Award Winners
Venkatesh Krishnamurthy
Postdoctoral Fellow
venkatek@andrew.cmu.edu
5109 Scott Hall, Pittsburgh PA, 15213
Affiliation:
Advisor: Venkat Viswanathan
Materials Science & Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
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Affiliation:
Advisor: Giannis Mpourmpakis (Ioannis Bourmpakis)
Chemical Engineering
University of Pittsburgh
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Affiliation:
Advisor: Jill Millstone
Chemistry
University of Pittsburgh
Education:
- B.S./B.Sc., Chemistry, Jadavpur University, 2017
- MSc, Chemistry, Jadavpur University, 2019
Project:
Nanomaterials synthesis and characterization
Affiliation:
Advisor: Sunil Saxena
Chemistry
University of Pittsburgh
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Affiliation:
Advisor: David Waldeck
Chemistry
University of Pittsburgh
Education:
- M.Sc., Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
- M.Sc., Chemistry, University of Alberta
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Affiliation:
Advisor: Sangyeop Lee
Mechanical Engineering
University of Pittsburgh
Project:
Monte Carlo simulation of phonon Boltzmann Transport Equation
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Affiliation:
Advisor: W. Vincent Liu
Physics
University of Pittsburgh
Websites:
Aditi Nethwewala
Graduate Student
aditi.nethwewala@levylab.org
3941 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh PA, 15260
412-519-0474
Affiliation:
Advisor: Jeremy Levy
Physics
University of Pittsburgh
Project:
Quantum transport in complex oxide heterostructures
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Affiliation:
Advisor: Wissam A. Saidi
Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science
University of Pittsburgh
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Affiliation:
Advisor: Susan Fullerton
Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
University of Pittsburgh
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor: Lillian Chong
Chemistry
University of Pittsburgh
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Affiliation:
Advisor: Christopher Wilmer
Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
University of Pittsburgh
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor: Sangyeop Lee
Mechanical Engineering
University of Pittsburgh
Education:
- B.S./B.Sc., Energy Engineering, Zhejiang University, 2015
Project:
Simulation and modeling of nanoscale heat transfer
Websites:
Ryan Muzzio
Graduate Student
6403B Wean Hall, Pittsburgh PA, 15213
Affiliation:
Advisor: Jyoti Katoch
Physics
Carnegie Mellon University
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Affiliation:
Advisor: Jeremy Levy
Physics
University of Pittsburgh
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Affiliation:
Advisor: Raúl Hernández Sánchez
Chemistry
University of Pittsburgh
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor: Susan Fullerton
Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
University of Pittsburgh
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor: Sangyeop Lee
Mechanical Engineering
University of Pittsburgh
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Affiliation:
Advisor: Hrvoje Petek
Physics
University of Pittsburgh
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor: Ken Jordan
Chemistry
University of Pittsburgh
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor: Michael Hatridge
Physics
University of Pittsburgh
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor: Michael Hatridge
Physics
University of Pittsburgh
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor: David Waldeck
Chemistry
University of Pittsburgh
Websites:
Ilia Kevlishvili
Graduate Student
225 Eberly Hall, Pittsburgh PA, 15213
Affiliation:
Advisor:
Chemistry
University of Pittsburgh
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor: Roger Mong
Physics
University of Pittsburgh
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor: Susan Fullerton
Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
University of Pittsburgh
Project:
A low voltage nonvolatile single transistor flash memory device based on ion transport in 2D electrolytes (NSF-GOALI)
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Affiliation:
Advisor: Ken Jordan
Chemistry
University of Pittsburgh
Project:
I study aqueous systems using quantum Monte Carlo methods.
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Affiliation:
Advisor: Susan Fullerton
Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
University of Pittsburgh
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor: Jill Millstone
Chemistry
University of Pittsburgh
Websites:
CJ Kelsheimer
Graduate Student
CHVRN, Pittsburgh PA, 15213
Affiliation:
Advisor:
Chemistry
University of Pittsburgh
Websites:
Ryan Muzzio
Graduate Student
6403B Wean Hall, Pittsburgh PA, 15213
Affiliation:
Advisor: Jyoti Katoch
Physics
Carnegie Mellon University
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor: Jeremy Levy
Physics
University of Pittsburgh
Project:
Ultrafast optics with LaAlO3/SrTiO3 nanodevices
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor: Randall Feenstra
Physics
Carnegie Mellon University
Websites:
Shreya Ghosh
Graduate Student
219 Parkman Ave, Pittsburgh PA, 15213
Affiliation:
Advisor: Sunil Saxena
Chemistry
University of Pittsburgh
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor: Ken Jordan
Chemistry
University of Pittsburgh
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor: Gurudev Dutt
Physics
University of Pittsburgh
Websites:
Shouvik Mukherjee
Graduate Student
shm110@pitt.edu
3941 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh PA, 15260
(412) 624-9096
Affiliation:
Advisor: David Snoke
Physics
University of Pittsburgh
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Affiliation:
Advisor: Karl Johnson
Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
University of Pittsburgh
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Affiliation:
Advisor: Sergey Frolov
Physics
University of Pittsburgh
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Affiliation:
Advisor: John Keith
Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
University of Pittsburgh
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor: Michael Hatridge
Physics
University of Pittsburgh
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor: Daniel Lambrecht
Chemistry
University of Pittsburgh
Project:
Quantum Monte Carlo characterization to periodic solids
Websites:
Matthew Grasinger
Graduate Student
grasingerm@gmail.com
123J Porter Hall, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA, 15213
Affiliation:
Advisor: Kaushik Dayal
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
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Affiliation:
Advisor: James R McKone
Chemical Engineering
University of Pittsburgh
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Affiliation:
Advisor: Jeremy Levy
Physics
University of Pittsburgh
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor: Jeremy Levy
Physics
University of Pittsburgh
Project:
Ultrafast Optical Response Based on LaAlO3/SrTiO3 Nanostructures
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Affiliation:
Advisor: Michael Hatridge
Physics
University of Pittsburgh
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor: Benjamin Hunt
Physics
Carnegie Mellon University
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor: Lillian Chong
Chemistry
University of Pittsburgh
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Affiliation:
Advisor: Sridhar R. Tayur
Physics
Carnegie Mellon University
Education:
- Ph.D., Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, 2020
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Affiliation:
Advisor:
Mechanical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
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Affiliation:
Advisor: Jeffrey Evanseck
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Duquesne University
Project:
Investigation of the formyl and alpha hydrogen bonding in Lewis Acid catalysis
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor: Jeremy Levy
Physics
University of Pittsburgh
Project:
Ultrafast Optical Response Based on LaAlO3/SrTiO3 Nanostructures
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor: Hrvoje Petek
Physics
University of Pittsburgh
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor: Jill Millstone
Chemistry
University of Pittsburgh
Project:
Synthesis and Optoelectronic Characterization of Plasmonic Non-noble Metal Nanoparticles
Websites:
Kevin Gasperich
Graduate Student
keg56@pitt.edu
200 University Drive, Pittsburgh PA, 15260
412-721-0465
Affiliation:
Advisor: Ken Jordan
Chemistry
University of Pittsburgh
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor: Roger Mong
Physics
University of Pittsburgh
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor: Jeremy Levy
Physics
University of Pittsburgh
Project:
Complex oxide interface
Websites:
Zeeshan Ahmad
Graduate Student
azeeshan@andrew.cmu.edu
5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh PA, 15213
412-609-2483
Affiliation:
Advisor: Venkat Viswanathan
Mechanical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
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Affiliation:
Advisor: Jill Millstone
Chemistry
University of Pittsburgh
Project:
I use photoluminescence spectroscopy to probe the impact of surface chemistry on the optical and electronic properties of gold and alloyed nanoparticles with sizes at the interface of molecular and bulk electronic structure.
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Affiliation:
Advisor: Michael Hatridge
Physics
University of Pittsburgh
Project:
Designing JPCs and qubits with novel designs
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Affiliation:
Advisor: Vincent Sokalski
Materials Science & Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
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Affiliation:
Advisor: Susan Fullerton
Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
University of Pittsburgh
Project:
A low voltage nonvolatile single transistor flash memory device based on ion transport in 2D electrolytes (NSF-GOALI)
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor: Karl Johnson
Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
University of Pittsburgh
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor: Jeremy Levy
Physics
University of Pittsburgh
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Affiliation:
Advisor: Jeffrey Evanseck
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Duquesne University
Project:
Density Functional Investigation of Organic Acid Self-Assembled Monolayer Head Group Interactions with the Native Oxide Surface of Nitinol
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Affiliation:
Advisor: Peng Liu
Chemistry
University of Pittsburgh
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor: Jill Millstone
Chemistry
University of Pittsburgh
Project:
Synthesis and Optoelectronic Characterization of Plasmonic Non-noble Metal Nanoparticles
Websites:
Devashish Gopalan
Graduate Student
dgopalan@andrew.cmu.edu
5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh PA, 15213
412-608-5927
Affiliation:
Advisor: Benjamin Hunt
Physics
Carnegie Mellon University
Websites:
Gregory Houchins
Postdoctoral Fellow
ghouchin@andrew.cmu.edu
5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh PA, 15213
(412) 268-7482
Affiliation:
Advisor:
Physics
Carnegie Mellon University
Education:
- B.S./B.Sc., Physics, Mathematics, James Madison University, 2015
- M.S., Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, 2017
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor: David Waldeck
Chemistry
University of Pittsburgh
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor: Daniel Lambrecht
Chemistry
University of Pittsburgh
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor: Jill Millstone
Chemistry
University of Pittsburgh
Project:
I use photoluminescence spectroscopy to probe the impact of surface chemistry on the optical and electronic properties of gold and alloyed nanoparticles with sizes at the interface of molecular and bulk electronic structure.
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor: Gurudev Dutt
Physics
University of Pittsburgh
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor: David Snoke
Physics
University of Pittsburgh
Websites:
Karthikeyan Saravanan
Graduate Student
kas389@pitt.edu
3700 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh PA, 15261
412-519-6255
Affiliation:
Advisor: John Keith
Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
University of Pittsburgh
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor: Jeremy Levy
Physics
University of Pittsburgh
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor: Di Xiao
Physics
Carnegie Mellon University
Project:
Spintronics and Magnetism
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor: Jill Millstone
Chemistry
University of Pittsburgh
Project:
Synthesis and Optoelectronic Characterization of Plasmonic Non-noble Metal Nanoparticles
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor: Sean Garrett-Roe
Chemistry
University of Pittsburgh
Project:
Ultrafast Vibrational Spectroscopy on BH4- and Protic Ionic Liquids
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Affiliation:
Advisor: Randall Feenstra
Physics
Carnegie Mellon University
Project:
Two-dimensional materials, growth, simulation, and characterization
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor: Susan Fullerton
Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
University of Pittsburgh
Project:
A low voltage nonvolatile single transistor flash memory device based on ion transport in 2D electrolytes (NSF-GOALI)
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor: Jeremy Levy
Physics
University of Pittsburgh
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor: Benjamin Hunt
Physics
Carnegie Mellon University
Websites:
Brittney Graff
Graduate Student
219 Parkman Avenue, Pittsburgh PA, 15213
Affiliation:
Advisor: David Waldeck
Chemistry
University of Pittsburgh
Education:
- B.A., Chemistry, Franklin and Marshall College, 2011
- B.S./B.Sc., Chemistry - Physical Inorganic, University of Pittsburgh, 2016
Websites:
Michael Hartmann
Graduate Student
michael.hartmann121@gmail.com
219 Parkman Avenue, Pittsburgh PA, 15260
Affiliation:
Advisor: Jill Millstone
Chemistry
University of Pittsburgh
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor: Gurudev Dutt
Physics
University of Pittsburgh
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor: Jeremy Levy
Physics and Astronomy
University of Pittsburgh
Project:
Quantum transport in complex-oxide-based nanowires
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor:
Physics
University of Pittsburgh
Education:
- B.S./B.Sc., Applied Physics, Grove City College, 2010
- M.S., Physics, University of Pittsburgh, 2012
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor: Karl Johnson
Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
University of Pittsburgh
Project:
Path Integral Molecular Simulations of Water Isotopologues
Websites:
Thomas Brinzer
Graduate Student
thomas.brinzer@pitt.edu
219 Parkman Avenue, Pittsburgh PA, 15260
412-715-7554
Affiliation:
Advisor: Sean Garrett-Roe
Chemistry
University of Pittsburgh
Project:
Ultrafast vibrational dynamics of carbon dioxide dissolved in ionic liquids, interrogated by two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy (2D-IR)
Websites:
Lauren Marbella
Postdoctoral Fellow
219 Parkman Ave, Pittsburgh PA, 15213
Affiliation:
Advisor:
Chemistry
University of Pittsburgh
Education:
- B.S./B.Sc., Biochemistry, Duquesne University, 2009
- M.S., Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, 2012
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor: David Snoke
Physics
University of Pittsburgh
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor: Jeremy Levy
Physics and Astronomy
University of Pittsburgh
Project:
Quantum transport in complex-oxide-based nanowires
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor:
Physics
University of Pittsburgh
Education:
- B.S./B.Sc., Applied Physics, Grove City College, 2010
- M.S., Physics, University of Pittsburgh, 2012
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor: David Waldeck
Chemistry
University of Pittsburgh
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor: Jeremy Levy
Physics
University of Pittsburgh
Websites:
Devashish Gopalan
Graduate Student
dgopalan@andrew.cmu.edu
5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh PA, 15213
412-608-5927
Affiliation:
Advisor: Benjamin Hunt
Physics
Carnegie Mellon University
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor: John Keith
Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
University of Pittsburgh
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor: Gurudev Dutt
Physics
University of Pittsburgh
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor:
Physics
University of Pittsburgh
Education:
- B.S./B.Sc., Applied Physics, Grove City College, 2010
- M.S., Physics, University of Pittsburgh, 2012
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor: Karl Johnson
Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
University of Pittsburgh
Project:
Path Integral Molecular Simulations of Water Isotopologues
Websites:
Thomas Brinzer
Graduate Student
thomas.brinzer@pitt.edu
219 Parkman Avenue, Pittsburgh PA, 15260
412-715-7554
Affiliation:
Advisor: Sean Garrett-Roe
Chemistry
University of Pittsburgh
Project:
Ultrafast vibrational dynamics of carbon dioxide dissolved in ionic liquids, interrogated by two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy (2D-IR)
Websites:
Lauren Marbella
Postdoctoral Fellow
219 Parkman Ave, Pittsburgh PA, 15213
Affiliation:
Advisor:
Chemistry
University of Pittsburgh
Education:
- B.S./B.Sc., Biochemistry, Duquesne University, 2009
- M.S., Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, 2012
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor: David Snoke
Physics
University of Pittsburgh
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor: Jeremy Levy
Physics and Astronomy
University of Pittsburgh
Project:
Quantum transport in complex-oxide-based nanowires
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor: Brian D'Urso
Physics
University of Pittsburgh
Websites:
Christopher Ewing
Postdoctoral Fellow
3700 O'Hara St, Pittsburgh PA, 15213
Affiliation:
Advisor: Karl Johnson
Chemical Engineering
University of Pittsburgh
Education:
- B.S./B.Sc., Chemical Engineering, Penn State University, 2010
- B.S./B.Sc., Chemical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, 2015
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor: Michael Hatridge
Physics
University of Pittsburgh
Project:
Design and fabricate parametric amplifiers with quantum-limited noise performance for quantum information processing.
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor: Ken Jordan
Chemistry
University of Pittsburgh
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor: Hrvoje Petek
Physics
University of Pittsburgh
Project:
Three Dimensional Coherent Photoemission Spectroscopy
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor: Daniel Lambrecht
Chemistry
University of Pittsburgh
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor: Jeremy Levy
Physics
University of Pittsburgh
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor: Di Xiao
Physics
Carnegie Mellon University
Websites:
Abhishek Sharma
Postdoctoral Fellow
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA, 15213
Affiliation:
Advisor:
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
Education:
- Bachelor of Technology, Electronics Engineering, Banaras Hindu University
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor: Jeremy Levy
Physics and Astronomy
University of Pittsburgh
Project:
Quantum transport in complex-oxide-based nanowires
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor: Michael Widom
Physics
Carnegie Mellon University
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor: Karl Johnson
Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
University of Pittsburgh
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor: Jeremy Levy
Physics
University of Pittsburgh
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor: Di Xiao
Physics
Carnegie Mellon University
Websites:
Abhishek Sharma
Postdoctoral Fellow
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA, 15213
Affiliation:
Advisor:
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
Education:
- Bachelor of Technology, Electronics Engineering, Banaras Hindu University
Websites:
Affiliation:
Advisor: Jeremy Levy
Physics and Astronomy
University of Pittsburgh
Project:
Quantum transport in complex-oxide-based nanowires