Current Members
Carmelo Barbagallo Postdoctoral Fellow, NIU (Visiting Scientist at CERN)
Salih Colmekci Ph.D. Candidate, NIU Physics
Thomas Harless Ph.D. Candidate, NIU Physics
Gaurab Rijal Ph.D. Candidate, NIU Physics
Susmita Limbu Ph.D. Student, NIU Physics
Evan Alire Master's Student, NIU Physics
Ryan Farrell Master's Student (co-supervised w/ V. Demir), NIU ELE
Tyler Ranieri Master's student, NIU Physics
Michael Shapiro Senior Consultant, NIU Physics
Xueying Lu Principal Investigator, NIU & ANL
Past Members
Omkar Ramachandran Postdoctoral Fellow, NIU, 2023 - 2026
(Current position: Assistant Physicist, Argonne National Lab)
Dillon Merenich Graduate Research Assistant, NIU Physics, 2021 - 2026
Ph.D. dissertation defended August 2026
(Current position: Omega-P R&D, Inc.)
Brendan Leung Graduate Research Assistant, NIU Physics, 2021 - 2025
Ph.D. dissertation defended October 2025
Calcipher Philipps Graduate Research Assistant, NIU Physics, 2024 - 2025
(co-supervised with P. Piot)
Ph.D. dissertation defended December 2025Â
Marc Crowell Graduate Research Assistant, NIU Physics, 2022 - 2024
Master's thesis defended March 2024
Zara Sheemanto Research Assistant, NIU Physics, 2024-2025
Chris Noga Undergraduate Summer Intern, ANL Lee Teng Fellow, 2025
(mentored by O. Ramachandran)
Isaac Rodriguez Undergraduate senior research Spring 2024, NIU Physics
BreAnna Blazier Undergrad Senior Design, 2022-2023, NIU Mechanical Engineering
Ryan Jimenez Undergrad Senior Design, 2022-2023, NIU Mechanical Engineering
Kunj Kordia Undergrad Senior Design, 2022-2023, NIU Mechanical Engineering
Alex Ramos Undergrad Senior Design, 2022-2023, NIU Mechanical Engineering
Morgan Turner Independent study PHYS659, NIU Physics
Daniel Mihalcea Senior Consultant, NIU Physics
Bart Frey Research Experience for Teachers, Summer 2021
Openings
Please contact the PI if you are interested in joining our group.