Group Alumni
Alumni are listed with the most recent at the top; former postdocs and graduate students are listed with their most recent known affiliation. Please contact gamelinwebmaster@gmail.com with news and updates!
Postdoctoral Researchers
Dr. Jose Araujo
Electro-Optical Engineer
Meta
Dr. Dan Kroupa
Co-Founder
Blue Dot Photonics
Dr. Matthew Smith
Consultant
Boston Consulting Group
Dr. Rachel Fainblat
University of Duisburg-Essen
Dr. Arianna Marchioro
Laboratory for Fundamental BioPhotonics, EPFL
Dr. Stefan Ochsenbein
ETH Zurich
Dr. Nils Janßen
Dr. Jialong Zhao
Research Professor, Changchun Institute of
Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ph.D.
Dr. J. Y. Diana Roh
Ph.D. 2023
Optical scientist, Meta
Dr. Kyle Kluherz
Ph.D. 2023
Postdoc Scholar, NREL
Dr. Theodore Cohen
Ph.D. 2022
Process Engineer, HCL America at Meta Reality Labs
Dr. Tyler Milstein
Ph.D. 2022
Scientist (Molecular Engineer), Roche Diagnostics
Dr. Christian Erickson
Ph.D. 2021
Materials Engineer, Meta
Dr. Jose Araujo
Ph.D. 2020
Electro-Optical Engineer, Meta
Dr. Michael De Siena
Ph.D. 2020
Staff Scientist, University of Washington
Dr. Kira Hughes
Ph.D. 2019
OSRAM, Oregon
Dr. Heidi Nelson-Quillin
Ph.D. 2018
Staff Solutions Engineer, IonQ
Dr. Kimberly Hartstein
Ph.D. 2018
Bio-Rad Laboratories
Dr. Charles Barrows
Ph.D. 2017
Lecturer, University of Washington
Dr. Patrick Whitham
Ph.D. 2016
Post-Doc, UW Applied Physics Lab
Dr. G. Michael Carroll
Ph.D. 2016
Post-Doc, NREL
Dr. Vladimir Vlaskin
Ph.D. 2014
Dr. Michael White
Ph.D. 2011
Nano Terra
Dr. Claire A. Johnson
Ph.D. 2010
Intel
Dr. Kelly Whitaker
Ph.D. 2009
Dr. Paul Archer
Ph.D. 2008
Intel
Dr. William Liu
Ph.D. 2007
Intel
Dr. Dana A. Schwartz
Ph.D. 2004
Intel
M.S.
Cedric Bamberg
M.S. 2024
Laura Jacoby
M.S. 2022
Connor Dalton
M.S. 2022
Anna Merkulova
M.S. 2022
Alex Choe
M.S. 2021
Troy Kilburn
M.S. 2016
Brigit Miller
M.S. 2015
Katherine Bryant
M.S. 2013
Ashley Bissell
M.S. 2010
Curtis Deer
M.S. 2010
Bend Research Inc.
Steve Santangelo
M.S. 2007
Undergraduate Students
- Carmelita Ro-Mendez (2020-2021, MEM-C REU)
- Nico Bricker (2019-2020, UW Undergraduate)
- Spencer Shibuya (2019-2020, UW Undergraduate)
- Mori Taylor (2018-2020, UW Undergraduate)
- Connor Juhl (2018-2020, UW Undergraduate)
- Rayne Anderson (2018-2020, UW Undergraduate)
- Chantalle Krajewska (2018-2019, MEM-C REU University College London Undergraduate)
- Chris Mechling (Summer 2019, MEM-C REU)
- Skylar Sherman (2017-2019, UW Undergraduate)
- Evan Crites (2017-2019, UW Undergraduate)
- Sarah Ostheller (2016-2019, UW Undergraduate)
- Maxwell Eronimous (2018-2019, UW Undergraduate)
- BoYoung (Bonny) Sim (2018, UW Undergraduate)
- Eric Riesel (Summer 2018, Columbia University)
- Todd Eliason (Summer 2018, University of North Georgia)
- Mitchell Kaiser (2017-2018, UW Undergraduate)
- Maggie Patrick (2016-2018, UW Undergraduate)
- Young Kim (2016-2017, UW Undergraduate)
- Alec Rachkov (2015-2017, UW Undergraduate)
- Luming Yang (2014-2016, UW Undergraduate)
- Atchuthan Gopalan (2015-2016, University College London Undergraduate)
- Ann Merkulova (Summer 2015, Moscow State University Undergraduate)
- Dane Alzate (2014-2015, UW Undergraduate)
- Xing Yee Gan (2013-2015, UW Undergraduate)
- Lindsey Kornowske (2013-2014, UW Undergraduate)
- Rachel Ohrenschall (UW Undergraduate)
- Ranish Patel (UW Undergraduate)
- Michael James (University of Bristol Undergraduate)
- Carolyn Gunthardt (UW Undergraduate)
- Majed Fataftah (UW Undergraduate)
- Christian Erickson (UW Undergraduate)
- James Gallagher (UW Undergraduate)
- Neal Reynolds (Reed College Undergraduate)
- Rob Johns (UW Undergraduate)
- Arin Greenwood (UW Undergraduate)
- Eric Manley (UW Undergraduate)
- Troy Kilburn (2011 REU, Central Washington University)
- Sujung Choi (UW Undergraduate)
- Josh Graves (UW Undergraduate)
- Edmody Motto (2009 NSF-REU, St. Martin's Undergraduate)
- Hiroki Inumaru (UW Undergraduate)
- Brittany Livingston (UW Undergraduate)
- Daniel Eichelsdoerfer (Reed College Undergraduate)
- Shirley Leu (2008 REU, Louisiana State University)
- Van Nguyen (2007 REU, University of California, Riverside)
- Dan Freeman (UW Undergraduate)
- Eric Hinds (2006 NSF-REU)
- Sean Keveren (UW Undergraduate)
- James Kraus (UW Undergraduate)
- Kathryn McNally (Macalester Undergraduate)
- Andrea Munro (UW Undergraduate)
- Quyen Nguyen (UW Undergraduate)
- Jason Parker (UW Undergraduate)
Visiting Scientists
- Prof. Andries Meijerink (Summer 2016, Utrecht University)
- Prof. G. Mackay Salley (Summer 2014, Wofford College, SC)
- Dr. Pedro Tartaj (Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid)
- Prof. Andreas Hauser (University of Geneva)
- Prof. Arwyn Smalley (St. Martin's University, WA)
Visiting Students
- Annie Regan (2018, Trinity College)
- Maaike van der Sluijs (2017, Utrecht University)
- Stijn Hinterding (2016, Utrecht University)
- Adriaan Frencken (2016, Utrecht University)
- Juliane Perl (2016, University of Duisberg-Essen)
- Franziska Muckel (2016, University of Duisberg-Essen)
- Rosa Martín Rodríguez (2009, Universidad de Cantabria)
- Jos van Rijssel (2009, Utrecht University)
- Gesche Muentze (2009, University of Gießen)