Researchers

EQUATE Researchers

Postdocs

 

Name
(Faculty Supervisor)

Email

University Affiliation

Department Affiliation

Kai Huang
(Evgeny Tsymbal)

khuang5@unl.edu 

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Physics and Astronomy

Takashi Komesu
(Peter Dowben)

tkomesu2@unl.edu 

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Physics and Astronomy

Tianlin Li
(Xia Hong)

tli11@unl.edu 

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Physics and Astronomy

Yogesh Khatri Lnu

yogi.khatri.aa@gmail.com 

University of Nebraska Omaha

Physics

Ather Mahmood
(Christian Binek)

ather.mahmood@unl.edu 

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Physics and Astronomy/
Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience

Khoa Nguyen
(Jonathan Wrubel)

khoanguyen1@creighton.edu 

Creighton University

Physics

Yujia Shi
(Jonathan Wrubel and Thomas Wong)

yujiashi@creighton.edu 

Creighton University

Physics

Neelam Shukla
(Jeremy Armstrong)

shuklan@unk.edu 

University of Nebraska at Kearney

Physics

Shuo Sun
(Yinsheng Guo)

ssun8@unl.edu 

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Chemistry

Jitender Kumar Thakur
(Abdelghani Laraoui)

jitenderthakur84@gmail.com 

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Mechanical and Materials Engineering

Bo Zhang
(Yinsheng Guo)

bzhang26@unl.edu 

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Chemistry/Engineering

 

Graduate Students

Name
(Faculty Supervisor)

Email

University Affiliation

Department Affiliation

Peace Adegbite
(Peter Dowben)

padegbite2@huskers.unl.edu 

UNL

Physics and Astronomy

Moaz Ali
(Alexey Kovalev)

mali14@huskers.unl.edu 

UNL

Physics and Astronomy

Bharat Giri
(Xiaoshan Xu)

bgiri2@huskers.unl.edu 

UNL

Physics and Astronomy

Evelyn Carreto Guevara
(Rebecca Lai)

ecarreto2@huskers.unl.edu 

UNL

Chemistry

Yifei Hao
(Xia Hong)

yfhao@huskers.unl.edu 

UNL

Physics and Astronomy

Katherine Johnson
(Yinsheng Guo)

kreim2@huskers.unl.edu 

UNL 

Chemistry

Innocent Joseph
(Yinsheng Guo)

ijoseph2@huskers.unl.edu 

UNL

Chemistry

Christopher Keck
(Shireen Adenwalla)

christopher.keck@huskers.unl.edu 

UNL

Physics and Astronomy

Sina Khayam
(Mathias Schubert)

skhayam2@huskers.unl.edu 

UNL

Mechanical Eng. and Applied Mech.

Sema Guvenc Kilic
(Mathias & Eva Schubert)

sguvenckilic2@huskers.unl.edu 

UNL

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Suvechhya Lamichhane
(Sy-Hwang Liou)

subekxa@huskers.unl.edu 

UNL

Physics and Astronomy

Abhilash Mishra
(Christian Binek)

amishra6@huskers.unl.edu 

UNL

Physics and Astronomy

Yuanyuan Ni
(Xiaoshan Xu)

yuanyuan.ni@huskers.unl.edu 

UNL

Physics and Astronomy

Frank Nyonator
(Jonathan Wrubel)

franknyonator@creighton.edu 

Creighton

Physics

Rabindra Oliya
(Shireen Adenwalla)

roliya2@huskers.unl.edu 

UNL

Physics and Astronomy

Sanchaya Pandit
(Yanan 'Laura' Wang)

spandit2@huskers.unl.edu 

UNL

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Dhanusha Rathnayake
(Yinsheng Guo)

drathnayake2@huskers.unl.edu 

UNL

Chemistry

Sartaz Sakib
(Rebecca Lai)

ssakib2@huskers.unl.edu 

UNL

Chemistry

Edward Schwartz
(Alexey Kovalev)

eschwartz5@huskers.unl.edu 

UNL

Physics and Astronomy

Naafis Ahnaf Shahed
(Evgeny Tsymbal)

nshahed2@huskers.unl.edu 

UNL

Physics and Astronomy

Ray Smith
(Eva Schubert)

rsmith105@huskers.unl.edu 

UNL

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Preston Sorensen
(Mathias Schubert)

psorensen2@huskers.unl.edu 

UNL

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Arjun Subedi
(Peter Dowben)

arjun.subedi@huskers.unl.edu 

UNL

Physics and Astronomy

Omar Taha
(Robert Streubel)

otaha2@huskers.unl.edu 

UNL

Physics and Astronomy

Yousra Traouli
(Mathias Schubert and Eva Schubert)

ytraouli2@huskers.unl.edu 

UNL

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Gauthami Viswan
(Peter Dowben)

gviswan2@huskers.unl.edu 

UNL

Physics and Astronomy

Qiuchen Wu
(Xia Hong)

wuqiuchen@huskers.unl.edu 

UNL

Physics and Astronomy

Yuanyuan Zhang
(Xia Hong)

yzhang155@huskers.unl.edu 

UNL

Physics and Astronomy

Undergraduates

Name
(Faculty Supervisor)

Email

University Affiliation

Department Affiliation

Douglas Davidchik
(Alexander Wysocki)

davidchikd@lopers.unk.edu 

UNK

Physics

Jonas Duda
(Christopher Wong)

jonasduda@creighton.edu 

Creighton

 

Caleb Esquibel
(Christian Binek)

cesquibel9@huskers.unl.edu 

UNL

Physics and Astronomy

Ben Foulks
(Jonathan Wrubel)

BenFoulks@creighton.edu 

Creighton

Physics

Ben Hammons
(Abdelghani Laraoui)

bhammons2@huskers.unl.edu 

UNL

Mechanical and Materials Engineering

Julio Navas Hernandez
(Wai Ning Mei/Renat Sabirianov)

jnavas@unomaha.edu 

UNO

Physics

Molly McLaughlin

mollymclaughlin@creighton.edu 

Creighton

 

Dylan Owens
(Wai Ning Mei/Renat Sabirianov)

dylanowens@unomaha.edu 

UNO

Physics

Andrea Phan
(Yinsheng Guo)

aphan3@huskers.unl.edu 

UNL

Chemistry

Grant Ross

gross2@huskers.unl.edu 

UNL

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Conner Rowland
(Christian Binek)

crowland5@huskers.unl.edu 

UNL

Physics and Astronomy

Nova Solarz
(Alexander Wysocki)

solarzn@lopers.unk.edu 

UNK

Physics

Preston Sorensen

psorensen2@huskers.unl.edu 

UNL

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Emma Williams
(Mathias Schubert)

emmambean03@gmail.com   

UNL

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Alumni

NameCurrent Role 
Corbyn Mellinger, Ph.D.Patent Examiner – Physics,
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
 
Kayleigh McElveen, Ph.D.Principal scientist, TAMKO Building Products 
Syed Qamar Abbas Shah, Ph.D.Module Development Engineer, Intel Corporation 
Jia Wang, Ph.D.Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Wisconsin-Madison 
Thilini Ekanayaka, Ph.D.Process Engineer, Applied Materials 
Adam Erickson, Ph.D.Experimental Phenomenologist, ETH Zurich 
Archit Dhingra, Ph.D.Postdoctoral Researcher, MAX IV Laboratory (Sweden) 
Mohammad Ghashami, Ph.D.Associate Professor, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Department, University of Illinois Chicago 
Christos Argyropoulos, Ph.D.Professor, Penn State University 
Ufuk Kilic, Ph.D.Research Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering 
Ahsan Ulla, Ph.D.Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Central Florida 
Alexander Ruder, Ph.D.R&D Systems Development Engineer, Onto Innovation 
Joe KlompPhysics Ph.D. Student at Purdue University 
Wei Bao, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 
Megan Stokey, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Milwaukee School of Engineering