Halas Group Members
Principal Investigator
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Naomi Halas Stanley C. Moore Professor in Electrical & Computer Engineering
Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry, Physics & Astronomy Director, Laboratory for Nanophotonics DSc, 2007, La Salle University
PhD, 1987, Physics, Bryn Mawr College
MA, 1984, Physics, Bryn Mawr College
BA, 1980, Chemistry, La Salle College
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Lab Administrators
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Martha Alexander Administrator
Laboratory for Nanophotonics
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Carolyn Aresu Administrator
Rice Quantum Institute
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Postdocs & Research Scientists
| Surbhi Lal Research Scientist Electrical & Computer Engineering PhD, 2006, Applied Physics, Rice University MS, 1997, Physics, Texas Tech University MS, 1988, Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, New Dehli, IndiaBS, 1986, Physics, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India | |||
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Oara Neumann Research Scientist Electrical & Computer Engineering PhD, 2013, Applied Physics, Rice University MS, 2004, Chemical Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel MS, 1997, Analytical Chemistry, University of Bucharest, Romania BA, 1996, Chemistry, University of Bucharest, Romania Research: Probing of biomolecules using plasmonic nanostructures Solar Steam generation using plasmonic nanoparticles |
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Alexander Urban Postdoctoral Research Associate Electrical & Computer Engineering
PhD, 2010, Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany
MS, 2006, Physics, University of Karlsruhe, Germany
MPhys, 2005, Optoelectronics and Lasers, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK
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 | Zheyu (Joey) Fang Adjunct Assistant Professor Electrical & Computer Engineering PhD, 2011, Condensed Matter Physics, Peking University, China BS, 2006, Physics, Nankai University, China Research: Active plasmonics and graphene plasmonics |
Graduate Students
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Ciceron Ayala-Orozco Chemistry
MS, 2009, Theoretical Chemistry, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico
BS, 2007, Biological Chemistry & Pharmacology, Universidad Michoacana, Mexico
Research:
Engineering nanostructures for medical applications, developing nanoshell-based DNA/peptide bioconjugates, and analyzing plasmon-exciton coupling in nanoshell-quantum dot complexes
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Lisa Brown Chemistry MA, 2009, Chemistry, Rice University BS, 2007, Chemistry, Louisiana State University BA, 2007, Music, Louisiana State University Research: Fabrication and characterization of metallic nanoantennas for surface-enhanced spectroscopies |
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Jared Day Applied Physics MS, 2010, Rice University BSEE, 2003, Johns Hopkins University Research: Development of plasmonic nanostructures to investigate subwavelength energy transport (waveguiding) and the optical and electrical generation of surface plasmon waves |
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Anubhav Dixit Nanoscale Physics MS, 2014, Nanoscale Physics, Rice University B.Tech, 2012, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Sir Padampat Singhania University, Udaipur, India Research: Studying and comparing the steam quality of aqueous solutions containing nanoparticles |
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Jan-Philipp Guenther Chemistry Exchange Student Vordiplom, 2012, Chemistry, Johannes-Gutenberg Universitaet, Mainz, Germany Research: Triggered release of proteins for cancer treatment by use of functionalized nanomatryoskas |
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Amanda Goodman Chemistry MA, 2013, Chemistry, Rice University BS, 2010, Chemistry, University of Iowa Research: Synthesis and functionalization of plasmonic nanostructures for medical applications |
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Sam Gottheim Chemistry BS, 2011, Chemistry, Muhlenberg College Research: UV plasmonics for sensing applications |
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Nate Hogan Applied Physics BA, 2011, Applied Physics, Brigham Young University Research: Solar-powered and laser-mediated steam generation |
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Nick King Physics
MS, 2011, Physics, Rice University
BS, 2008, Physics, Rice University
Research:
Coupling of light into dielectric waveguides utilizing plasmonic nanoparticles and asymmetric dielectric environments
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Mark Knight Electrical & Computer Engineering
MS, 2009, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Rice University
BS, 2006, Physics, Carleton College
Research:
Opto-electrical plasmonics and the physics of asymmetric nanostructures
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Adam Lauchner Applied Physics
MS, 2012, Nanoscale Physics, Rice University
BS, 2006, Mechanical Engineering, Texas Tech University
Research:
Use of plasmonic structures for the development of photodetection devices in the infrared and ultraviolet
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Michael McClain Chemistry MA, 2013, Chemistry, Rice University BS, 2011, Chemistry, Emory University BS, 2011, Physics, Emory University Research: Chemical synthesis of aluminum nanoparticles |
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Andrea Schlather Chemistry MA, 2012, Chemistry, Rice University BS, 2009, Chemistry, University of Houston Research: Modulating the plasmonic properties of metal nanoclusters through plasmon-exciton interactions |
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Ali Sobhani Electrical & Computer Engineering
MS, 2011, Nanoelectronics, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
Research:
Exploiting plasmonics in opto-electronic devices for energy harvesting and sensing
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Christyn A. Thibodeaux Applied Physics BS, 2010, Physics, Xavier University of Louisiana Research: Engineering and characterization of sub-50 nm nanoparticles for theranostic nanomedicine |
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Fangfang Wen Chemistry MA, 2012, Chemistry, Rice University MS, 2010, Nanophotonics, Ecole normale supérieure de Cachan, France MS, 2010, Molecular Biophotonics, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain BS, 2008, Optical Science & Technology, Xi'an University of Posts &Telecommunications, China Research: Optical nanoantennas |
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Yu Zhang Physics MS, 2011, Physics, Rice University MS, 2007, Plasma Physics, University of Science and Technology of China BS, 2004, Plasma Physics, University of Science and Technology of China Research: Nonlinear optics by asymmetric plasmonic nanostructures |
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Bob Zheng Electrical and Computer Engineering BS, 2010, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Berkeley Research: Hybridizing electro-active materials with active plasmonic devices |
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Linan Zhou Chemistry BS, 2012, Chemistry, Peking University, China Research: Plasmon-enhanced heterogeneous catalytic chemical reactions |
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Alumni
| Carla Aguirre | Graduate Research Associate, University of Montreal | |
| Richard Averitt | Associate Professor, Boston University | |
| Rizia Bardhan | Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University | |
| Aoune Barhoumi | Postdoctoral Fellow, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, MIT | |
| Sandra Bishnoi | Assistant Professor, Illinois Institute of Technology | |
| Kelley Bradley | Nanofabrication Facility Manager, University of Houston | |
| Bruce Brinson | Self-Employed Consultant | |
| Clarence Charnay | Universite Montpellier 2, Place Eugene Batallion, France | |
| Alan Cheville | Associate Professor, Oklahoma State University | |
| Joseph Cole | Algorithm Developer, Applied Materials | |
| Dan Duan | ||
| Tumasang Fofang | Sandia National Laboratories | |
| Nathaniel Grady | Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Physics & Beijing National Lab for Condensed Matter Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences | |
| Muhammed Gheith | ||
| Glenn Goodrich | Director, Process Development and Chemistry, Nanospectra Biosciences, Inc., Houston | |
| Greg Hale | Engineer, Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. | |
| Lee Hirsch | Director, Defense Science Study Group, Inst for Def Analyses, Washington DC | |
| Ryan Huschka | Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Newman University | |
| Joseph Jackson | Patent Engineer, Osha Liang LLC, Houston | |
| Tara Kasper | ||
| Kevin Kelly | Associate Professor, Rice University | |
| Janardan Kundu | Postdoctoral Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory | |
| Britt Lassiter | Postdoctoral Fellow, David Smith Group, Duke University | |
| Allen Lee | ||
| Carly Levin | Senior Research Scientist, Nano3D Biosciences, Inc. | |
| Na Liu | Assistant Professor, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Stuttgart, Germany | |
| Yu Liu | University of Pennsylvania | |
| Nyein Zaw Lwin | MBA Program, Florida | |
| Nikolay Mirin | R&D Photolithography Process Engineer, Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, Idaho | |
| Cristin Moran | 3M, Minnesota | |
| Julius Mueller | ||
| Shaunak Mukherjee | Engineer, Applied Materials, Santa Clara, CA | |
| Steve Oldenburg | President, nanoComposix, San Diego | |
| Phil Pippenger | Intellectual Property Attorney, Leydig, Voit, & Mayer, Ltd., Chicago | |
| Corey Radloff | 3M, Minnesota | |
| Matt Reiten | ||
| Jay Resh | Director, Advantage Testing, Houston | |
| Dipankar Sarkar | Angstrom Instruments, India | |
| Scott Sershen | United States Surgical | |
| Jennifer Steele | Assistant Professor, Trinity University, San Antonio | |
| Sri Priya Sundararajan | Senior Si Process Engineer, OneChipPhotonics, Ottawa, ON | |
| Felicia Tam | Oxonica Materials, Inc., Mountain View, CA | |
| Robin Taylor | ||
| Hui Wang | Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina | |
| Sarah Westcott | Nomadics, Stillwater, OK | |
| Dan Wolfe | ||
| Jian Ye | Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China | |
| Dongmao Zhang | Associate Professor, Mississippi State University |