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GROUP NEWS
Graduate student, Mr. Derick Detellem, won the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) Internship for 2024 Graduate student, Sunpun B. Attanayake, Mr. Sunpun B. Attanayake, won The Best Oral Presentation Award at NanoFlorida Conference, April 19-21, 2024, Tallahassee, USA Graduate student, Nivarthana WYY Mudiyanselage, won a highly competitive travel grant to attend the 2023 IEEE Magnetics Society Summer School in Bari, Italy Graduate student, Sunpun B. Attanayake, won a highly competitive travel grant to attend the 2023 IEEE Magnetics Society Summer School in Bari, Italy Graduate student, Nivarthana WYY Mudiyanselage, has received a summer scholarship from The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) to perform research at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, 2023. Graduate student, Valery Ortiz Jim nez, has been awarded the prestigious 2-year National Research Council (NRC) Fellowship to work at National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Maryland, USA, 2022. Graduate student, Mr. Sunpun B. Attanayake, won a highly competitive travel grant for attending the MMM conference, October 31 to November 4, 2022, Minnesota, USA Undergraduate student, Dang Nguyen, won The Best Poster Award at The International Conference Nanobiotechnology, April 22-24, 2022, USA Graduate student, Yen Pham, has received a summer scholarship from The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) to perform research at Paul-Drude-Institut f r Festk rperelektronik, Berlin, 2022. Graduate student, Valery Ortiz Jim nez, won the Outstanding Dissertation Award of the Year 2022 from the American Physical Society - Topical Group on Magnetism and Its Applications (APS-GMAG). Graduate student, Yen Pham, won a highly competitive travel grant for attending the MMM-Intermag Conference, Jan 10-14, 2022, USA. REU student, Addi Hornsey, won an NSF-USF travel grant for attending the APS March Meeting, 2022. Dr. Phan received the 2021 Faculty Outstanding Research Achievement Award, University of South Florida, USA (USF News) Dr Phan received an Honorary Doctoral Degree from Vietnam National University - Hanoi, 2021 (VNU news) Our new research discovery of the room temperature ferromagnetism in atomically thin van der Waals magnetic semiconductors has been featured on USF news (Link to the news) Dr. Phan has been featured in the list of the Wolrd's Top 2 Percent Scientists (Journal news) Dr. Phan won a new grant on "Covid-19 Detection", which opens up a new, exciting research direction in his group (USF News) Graduate student, Chang-Ming Hung, won The Best Poster Award at the Annual MMM Conference, November 4-8, 2019, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (MMM News) Graduate student, Valery Ortiz Jimenez, won a highly competitive Travel Award for attending the Annual MMM Conference, November 4-8, 2019, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Dr. Phan received the 2019 Faculty Outstanding Research Achievement Award, University of South Florida, USA (USF News) Postdoc, Dr. Vijay Kalappattil, won the Best Poster Award at The Joint MMM-Intermag Conference, January 14-18, 2019, Washington DC, USA Dr. Phan received the 2018 Outstanding Graduate Faculty Mentor Award (honorable mention), University of South Florida, USA (USF News) Dr. Phan received The Medal for The Development Cause of Vietnam National University - Hanoi, Vietnam, 2018 (VNU News and Video) Undegraduate student, Jason Cardarelli, won the best oral presentation award at the American Physical Society Meeting, Los Angeles, Califonia, March 5-9, 2018 Graduate student, Eleanor Clements, received the GMAG-APS Student Travel Award to attend the American Physical Society Meeting, Los Angeles, Califonia, March 5-9, 2018 Dr. Phan received a 2017 Faculty Outstanding Research Achievement Award, University of South Florida, USA (USF News) Graduate student, Tatiana Eggers, won NASA Florida Space Grant Consortium (FSGC) Award, 2017 REU student, Megan Glassell, won The Best Oral Presentation Award, The APS March Meeting, March 13-17, 2017 Undergraduate student, Israel Deborah, won The Best Oral Presentation Award, The APS Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics, 2016 November 3, 2016: Dr. Kristen Stojak Repa won The Best Poster Award, The 61st Annual Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (MMM) Conference, October 31 - November 4, 2016, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA REU student, Megan Glassell, won an USF-NSF travel award to attend and present her work at the APS March Meeting 2017 June 10, 2016: Our group has received a new three-year research grant from Department of Energy, USA Dr. Phan has received an Outstanding Referee Award from Physica Status Solidi A, 2016 REU student, Evelyn Vila, won The Best Oral Presentation Award at the APS March Meeting, March 13-18, 2016 Undergraduate student, Israel Deborah, won The Best Oral Presentation Award, the 2016 APS Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics Graduate student, Vijaysankar Kalappattil, received 2016 IEEE Magnetics Society Summer School Travel Award, Tohoku University, Japan, July 10-16, 2016 Dr. Phan has become a Managing Editor for Journal of Science: Advanced Materials and Devices (Elsevier, 2016 - present) REU students (Valery Ortiz Jimenez, David Torres, and Evelyn Vila) won USF-NSF travel awards to attend and present their works at the APS March Meeting 2016 September 10, 2015: Our group has received a new three year research grant from Army Research Office, Department of Defense, USA Graduate student, Kristen Stojak, won NASA Florida Space Grant Consortium (FSGC) Award, 2015 March 18, 2015: Dr. Phan has become an Associate Editor for Journal of Electronic Materials (ISI journal, 2014 Impact factor: 1.798) Graduate student, Brian Casas, received the GMAG-APS Student Travel Award to attend the American Physical Society Meeting, San Antonio, TX, March 2-6, 2015 Graduat student, Jagannath Devkota, won The Best Poster Award, The 8th Energy Materials Nanotechnology (EMN) Fall Meeting, Orlando, Florida, USA, November 22-25, 2014 Dr. Javier Alonso won The Best Poster Award, The 59th Annual Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (MMM) Conference, November 3-7, 2014, Hawaii, USA Graduate student, Kristen Stojak, received a Travel Award from the 59th Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (MMM) , Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, November 3 - 7, 2014 REU student, Izzi Berman, has been selected a travel award for presenting her excellent research on impedance-based chemical sensors at the APS March meeting, 2015 June 19, 2014: Dr. Phan has received an Outstanding Referee Award from the Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials April 2, 2014: Former undergraduate student Ramon Alejandro Ruiz received the 2014 Prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship from National Science Foundation Undergraduate student, Jeffrey Wingo, received the PhD fellowship in Physics from University of California - Irvine, 2014 January 1, 2014: Graduate student, Jagannath Devkota, received the IEEE Magnetics Society School Travel Award, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 10-16, 2014 Undergraduate student, Trang Luong, was selected an oustanding USF undergraduate student of the year 2015 and also one of the 10 New Faces of Civil Engineering in 2014 by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and featured in ASCE news December 17, 2013: Our three-year Department of Energy (DoE) grant award and research productivity have been featured in USF Research & Innovation news August 12, 2013: Undergraduate student Jeffrey Wingo has been selected a travel award for presenting his excellent research on magnetic biosensors at the APS March meeting, 2014 April 8, 2013: Graduate student, Nicholas Bingham, successfully defended his PhD and received a postdoctoral research fellowship at the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland Undergraduate student, Ramon Alejandro Ruiz, received the Prestigious Presidential Doctoral Fellowships from the University of California Berkeley, Yale University, and Penn State University, 2013; Featured in USF news and Tampa Bay TV news Graduate student, Jagannath Devkota, received the GMAG-APS Student Travel Award to attend and present his excellent research on magnetic biosensors in the American Physical Society Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, March 18-22, 2013 Graduate student Kristen Stojak and undergraduate student Alex Ruiz won the Best Poster Presentation Award at NanoFlorida conference, USF, Sept. 2012 Graduate student, Nicholas Bingham, received the Travel Grant Award to attend the 1st Centennial of Superconductivity: Trends on Nanoscale Superconductivity and Magnetism International Workshop (June 28-July 1st, 2011), Cali, Colombia, USA Graduate student, Paula Lampen, received the NSF Travel Grant Award to attend the IEEE Magnetics Society Summer School (May 22-28, 2011), New Orleans, LA, USA Undergraduate student, Nicholas Laurita, received the PhD fellowships from Johns Hopkins University and Carnegie Mellon University, 2011 Former graduate student, Dr. Anurag Chaturvedi, received the Postdoctoral Fellowships from Dartmouth College, 2012 and from Alabama University, 2013 Graduate student, Nicholas Bingham, received the Travel Grant Award to attend the 2nd Annual IEEE Magnetics Society Summer School (September 20-25, 2009), China
CURRENT MEMBERS
Dr. Vireshwar Mishra, 2024 - present, University of South Florida, USA Dr. Rajeswari Chowdhury, 2024 - present, University of South Florida, USA Mr. Kee Young Hwang, Ph.D. student, 2020-present, University of South Florida, USA Ms. Nivarthana WYA Yapa Mudiyanselage, Ph.D. student, 2019-present, University of South Florida, USA Mr. Sunpun B. Attanayake, Ph.D. student, 2019-present, University of South Florida, USA Mr. Derick DeTellem, Ph.D. student, 2019-present, University of South Florida, USA Mr. Khoa Dang Le, Ph.D. student, 2022-present, University of South Florida, USA Mr. Ayomipo Ojo, Ph.D. student, 2023-present, University of South Florida, USA Mr. Parker Hewitt, Ph.D. student, 2023-present, University of South Florida, USA Mr. Ayomipo Ojo, Ph.D. student, 2023-present, University of South Florida, USA Mr. Dakota Brown, Ph.D. student, 2024-present, University of South Florida, USA Mr. Rakshith G.H. Shankaregowda, Ph.D. student, 2024-present, University of South Florida, USA
FORMER MEMBERS
Dr. Yen T.H. Pham (), Ph.D. dissertation (link to dissertation), 2023, University of South Florida, USA (She is a joint postdoc fellow at George Mason University and NIST, Maryland) Dr. V. Ortiz Jimenez (), Ph.D. dissertation (link to dissertation), 2022, University of South Florida, USA (She is an NRC fellow at NIST, Maryland) Dr. R. Pokharel Madhogaria, Ph.D. dissertation (link to dissertation), 2021, University of South Florida, USA (She is now a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Tennessee) Mr. K.Y. Hwang (), M.S. thesis (link to thesis), 2020, University of South Florida, USA (He continues his PhD in my group) Dr. E. Clements, Ph.D. dissertation (link to dissertation), 2019, University of South Florida, USA (She is now a postdoctoral fellow at National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)) Dr. O. Thiabgoh (), Ph.D. dissertation (link to dissertation), 2018, University of South Florida, USA (He is now a faculty at Ubon Ratchathani University) Dr. T. Eggers (), Ph.D. dissertation (link to dissertation), 2018, University of South Florida, USA (She is an Editor and the founder of EMERGE SCIENTIFIC) Dr. V. Kalappattil, Ph.D. dissertation (link to dissertation), 2018, University of South Florida, USA (He is now a research scientist at Northeastern University) Dr. H. Belliveau (), Ph.D. dissertation (link to dissertation), 2016, University of South Florida, USA (She is now a Systems Engineer at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control Division, Orlando, USA) Dr. Z. Nemati Porshokouh, Ph.D. dissertation (link to dissertation), 2016, University of South Florida, USA (She is now with a company, USA) Dr. K. Stojak, Ph.D. dissertation (link to dissertation), 2016, University of South Florida, USA (She is now an Assistant Professor at Department of Physics, SUNY Brockport) Dr. J. Devkota (), Ph.D. dissertation (link to dissertation), 2015, University of South Florida, USA (He is now a permanent research scientist at National Energy Technology Labaoratory) Dr. P. Lampen, Ph.D. dissertation (link to dissertation), 2015, University of South Florida, USA (She is now with a company) Mr. B. Casas, M.S. thesis (link to thesis), 2015, University of South Florida, USA (He was a Ph.D. student at University of California - Irvine) Mr. J. Cardarelli (), B.S. honor thesis (link to thesis), 2018, University of South Florida, USA (He was a PhD student at Michigan State University) Ms. R. Israel (), B.S. honor thesis (link to thesis), 2016, University of South Florida, USA (She is a PhD student at University of Central Florida) Mr. R. Singh (), B.S. honor thesis (link to thesis), 2015, University of South Florida, USA (He was a PhD student at USF medicine) Dr. N. Bingham, Ph.D. dissertation (link to dissertation), 2013, University of South Florida, USA (He is now an Assistant Professor at The University of Maine) Dr. A. Chaturvedi, Ph.D. dissertation (link to dissertation), 2011, University of South Florida, USA (He is now a technical specialist at Plasma-Therm) Ms. K. Stojak, M.S. thesis (link to thesis), 2012, University of South Florida, USA Dr. H.X. Shen, Ph.D. dissertation (link to dissertation), 2017, Harbin Institute of Technology, China (jointly with Prof. Sun) Dr. S. Jiang, Ph.D. dissertation (link to dissertation), 2018, Harbin Institute of Technology, China (jointly with Prof. Sun) Dr. L. Dao (), Ph.D. dissertation (link to dissertation), 2018, Hanoi University of Science, Vietnam (jointly with Prof. Ngo) Dr. N.T.M. Duc (), Ph.D. dissertation (link to dissertation), 2020, Hanoi University of Science, Vietnam (jointly with Prof. Ngo) Dr. Amit Chanda, Postdoctoral Researcher, 2020-2023, University of South Florida, USA(He is now a Research Scientist at Technical University of Demark, USA) Dr. Baleeswaraiah Muchharla, Postdoctoral Researcher, April 2020 to April 2021, University of South Florida, USA (He is now a Research Scientist at Elizabeth City State University, USA) Dr. Javier Alonso, Postdoctoral Researcher, December 2014 December 2016, University of South Florida, USA (He is now an Assistant Professor at Universidad de Cantabria, Spain) Dr. A. Khurshid, Postdoctoral Researcher, 2011-2015, University of South Florida, USA (She is now an Assistant Professor at University of Sharjah, UAE) Dr. S. Chandra, Postdoctoral researcher, 2013-2014, University of South Florida, USA (He was a postdoctoral researcher at National Institute for Scientific Research, Canada) Dr. A. Biswas, Postdoctoral researcher, 2011-2013, University of South Florida, USA (He is now a permanent research scientist at Ames Laboratory, USA) Ms. Enya Silva (), Undergraduate Research, 2019-2021, University of South Florida, USA (She is now a Film and News Media Graduate student at USF) Ms. Sarah Abdallah (), Undergraduate Research, 2021-2022, University of South Florida, USA Mr. Yasif Rahman (), Undergraduate Research (BS Honor Thesis), 2021-2022, University of South Florida, USA (He now studies at Wisconsin Madison University) Mr. Dang Nguyen (), Undergraduate Research, 2021-2023, University of South Florida, USA (He now performs research at Harvard University) Mr. C. Witanachchi (), Undergraduate Research, 2016-2018, University of South Florida, USA (He is now a M.S. student at Florida University) Mr. A. Galati (), Undergraduate Research, 2015-2016, University of South Florida, USA (He is now a Ph.D. student at New York University) Mr. J. Wingo (), Undergraduate Research, 2011-2014, University of South Florida, USA (He was a Ph.D. student at University of California - Irvine) Mr. A. Ruiz (), Undergraduate Research, 2010-2013, University of South Florida, USA (He was a Ph.D. student at University of California Berkeley) Mr. N. Laurita, Undergraduate Research, 2009-2011, University of South Florida, USA (He was a Ph.D. student at Johns Hopkins University) Ms. M. Morales, M.S. thesis, 2007-2009, University of South Florida, USA (She was a Ph.D. student at University of Trieste) Ms. T. Tran(), Undergraduate Research, 2012-2013, University of South Florida (She is now a PhD student at University of South Florida) Ms. I. Berman(), REU student, June 2 - August 1, 2014, University of South Florida (She was an undergraduate research at Beloit College) Mr. L. Martinez, REU student, June 2 - August 1, 2014, University of South Florida (He was an undergraduate research at University of Puerto Rico) Ms. E. Vila (), REU student, June 1 August 1, 2015, (She was an undergraduate student at Baker University) Ms. V. Ortiz Jimenez (), REU student, June 1 August 1, 2015, (She was an undergraduate student at University of Puerto Rico at Mayag ez) Mr. D. Torres (), REU student, June 1 August 1, 2015, (He was an undergraduate student at Texas State University) Ms. M. Lassell, REU student, June 1 August 1, 2016, (She was an undergraduate student at University of Scranton) Ms. D. Honstain (), REU student, June 1 August 1, 2016, (She was an undergraduate student at Highline College, Des Moines, WA) Ms. A. Stephan (), Undergraduate Research, Spring 2016, (She works in a company) Ms. Claire Albrecht (), REU student, June 1 August 1, 2017 (funded by NSF-USF Physics), St. Lawrence University, USA (She is now a PhD student) Ms. Caroline Collins, REU student, June 1 August 1, 2017 (funded by NSF-USF Physics), Bob Jones University, USA (She is now a MS student) Mr. Jack Poler(), REU student, June 1 August 1, 2018 (funded by NSF-USF Physics), St. Lawrence University, USA (She is now a PhD student) Ms. E. Fuller, REU student, June 1 August 1, 2018 (funded by NSF-USF Physics), Bob Jones University, USA (She is now a PhD student) Ms. Baylee Senator (), REU student, June 1 August 1, 2019 (funded by NSF-USF Physics),West Virginia Wesleyan College, USA (She is now a student at the same university)
VISITING STUDENTS & RESEARCH SCHOLARS
Prof. Vu Dinh Lam, Visiting Professor, October 11-19, 2019. He is a Rector, of Graduate University of Science and Technology (GUST), Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST), Vietnam Prof. Le Anh Tuan, Visiting Professor, October 11-19, 2019. He is Director of Nano Institute, Phenikaa University, Vietnam Dr. Xavier Moya, Visiting Professor, December 13 to January 6, 2018, Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, UK(He is now a Research Fellow at UC, UK) Mr. F. Andrejka, Visiting Ph.D. student (funded by Slovak government), January 1 April 1, 2018 (He is now a Research Scientist at Institute of Experimental Physics, Kosice, Slovakia) Ms. N.T.M. Duc, Visiting PhD student (funded by Chinese government), 12/2016-12/2017, July 7, 2017-January 9, 2018, Hanoi University of Science, Vietnam (She is a PhD student at HUS) Dr. S. Jiang, Visiting Ph.D. student (funded by Chinese government), 12/2016-12/2017, Harbin Institute of Technology, China (He is now a Research Scientist at HIT, China) Dr. Natalia Rinaldi, Visiting PhD student, (funded by Spanish government), 09-12/2015, University of Oviedo, Spain (She works in company) Mr. H.X. Shen (), Visiting Ph.D. student (funded by Chinese government), 10/2014-10/2015, Harbin Institute of Technology, China (He is now a Research Scientist at HIT, China) Mr. A. Talaat (), Visiting Ph.D. student (funded by Spanish government), 03-06/2015, University of the Basque Country, Spain(He was a PhD student at UBC) Mr. J. Cruz Vargas, Visiting M.S. student (funded by Mexican government), 03-06/2015, Instituto de Investigacion en Materials, Mexico(He was a MS student at IIM) Dr. X.L. Hou(), Visiting Scientist (funded by Chinese government), April 1, 2014 - March 30, 2015, Shanghai University, China (She is a Full Professor at SU) Mr. L. Dao(), Visiting Ph.D. student (funded by Vietnamese government), July 1-December 31/2014, Hanoi University of Science, Vietnam (He was a PhD student at HUS) Prof. Oscar Iglesias, Visiting scientist, July 8 August 7, 2013, Dpt. Fisica Fonamental, University of Barcelona, Spain Dr. P. Zhang(), Visiting PhD student, Jan. 20-Feb. 11, 2013, Chungbuk National University, South Korea Dr. F. Qin, Visiting scientist, December 10-28, 2012, University of Bristol, United Kingdom (He was a JSPS research fellow, Japan and now Professor at ZU, China) Mr. Y. Yu(), Visiting researcher, October 1, 2012 to April 30, 2013, LG, South Korea (He is a PhD student at Yonsei University) Ms. D.T.M. Hue, Visiting PhD student, July October 2012, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Vietnam Dr. A. Puri, 2010 2012, University of South Florida, USA (She is a research volunteer in our group) Dr. H.T. Ngo, Visiting scientist, June-August 2011, Hanoi National University, Vietnam (She is an Associate Professor of Physics at HNU) Dr. R. Caballero-Flores, Visiting scientist, July-October 2011, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain Ms. R. Shelden, REU student, June-August 2011, College of Maryland Dr. A. Figueroa, Visiting PhD student, April-July 2010, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain (() indicates single/major supervision)