Members
Principal Investigator
Prof. Yaroslava (Yara) G. Yingling
Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, University Faculty Fellow, Director of Undergraduate Program, Associate Department Head for Scholarship and Education, Editor for Springer Journal of Materials Science
Ph.D. Materials, Pennsylvania State University, 2002
B.S.(University Diploma) Computer Science and Engineering, St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University, Russia, 1996
Phone: +1(919) 513 2624
Email: yara_yingling@ncsu.edu
Office: 3014 Engineering Building I, 911 Partners Way, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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Research Staff
Prof. Albert Kwansa
Research Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Ph.D. Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2013
Email: alkwansa@ncsu.edu
Dr. Alexey Gulyuk
Postdoctoral Fellow, Materials Science and Engineering
M.S. Physics, North Carolina Central University, 2016
B.S. Engineering Physics, Belarusian State University, Belarus, 2014
Email: agulyuk@ncsu.edu
Graduate Students
Thomas (Tad) Deaton
Graduate Student
B.S., West Virginia Wesleyan College, 2004
B.S. Biomedical Engineering, East Carolina University, 2012
M.NE., North Carolina State University, 2014
Email: tadeaton@ncsu.edu
Akhlak Ul Mahmood
Graduate Student
B.S. Physics, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2016
Email: amahmoo3@ncsu.edu
Sergei Rigin
Graduate Student
M.S. Applied Chemistry, New Mexico Highlands University, 2019
M.S. Laser Technologies and Instrumentation, ITMO University, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2018
B.S. Laser Technologies and Instrumentation, ITMO University, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2016
Email: srigin@ncsu.edu
Sabila Kader Pinky
Graduate Student
M.S. Materials Science, Missouri State University, 2019
B.S. Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Bangladesh, 2014
Email: spinky@ncsu.edu
Andrew Cannon
Graduate Student
B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, North Carolina State University, 2017
Email: ahcannon@ncsu.edu
Merve Fedai
Graduate Student
B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, North Carolina State University, 2021
Email: mfedai@ncsu.edu
Christina Vilchez
Graduate Student
B.S. Mechanical and Energy Engineering, University of North Texas, 2022
Email: cvilche@ncsu.edu
Abishec Sundar Senthilvel
MS Graduate Student
B.E. in Mechanical Engineering, Madras Institute of Technology, Anna University, 2020
Email: asenthi5@ncsu.edu
Michael Kirsch
Chemistry Graduate Student
B.S. in Biochemistry, SUNY Oswego, 2020
Email: mpkirsch@ncsu.edu
Undergraduate Research Assistants
Harry Antoniades
Visitors
10/2018 Haolong Xue; Jiangnan University, China
10/2017 Prof. Kristin D. Krantzman, College of Charleston, SC
08/2015 Dr. Barry L. Farmer
ALUMNI
Postdoctoral Associates:
09/2014-01/2021 Dr. Abhishek Singh , Ph.D. 2012 from NCSU, now Scientist at BASF
08/2012-present Dr. Ho Shin Kim, Ph.D. 2017 from NCSU; now a Staff Scientist at PNNL
9/2015-8/2016 Dr. Sanket Deshmukh, PhD 2010 from UDublin; now an Associate Professor at Virginia Tech.
12/2012-9/2015 Dr. Rakhee Pani, PhD 2012 from NCSU; now an Instructor at Clemson University
7/2013-7/2015 Dr. Jung-Goo Lee, PhD 1985 from University of Texas; now in Korea
1/2013-7/2013 Dr. Sergei Y. Ponomarev; now a High Performance Systems Integrator at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, MA
10/2007-11/2008 Dr. Andrey Semichaevsky; now an Associate Professor at Lincoln University, PA
1/2009-12/2009 Dr. Stacy Snyder; now a Crystal Growth Process Engineer at II-IV Incorporated, PA.
Graduate Students:
05/2017-09/2021 (PhD. 06/2021) Thomas Oweida, B. S. NC State University, 2017, now Principle System Engineer at Northrop Grumman
08/2014-07/2019 (Ph.D. 06/2019) Yuxin Xie, B.S. Central South University, 2013, now Data Scientist at AXB Bio
08/2014-03/2019 (Ph.D. 03/2019) James Peerless, B.S. Northeastern University 2012, now Product Manager, Artificial Intelligence at Citrine Informatics
08/2012-06/2017 (Ph.D. 06/2017) Jessica Nash, B. S. UNC-CH 2012, (NSF Fellowship, 2013-2016), now a Software Scientist at MolSSI
08/2012-06/2017 (Ph.D. 06/2017) Ho Shin Kim, M. S. Inha University, 2012 (ACS graduate Research Award); now a Staff Scientist at PNNL
08/2011-05/2016 (Ph.D. 05/2016) Nan K. Li, M. S. Jillin University, 2011 (ACS, MRS, AIChE graduate student research awards); now a Senior Data Scientist at Johnson & Johnson
01/2009- 05/2013 (Ph.D. 05/2013) Latsavongsakda Sethaphong, B. A. Harvard University, M. S. Vanderbilt University, 2008; now HPC Lead Platform Engineer (Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning) at General Motors
08/2009- 10/2012 (Ph.D. 12/2012) Rakhee Pani, M. S. Indian Institute of Technology, 2008; now Instructor/Lecturer at Clemson University, SC.
01/2008- 6/2012 (Ph.D. 8/2012) Abhishek Singh, M. S. Michigan State University, 2007; now Scientist at BASF
01/2011- 05/2012 (M.A. 2012) Hamed Eksiri, M.A. Materials Science and Engineering; now a Senior Technical Product Manager at Chevron
Visiting Graduate Students:
03/2013-04/2014 Doyoung Eom, Inha University, Korea
Research Assistant:
2016-2021 Matthew Manning, MSE, NCSU
2018-2020 Nina Milliken, MSE, NCSU
2016-2017 Kudiyar Orazymbetov; now Data Scientist at Blue Cross Blue Shield, NC
2009-2010 Ganesh Krishnan; now an Engineer at FormFactor, San Francisco, CA
Undergraduate students:
2022-2022 Trey Tolston, MSE, NCSU
2022 REU Brooklynn Blackwell, Howard University
2019-2022 Justin Williams, CHE, NCSU, now Exxon Mobil
2020-2022 Tiernan Baucom, MSE, NCSU, now Grad Student at U Mich
2021-2022 Mitch Hayes, MSE, NCSU, now at Wolfspeed
2018-2021 Merve Fedai, MSE, NCSU, now grad student at NCSU
2019-2020 Jonathan Wendrock, MSE, NCSU
2019-2021 Ibrahim Ahmad, MSE, NCSU
2019-2020 Johnny Donald, MSE, NCSU
2018-2019 Branden Hawkins, MSE, NCSU
2017-2018 Devin Junkins, MSE, NCSU
2018 REU Amani Reed, UNC-CH
2016-2018 Lukas Harries, Biochemistry, Vassar College
2016-2017 John Johnson, Chemistry, NCSU
2016-2017 Nathan Brown, Chemistry, NCSU, now graduate student at NCSU
2016-2017 Graham Gatwood, Engineering, NCSU
2015-2017 Thomas Oweida, MSE, NCSU, now graduate student at NCSU
2015-2017 Benjamin Peterson, MSE, NCSU, now graduate student at Penn State University
2016 REU Leo Sutter, Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology, NY
2013-2016 William H. Fuss, Computer Science and MSE, NCSU, now at Broadband Inc.
2014-2016 Danielle Stallings, MSE, NCSU
2015- 2016 Graham Bowers, AROSPACE, NCSU
2015 Lauryn Flynn, Materials Science and Engineering, NCSU
2014 William Therriault, REU student from Durham Tech Community College
2013-2014 Sabrina Huang, Materials Science and Engineering, NCSU, now PhD student at Purdue University
2014 REU Micheal Tarver, REU student from Texas State University, now graduate student at Ohio State
2013 Daniel Richter, Materials Science and Engineering, NCSU
2013-2014 Tasha Tucker, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, NCSU
2013 REU Jeremy Loffredo, Engineering Program, University of Virginia, VA
2013 REU Trisha Dupnock, Chemistry Department, Clarkson University, NY, now PhD student at Duke University
2012-2013 Joshua Amick, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, NCSU
2011-2012 Joshua McKenney, Materials Science and Engineering, NCSU
2012 REU Ramyata Upmaka, Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, PA, now PhD student at Rutgers University
2011-2012 Michael Williams, Materials Science and Engineering, NCSU
2010-2011 Benjamin Bond, Nuclear Engineering, NCSU
2010-2011 Andrew Veasey, Biochemistry, NCSU
2009-2011 Andy Vargas, Materials Science and Engineering, NCSU; now PhD student at UC Berkley
2007-2010 Ashley Marlowe, Materials Science and Engineering, NCSU
2009-2010 Evan Keresi, Materials Science and Engineering, NCSU
2008-2010 Garik Sadovy, Materials Science and Engineering, NCSU
2010 Habtom Amde, Chemical Engineering, NCSU