Past Members

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Postdoctoral Scholars

Mitsugu Hasegawa
Mitsugu Hasegawa
Assistant Professor at Kanagawa University
Ph.D.,2020
Tatsunori Hayashi
Tatsunori Hayashi
MGC Pure Chemicals America, Inc
Ph.D.,2020
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  • Yuichi  Hirai: NIMS-Tsukuba

Ph.D. Students

Joseph Gonzales
Joseph Gonzales
Postdoctoral scholar at Virginia Tech
Ph.D.,2024
B.S, 2019

Steven Claucherty
Steven Claucherty
Air Force Research Laboratory
Ph.D.,2020
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  • Rongnan Yao: Ph.D., 2026

Master Students

Sydney Brown
Sydney Brown
National Weather Service Forecast Office
M.S.,2026
Yi-Chung Chen
Yi-Chung Chen
Lucid Motors
M.S.,2023
B.S., 2021
Wesley Patterson
Wesley Patterson
McKinley Climate Laboratory at Eglin Air Force Base
M.S.,2020

 

  • Tobey McDonough: Booz Allen Hamilton, M.S., 2025

Undergraduate Students

Wes Roeder

Wes Roeder
Jan. 2025 – Dec. 2025

Dylan Wachula

Dylan Wachula
Feb. 2023 – May 2025

Oscar Pontiff

Oscar Pontiff
William Family Fellowship (Nov. 2024)
Jan. 2023 – May 2025

Russell Henggeler

Russell Henggeler
William Family Fellowship (Nov. 2024)
Aug. 2023 – Dec. 2024

Jonah Ikeda

Jonah Ikeda
Aug. 2023 – May 2024

Oluwatomi Ogunleye

Oluwatomi Ogunleye
Feb. 2023 – May 2024

Samuel Carnogursky

Samuel Carnogursky
Aug. 2023 – Dec. 2023

Connor Mangan

Connor Mangan
Jan. 2023 – May 2023

Vincent DiFilippo

Vincent DiFilippo
Slatt Fellowship (Jan. 2022 – May 2023)
Feb. 2021 – May 2023

Nicholas Slusher

Nicholas Slusher
NURF Fellowship (May – Jul. 2021)
Feb. 2021 – Apr. 2021
May 2021 – Jul. 2021
Jan. 2022 – May 2023

Korey Walters

Korey Walters
Sep. 2021 – May 2023

Christopher Peterson

Christopher Peterson
Jan. 2022 – May 2022

Oct. 2022 – Dec. 2022

Owen Duffy

Owen Duffy
Sep. 2021 – Dec. 2022

James Kutufaris

James Kutufaris
Feb. 2021 – May 2022

Brendan Kane

Brendan Kane
Vincent P. Slatt Fellowship
Aug. 2020 – Nov. 2020

Feb. 2021 – May 2022

Allison Taylor

Allison Taylor
Slatt Fellowship (Aug. – Nov. 2020)
Aug. 2020 – Nov. 2020

Jan. 2021 – May 2021

Joseph Sutton

Yi-Chung Chen
Slatt Fellowship (Jan. – Dec. 2020)
Jan. 2019 – May 2021

Gabrielle Beach

Gabrielle Beach
Aug. 2020 – Nov. 2020

Marta Kernan

Marta Kernan
Jan. 2019 – May 2020

Neil Niere

Neil Niere
Jan. 2019 – May 2020

Michael Rogers

Michael Rogers
Jan. 2018 – Dec. 2019

Jack Gorman

Jack Gorman
Slatt Fellowship (Jan. – May 2019)
Jan. 2018 – May 2018

Jun. 2018 – Dec. 2018

Jan. 2019 – May 2019

Joseph Sutton

Joseph Sutton
Jan. 2019 – May 2019

Joseph Gonzales

Joseph Gonzales
Slatt Fellowship (May 2018 – Apr. 2019)
Jan. 2017 – May 2019

Alfredo Duarte Gomez

Alfredo Duarte Gomez
NURF Fellowship (May – Jul. 2017)
May 2017 – Jul. 2017

Aug. 2017 – May 2018

  • Anders Butsch: Jan. 2026 – May 2026
  • Josh Urban: Jan. 2026 – May 2026
  • Joseph Broderick: Feb. 2025 – May 2025, Aug. 2025 – May 2026
  • Gabrielle Rodriguez: Aug. 2025 – Dec. 2025
  • Yaritza Padilla: Aug. 2025 – Dec. 2025
  • Will White: Jan. 2025 – May 2025
  • Kelly Antosiewicz: Jan. 2025 – May 2025
  • Andrew Lauerman: Jan. 2025 – May 2025
  • Isabella Field: Jan. 2025 – May 2025
  • Demi Olawoyin: Jan. 2024 – May 2025
  • Michael Sanchez: William Family Fellowship (Nov. 2024); Jan. 2024 – May 2025
  • Ray Sierra: Sep. 2023 – Dec. 2024
  • Ian Martin: Jan. 2024 – May 2024
  • Katie Fiacco: Jan. 2024 – May 2024
  • Philip Lombardi: Oct. 2022 – May 2023
  • Daniel Forkey: Oct. 2022 – May 2023
  • Andrew Kwon: Building Bridges Program; Aug. 2020 – May 2023
  • Ashlyn McDonald: Oct. 2022 – May 2023
  • Quinn Gallagher: Feb. 2021 – May 2021
  • Diana Linares Mendes: Building Bridges Program; Aug. 2016 – May 2020
  • Frank Byrd: Feb. 2020 – May 2020
  • Jacob Shapiro: Sep. 2019 – May 2020
  • Alexandre Boueri Alvarez: Sep. 2017 – Dec. 2017, Jan. 2018 – May 2018, Aug. 2018 – Dec. 2018
  • Adam Matteson: Aug. 2017 – Nov. 2018
  • Matthew Hennessy: Oct. 2017 – May 2018
  • Adam Mallette: Aug. 2017 – Dec. 2017
  • Jens Rataczak: Sep. 2017 – Dec. 2017
  • Kelly Prussack: Aug. 2017 – Dec. 2017
  • Shane Combs: Jan. 2017 – Aug. 2017
  • Ryan Dixon: Jan. 2017 – Aug. 2017
  • Kevin Warten: Aug. 2016 – May 2017
  • Senay Argaw Tilahun: Feb. 2016 – May 2017

Visiting Scholars/Visiting Students

Taro Sasakura

Taro Sasakura
Aug. 2025

Yuinosuke Takashima

Yuinosuke Takashima
Aug. 2025

Yusuke Kojima

Yusuke Kojima
Aug. 2024

Thorsten Klaas

Thorsten Klaas
Aug. 2024

Arnaud Carboni

Arnaud Carboni
Aug. 2023 – Dec. 2023

Sathya Narayanan

Sathya Narayanan
Jan. 2023 – May 2023

Tsubasa Ikami

Tsubasa Ikami
Jul. 2022 – Sep. 2022

Thai Duong Nguyen

Thai Duong Nguyen
Jun. 2022 – Jul. 2022

Yusuke Hirose

Yusuke Hirose
Apr. 2019 – Jul. 2019

Henrique Fanini Leite

Henrique Fanini Leite
CAPES Award, Brazil
Aug. 2018 – Jul. 2019

Tatsuya Yamada

Tatsuya Yamada
Jul. 2017 – Aug. 2017

Tatsunori Hayashi

Tatsunori Hayashi
Feb. 2015 – Dec. 2015

  • Yushi Matsumura: Aug. 2023
  • Adam Matteson: Aug. 2018 – Oct. 2018
  • Teppei Kuwata: Aug. 2018 – Oct. 2018
  • Takeshi Fujimoto: Mar. 2018
  • Yusaku Nishio: Sep. 2017 – Mar. 2018
  • Akira Kotani: Jun. 2017 – Feb. 2018
  • Daiki Kurihara: Mar. 2017 – Dec. 2017
  • Mio Tanaka: Oct. 2015 – Dec. 2015
  • Miki Nishimura: Oct. 2015 – Dec. 2015
  • Kazunobu Kobayashi: Jan. 2015 – Nov. 2015

Internship Students

Lyon Burns

Lyon Burns
NURF Fellowship
May 2024 – Aug. 2024

Xinchen Xia

Xinchen Xia
Summer 2021

Dawn Kelly

Dawn Kelly
Naughton Fellowship (REU)
May 2019 – Jul. 2019

Wenxi Chen

Wenxi Chen
iSURE  program
Jul. 2019 – Aug. 2019

Anthony Garatoni

Anthony Garatoni
Fall 2018

William Gothard

William Gothard
NURF Fellowship
Jun. 2018 – Aug. 2018

Qiaochu Wang

Qiaochu Wang
iSURE program
Jul. 2017 – Aug. 2017

Arnau Rodríguez Rubio

Arnau Rodríguez Rubio
NURF Fellowship
Jun. 2016 – Aug. 2016

Kamolthita Ruengthong

Kamolthita Ruengthong
iSURE  program
Jun. 2016 – Jul. 2016

Hengfei Wang

Hengfei Wang
iSURE  program
Jul. 2016 – Aug. 2016

Daiki Kurihara

Daiki Kurihara
NURF Fellowship
May 2015 – Jul. 2015

  • Hanbin Qiu: iSURE program; Jul. 2018 – Aug. 2018