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
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Surbhi Lal Postdoctoral Associate
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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Laura Na Liu Visiting Professor
Postdoc, 2010, Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley
PhD, 2009, Physics, University of Stuttgart, Germany
MS, 2005, Physics, Hongkong University of Science and TechnologyBS, 2001, Physics, Jilin University, China |
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Zheyu Fang Postdoctoral Associate
PhD, 2011, Condensed Matter Physics, Peking University, China
BS, 2006, Physics, Nankai University, China
Research:
Active plasmonics and graphene plasmonics
Zheyu's webpage |
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Alexander Urban Postdoctoral Associate
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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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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Ryan Huschka Chemistry MA, 2009, Chemistry, Rice University BS, 2007, Chemistry, Newman University Research: Light-triggered release of molecules from plasmonic nanoparticles, synthesis and functionalization of nanoparticles, and gene therapy |
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Amanda Jones Chemistry BS, 2010, Chemistry, University of Iowa Research: Synthesis and functionalization of plasmonic nanostructures for medical applications |
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Nick King Physics
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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Britt Lassiter Physics MS, 2008, Physics, Rice University BS, 2004, Physics, Furman University BS, 2004, Computer Science & Math, Furman University |
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Michael McClain Chemistry BS, 2011, Chemistry, Emory University BS, 2011, Physics, Emory University |
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Shaunak Mukherjee Chemistry
MA, 2010, Chemistry, Rice University
MS, 2007, Chemistry, University of Delhi, India
BS, 2005, Chemistry, St. Xavier's College, India
Research:
Plasmonic properties of asymmetric nanostructures, plasmon induced chemical changes.
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Oara Neumann Applied Physics 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 |
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Andie Schlather Chemistry BS, 2009, Chemistry, University of Houston Research: Modulating the plasmonic properties of metal nanoclusters through plasmon-exciton interactions |
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Christyn A. Thibodeaux Applied Physics BS, 2010, Physics, Xavier University of Louisiana Research: Engineer and characterize sub-50 nm nanoparticles for theranostic nanomedicine |
| Zhipeng Wang Chemistry BS, 2008, Chemistry (minor in Japanese), Peking University, Beijing, China MS, 2010, Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis Research: Light-Triggered Release of clinical relevant molecules from plasmonic nanostructured materials and drug delivery |
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Fangfang Wen Chemistry MS, 2010, Molecular Photonics for bio- and nanotechnologies, Ecole normale supérieure de Cachan, France MS, 2010, Molecular nano-and bio-photonics for telecommunications, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain BS, 2008, Optical Science & Technology, Xi'an University of Posts &Telecommunications, China Research: Plasmonic trapping of nanoparticles |
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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 |
Alumni
| Carla Aguirre | Graduate Research Associate, University of Montreal | |
| Richard Averitt | Associate Professor, Boston University | |
| Rizia Bardhan | Postdoctoral Fellow, Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory | |
| 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 | Seismic Imaging Engineer, CGGVeritas, Houston | |
| 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 | |
| Joseph Jackson | Patent Engineer, Osha Liang LLC, Houston | |
| Tara Kasper | ||
| Kevin Kelly | Associate Professor, Rice University | |
| Janardan Kundu | Postdoctoral Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory | |
| Allen Lee | ||
| Carly Levin | Senior Research Scientist, Nano3D Biosciences, Inc. | |
| Yu Liu | University of Pennsylvania | |
| Nyein Zaw Lwin | MBA Program, Florida | |
| Nikolay Mirin | Process Engineer, Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, Idaho | |
| Cristin Moran | 3M, Minnesota | |
| 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 | ||
| Dongmao Zhang | Assistant Professor, Mississippi State University |