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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Postdocs & Research Scientists
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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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Sandra Whaley Bishnoi Research Scientist
Electrical & Computer Engineering
PhD, 2001, Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin
BS, 1997, Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin
Research: Designing nanoparticles for drug delivery and thermal ablation of metastatic tumors.
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Christopher DeSantis Post Doctoral Researcher Chemistry PhD, 2014, Chemistry, Indiana University
BS, 2009, Chemistry, Pennsylvania State University
Research: Bimetallic nanoparticle synthesis
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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, photothermal therapy of cancer, theranostic nanoashells and nanomatryoshkas, and plasmonic fluorescence enhancement.
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Ben Cerjan Applied Physics BA, 2012, Physics and Astronomy, Carleton College Research: Nanoantenna design and fabrication for surface-enhanced absorption spectroscopy |
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Liangliang Dong Chemistry MSE, 2014, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania BS, 2012, Chemistry, Wuhan University Research: Nanostructure fabrication and surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy |
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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: Fractal nanoparticle plasmonics for the elucidation of broadband extinction |
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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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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 BA, 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, 2014, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Rice University
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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Dayne Swearer Chemistry
MS, 2014, Organic Chemistry, Drexel University
BS, 2014, Chemistry, Drexel University
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Fangfang Wen Chemistry MA, 2012, Chemistry, Rice University MS, 2010, Nanophotonics, Ecole normale supérieure de Cachan, France BS, 2008, Optical Science & Technology, Xi'an University of Posts &Telecommunications, China Research: Optical nanoantennas |
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Chao Zhang Electrical & Computer Engineering BS, 2012, Mathematics and Physics, Tsinghua University, China Research: Optical characterization of plasmon-enhanced photocatalysis |
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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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Visiting Researchers
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Felix Berg Chemistry Vordiplom (BS), 2012, Jahannes-Gutenberg Universitat Mainz, Germany Research: Aluminum nanoparticle synthesis for plasmon-enhanced photocatalysis |
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Valeria Marangoni Chemistry MS, 2012, Applied Physics, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil BS, 2009, Chemistry, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil Research: Development of MRI-active nanoparticles for medical applications |
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 | |
| Lisa Brown | Postdoctoral Associate, NIST Center for Nanoscale Science & Technology, Gaithersburg, MD | |
| Clarence Charnay | Universite Montpellier 2, Place Eugene Batallion, France | |
| Alan Cheville | Associate Professor, Oklahoma State University | |
| Joseph Cole | Algorithm Developer, Applied Materials | |
| Jared Day | ||
| Dan Duan | ||
| Zheyu Fang | Research Professor, Peking University; Adjunct Faculty, Rice ECE Department | |
| 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 | |
| Jan-Philipp Guenther | ||
| 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 | |
| Mark Knight | Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics (AMOLF), Amsterdam | |
| 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 | Assistant Professor, Institute of Particle Technology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg | |
| Christyn Thibodeaux | ||
| Alex Urban | Principal Investigator, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) München | |
| 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 | |
| Yu Zhang | Engineer, Lam Research, Fremont, CA |