Former staff and
students:
§ William Rogers (UNLV
Physics major). Senior thesis completed 5/2024.
§ Zachary Thelen (UNLV
Physics and Mechanical Engineering) Senior thesis completed 5/2024.
§ Alejandro Aceves (UNLV
Physics major) successfully defended his senior thesis. Graduated 12/2023.
§ Drake Joseph (UNLV Physics major)
successfully defended his senior thesis. Graduated 12/2023.
§ Steven Brant (UNLV Physics
major) successfully defended his senior thesis.
Graduated 5/2019.
§ Sindi Torres (UNLV Biology
major)
§ David Goldberger (UNLV
physics graduate student – passed Ph.D. qualifying exam). Successfully defended his masters thesis on 10/31/18.
§ Sarah Schyck
(UNLV physics graduate student).
Successfully defended her masters
thesis on 11/19/18. Now in a Ph.D.
program in Delft University of Technology (the Netherlands).
§ Cheyenne McGlothen (UNLV
Physics major)
Successfully completed her Senior Project entitled: “High Pressure Study of Tin (II) Oxalate
using Raman Spectroscopy up to 20 GPa” on 12/7/18.
§ Kevin Parrish (UNLV Physics
major)
§ Oliver Walton (UNLV Physics
major)
§ Dr. Egor Evlyukhin (UNLV Postdoctoral Fellow)
§ Stephen Iota (UC Irvine
physics major – summer REU student)
§ Alexander Smith (UNLV physics and
chemistry major)
§ Nate Stodick (Univ.
Pittsburgh volunteer summer 2016 student)
§ Carlos Castro (UNLV Physics major) - completed
his senior thesis with me.
§ Tony Brillhart (UNLV Physics major) -
completed his senior thesis with me. Graduated May 2015.
§ Sharissa Reiser (UNLV Physics major) -
completed her senior thesis with me.
§ Brent Hulsey- completed senior thesis with
me. Now employed by Allegiant airlines.
§ Ligang Bai (Postdoctoral Fellow now employed by
HP-CAT at the Advanced Photon Source)
§ Nicholas Macagno (UNLV
Physics majoe)
§ Mai Bausch (UNLV Physics
major)
§ Griffin Guardala (Summer
2013 REU student from University of Maryland, Baltimore County)
§ Corwin Grigg (UNLV Engineering major)
§ Justice Sportsman (UNLV Chemistry major)
§ Marty Galley (UNLV Masters Graduate Student,
also 2008 NSF REU Summer Student from SUNY Cortland) . Now
enlisted in the Navy as an officer. Successfully defended his Masters thesis on 11/7/11.
§ Robert Hunt (UNLV Physics major)
§ Yu Liu (currently a physics graduate student at
Harvard)
§ John Robinson (currently a graduate student at
the Univ. of Colorado, Boulder)
§ Sergio Dieguez (UNLV Physics major)
§ Casey Paulin (NSF REU 2012 Summer Student from
Howard University)
§ Milos Visekruna (UNLV
Physics major)
§ Jack Brangham (UNLV Summer REU Student
from Otterbein
University)
§ Connor Callahan (High School
volunteers)
§ Dr. Neelanjan Bhattacharya (UNLV
Postdoctoral Assistant)
§ Jimmy Hernandez-Bello (UNLV Physics Doctoral
Student)
§ Edward Romano (UNLV Masters Graduate
Student). Successfully defended his Masters thesis
on July 7, 2010. Currently working at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
for NSTEC.
§ Harrison Ruiz (UNLV Summer 2010 NSF REU student)
§ Jennifer Wojno (UNLV Summer 2010 NSF
REU student from Univ. of Louisville)Michael Haire (UNLV Engineering
Sophomore)
§ Yu Zhen Feng (UNLV Biology Sophomore)
§ Sergey Tkachev (UNLV Postdoctoral
Fellow)
§ Zachary Quine (UNLV Physics – graduated December
2007. Received one of UNLV’s “Outstanding Graduate”
awards. Now working at the Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen, MD.
Will enter Princeton University Chemistry graduate program in the Fall of
2009.)
§ Brian Yulga (UNLV
Masters Graduate Student. Brian successfully defended his Masters thesis on July 15, 2009.)
§ David Hartnett (UNLV Physics major, now a
physics graduate student at the Univ. of Oklahoma. Senior thesis:
“High temperature studies of cyclohexane.”)
§ Sandra Saldana (UNLV Geophysics – now a
geophysics graduate student at New Mexico Tech)
§ Franciso Sermeno (UNLV Engineering
Student)
§ Jeremy Segafredo (UNLV
Physics Senior – graduated May 2008. Senior thesis: “High pressure
studies of TATB.”)
§ Emily Hartnett (UNLV Physics Junior)
§ Scott Wilde (UNLV physics
graduate)
§ Wade McElroy (UNLV Engineering
Sophomore)
§ Sean Bajar (UNLV Engineering Senior)
§ Brett Walters (UNLV Biology major –entered
Chicago Medical School)
§ Cayce Roach (UNLV Physics Senior)
§ Carlos Parada (2004 Summer NSF REU student
now a physics graduate student at the Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
§ Jonathan Larson (2006 Summer NSF REU student
from Longwood Univ.)
§ Thomas Hirschauer (2006 NSF REU
student from Univ. of Dayton)
§ J.P. Badasci (2007 Summer NSF REU
student from Austin Peay State U.)
§ Jessica Field (UNLV Math Senior. Now
a math teacher.)
§ Paul Parcon (UNLV Honors
Student)
§ Alex Carr (UNLV Freshman)
§ Ognjen Grubor-Urosevic (UNLV
Masters Graduate Student)
§ Wayne Stanbery (Postdoctoral Fellow)
§ Krystyna Lipinska-Kalita (Assistant
Research Professor)