Aaron S. Rury, Principal Investigator
B.S. Physics (minor in Chemistry) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2004; Ph.D. Applied Physics (Ultrafast and Molecular Spectroscopy), University of Michigan, 2012; Caltech Postdoc at JPL, California Institute of Technology, 2012-2014; Postdoctoral Associate, University of Southern California, 2014-2017.
Research Interests: using vibrations to interrogate electronic processes in emerging materials, drivers of light-matter interactions under different physical conditions, and materials design and function.
Favorite Scientist: James Clerk Maxwell
Hasini Medagedara, Graduate Student
B.S. Chemistry: Institute of Chemistry Ceylon. 2020
Research Interests: Understanding and developing materials for electronic and magnetic applications. Structural and dynamical properties of next-generation materials.
Favorite scientist: Albert Einstein
Mariyas Mahipala (Tharuka) Mudalige, Graduate Student
B.S. Chemistry: University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka, 2021
Research Interests: Understanding and developing materials for electronic and magnetic applications. Understanding structural dynamics of materials using Terahertz Time domain Spectroscopy.
Favorite scientist: J. Robert Oppenheimer
Thilina Gamadegara, Graduate Student
B.S. Chemistry: Sri Lanka, 2021
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Isaac D. Boateng, Graduate Student
B.S. Chemistry: Ghana, 2021
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