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 |
Graduate Students
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Arzeena Ali Chemistry BS, 2016, Chemistry, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Research: Shape control of aluminum nanocrystals |
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Aaron Bayles Chemistry BS, 2017, Chemistry, College of William & Mary Research: Plasmonic Photocatalysis |
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Kyle Chapkin Applied Physics BS, 2014, Astrophysics, Rice University Research: Ultrafast dynamics and characterization of molecular plasmon systems |
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Benjamin Clark Chemistry BA, 2015, Chemistry, Occidental College Research: Shape-controlled synthesis of aluminum nanocrystals |
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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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Pratiksha Dongare Applied Physics 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: Optical properties of carbon black for solar thermal applications |
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Luke Henderson Chemistry BS, 2015, Chemistry, Auburn University
Research:
Synthesis of plasmonic nanomaterials for medical applications
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Christian Jacobson Chemistry
BA, 2016, Chemistry, Northwestern University
Research:
Dark field spectroscopy of aluminum nanoparticles
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Minghe Lou Chemistry
BS, 2017, Chemistry, Peking University
Research:
Plasmonic Photocatalysis
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Jordin Metz Chemistry
BS, 2016, Chemistry, Tufts University
Research:
Nanophotonics-enabled water treatment
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David Renard Chemistry BS, 2015, Chemistry, University of Michigan - Dearborn Research: Surface modification and directed growth of aluminum nanoparticles |
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Hossein Robatjazi Electrical & Computer Engineering MS, 2015, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Rice University MS, 2011, Analytical Chemistry, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran BS, 2009, Applied Chemistry, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran Research: Surface modification of aluminum nanoparticles for plasmon-enhanced photocatalysis |
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Michael Semmlinger Applied Physics BS, 2015, Physics, Sam Houston State University Research:
Nonlinear optics using plasmonics and nanophotonics
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David Solti Chemistry BA, 2018, Chemistry, Wesleyan University Research: Size and shape control of Al nanoparticles and post-synthetic modifications |
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Dayne Swearer Chemistry
MS, 2014, Organic Chemistry, Drexel University
BS, 2014, Chemistry, Drexel University
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Shu Tian Chemistry MS, 2016, Chemistry, Rice University BS, 2009, Chemistry, Fudan University, China Research: SERS and plasmon-enhanced photocatalysis |
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Lin Yuan Chemistry BS, 2017, Physics, Beijing Institute of Technology, China Research: Nanostructure fabrication and plasmonic photocatalysis |
Postdoctoral Researchers
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Ben Cerjan Physics PhD, 2019, Physics, Rice University BA, 2012, Physics and Astronomy, Carleton College Research: Tunable metasurfaces for vibrant color |
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Linan Zhou Electrical & Computer Engineering PhD, 2018, Chemistry, Rice University, USA MA, 2014, Chemistry, Rice University, USA BS, 2012, Chemistry, Peking University, China Research: Plasmon-enhanced heterogeneous catalytic chemical reactions |
Undergraduate and Visiting Researchers
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Daniel Weinberg Chemical Physics, Rice 2019 Research: Nanoparticle Surface Chemistry |
Lab Administrators
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 | |
| Felix Berg | ||
| 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 | ||
| Christopher DeSantis | ||
| 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 | ||
| Amanda Goodman | Senior Chemist, The Dow Chemical Company, Freeport, TX | |
| Glenn Goodrich | Director, Process Development and Chemistry, Nanospectra Biosciences, Inc., Houston | |
| Sam Gottheim | Process Engineer, Applied Materials | |
| Jan-Philipp Guenther | ||
| Greg Hale | Engineer, Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. | |
| Lee Hirsch | Director, Defense Science Study Group, Inst for Def Analyses, Washington DC | |
| Nathan Hogan | Zions Bank, Salt Lake City, UT | |
| 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 | |
| Nick King | Proportional Technologies, Houston, Texas | |
| Janardan Kundu | Postdoctoral Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory | |
| Adam Lauchner | Mission Control, NASA | |
| Britt Lassiter | Postdoctoral Fellow, David Smith Group, Duke University | |
| Allen Lee | ||
| Carly Levin | Senior Research Scientist, Nano3D Biosciences, Inc. | |
| Carrie Li | ||
| Na Liu | Assistant Professor, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Stuttgart, Germany | |
| Yu Liu | University of Pennsylvania | |
| Nyein Zaw Lwin | MBA Program, Florida | |
| Valeria Marangoni | University of Sao Paulo, Brazil | |
| Michael McClain | Fletcher Yoder, Houston, TX | |
| 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 | |
| Ciceron Ayala-Orozco | Postdoctoral Associate, Rice University | |
| Alejandra Garcia Piantanida | ||
| 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 | |
| Andrea Schlather | Postdoctoral Fellow, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY | |
| Scott Sershen | United States Surgical | |
| Ali Sobhani | Wafer Fabrication R&D Scientist | |
| 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 | |
| Mehbuba Tanzid (Mihika) | Intel. Santa Clara, CA | |
| Robin Taylor | Assistant Professor, Institute of Particle Technology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg | |
| Ming Lun Tseng | Postdoctoral Researcher, Research Center for Applied Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan | |
| Christyn Thibodeaux | ||
| Alex Urban | Principal Investigator, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) München | |
| Hui Wang | Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina | |
| Fangfang Wen | Sr. R&D Engineer, Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, Idaho | |
| Sarah Westcott | Nomadics, Stillwater, OK | |
| Dan Wolfe | ||
| Jian Ye | Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China | |
| Chao Zhang Dongmao Zhang |
Sr. Device Engineer, Yangtze Memory Technologies Inc. San Jose, CA Associate Professor, Mississippi State University |
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| Yu Zhang | Engineer, Lam Research, Fremont, CA | |
| Bob Zheng |