From left to right: (First row) Segundo Chimborazo, Zeeshan Chaudhry, Justin Pinca, Sampada Pudke, Alice Göransson, Luna Silva Esquinas, Samhita Kattekola, and Stephanie Winzelberg
(Second row) Ilona Kretzschmar, Eric McPherson, Daniel Carter, Pieter Orlandini, Amelia Volpe, and Baseemah Rucker

Current Members

Professor Ilona Kretzschmar (CV)

PhD Students: 
Baseemah Rucker (October 2019 - present) (co-advised with Prof. Alex Couzis)
Zeeshan Chaudhary (October 2019 - present) (co-advised with Prof. Alex Couzis)
Samhita Kattekola (February 2021 - present) (co-advised with Prof. Alex Couzis)
Eric McPherson (October 2021 - present)
Daniel Carter (October 2021 - present) (co-advised with Prof. Alex Couzis)
Justin Pinca (October 2022 - present)

Visiting PhD Students: 

Wilmer Martinez Valle (University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, Prof. Ubaldo M. Córdova Figueroa Summer 2022, Summer 2023)


Master Students: 

Undergraduate Students: 
Segundo Chimborazo (LSAMP Scholar, Spring 2021 - present)
Miguel Samuel (LSAMP Scholar, Data Science Scholar, Spring 2022 - present)
Luna Silva Esquinas (Summer 2023 - present)
Pieter Orlandini (Data Science Scholar, Summer 2023 - present)

High School Students: 
none

Former Members


PhD Students: 
Jingqin Cui (January 2005 - September 2008) (Researcher Staff at Xiamen University, China) 
Amar B. Pawar (March 2005 - May 2009) (Research Staff at Momentive Performance Materials) 
Jung (Kevin) Song (March 2005 - August 2009) (Global Marketing and Commercial Director at The Lubrizol Corporation) 
Nima Sharifi Mood (September 2009 - May 2011) (co-advised with Profs. C. Maldarelli and J. Koplik) 
Sonia Mathews (May 2006 - May 2013) 
Hsin-Yu Chen (March 2007 - September 2013) 
Bin Ren (September 2008 - January 2014) 
Zhenping He (February 2009 - January 2014) (Postdoctoral Fellow at Lehigh University)
Weikang Chen (May 2009 - May 2014) (co-advised with Prof. J. Koplik) 
Sepideh Razavi (February 2011 - Augsut 2015) (co-advised with Prof. J. Koplik and Prof. R. Tu) (now Professor at University of Oklahoma)
Roger Chang (February 2012 - June 2016)
Ellen Knapp (February 2015 - June 2019) (co-advised with Prof. R. S. Tu)
Megan Webster (February 2015 - January 2020) (co-advised with Prof. M. Castaldi)
Thomas Long (February 2014 - January 2020) (co-advised with Prof. J. Koplik)
Zhoreh Jalilvand (February 2015 - January 2021)

Master Students: 
Alice Göransson (Summer 2023)
Sampada Prashant Pudke  (Summer 2023)
Juwon Lee (January 2014 - May 2015)
Naomi Ramesar (September 2012 - July 2014) (now PhD student at U Michigan)
Shaghayegh Darjani (January 2013 - August 2014) (now PhD student at CCNY)
Laura Maria Hernandez Rodriguez (Summer 2014) (now PhD student at U Toronto)
Luis Y. Rivera Rivera (Summer 2014) (now PhD student at U Michigan)
Jessica Lenis (September 2011 - November 2012) 
Carlos Silvera Batista (January 2005 - July 2006) (now Professor at Vanderbilt University) 
Roger Chang (June 2010 - August 2011) (completed PhD at CCNY)
Francisco Guzman (February 2010 - August 2010) (completed PhD at NJIT) 
Sailaja Khadka (June 2010 - October 2010) 
Romesh Collins (May 2007 - May 2008) 
Ayanna Moses (October 2006 - August 2008) 
Lilian Okello (September 2008 - May 2009) 
Mohsin Saleemi (Summer 2009) 
Bin Ren (Summer 2007)
Karen Wright (June 2010 - August 2010) 
Rebecka Isaksson (January 2011 - July 2011) 

Undergraduate Students: 
Amelia Volpe (IDMinNYC and IDEALS Summer REU Program, Summer 2023)
Mellany Smith (IDMinNYC and IDEALS Summer REU Program, Summer 2022)
Ramsha Malik (Spring 2021 - Fall 2022)
Zoe McIntyre Gonzalez (CREST IDEALS Summer REU Program, in person, Summer 2021)
Zoe McIntyre Gonzalez (CREST IDEALS Summer REU Program, virtual, Summer 2020)
Jessica Singh (Summer 2019)
Cynthia Huang (Summer 2019 - May 2020) (now PhD at Stony Brook University)
Philippe Jean-Baptiste (Summer 2019 - January 2020) (now PhD at MIT)
Carlos Peralta (Summer 2018 - January 2019)
Hamad Haider (December 2017 - February 2019)
David Geiger (Summer 2018 - January 2019)
Luz-Maria Valdiviezo (April 2017 - January 2019)
Amber Barbone (September 2017 - January 2018)
Alfredo A. Rodriguez (September 2017 - January 2018) (now PhD at Cornell)
Kevin Wolf (Dominguez) (December 2016 - January 2018) (now PhD at NYU)
Nicholas Schulman (April 2016 - May 2018) (GEM fellowship recipient, now PhD at Cornell)
Kristi Pepa (January 2016 - January 2018 ) (now PhD at U Michigan)
Paulina Librizzi (May 2014 - September 2017) (now PhD student at Cambridge University)
Carlos Rodriguez (Summer 2017)
Maria Cortes Ruiz (January 2016 - August 2017)
Maxwell Berkow (May 2015 - May 2017) (now PhD student at University of California Santa Barbara)
Jasmin Torres (June 2015 - May 2017)
Alismari Read (June 2015 - August 2016) (now PhD student at University of Pennsylvania)
Indroneil Roy (Summer 2013 - July 2016)  (now PhD student at RPI)
Pavel (Paul) Shapturenko (Fall 2012 - August 2016) (now PhD student at University of California Santa Barbara)
Alexandra Edberg (Summer 2016)
Pontus Renholm  (Summer 2016)
Andrew Lee (January 2016 - June 2016)
Jannatul Ferdaous (May 2013 - May 2016)
Olivia Ünesi (Summer 2015)
Rebecca Östmans (Summer 2015)
Kemakorn Ithisuphalap (September 2013 - July 2015)
Maryam Saqib (Fall 2013 - May 2014)
Evgeniya Rubin (September 2011 - May 2014) 
Nipa Dey (Fall 2012 - August 2013)
Maria Fernanda Lopez Martinez (Summer 2013)
Karolina Seigel (Summer 2013)
Yosra Persnia (Summer 2013)
Erik M. Braunstein (CENSES REU student, Summer 2013)
Indroneil (Neil) Roy (Spring 2013 - June 2013)
Mamadou Bah (February 2011 - May 2013) 
Dane Christie (February 2011 - present) (co-advised with Prof. J. Lombardi) (completed PhD at Princeton, now at Corning, NSF 2013 Graduate Fellow
Wenyi Xie (January 2012 - Spring 2013) (now PhD student at NC State) 
Chathuranga de Silva (February 2011 - Fall 2012) (completed PhD at Columbia University)
Martin Ugwu (CENSES REU student, Summer2012)
Marilyn M. Cancel Vega (Summer 2012)
Sebastian Riaño Zambrano (Summer 2012) 
Elin Österberg (Summer 2012)
Karol Gonzales (Summer 2012)
Benjamin Joyce (Summer 2012)
Julius Edson (Septmeber 2007 - Summer 2012) (completed PhD at UC Irvine, NSF 2013 Graduate Fellow )
Alex Ruditskiy (Fall 2008 - Summer 2012) (completed PhD at Georgia Tech, NSF 2013 Graduate Fellow )
Ron Schneider (September 2011 - Spring 2012) 
Joseph Wokpetah (January 2012 - Summer 2012) (completed MS at Penn State, now at MERCK)
Guadalupe Gonzalez (Summer 2010 - Spring 2011) 
Irma Karat (Summer 2011) 
Andreas Blidberg (Summer 2010) 
Carlos Eduardo Molina Lozano (Summer 2011) 
David Liu (Summer 2009 - December 2010) (completed PhD at UC Berkeley)
Stephen Ma (September 2008 - July 2011) (completed PhD at U Delaware, now at Intel)
Donovan Wilson (Summer 2010 - November 2010) 
Rebecka Isaksson (Summer 2010) 
Andreas Langwall (Summer 2010) 
Felipe Aguas (Summer 2010) 
Javier Acosta (Summer 2010) 
Jessica Lenis (Summer 2010 - August 2011) 
Taslima Ahmed (December 2009 - August 2010) (completed PhD at Penn State, now at Intel)
Maggie Budianto (February 2010 - August 2010) (completed PhD at U Wisconsin - Madison)
Francisco Guzman (September 2008 - January 2010) 
Beatriz Elena Béltran Poro (Summer 2009) 
Michael D'Erasmo (SESMI REU - Summer 2009) 
Marta Dulko (September 2008 - August 2009) 
Ahmed El Azab (Summer 2009) 
Laura Margarita Neira Hazime (Summer 2009) 
Katherine Rodriguez (CENSES REU - Summer 2009) 
Amara Emenuo (October 2007 - May 2009) 
Kelechi Aseme (September 2008 - December 2008) 
Sohyun Han (Septmeber 2008 - January 2009) 
Diana Castillo (February 2007 - August 2008) 
Wayne Chen (Summer 2008) 
Alex Marakov (Summer 2008) (completed PhD at U Florida)
Wen-Chung Tsai (Summer 2008) 
Lena Dahlgren (Summer 2008) 
Erika Santodomingo Santodomingo (Summer 2008) 
Jaime Juliao Faciolince (Summer 2008) 
Jegors Nikitin (Summer 2008) 
Romesh Collins (February 2007 - May 2007) 
Yulyia Shafranyuk (September 2007 - May 2008) 
Anton Dela Cruz (September 2006 - September 2007) 
Ralph Eddy Daniel (February 2007 - May 2007) 
Selena Rashid (Summer 2007) 
Vivienne Cain (Summer 2007) 
Syed Iqbal (March 2007 - May 2008) 
Mohammad Mahmud (Summer 2007 - May 2008) 
Ewa Sukcik (February 2007 - May 2007) 
Saumya Banerjee (April 2006 - February 2007) 
Jean-Francois Besnard (Summer 2006) 
Minna Carlberg (Summer 2006) 
Vickie Hau (Summer 2006) 
Beenish Javed (March 2006 - February 2007) 
Stacyann Johnson (August 2006 - July 2007) 
Maria Mukovoztchick (September 2006 - January 2007) 
Kevin Wallenstein (September 2006 - February 2007) 
Arnold Wong (Fall 2005 - Spring 2006) 
Charlotte Koenig (Summer 2005) 
Chi Fat Man (Summer 2005) 

High School Teachers: 
Yew Keong Chok (Summer 2007) 
Agatha Cadette (Summer 2007/2008) 

High School Students:
Aiko Gerra (Summer 2019)
Ria Sodhi (summer 2019)
Diamond Mensah (Summer 2017)
Maya Antwi (Summer 2017)
Samantha Garcia (May - June 2017) < /br> Savanna Hang (Summer 2016)
Griffin Williamson (Summer 2014 and Summer 2015)
Rebecca Mikofsky (Summer 2014 and Summer 2015)
Omotayo Adeoye (Summer 2013)
Matt Heany (summer 2013, Summer 2014)
Jack Rogot (Summer 2013, Summer 2014)
Elon Hurry (summer 2012) 
David Meister (summer 2012, Summer 2013) 
Jake Lynch (Summer 2010, Summer 2011) 
Frank Wiegand (Summer 2010, Summer 2011) 
Elijah Akinbamidele (Summer 2010) 
Jennie Shapira (Summer 2010) 
Julien Lombardi (Summer 2009) 
Sohyun Han (March 2008 - June 2008) 
Keren Lodge-Jones (Summer 2007) 
Eric Balfour (Summer 2006) 
Chamiere Greenaway (Summer 2006)