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Nirmal J. Ghimire <\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\r\n

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Principal Investigator<\/p>\r\n

Associate Professor
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Stavropoulos Center for Complex Quantum Matter
University of Notre Dame<\/p>\r\n


Email: nghimire@nd.edu<\/p>\r\n

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Jamaluddin Sekh <\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\r\n

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              Postdoctoral Research Associate 
              Department of Physics and Astronomy
              University of Notre Dame
              PhD: NISER, India<\/span><\/p>\r\n

              Email: sjamalud@nd.edu<\/p>\r\n

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Resham Regmi<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\r\n

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Graduate Student 
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Notre Dame<\/p>\r\n

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Mohamed El Gazzah<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\r\n

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Graduate Student
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Notre Dame<\/p>\r\n

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Abhijeet Nayak<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\r\n

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             Graduate Student
             Department of Physics and Astronomy
             University of Notre Dame<\/p>\r\n

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Daniel Lu<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\r\n

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            Department of Physics and Astronomy
           University of Notre Dame  <\/p>\r\n

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Mary Kate Carroll<\/span><\/h4>\r\n

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Undergraduate Student
Department of Physics and Astronomy
 University of Notre Dame<\/p>\r\n

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Hari Bhandari<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\r\n

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Graduate Student 
Department of Physics and Astronomy
George Mason University<\/p>\r\n

               Email: hbhandar@nd.edu<\/p>\r\n

               Next position:  Postdoc at Rice University<\/p>\r\n

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Peter Siegfried <\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/h4>\r\n

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Postdoctoral Research Associate
Department of Physics and Astronomy
George Mason University<\/p>\r\n

PhD: University of Colorado, Boulder (2020)<\/p>\r\n

Next position: Advanced Physicist at Quantinuum<\/a><\/p>\r\n

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David Connor Jones<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\r\n

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Masters Student (Masters Thesis, Summer 2021)
Department of Physics and Astronomy
George Mason University<\/p>\r\n

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Tu Cao<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\r\n

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Undergraduate Student
Department of Physics and Astronomy
George Mason University<\/p>\r\n

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Caleb Schear<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\r\n

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Undergraduate Student
Department of Physics and Astronomy
George Mason University<\/p>\r\n

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Dina Michel<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\r\n

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Undergraduate Student
Department of Physics and Astronomy
George Mason University
Currently: Grad Student at UIUC<\/p>\r\n

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Nicholas Bishop<\/strong><\/span>
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Undergraduate Student
Department of Physics and Astronomy
George Mason University
Currently at SAIC<\/p>\r\n

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Summer Interns<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n

Jeff Kindelan<\/span><\/h4>\r\n

\"\" High School Physics Teacher (QuarkNet), 2025
Adams High School, South Bend, IN<\/p>\r\n

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Breanna Drauden<\/span><\/h4>\r\n

\"\"REU Summer Intern, 2025
Arizona State University   <\/p>\r\n

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Max Busk<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\r\n

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High School Summer Intern (QuarkNet), 2025
Trinity School at Greenlawn, South Bend, IN<\/p>\r\n

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Emily Rapp<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\r\n

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REU Summer Intern, 2024
Missouri State University<\/p>\r\n

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Da’Shawn Morris<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\r\n

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Undergraduate Summer Intern, 2023
Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, North Carolina<\/p>\r\n

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Anisha Talreja<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\r\n

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High School Summer Intern (2022)- ASSIP
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology<\/p>\r\n

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Jeanie Qi<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\r\n

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High School Summer Intern (2021)- ASSIP
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology<\/p>\r\n

Jeanie’s project lead to the following publication:<\/p>\r\n

CoTe2: A quantum critical Dirac metal with strong spin fluctuations <\/a><\/p>\r\n

Advanced Materials 2300640 (2023)<\/a><\/p>\r\n

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Sukriti Sharma<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\r\n

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High School Summer Intern (2021)
West Springfield High School<\/p>\r\n

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