Our Fellows - Discovery Undergraduate Research Scholars - Spring 2025

Discovery Undergraduate Research Scholars

Photo of undergraduate student, AUDAY ASKAR AHMED

Auday Askar Ahmed

Graduate Student Mentor: Oscar Gonzalez

Project Title: "Recrystallization confined flux growth as a method to synthesize thin materials"

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America Castaneda

Graduate Student Mentor: Collin Finnan

Project Title: "Augmentations and Applications of NEM Switches"

Photo of undergraduate student, BOWIE YANG

Bowie Yang

Graduate Student Mentor: Ziyi Wang

Project Title: "In-situ Creation of Graphene Break-Junction Devices"

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David Sherer

Graduate Student Mentor: Oscar Gonzalez

Project Title: "Recrystallization confined flux growth as a method to synthesize thin materials"

Photo of undergraduate student, DIVYA KRISHNAN

Divya Krishnan

Graduate Student Mentor: Carla Bassil

Project Title: "Multiplexed Volatile Organic Compound Gas Sensors using Nanoscale Materials"

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Dorottya Urmossy

Graduate Student Mentor: Jamie Geng

Project Title: "Toward bi-directional photodiodes for in-sensor computation"

Photo of undergraduate student, ERIN TIHA

Erin Tiha

Graduate Student Mentor: Collin Finnan

Project Title: "Augmentations and Applications of NEM Switches"

Photo of undergraduate student, GABRIELLE HEUER

Gabrielle Heuer

Graduate Student Mentor: Maria Fonseca Guzman

Project Title: "Enhancing Carbon Dioxide Reduction to Fuels: Synthesis, characterization, and testing of copper-gallium nanocatalysts"

Photo of undergraduate student, JACKSON HRATCH THOMASSIAN

Jackson Hratch Thomassian

Graduate Student Mentor: Kaiyu Wang

Project Title: "Accelerating COF Discovery with High Throughput Robotics"

Photo of undergraduate student, KESHAV DEOSKAR

Keshav Deoskar

Graduate Student Mentor: Kohtaro Yamakawa

Project Title: "Data-Driven Materials Discovery toward novel Kagome Compounds"

Photo of undergraduate student, MARCO MA

Marco Ma

Graduate Student Mentor: Jamie Geng

Project Title: "Toward bi-directional photodiodes for in-sensor computation"

Photo of undergraduate student, MICHAEL MCCULLOCH

Michael McCulloch

Graduate Student Mentor: Collin Finnan

Project Title: "Augmentations and Applications of NEM Switches"

Photo of undergraduate student, MUCHENG MA

Mucheng (Max) Ma

Graduate Student Mentor: Ziyi Wang

Project Title: "In-situ Creation of Graphene Break-Junction Devices"

Photo of undergraduate student, NATHAN SHANGRU LIU

Nathan Shangru Liu

Graduate Student Mentor: Maria Fonseca Guzman

Project Title: "Enhancing Carbon Dioxide Reduction to Fuels: Synthesis, characterization, and testing of copper-gallium nanocatalysts"

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Neda Sabeva

Graduate Student Mentor: Kaiyu Wang

Project Title: "Accelerating COF Discovery with High Throughput Robotics"

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Rainer Reczek

Graduate Student Mentor: Kohtaro Yamakawa

Project Title: "Data-Driven Materials Discovery toward novel Kagome Compounds"

Photo of undergraduate student, SANYA GOWDA

Sanya Gowda

Graduate Student Mentor: Haoyue Jiang

Project Title: "A Multi-Wavelength Pump Upgrade for High-Resolution tr-ARPES via High Harmonic Generation"

Photo of undergraduate student, TRAN NGUYEN

Tran Nguyen

Graduate Student Mentor: Kohtaro Yamakawa

Project Title: "A Multi-Wavelength Pump Upgrade for High-Resolution tr-ARPES via High Harmonic Generation"

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Yoga Kanneboina

Graduate Student Mentor: Carla Bassil

Project Title: "Multiplexed Volatile Organic Compound Gas Sensors using Nanoscale Materials"