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(Group Picture, August 2024. From left to right: Bipasa, Nick, Varsha, Alex, Emily and Carina)
Current Mentees (from earliest to latest to join the group):
Emily Ward (Aug 2023 – Present), Indiana University – Bloomington Undergraduate Student Double Majoring in Chemistry and Mathematics.
Main Project: Photocatalysis in oxyhalide materials, and lone pairs in solids.
Varsha Kumari (Dec 2023 – Present), Indiana University – Bloomington Ph.D Student – Chemistry
Main Project: Trimerization in correlated electron Kagome Materials.
Bipasa Samanta (Feb 2024-Present), Ph.D (IIT Bombay), Postdoctoral Scholar.
Main Project: Correlated electron materials & materials discovery.
Carina Jacobson (May 2024-Present), Undergraduate Student at Purdue University (Math Major)
Main Project: Symmetry breaking with doping of correlated electron materials
Md. Rajbanul Akhond, (Sept 2024 – Present), Indiana University – Bloomington Ph.D Student – Chemistry
Main project: Correlated electron materials
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Previous Mentees:
Julia Bauer (Summer 2022 REU), Undergraduate student at Davidson College. Received a Smith scholarship from Davidson College to pursue an MS at the University of Edinburgh 2023-2024; currently pursuing a Ph.D in Applied Physics at Yale University.
Nick Adkins (Jan 2024-Sept 2024); Continued to pursue an Indiana University/United States Particle Accelerator School Master of Science Degree in Beam Physics and Technology.
Main Project: Simulations of RIXS (Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering) in correlated electron materials.
Peiwen Ren (Fall 2020-Spring 2021), Northwestern University (co-mentored with James Rondinelli) Undergraduate student majoring in Materials Science and Engineering.
Currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Materials Science at Stanford University
Christopher Bean (Summer 2020, through Research Experience for Teachers, co-mentored with James Rondinelli).
Proceeded to pursue a Ph.D in Materials Science at UIUC.
Harshul Bhatt (May 2024-Aug 2024), Undergraduate Student at IIT Bombay (Engineering Physics Major), joining through the IU Bloomington – IIT Bombay summer program. Continued performing research in materials science and machine learning at IIT Bombay following the summer program.
Main Project: Machine learning for quantum materials’ discovery.
