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.

Daniel Morris
graduate student
Nonreciprocity in ultra-low symmetry materials.

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

Kavishka Jayarathna
graduate student
Spectroscopic properties of monochiral oxides in high magnetic fields.

Ian Misiak
graduate student
Spectroscopic properties of molecular ferroelectrics.

Ella Ye
summer intern
Lab technician!