INNA PONOMAREVA

Dr. Ravi Kashikar is a Research Assistant Professor. He received his PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India, in November 2020. He joined Prof. Ponomareva's group as a Postdoctoral Scholar in March 2021. Ravi's research experience mainly involves the first-principle based DFT calculations and Tight Binding Hamiltonian study for halide and oxide perovskites to explore the nontrivial quantum phases. His current research interests lie in examining the electronic structure of organic-inorganic halide perovskites and dynamics in ferroelectrics and antiferroelectrics with the aid of density functional calculations.

Dr. Nikhilesh Maity is PostDoctoral Associate. He received his PhD from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, in March 2023. As a Postdoctoral Scholar, he began working with Prof. Ponomareva's group in May 2023. His research focuses primarily on addressing the challenges and finding interesting properties associated with two-dimensional (2D) materials and their applications, using density functional theory (DFT) along with many-body perturbation theory (MBPT) approaches. His recent research interests lie in investigating the electronic and optical properties of valley polarized materials for modern valleytronics and spintronics devices.

Abduljelili Popoola is a Ph.D. student in Applied Physics. He obtained his Masters degree from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in 2020, where he applied perovskites materials for optoelectronics applications including photodetectors and supercapacitors. He is currently working on a joint computational experimental project between LAMSAT (Laboratory for Advanced Materials Science and Technology) and Computational Nanoscience group. The project focuses on computational predictions and experimental measurements of novel organic-inorganic ferroelectrics.

Joshua Townsend is a Ph.D student in Applied Physics. He began his graduate studies in Spring 2021, with a primary interest in investigating the development of novel computational methodologies used in first-principles based simulations and joined the Computational Nanoscience Group in Summer 2023. He is currently working on understanding the unique properties found within semiconducting ferroelectrics. This project focuses on utilizing first-principles-based simulations of halide perovskites in order to understand their behaviors under various external stimuli and temperatures. His long-term goal in this project is to develop new methodologies which will allow us to accurately uncover the exotic properties found in these materials, which may not be captured by conventional computational practices.

Charlie Ogg is a Ph.D student in Applied Physics. His interests include using molecular dynamics calculations to uncover unique material properties. He is currently studying the response of halide perovskites to dynamic fields through Effective Hamiltonian simulations. The goal of the project is to better understand dielectric loss in this class of materials, a property that is critical for the design of many opto-electronic devices. His long-term goal is to use first-principles calculations to study spin interactions in materials in order to advance the implementation of spintronics devices.

Current group

Dr. Partha Sarathi Ghosh (former PostDoctoral Associate) is now a staff scientist in Glass and Advanced Materials Division, Bhabha Atomic research Centre, Mumbai, India.

Dr. Zacharias Fthenakis (former PostDoctoral Associate) moved to Postdoctoral Associate at the National Hellenic Research Foundation and Visiting Assistant Professor in the University of West Attica, Greece.

Dr. Pejman Jouzdani (former PostDoctoral Associate) adjunct at Seminole State College.

Dr. Brajesh Kumar Mani (former Postdoctoral Associate) is now a faculty member at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.

Dr. Chun-Min Chang (former Postdoctoral Associate) is now Research Specialist at the Institute of Cyber Enabled Research, Michigan State University.

Dr. Maggie Kingsland (former PhD student) received Ph.D. in Applied Physics in 2022, DOD SMART recepient, now at U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Army Research Laboratory - Sensors and Electronic Devices Directorate.

Dr. Ryan Herchig (former PhD student) received Ph.D. in Applied Physics in 2017, accepted position of Civilian Scientist, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama City Beach Division.

Dr. Elena Glazkova (former PhD student) received Ph.D. in Applied Physics in 2016, accepted a position of Quantitative Analyst, Citigroup, Tampa, FL.

Dr. Kevin McCash (former PhD student) received Ph.D. in Applied Physics in 2014, accepted a position of Health Analyst Lead - Predictive Analytics, Health Integrity, LLC in Easton, MD.

Dr. Qingteng Zhang (former PhD student) received Ph.D. in Applied Physics in 2012 and is now staff scientist at Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Lab.

Devin Pappas (former Master student) is now an enrollment counselor at eCornell.

James Matt Almand (former Master student).

Jake Doherty (former Undergraduate Research Assistant) joined Graduate School at University of Texas, Austin.

Adriana Ladera (former Undergraduate Research Assistant) joined Graduate School at MIT.

Kelli Ann Lynch (former Undergraduate Research Assistant) joined Graduate School at Stanford.

Tepie Meng (former Undergraduate Research Assistant) joined Graduate School at Harvard.

Joseph Cuozzo (former Undergraduate Research Assistant) joined Graduate School at the College of William and Mary.

Savannah Vasquez (former Undergraduate Research Assistant) joined Graduate School at the College of William and Mary.

Charles Bonfield (former Undergraduate Research Assistant) joined Graduate School at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Robert Nichol (former Undergraduate Research Assistant) joined a Graduate School at the Ohio State University.