People

Our Team

Principal Investigator

Dr. Kenan Gundogdu

Email: [email protected]

2019-present Professor, NC State University, NC
2015-2019 Associate Professor, NC State University, NC
2008-2015 Assistant Professor, NC State University, NC
2006-2008 Postdoc, MIT, MA
2004-2006 Postdoc, University of Iowa, IA
2004 PhD - Physics, University of Iowa, IA
1999 BSc - Physics, Bogazici University, Turkey

Postdoctoral Research Scholar


Dr. Isaac Brown Heft


Research: Perovskite fabrication
Contact: [email protected]
Lab: Partners III 181/124

Graduate Students

Office: Partners Building II 1525, Partners Building III

 


Myrat Kotyrov


Research:
Contact: [email protected]
Lab: Partners III 124
 


Malek Abdelsamei


Research:
Contact: [email protected]
Lab: Partners III 107/181
 


Net Phonthiptokun


Research: Studying optical characterization of organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite with ultrafast spectroscopy
Contact: [email protected]
Lab: Partners III 181
 


Mustafa Türe


Research:
Contact: [email protected]
Office: Partners III 135
 


Oluwatoyin Atikekeresola


Research:
Contact: [email protected]
Lab: Partners III 124

Past Visiting Professors

 


Dr. Anna Swan


Email: [email protected]
Dr. Swan is visiting from Boston University. The Gundogdu lab has been collaborating with her on our 2D materials project. She is an expert in condensed matter physics, optics of 2D materials, and carbon nanotubes
 


Dr. Ramon Carriles Jaimes


Email: [email protected]
Dr. Carriles is from Centro De Investigaciones En Optica in Leon, Mexico. He is an expert in condensed matter physics and ultrafast and nonlinear optical characterization.

Alumni


Dr. Melike Biliroglu


Postdoc: 2022-2024
Graduate Student: 2017-2022
Current Position: Optical Metrology Engineer at Meta
Contact: [email protected]


Dr. Dovletgeldi Seyitliyev


Postdoc: 2022-2023
Graduate Student: 2017-2022
Current Position: Optical Metrology Engineer at Meta
Contact: [email protected]
 

Ryan Wilmington


Graduate Student: 2018-2023
Current Position: Government Scientist
 


Gamze Findik


Graduate Student: 2018-2022
Current Position: Scientific Consultant, Optical Physicist at Eva Garland Consulting, LLC
Contact: [email protected]
 


Hossein Ardekani


Postdoc: 2021-2022
Graduate Student: 2015-2021
Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Scholar, University of Rochester (Rochester, NY)
Contact: [email protected]
 


Sam Sridhar


Undergraduate Student:
Research: Studying surface dynamics using second harmonic generation with ultra high vacuum (UHV) techniques, pump-probe 2-D Fourier Transform spectroscopy on conjugated polymer blends
Contact: [email protected]
 


Jack Bess


Undergraduate Student:
Contact: [email protected]
 


Ryan Brandt


Undergraduate Student:
Research: High-efficiency electronic devices, RF and analog circuits, nanoelectronics, photonics, applied electromagnetism, and optics
Contact: [email protected]
 


Alex Bataller


Postdoc: 2014-2016
Research Assistant Professor: 2016-2018
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Nuclear Engineering, North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC)
Contact: [email protected]
 

Andy Barrette


Graduate Student: 2013-2018
Current Position: Government Scientist, creator of PolyPhys.com
Contact: [email protected]
 

Robert Younts


Graduate Student: 2014-2018
Current Position: Government Scientist
 

Bilal Gökce


Graduate Student: 2009-2012
Postdoc: 2012-2013
Current Position: Group Leader at University of Duisburg (Essen, Germany)
Contact: [email protected]
 

Chao Xu


Graduate Student: 2011-2015
Current Position:
 

Cong Mai


Graduate Student: 2009-2014
Current Position:
 


Sinan Can


Summer Intern: 2011
Current Position: Data Scientist at First Republic Bank
Contact: [email protected]
 


Nirjal Sapkota


Master's Student: 2010-2011
Contact: [email protected]
 


Mark Learner


Summer Intern: 2010
Current Position: Project Engineer at UL
Contact: [email protected]
 


Servet Senlik


Summer Intern: 2009
Current Position: Data Scientist at Intel Corporation
Contact: [email protected]
 


Eric Adles


Postdoc: 2009
Current Position: Senior Professional Staff Member at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Contact: [email protected]

Our Collaborators

 

Dr. Kenan Gundogdu (Physics) and Dr. Franky So (MSE) collaboration members (2022)