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The Atwater group is comprised of graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, and visiting researchers in Applied Physics, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Chemistry. Researchers from institutes and universities worldwide collaborate on a variety of projects.

Group Leader

Harry Atwater
Professor Harry Atwater
Otis Booth Leadership Chair, Division of Engineering and Applied Science; Howard Hughes Professor of Applied Physics and Materials Science; Director, Liquid Sunlight Alliance

Senior Research Scientists

Michael Kelzenberg
Dr. Michael Kelzenberg
Senior Research Scientist
RUZAN SOKHOYAN
Dr. Ruzan Sokhoyan
Nanophotonics Research Scientist

Research Scientists

Phil Jahelka
Dr. Phil Jahelka
Staff Scientist

Postdocs

Dr. Martin Thomaschewski
Dr. Simo Pajovic
Jarom Sederholm
Ramon Gao
Ramon Gao

Graduate Students

Audrey Washington
Audrey Washington
Ann Alekseenko
Amelyn Phang
Gloria Halka
Gloria Halka
Yuan (Ada) Chen
Juyoung (David) Kim
Julie Belleville
Julie Belleville
Ryan J. Benavides
Ryan J. Benavides
Emily Dunn
Emily Dunn
Aidan Fenwick
Aidan Fenwick
Morgan Foley
Morgan Foley
Holland Frieling
Holland Frieling
John Hylak
John Hylak
Miles Johnson
Miles Johnson
Cesar LaSalde-Ramirez
Cesar Lasalde-Ramirez
Yae-Chan Lim
Yae-Chan Lim
Elsie Loukiantchenko
Kristina Malinowski
Kristina Malinowski
Mina Mandic
Arun Nagpal
Arun Nagpal
Andrew Nyholm
Andrew Nyholm
Nimisha Ramprasad
Nimisha Ramprasad
Melanie Rodriguez Pabon
Lily Shiau
Lily Shiau
Ellis Spickermann
Ellis Spickermann
Rachel Tham
Rachel Tham
Susana Torres-londono
Susana Torres Londono
Fabian Williams
Fabian Williams

Staff

Thomasine Murphy
Thomasine Murphy
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Kevin Wong

Visitors / Collaborators

Dr. Ryan Briggs
Dr. Ryan Briggs
Artur Davoyan
Professor Artur Davoyan
Dr. Katherine (Kate) Fountaine
Dr. Katherine (Kate) Fountaine
Jonathan Grandidier
Dr. Jonathan Grandidier
Dr. Philip Hon
Dr. Philip Hon
Dr. Richard King
Dr. Richard King
Dr. Duhyun Lee
Dr. Duhyun Lee
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Professor Hossein Mosallaei
Professor Albert Polman
Professor Albert Polman
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Dr. Rosaria Anna Puglisi
Thomas Russell
Thomas Russell
SOH UENOYAMA
Soh Uenoyama
Professor Benjamin Vest
Professor Benjamin Vest
Professor Pin Chieh Wu
Professor Pin Chieh Wu

Academic Faculty

Dr. Aisulu Aitbekova
Professor Aisulu Aitbekova
Professor Zakaria (Zak) Al Balushi
Professor Zakaria (Zak) Al Balushi
Professor Muhammad Alam
Professor Muhammad Alam
Professor Koray Aydin
Professor Koray Aydin
Dr. Souvik Biswas
Professor Julie Biteen
Elizabeth BOER-DUCHEMIN
Professor Elizabeth BOER-DUCHEMIN
Professor Victor Brar
Professor Victor Brar
Professor Mark Brongersma
Professor Mark Brongersma
Professor Wen Hui (Sophia) Cheng
Professor Wen Hui (Sophia) Cheng
Artur Davoyan
Professor Artur Davoyan
Professor Jennifer Dionne
Professor Jennifer Dionne
Professor Joseph (Joe) Duchene
Professor Joseph (Joe) Duchene
Professor Carissa Eisler
Professor Carissa Eisler
Professor Matthew Escarra
Professor Matthew Escarra
Dr. Pilar Espinet
Professor Pilar Espinet
Professor Vivian Ferry
Professor Vivian Ferry
Professor Michael Filler
Professor Michael Filler
Anna Fontcuberta I Morral
Professor Anna Fontcuberta i Morral
Professor Martha Grover
Professor Martha Grover
CLAUDIO HAIL
Professor Claudio Hail
Professor Ognjen Ilic
Professor Ognjen Ilic
Professor James Im
Professor James Im
Professor Min Seok Jang
Professor Min Seok Jang
Professor Deep Jariwala
Professor Deep Jariwala
Professor Pieter Kik
Professor Pieter Kik
Professor Laura Kim
Professor Sungjee Kim
Professor Sungjee Kim
Professor Howard (Ho Wai) Lee
Professor Howard (Ho Wai) Lee
Professor Marina Leite
Professor Marina Leite
Yu-jung
Professor Yu-jung (Yuri) Lu
Professor Robert Macfarlane
Professor Robert Macfarlane
Professor Stefan Maier
Professor Stefan Maier
Lior Michaeli
Dr. Lior Michaeli
Professor Jeremy Munday
Professor Prineha Narang
Professor Deirdre O'carroll
Professor Deirdre O'carroll
Professor Domenico Pacifici
Professor Georgia Papadakis
Professor Siying Peng
Professor Regina Ragan
Professor Regina Ragan
Professor Rebecca Saive
Dr. Zachary Schiffer
Dr. Zachary Schiffer
Professor Matthew Sheldon
Professor Matthew Sheldon
Professor Giulia Tagliabue
Professor Giulia Tagliabue
Professor Adele Tamboli
Professor Adele Tamboli
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Professor Katsu Tanabe
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Professor Cho-jen Tsai
Professor Daniel Turner-evans
Professor Daniel Turner-Evans
Professor Nina Vaidya
Professor Benjamin Vest
Professor Benjamin Vest
Professor Pin Chieh Wu
Professor Pin Chieh Wu

Education and Research Administration

Eoin Caffrey
Eoin Caffrey
Stepan Demchyshyn
Stepan Demchyshyn
Professor Wei-Hsiang Lin
Dr. Erik Verlage
Dr. Erik Verlage

Academic Postdocs

Dr. Seyoon Kim
Dr. Seyoon Kim
Komron Shayegan
Dr. Komron Shayegan
Jared Sisler
Dr. Jared Sisler
Prachi Thureja
Dr. Prachi Thureja

Research and National Labs

Dr. Chris Chen
Dr. Chris Chen
Dr. Michael Deceglie
Dr. Michael Deceglie
Jonathan Grandidier
Dr. Jonathan Grandidier
Dr. Eyal Feigenbaum
Dr. Eyal Feigenbaum
Dr. Carrie Hofmann
Dr. Carrie Hofmann
Kelsey Whitesell Horowitz
Kelsey Whitesell Horowitz
Dr. Seokmin Jeon
Dr. Seokmin Jeon
Emily Kosten
Dr. Emily Kosten
Dr. Andrew Leenheer
Dr. Andrew Leenheer
Dr. Samuel Loke
Dr. Samuel Loke
Dr. Anya Mitskovets
Dr. Anya Mitskovets
Dr. Shouleh Nikzad
Dr. Shouleh Nikzad
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Dr. Maggie Taylor
Dr. Raymond Weitekamp
Dr. Raymond Weitekamp

Industry and Private Sector

MARIANNE AELLEN
Dr. Marianne Aellen
Hamidreza Akbari
Dr. Hamidreza Akbari
Sara Anjum
Sara Anjum
Dr. Melissa Archer
Dr. Melissa Archer
Dr. Nick Batara
Dr. Nick Batara
Dr. Haley Bauser
Dr. Haley Bauser
Dr. Anna Beck
Annette Boehme
Dr. Annette Boehme
Dr. Jeffrey Bosco
Dr. Jeffrey Bosco
Dr. Ruth Brain
Dr. Julie Brewer
Dr. Julie Brewer
Dr. Rhett Brewer
Dr. Rhett Brewer
Dr. Jeremy Brouillet
Dr. Jeremy Brouillet
Dr. Ana Brown
Dr. Ana Brown
Dr. Colton Bukowksky
Dr. Colton Bukowksky
Dr. Stanley Burgos
Dr. Stanley Burgos
Dr. Dennis Callahan
Dr. Dennis Callahan
Dr. Claudine Chen
Dr. Claudine Chen
Dr. Naomi Coronel
Dr. Naomi Coronel
Dr. Sunita Darbe
Dr. Sunita Darbe
Dr. Davis Darvish
Dr. Davis Darvish
Dr. René De Waele
Michelle Dee
Michelle Dee
Dr. Kenneth Diest
Dr. Kenneth Diest
Dr. Hal Emmer
Dr. Hal Emmer
Dr. Jim Fakonas
Dr. Jim Fakonas
Dr. Tao Feng
Dr. Dagny Fleischman
Dr. Dagny Fleischman
Dr. Cristofer Flowers
Dr. Cristofer Flowers
Dr. Rebecca Glaudell
Dr. Rebecca Glaudell
Dr. Imran Hashim
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Dr. Gang He
Dr. Jason Holt
Dr. Jason Holt
Dr. Jing-shun Huang
Dr. Jing-Shun Huang
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Dr. Hyun S. Joo
Dr. Brendan Kayes
Dr. Brendan Kayes
Dr. Yonghwi Kim
Dr. Gregory Kimball
Dr. Gregory Kimball
Areum Kim
Dr. Areum Kim
Dr. Lise Lahourcade
Dr. Lise Lahourcade
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Dr. Krista Langeland
Sol A Lee
Dr. Sol A Lee
Melissa Li
Dr. Melissa Li
Dr. Xueqian (Lucy) Li
Dr. Xueqian (Lucy) Li
Dr. Yi-Rung (Emma) Lin
Dr. John Lloyd
Dr. John Lloyd
Eowyn Lucas
Eowyn Lucas
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Dr. Maribeth Mason
Dr. Kelly Mauser
Dr. Gerald Miller
Dr. Gerald Miller
Dr. Kyu S. Min
Dr. Kyu S. Min
Dr. Ramana Murty
Dr. Ramana Murty
Dr. David Needell
Dr. Stefan Omelchenko
Dr. Stefan Omelchenko
Dr. Michele Ostraat
Dr. Michele Ostraat
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Dr. Ragip Pala
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Dr. Young-Bae Park
Megan Phelan
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Dr. Imogen Pryce
Dr. Morgan Putnam
Dr. Morgan Putnam
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Dr. Christine Richardson
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Dr. Jennifer L. Ruglovsky
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Dr. Winston Saunders
Samuel Seah
Samuel Seah
Dr. Matthew Shaner
Dr. Matthew Shaner
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Dr. Kirill V. Shcheglov
Dr. Michelle Sherrott
Dr. Michelle Sherrott
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Dr. Amanda Shing
Dr. Ghazaleh Kafaie Shirmanesh
Magel Su
Dr. Magel Su
Dr. Luke Sweatlock
Dr. Luke Sweatlock
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Faisal Tajdar
Darci Taylor
Darci Taylor
Dr. Krishnan Thyagarajan
Dr. Krishnan Thyagarajan
Dr. Yury Tokpanov
Dr. Yury Tokpanov
Dr. Yulia Tolstova
Dr. Yulia Tolstova
Kyle Virgil
Kyle Virgil
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Dr. Robb Walters
Dr. Raymond Weitekamp
Dr. Raymond Weitekamp
Dr. Alex Welch
Dr. Alex Welch
Dr. Cora Went
Dr. Cora Went
Dr. Will Whitney
Dr. Will Whitney
Dr. Samantha Wilson
Dr. Samantha Wilson
Dr. Joeson Wong
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Dr. Selmer Wong
Dr. Sisir Yalamanchili
Dr. Sisir Yalamanchili
Qin (Arky) Yang
Qin (Arky) Yang