Group members
Principal Investigator
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Prof. Keji Lai Associate Professor of Physics, UT-Austin, 2018 - Present Assistant Professor of Physics, UT-Austin, 2012 - 2018 Ph.D. Princeton University 2006 B.S. Tsinghua University, China 2001 Email: kejilai (at) physics.utexas.edu |
Postdocs and Research Scientists
Graduate Students
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Zhanzhi Jiang B.S. Peking University, China 2016 Email: zhanzhi (at) utexas.edu |
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Ashish V Gangshettiwar B.TECH. Indian Institute Of Technology-Guwahati 2015 Email: ashishg (at) utexas.edu |
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Dae Hun Lee B.S. Chung-ang University, Korea 2018 Email: daehunlee (at) utexas.edu |
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Xuejian Ma B.S. Shandong University, China 2018 Email: xuejian.ma (at) utexas.edu |
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Jia Yu B.S. Peking University, China 2018 Email: jiayu (at) utexas.edu |
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Alex Stram B.S. UC-Santa Cruz 2020 Email: alexander.stram (at) austin.utexas.edu |
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Shizai Chu B.S. Nanjing University, China 2021 Email: shizaichu (at) utexas.edu |
Undergraduate Students
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Dishan Abeysinghe UT-Austin Email: dishan.abey (at) gmail.com |
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Shahin Jahanbani UT-Austin Email: Shahin.Jahahanbani (at) utexas.edu |
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Shawn Isaac Meyer UT-Austin Email: shawnimeyer (at) utexas.edu |
Visiting Students and Scholars
Group Alumni
Di Wu, Postdoc, 2013 - 2019
Lan Luan, Research Scientist, 2014 - 2017
Yuan Ren, Postdoc, 2012 - 2015
Zhaodong Chu, PhD student, 2015 - 2021
Lu Zheng, PhD student, 2014 - 2020
Xiaoyu Wu, PhD student, 2012 - 2018
Zifan Xu, Master student, 2018 - 2021
David Wannlund, Master student, 2016 - 2019
Yingnan Liu, Master student, 2012 - 2015
Kevin Herrera, Undergraduate student, UT-Austin, 2015 - 2018
Vishal Ganesan, Undergraduate student, UT-Austin, 2015 - 2018
Devon Sepeda, Undergraduate student, UT-Austin, 2014
Ryo Noguchi, Visiting student from University of Tokyo, Japan, 2019
Shinichi Nishihaya, Visiting student from University of Tokyo, Japan, 2018
Yen-Lin Huang, Visiting student from National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan, 2015 - 2017
Zhiran Zhang, Visiting student from Peking University, China, 2016
Zhenqi Hao, Visiting student from Tsinghua University, China, 2016
Weixiong Wu, Visiting student from Tsinghua University, China, 2015
He Liu, Visiting student from Peking University, China, 2014
Tai Mari Lyles, High school student, summer 2018
Janhavi Govande, High school student, summer 2017
Vasanti Varma, High school student, summer 2017
Tatiana Yeung, High school student, summer 2014
Group photos

Group lunch at Chosun Galbi, Dec 2019

Group lunch at County Line on the Hill, Dec 2018

Group lunch at County Line at the Lake, Dec 2017

Group lunch at County Line at the Lake, Dec 2017

Group lunch at County Line on the Hill, Dec 2016

Joint (with the Akinwande group) PECASE celebration party, Feb 2016

Group lunch at the Oasis Restaurant, Dec 2015

Group dinner at Prof. Lai's house, Dec 2014

Group picture with the ST-500 system, Dec 2013