{"id":51,"date":"2024-01-30T14:50:37","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T19:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sptasinska\/?page_id=51"},"modified":"2026-06-05T11:59:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T15:59:18","slug":"members","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/sptasinska\/members\/","title":{"rendered":"Members"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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SYLWIA PTASINSKA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Principle Investigator, 101 Radiation Laboratory\/311 Nieuwland Science Hall, sptasins@nd.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u200bM.S. Physics, University of Maria Curie-Sklodowska (Poland), 2001; Ph.D. Physics, Leopold-Franzens-University (Austria), 2004; Post-doc, at Innsbruck, 2005, University of Sherbrooke (Canada), 2006, EPSRC Fellow, The Open University (UK), 2007-2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Established the group in September 2010<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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CECILIA VILLAVICENCIO GARCIA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PhD Student (Department of Physics and Astronomy), <\/em>218 Radiation Laboratory<\/p>\n\n\n\n

B.S. Physics, Meritorious Autonomous University of Puebla\u00a0(Mexico), 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joined the group in January 2023; research area: non-thermal plasma radiation<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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RAJAT GOYAL<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PhD Student (Department of Electrical Engineering),\u00a0<\/em>218\u00a0Radiation Laboratory<\/p>\n\n\n\n

B.Sc. Physical Sciences, University of Delhi (India) 2021, M.Sc. Physics, National Institute of Technology Rourkela (India), 2023, M.Tch. Quantum Technologies, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur (India), 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joined the group in May 2026, research area: heterogeneous processes on surfaces<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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JACKSON KING<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PhD Student (Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry),<\/em> 304b Radiation Laboratory<\/p>\n\n\n\n

B.S. Biochemistry, Valparaiso University (USA)\u00a0 2023,\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joined the group in January 2024; research area: heterogeneous processes on surfaces<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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MATTHEW LANGENDERFER<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Student, 241 Radiation Laboratory<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Expects to graduate in 2028 with a B.S. in physics in medicine <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joined the group in August 20235, research area: low-energy electron interactions<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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LUKE PETRUCONIS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Student, 241 Radiation Laboratory<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Expects to graduate in 2027 with a B.S. in theology and pre-health track<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joined the group in August 2025, research area: non-thermal plasma radiation<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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HAO YU<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Post-doctoral Researcher, 237 Radiation Laboratory<\/p>\n\n\n\n

B.A. Engineering, Chiba University, (Japan) 2015, M.Eng. Engineering, University of Tokyo (Japan), 2017, Ph.D. Engineering, University of Tokyo (Japan), 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joined the group in February 2025; research area: low-energy electron interactions<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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FORMER MEMBERS AND VISITORS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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\u200bRESEARCH ASSOCIATES AND VISITING PROFESSORS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thejaswini Basappa (Jan 2025-Feb 2026), Piotr Fiilipiak (May 2023), Aleksandar R. Milosavljevic (May 2015 – Feb 2016), Radmila Panajotovic (Nov 2016), Tomek Pedzinski (May 2023), C\u00e9cile Sicard-Roselli (Sep\/Nov 2022, Sep\/Oct 2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u200bKrishna P. Arjunan (Aug 2013 – Jul 2015), Soumya Banerjee (July 2018-Oct 2019), Dipayan Chakraborty (June 2019- April 2025), M. Michele Dawley (Mar 2013 – Feb 2015), Florent Ducrozet (Jan- Mar 2023), Surja Ghale (June 2018 – February 2019), Matej Klas (Sep 2012 – Aug 2013), Michal Ryszka (Dec 2015- Nov 2017), Subha Sadhu (Jul 2015 – Jun 2017), Vladimir Samara (Nov 2015 –  Aug 2017), Denis Sokolov (Mar 2014 – Feb 2015)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GRADUATE STUDENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u200bEk Adhikari (physics, PhD 2019), Joao Ameixa (University of Innsbruck, Austria), Andrea Casotto (dual degree with Universit\u00e0 Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, chemistry, PhD 2023), Bo-An Chen (chemistry, PhD 2024), Lauren Eckermann (chemistry, MSc 2022), Lily Ellis-Gibbings (CSIC, Madrid, Spain), Kasia Grzyb (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland), Xu Han (physics, PhD 2017), Weixin Huang (chemistry, PhD 2017), James Kapaldo (physics, PhD 2018), Ed Lamere (physics), Zhou Li (physics, PhD 2017), Abhijeet Nayak (physics), Evan Panken (non-major), Emil Sundang Peters (Stockholm University, Sweden), Benjamin Puschnigg (University of Innsbruck, Austria), Pitambar Sapkota (physics, PhD 2020), Amal Sebastian (physics, PhD 2023), Joao Silva (Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal), Sarah C. Reiff (physics), Iogann Tolbatov (physics, PhD 2015), Mariusz Trzcinski (Catholic University of Lublin, Poland), Steffi Vogel (University of Potsdam, Germany), Xueqiang Zhang (chemistry, PhD 2016), Samuel Zoettl (University of Innsbruck, Austria)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u200bPatricia Alquiza (Environmental Sciences), Emily Bell (REU student, Monmouth College), Aysia Bittinger (REU student, University of North Georgia), Elizabeth Briley (REU student, UC Long Beach), John Brems (Physics in Medicine), Emily Clark (REU student, North Arizona University), <\/a>Beatriz de Campos Silva (Physics in Medicine, AL\/SC Honors Program), E. Victoria Canseco (REU student, U Texas at El Paso), Alex Cantrell (Science Business), Daniel Childers (Physics in Medicine, Honors Program), Spencer Clark (Physics, Honors Program), Ben Coffey (Electrical Engineering & ROTC), Erika Escobar (REU student, UC Long Beach), Chris Ferari (Neuroscience and behavior), Jacob Finley (Physics in Medicine, Honors Program), Mattison Flakus (REU student U Rochester), Victor Garcia (REU student, U Texas at El Paso), Richard Garnett (COOP student), Chris Giaimo (Biological Sciences), Zach Imholte (Electrical Engineering, Physics), Neil Jairath (Computer Science), Kemo Jammeh (Mathematics, Physics, and Biochemistry, Berea College), Andrew Jensen (Science Business), Taylor Johnson (Physics in Medicine), Brendan Jones (Physics), Justin Jones (pre-professional), Joanna Kabuye (Pre-professional), Giorgi Kharchilava (Physics, AL\/SC Honors Program), Jacob Kennard (biochemistry), Jake Kilbride (Pre-professional Studies), Paul Kinkopf (Honors Program, Physics in Medicine), Tessa Klein (Physics, Honors Program), Emmy Kunce (Honors Program, Physics in Medicine), Kinsey Lee (REU student, Scripps College), Joe Levri (Electrical Engineering), Ziyu (Sharon) Li (Physics), Daniel Lipa (Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics), Catie Luck (RUE student, Thomas More College), Gonzalos Mallea (Mechanical engineering), Anesu Matara (Physics in Medicine, Glynn Honors Program), Raymond Mumme (Physics, Chemistry), Max Nguyen (Physics), Collin Pallissery (English), Andrew Porrazzo (Neuroscience and Behavior), Melissa Quevedo (REU student, University of Atl\u00e1ntico, Colombia), Neal Ravindra (Physics in Medicine), Kenton Reeh (REU student Creigthon U), Emil Sundang Peters (Stockholm University, Sweden), Harrison Schurr (Physics in Medicine), Diana Spulber (Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics, Physics, Honors Program), Tanner Tarkleson (Honors Program, Neuroscience and Behavior), Cole Weber (Physics in Medicine), Wai Yeng Wong (Chemical Engineering, Economy), Elek Wellman (Neuroscience and Behavior), Daniel Williams (Physics), Hulin (John) Yang (REU student Xi’an Jiao Tong University), James Yurkovich (Electrical Engineering), Wei Zha (REU student Xi’an Jiao Tong University), Yijia (Jessica) Zhou (Mathematics)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u200bChristian Huntington, Ben Kolda, Emmy Kunce, Pramod Kamalapathy, Joseph Patus<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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