Halas Group Members

Principal Investigator

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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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, India

BS, 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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Graduate Students

Aliyu Ahmad

Chemistry

BS, 2018, Chemistry, University of Ilorin, Nigeria

MS, 2022, Bilkent University, Turkey

Research:

Synthesis and photocatalysis of plasmonic nanocomposites 

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Catherine Arndt

Applied Physics

BS, 2019, Physics, Baylor University, Waco, TX 

MS, 2022, Applied Physics, Rice University, Houston, TX

Research:

Nonlinear optics using plasmonics and nanophotonics.

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Tarun Bansal

Chemistry

BS, 2020, Chemistry, S.S. Jain Subodh PG College, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

MS, 2022, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India

Research:

Plasmon-enhanced Chemical Conversion 

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Parmeet Dhindsa

Chemistry

Integrated BS-MS, 2020, Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali, India

Research: 

Synthesis of Al nanoparticles and plasmonic photocatalysis

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Aleida Machorro

Applied Physics

BS, 2019, Physics, Tecnológico de Monterrey 

Research:

Enhancement of solar-thermal energy systems for water desalination

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Adebola Ogundare

Chemistry

B.Sc., 2015, Chemistry, University of Ilorin

Research:

Nanoparticle synthesis and photo-electrochemical catalysis

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Andrés Sánchez 

Chemistry

BS, 2021, Chemistry, Tecnológico de Monterrey 

Research:

Synthesis of plasmonic nanomaterials for ultrasensitive chemical detection

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Sanjna Sukumaran

Materials Science & NanoEngineering

BS, 2022, Materials Science and Engineering, Rutgers University

Research: Plasmonic sensing of small molecules

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Yigao Yuan

Chemistry

BS, 2019, Chemistry, Nanjing University, China

Research:

Plasmon-enhanced heterogeneous catalysis

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Postdoctoral Researchers

Simon Chung

Electrical & Computer Engineering

2017-2022, Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Deutsche Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg, Germany

PhD, 2017, Photovoltaic Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia

BE(Hons), 2012, Photovoltaics and Solar Energy, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Research:

Characterization of plasmonic photocatalytic processes, oxidation of aluminium nanoparticles

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ORCID


Pratiksha Dongare

Electrical & Computer Engineering

PhD, 2019, Applied Physics, Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA

MS, 2017, Applied Physics, Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA

MSc, 2013, Physics, Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, Rajasthan, India

BE, 2013, Electronics and Instrumentation, Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, Rajasthan, India

Research:

Strategies to enhance performance of nanophotonics-enabled desalination

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Christian Jacobson

Chemistry

PhD, 2023, Applied Physics, Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA

BA, 2016, Chemistry, Northwestern University

Research:

Synthesis and dark field spectroscopy of aluminum nanoparticles

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Undergraduate and Visiting Researchers

Lab Administrators

 Jessica Serrano

Administrator, LANP

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Brockman 282

Alumni