I am always happy to hear updates from alumni of the group at sphil@mse.ufl.edu

Research Scientists

• Prof. Aleksandr Chernatynskiy (2008 – 2015) –  Associate Professor of Physics, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla MO. Google Scholar.
• Dr. Tao Liang (2006 – 2015) – Research Scientist, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee

Postdocs

• Prof. Alan McGaughey (2004- 2005) – Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA. Google Scholar
• Dr. Jianguo Yu  (2004 – 2007)– Staff Scientist, Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls ID (Idaho National Lab)
• Dr. Boris Ni (2006 – 2008) – Instructor in Mathematics, Santa Fe College, Gainesville FL
• Prof. Dundar Yilmaz (2011- 2013) – Research Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, State College PA. Google Scholar.
• Dr. Peng Wen, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China.

PhD Students

• Dr. Taku Watanabe, Ph.D. 2008  – Principal Researcher, Head of Global Customer Success, Preferred Computational Chemistry Inc. , Tokyo, Japan
• Prof. Dilpuneet Aidhy, Ph.D. 2009  – Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Clemson university, Clemson SC. Google Scholar.
• Prof. Rakesh Behera, Ph.D. 2009 – Industry Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, New York University, Brooklyn NY. Google Scholar
• Dr. Peter Barry, Ph.D. 2009 – UPS, Louisville, KY
• Prof. Haixuan ‘Stephen’ Xu (徐海譞), Ph.D. 2010 – Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville TN. Google Scholar
• Prof. Donghwa Lee (이동화),, Ph.D. 2010 – Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Korea. Google Scholar
• Dr. Priyank Shukla, Ph.D. 2010 – Data Scientist, Baylor Genetics, Houston TX.
• Dr. Jasmine Crenshaw (nee Davenport), Ph.D.  2011 –Director of Diversity Programs, Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs, University of Virginia, Charlottesville VA.
• Dr. Dong-Hyun Kim (김동현), Ph.D. 2011 – Director, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, Ulsan, Korea
• Dr. Mark J, Noordhoek, Ph.D. 2014
• Dr. Bowen Deng, Ph.D. 2014 – System Programmer IV, University of Delaware, Newark, DE.
• Dr. Tsu-Wu Chiang, Ph.D. 2014 – Process Engineer, Applied Materials
• Dr. Yangzhong Li, Ph.D. 2014 – High Performance Computing Department, National Supercomputing Center in Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
• Prof. Anuj Goyal, Ph.D. 2015 – Assistant Professor, IIT Hyderabad, India. Google Scholar
• Dr. Zizhe Lu, Ph.D. 2015 – Display Technology Expert, TLC Corporation, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
• Dr. Jackelyn Martinez, Ph.D. 2016 – Staff Scientist, Corvid Technologies, Mooresville NC http://www.corvidtec.com
• Dr. Brian Demaske, Ph.D. 2017 – Senior Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore CA
• Dr. Eugene Ragasa, Ph.D. 2019
• Dr. David Brown, Ph.D. 2019 – Electrophysicist, Boeing Corp., Albuerquerque NM
• Dr. Shubham Pandey, Ph.D. 2020 – Support/Application Scientist, Materials Design Inc., San Diego CA
• Dr. Michele Fullarton, Ph.D. 2020 – Australian Science Policy Fellow
• Dr. Linyuan Shi, Ph.D. 2021 – Security Analyst, Central China Securities
•  Dr. Ximeng Wang, Ph.D. 2023 – Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Wisconsin, Madison WI
• Dr. Yuan Liu, Ph.D. 2023 – Primera Analytical Solutions, Princeton NJ
• Dr. R. Seaton Ullberg , Ph.D. 2024 – Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Florida

MS Students

• Michael Emokpae M.S. 2007 –Senior Manger of Business Analytics, Axogen, Alachua FL.
• Brent Steele, M.S. 2008 – Environmental Manager, CEMEX, Brooksville FL
• Kun-Ta Tsai, M.S. 2010  – Senior Engineer, Merck, Hsinchu, Taiwan
• Guojing Hou, M.S. 2011 (Ph. D. NC State 2017) – Senior Applications Scientist, Bruker NanoSurfaces and Metrology, San Francisco CA
• Zhilin Jia, M.S. 2019
• Arvind Srikanth M.S. 2020
• Peng Zhou, M. S. 2021
• Alex Webber, M. S. 2023

Undergraduates

• Jacob Piper, B. S. 2008 – Process Engineer, Bausch + Lomb, Springhill FL
• Brian Babcox, B. S. 2010.
• Dr. Sydney Gladman, B. S. 2010  (Ph.D. Harvard, 2016) – Founder and Principal Consultant, Terra Mater LLC, Arlington MA
• Dr. David Kolesky, B. S. 2010 (Ph.D. Harvard 2016) – Principal, MPM BioImpact, Cambridge MA
• Dr. Anesia Auguste (nee Burns), B. S. 2010 (Ph.D. U. Mass. Amherst 2016) –Research Materials Scientist, AFRL Dayton OH.  Google Scholar.
• Jon Liddy, B. S. 2011 (M. S. 2013) – Senior Research Scientist-Materials Engineer, Pall Aeropower Corporation, Tampa/St. Pete FL. (Linkedin)
• Danielle Holton, B. S. 2011
• Dr. Charles Yang-Flint (ne Flint), B. S. 2011 – Director, GTM at Cisco, Portland OR
• Dr. Thomas Rudzik, B. S. 2012 (Ph.D. Georgia Tech 2019) – Postdoctoral Associate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
• Dr. Ben DeGlee, B. S.  2012 (Ph.D. student, Georgia Tech 2017) – Process Engineer, Intel Corporation
• Darnel Allen, B. S. 2015
• Manuel Esparragoza, B. S. 2018 – MBA Candidate, MIT
• Arianne Lazarro, B.S./M.S. 2020/2021 – Lockheed-Martin, Denver CO
• Ricardo Rivera, B. S. 2021
•  Ty Jenkins, B. S. 2023
• Nicole Strecker, B. S. 2024
• Madelyn McKinley, B. S. 2024

Visitors

• Prof. Man ‘Marina’ Yao (2005 – 2008) – Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, China
• Prof. Ying Chen (2010) – School of Science, Shandong Jianzhu University, Jinan, Shandong, China
• Prof. Lili Wu (2015 – 2016) – College of Xingzhi, Zhejiang Normal University China; Key  Laboratory of Zhejiang Province for Condensed Physics, China
• Prof. Peng ‘Penny’ Li (2016 – 2017) – Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
• Dr. Peng Wen (2016 – 2017) – Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Florida
• Dr. Xue Xiong (2017 – 2018) – Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
• Prof. Shuang Xu (2020 – 2021) – Associate Professor, Solid Mechanics, Wuhan University of Technology, China

High School Students

• Lauren Mackiewicz (2008)
• John Phillpot (2008) – B.S. Harvey Mudd College (2016), Site Reliability Engineer, Google, Kirkland WA