Current group members


Kevin Smith
postdoctoral research associate
Phase transitions in quantum materials under external stimuli and structure-property relations in these systems.

Luther Langston
postdoctoral research associate
Pressure-driven symmetry progressions + chemical reactions in van der Waals solids and optical properties of air-sensitive materials.

Ashley Glover
graduate student
Synchrotron-based near field infrared nano-spectroscopy of domain walls in ferroics and layered systems in the ultra-thin limit.

Brian Taylor
graduate student
Layered ferroelectrics and nanotubes under pressure + related structure-property relationsips.

Sambridhi Shah
graduate student
Complex chalcogenides under pressure, symmetry progressions, spin-phonon coupling, and structure-property relations.

Lakshan Silva
graduate student
Intercalated chalcogenides under external stimuli, pressure-temperature phase diagrams, and structure-property relations.

Daniel Morris
graduate student
Nonreciprocity in chiral materials.

Ben White
graduate student
Photoconductivity of molecule-based quantum magnets and properties of molecular ferroics.

Kavishka Jayarathna
graduate student
Chiral phonons under pressure.

Ian Misiak
graduate student
Magnetoelectric materials with field-induced spin liquid states.

Charlie An
graduate student
Ferroic chalcogenides under external stimuli.

Noah Ong
undergraduate researcher
Mechanical properties of oxides and chalcogenides.

Ella Ye
summer intern
Lab technician!