Current Members
Salih Colmekci Ph.D. Candidate
Ryan Farrell Graduate Research Assistant (co-supervised with Dr. Veysel Demir, NIU ELE)
Thomas Harless Graduate Research Assistant
Xueying Lu Principal Investigator
Dillon Merenich Ph.D. Candidate
Omkar Ramachandran Postdoctoral Fellow
Gaurab Rijal Ph.D. Candidate
Michael Shapiro Senior Consultant
Past Members
Brendan Leung Graduate Research Assistant, 2021 - 2025
Ph.D. dissertation defended October 2025
Calcipher Philipps Graduate Research Assistant, 2024 - 2025 (co-supervised with P. Piot)
Ph.D. dissertation defended December 2025Â
Marc Crowell Graduate Research Assistant, 2022 - 2024
Master's thesis defended March 2024
Zara Sheemanto Research Assistant, 2024-2025
Chris Noga Undergraduate Summer Intern 2025 (mentored by O. Ramachandran)
Isaac Rodriguez Undergraduate senior research Spring 2024
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 graduate student
Daniel Mihalcea Senior Consultant
Bart Frey Research Experience for Teachers, Summer 2021
Openings
Please contact the PI if you are interested in joining our group.