Research Programs

Thrust 1
Organic Electro-Optic and
All-Optical Materials and Devices

Thrust 1 Members

Thrust Leader: Alex Jen
University of Washington
206-543-2626
ajen@u.washington.edu
[Website]

Eilaf Ahmed
Graduate Student
University of Washington

eahmed@u.washington.edu
Abhijeet Ardey
Graduate Student
University of Central Florida
407-823-6994
aardey@creol.ucf.edu

[Website]
Tom Baehr-Jones
Post Doctorate
University of Washington
206-616-3758
baehrjt@washington.edu

[Website]
Marcus Bagnell
Graduate Student
University of Central Florida

mbagnell@creol.ucf.edu
Stephen Barlow
Other Research Scientist
Georgia Institute of Technology
404-385-6053
stephen.barlow@chemistry.gatech.edu
Stephanie Benight
Graduate Student
University of Washington
206-616-1290
sbenight@u.washington.edu
Chris Bingham
Graduate Student
University of Washington
206-616-2914
binghaci@u.washington.edu
Eric Bott
Graduate Student
University of Washington
206-947-2904
bott@u.washington.edu
Jean-Luc Bredas
Faculty
Georgia Institute of Technology
404-385-4986
jean-luc.bredas@chemistry.gatech.edu

[Website]
Casey Campbell
Graduate Student
Georgia Institute of Technology
(404)-385-8182
caseycampbell@gatech.edu
Antao Chen
Faculty
University of Washington
206-543-1274
antaochen@apl.washington.edu

[Website]
Kung-Shih Chen
Graduate Student
University of Washington

kungshih@u.washington.edu
Cory Christenson
Graduate Student
University of Arizona
520-495-9045
cchristenson@optics.arizona.edu
Jennifer Clark
Seed Grant Faculty
Georgia Institute of Technology
404-385-7224
jennifer.clark@gatech.edu

[Website]
Byron Cocilovo
Graduate Student
University of Arizona
520-621-4071
cocilovo@email.arizona.edu
David Cornil
Post Doctorate
Georgia Institute of Technology
(404)-385-8182
david.cornil@chemistry.gatech.edu
Larry Dalton
Faculty
University of Washington
206-543-1686
dalton@chem.washington.edu

[Website]
Kamal Davis
Graduate Student
New Mexico Highlands University
505-506-7481
kdavis402008@gmail.com
Iryna Davydenko
Post Doctorate
Georgia Institute of Technology
678-467-2981
iryna.davydenko@chemistry.gatech.edu
Peter Delfyett
Faculty
University of Central Florida
407-823-6812
delfyett@creol.ucf.edu

[Website]
Victor Densmore
Graduate Student
University of Arizona
520-850-6108
victordensmore@gmail.com
Anthony DeSimone
Graduate Student
Georgia Institute of Technology
404-894-4002
adesimone3@gatech.edu
Ran Ding
Graduate Student
University of Washington
206-612-7898
dingran.nju@gmail.com
Khanh Do
Graduate Student
Georgia Institute of Technology
(404)-385-8182
kndo@gatech.edu
Natalia Doubina
Graduate Student
University of Washington

ndoubina@u.washington.edu
Bruce Eichinger
Other Research Scientist
University of Washington
206-543-1773
eichinger@chem.washington.edu
Delwin Elder
Post Doctorate
University of Washington
206-685-3659
elderdl@u.washington.edu
Anna Evans
Graduate Student
Other

anevans@bu.edu
Mahmoud Fallahi
Faculty
University of Arizona
520-621-8260
fallahi@optics.Arizona.EDU

[Website]
Yao-Tsung Fu
Post Doctorate
Georgia Institute of Technology
(404)-385-8182
ytfu@chemistry.gatech.edu
Canek Fuentes-Hernandez
Other Research Scientist
Georgia Institute of Technology
404-894-7591
canek.hernandez@ece.gatech.edu
Rebecca Gieseking
Graduate Student
Georgia Institute of Technology
(404)-385-8182
rebecca.gieseking@gatech.edu
Anthony Giordano
Graduate Student
Georgia Institute of Technology
404-385-8173
agiordano6@gatech.edu
Charles Greenlee
Graduate Student
University of Arizona

cgreenlee@optics.arizona.edu
Biswajeet Guha
Graduate Student
Cornell University
607-280-3559
bg278@cornell.edu
Anael Guilmo
Graduate Student
University of Arizona
408-569-8906
aguilmo@optics.arizona.edu
Song Guo
Post Doctorate
Georgia Institute of Technology
404-385-8173
sguo40@mail.gatech.edu
Suk Gyu Hahm
Post Doctorate
Georgia Institute of Technology
404-385-8174
shahm7@gatech.edu
Joel Hales
Other Research Scientist
Georgia Institute of Technology
404-385-6054
joel.hales@chemistry.gatech.edu
Michael Hayden
Faculty
University of Maryland
410-455-3199
hayden@umbc.edu

[Website]
Lauren Hayden
Graduate Student
Georgia Institute of Technology
404-510-8325
lauren.hayden@gatech.edu
Xuyang He
Post Doctorate
Georgia Institute of Technology
404-385-8174
xhe43@mail.gatech.edu
Oscar Herrera
Graduate Student
University of Arizona
407-780-9043
oherrera@optics.arizona.edu
Chelsea Hess
Graduate Student
University of Washington
206-685-8443
hessc@uw.edu
Roland Himmelhuber
Graduate Student
University of Arizona
520-393-9553
rolandh@optics.arizona.edu
Michael Hochberg
Faculty
University of Washington
206.221.4089
hochberg@washington.edu

[Website]
Nazanin Hoghooghi
Graduate Student
University of Central Florida
407-823-6996
nazanin@creol.ucf.edu
Andrew Homyk
Graduate Student
California Institute of Technology
626-395-4578
homyk@caltech.edu

[Website]
Taige Hou
Graduate Student
Cornell University
607-280-5582
th389@cornell.edu
Jingqing Huang
Graduate Student
California Institute of Technology
646-379-2614
jingqing.huang@gmail.com
Su Huang
Graduate Student
University of Washington
-206-616-6551
huangsu@u.washington.edu
Chun Huang
Graduate Student
Georgia Institute of Technology
404-790-2227
gth731b@mail.gatech.edu
Sei-Hum Jang
Other Research Scientist
University of Washington
206-616-5382
jangsh@u.washington.edu
Alex Jen
Faculty
University of Washington
206-543-2626
ajen@u.washington.edu

[Website]
Lewis Johnson
Graduate Student
University of Washington
(206)-543-1773
lewisj@u.washington.edu
Tae Dong Kim
Graduate Student
University of Washington
206-221-2654
tdkim@u.washington.edu
Sang Bok Kim
Post Doctorate
Georgia Institute of Technology
404-385-8173
skim476@mail.gatech.edu
Anselmo (Hyeongeu) Kim
Graduate Student
Georgia Institute of Technology

anselmo.kim@gatech.edu
Ji-Myung Kim
Graduate Student
University of Central Florida

jmkim@creol.ucf.edu
Joseph Knab
Post Doctorate
University of Maryland

jrknab.31@gmail.com
Thomas Koerzdoerfer
Post Doctorate
Georgia Institute of Technology
(404)-385-5182
tkoerzdoerfer3@mail.gatech.edu
Ilya Kosilkin
Graduate Student
University of Washington

ilyak@u.washington.edu
Brian Lawrence
Visiting Faculty
Georgia Institute of Technology
404-215-2745
blawrenc@morehouse.edu

[Website]
Jacob Levy
Graduate Student
Cornell University

jsl77@cornell.edu
Yuan Li
Post Doctorate
Georgia Institute of Technology
404-385-8182
y.li@gatech.edu
Huifang Li
Post Doctorate
Georgia Institute of Technology
(404)-385-8182
hli310@mail.gatech.edu
Michal Lipson
Faculty
Cornell University
607-255-7877
ml292@cornell.edu
Yang Liu
Graduate Student
University of Washington

aragonly@uw.edu
Alejandra Lopez-Santiago
Graduate Student
University of Arizona
520-621-4612
alejandra@optics.arizona.edu
Jingdong Luo
Other Research Scientist
University of Washington
206-685-3604
jdluo@u.washington.edu
Nikolay Makarov
Post Doctorate
Georgia Institute of Technology

nikolay.makarov@chemistry.gatech.edu

[Website]
Seth Marder
Faculty
Georgia Institute of Technology
404-385-6048
seth.marder@chemistry.gatech.edu

[Website]
Ariel Marshall
Graduate Student
Georgia Institute of Technology
404-385-6055
amarshall8@gatech.edu
Richard Mason
Post Doctorate
Georgia Institute of Technology
706-830-0962
richard.mason@chemistry.gatech.edu
Taina Matos
Graduate Student
Norfolk State University
757-201-0758
t.d.matos@spartans.nsu.edu
Swagat Mohapatra
Post Doctorate
Georgia Institute of Technology
404-385-8173
swagat.mohapatra@chemistry.gatech.edu
Karttikay Moudgil
Graduate Student
Georgia Institute of Technology
404-884-2415
kmoudgil3@mail.gatech.edu
sukrit Mukhopadhyay
Post Doctorate
Georgia Institute of Technology
(404)-385-8182
surkit3@mail.gatech.edu
Soha Namnabat
Graduate Student
University of Arizona
520-271-9245
snamnabat@optics.arizona.edu
Arthur Nitkowski
Graduate Student
Cornell University
2035366047
an37@cornell.edu
Jessica Nock
Graduate Student
Georgia Institute of Technology
404-385-8174
jnock3@mail.gatech.edu
Robert Norwood
Faculty
University of Arizona
520-626-0936
rnorwood@optics.arizona.edu

[Website]
Benjamin Olbricht
Graduate Student
University of Washington
206-543-6320
olbricht@u.washington.edu
Deborah Ortiz
Graduate Student
Georgia Institute of Technology
510-708-1372
dortiz3@gatech.edu
Daniel Owens
Graduate Student
Georgia Institute of Technology
404-385-5165
dan.owens@gatech.edu
Laxman Pandey
Graduate Student
Georgia Institute of Technology
404-385-8182
lpandey@gatech.edu
Sergio Paniagua
Graduate Student
Georgia Institute of Technology
404-385-8174
s.paniagua@gatech.edu
Theodoros Papadopoulos
Post Doctorate
Georgia Institute of Technology
(404)-385-8182
thodoris@gatech.edu
Joseph Perry
Faculty
Georgia Institute of Technology
404-385-6046
joe.perry@chemistry.gatech.edu

[Website]
Nasser Peyghambarian
Faculty
University of Arizona
520-621-4649
nnp@u.arizona.edu

[Website]
Nathaniel Phillips-Sylvain
Graduate Student
University of Washington
206-362-3943
nsylvain@u.washington.edu
Carl Poitras
Other Research Scientist
Cornell University
607-255-2855
cbp8@cornell.edu

[Website]
Brent Polishak
Graduate Student
University of Washington
206-685-4051
bpolish@u.washington.edu
Kyle Preston
Graduate Student
Cornell University

kjp32@cornell.edu

[Website]
Meghana Rawal
Graduate Student
University of Washington

rawal@u.washington.edu
John Rehr
Faculty
University of Washington
206-543-8593
jjr@phys.washington.edu

[Website]
Philip Reid
Faculty
University of Washington
206-543-6147
preid@chem.washington.edu

[Website]
Erin Riley
Graduate Student
University of Washington
206-616-2914
eriley1@u.washington.edu
Chad Risko
Other Research Scientist
Georgia Institute of Technology
404-385-8162
chad.risko@chemistry.gatech.edu
Bruce Robinson
Faculty
University of Washington
206-543-1773
robinson@chem.washington.edu

[Website]
Sean Ryno
Graduate Student
Georgia Institute of Technology
(404)-385-8182
smryno@gatech.edu
Marcel Said
Graduate Student
Georgia Institute of Technology
404-385-8173
msaid6@gatech.edu
Axel Scherer
Faculty
California Institute of Technology
626-395-4691
etcher@caltech.edu

[Website]
John Sears
Post Doctorate
Georgia Institute of Technology
678-389-9412
john.sears@chemistry.gatech.edu
Yanrong Shi
Graduate Student
Georgia Institute of Technology
404-409-9957
yshi6@mail.gatech.edu
Zhengwei Shi
Graduate Student
University of Washington
206-221-2654
shizw@u.washington.edu
Janos Simon
Graduate Student
Georgia Institute of Technology
501-269-8324
jsimon8@gatech.edu
O'Neil Smith
Graduate Student
Georgia Institute of Technology
404-385-8174
osmith6@gatech.edu
Jinsheng Song
Post Doctorate
University of Washington
206-697-6121
songjs@uw.edu
Weiwei Sun
Graduate Student
University of Washington
206-499-3986
sunweiwei11@gmail.com
Sam-Shajing Sun
Visiting Faculty
Norfolk State University
757-823-2993
ssun@nsu.edu

[Website]
Christopher Sutton
Graduate Student
Georgia Institute of Technology
404-385-8182
csutton@gatech.edu
Tatiana Timofeeva
Faculty
New Mexico Highlands University
505-454-3362
tvtimofeeva@nmhu.edu
Paul Tongwa
Other Research Scientist
New Mexico Highlands University
734-635-8075
tongwa_p@yahoo.com
Felipe Vallejo Monsalve
Graduate Student
University of Maryland
4107181951
felvall1@umbc.edu
Lucas Viani
Post Doctorate
Georgia Institute of Technology
(404)-385-8182
lucas.viani@chemistry.gatech.edu
Fernando Vila
Post Doctorate
University of Washington
206-543-9697
fdv@u.washington.edu

[Website]
Shabnam Virji
Post Doctorate
University of Arizona
520-626-0469
svirji@optics.arizona.edu
Ram Voorakaranam
Post Doctorate
University of Arizona
520-626-9354
ram@optics.arizona.edu
Danling Wang
Graduate Student
University of Washington
206-685-8728
dlwang@u.washington.edu
Helen Westbrook
Graduate Student
Georgia Institute of Technology

hwestbrooks@mail.gatech.edu
Charles Williams
Graduate Student
University of Central Florida
407-823-6972
charles@creol.ucf.edu
Paul Winget
Post Doctorate
Georgia Institute of Technology
404-385-4985
pwinget3@mail.gatech.edu
Jeremy Witzens
Other Research Scientist
University of Washington

jwitzens@u.washington.edu
Benjamin Wunsch
Post Doctorate
Georgia Institute of Technology
617-388-1452
bwunsch3@mail.gatech.edu
Cheng Zhang
Visiting Faculty
Norfolk State University
757-823-0035
czhang@nsu.edu

[Website]
Yadong Zhang
Other Research Scientist
Georgia Institute of Technology
404-849-4812
yzhang42@mail.gatech.edu

[Website]
Xing-Hua Zhou
Post Doctorate
University of Washington
206-685-2916
xhzhou@u.washington.edu
Carlos Zuniga
Graduate Student
Georgia Institute of Technology
404-385-8174
czunig01@gatech.edu