Current group members


Yanhong Gu
postdoctoral research associate
Phase transitions in unconventional density wave and colossal magnetoresistance materials under external stimuli and structure-property relations in these systems.

Kevin Smith
postdoctoral research associate
Non-reciprocal directional dichroism, magnetoelectric and magnetoelastic coupling in high magnetic fields, and structure-property relations in 4- and 5d-containing ferroics.

Avery Blockmon
graduate student
Decoherence pathways in molecular spin q-bit materials, high field polarization of chiral magnets, and magnetic circular dichroism of quantum magnets to reveal orbital magnetism.

Luther Langston
graduate student
Thermodynamics of metal nanoparticles on oxide surfaces + topotactic reactions of complex chalcogenides under pressure and a symmetry analysis of these processes.

Ashley Glover
graduate student
Synchrotron-based near field infrared nano-spectroscopy of domain walls in multiferroic oxides and their structure-property relations.

Brian Taylor
graduate student
Chalcogenide nanotubes under pressure, size effects, and excitonic properties; multiferroic chalcogenides under pressure..

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

Lakshan Silva
graduate student
Raman scattering of chiral chalcogenides under external stimuli.

Daniel Morris
graduate student
Optical properties of rare earth oxides in high magnetic fields.

Ben White
graduate student
Photoconductivity and spectroscopic properties of molecular ferroics.

Kavishka Jayarathna
graduate student
Color properties of monochiral oxides.

Dylan Andrews
undergraduate student
Thermal and strain properties of quantum materials.

Ella Ye
summer intern
Lab technician!