Research Personnel

Faculty 

Peifen Zhu, PhD

Visting Professor 

Dr. Junru Jiang

Graduate (Ph.D./Masters) Students

Ms. Yanmei Chen

Ms.  Azmin Islam

Undergraduate Students

Mr. Deverneton Saint Paul

Outreach High School Students

Mr. Joseph Bennett Willmore

Group Alumni

PhD Alumni

1. Dr. Gopi Chandra Adhikari  

Ph.D.  in Physics, Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, College of Engineering and Natural Sciences, The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK 

Graduated in December 2020

PhD Dissertation: Metal Halide Perovskites for Lighting Applications

Google Scholar ID: ‪Gopi Chandra Adhikari‬ - ‪Google Scholar‬ 

Current Position:  TD Mod & Integr Yield Engineer at Intel Corporation

2. Dr. Saroj Thapa 

Ph.D.  in Physics, Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, College of Engineering and Natural Sciences, The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK

Graduated in May 2022.

PhD Dissertation: Towards the Development of Lead-Reduced and Stable Metal Halide Perovskites for the Next Generation White Light-Emitting Diodes

Google Scholar ID: ‪Saroj Thapa‬ - ‪Google Scholar‬ 

Current Position: Assistant Professor at Concordia College

3. Dr. Nanda K. Kasani 

     (Served as a Co-Advisor)

Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 

Graduated in December 2022.

Current Position: Senior Process Engineer at Ferric, Inc. (December 2022-Present)

4. Dr. Dilip Venugopal

Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 

Graduated in May 2023.

Current Position: Sr. Technology Manager at University of Massachusetts Lowell (August 2023-Present)

5. Dr.  Yang Yue

Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering,  Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,  College of Engineering,  University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

Period in Group: August 2020 - May 2025

Current Position:  Open to Work 

6.  Dr. Christopher Dzorkpata

Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering,  Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,  College of Engineering,  University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

Period in Group: July 2023- July 2025

Current Position:  Assistant Professor at San Jacinto College (August 2025- Present)

MS/MENG Alumni 

1. Shihao Zhang

MS in Mechanical Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering and Natural Sciences, The University of Tulsa

Graduated in December 2021

2. Alieu Sambou 

MS in Electrical Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering and Natural Sciences, The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK

Graduated in December 2022

3. Yang Yue

MS in Mechanical Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering and Natural Sciences, The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK

Graduated in August 2023

Former Undergraduate Students:

1. Preston Vargas (B.S., The University of Tulsa)

2. August Bont (B.S., The University of Tulsa)

3. Casey Ferguson (B.S., The University of Tulsa)

4. Karen Undset (B.S., The University of Tulsa)

5. Shehroze Tanveer (B.S., The University of Tulsa)

6. Sydni Norville (B.S., The University of Tulsa)

7. Tyler McGinnis (B.S., The University of Tulsa)

8. Justin Abuel (B.S., The University of Tulsa)

Former Outreach High/Middle School Students:

1.  William Wang

2. Reese Covey