Alumni

Graduate Students

Rajendra Paudel, Aug 2017-Aug 2022

  • Auburn University, Ph.D. Physics 2022
  • Now with Micron in Boise, ID

Miles Blanchet, Sep 2016-May 2022

  • Auburn University, Ph.D. Physics 2022
  • Now with GlobalFoundries in Albany, NY

Suresh Thapa, Aug 2017-May 2022

  • Auburn University, Ph.D. Physics 2022
  • Now with Intel Corporation in Hillsboro, OR

Uchenna Ubeh, Aug 2016-July 2019

  • Auburn University, M.S. Physics 2019
  • Now pursuing Ph.D. at University of Houston Department of Physics

Undergraduate Researchers

Joe Bersson, Jan 2017-Dec 2017

  • Auburn University, B.S. Civil Engineering 2019
  • Now with U.S. Navy

Faith Tiller, Aug 2018-Apr 2019

  • Auburn University, B.S. Systems and Industrial Engineering 2019
  • Now with Parsons Corporation, Huntsville, AL

Elyssa Roeder, REU student Jun 2018-Aug 2018

  • University of Washington-Bothell, B.S. Physics (expected 2020)

Research Staff

Dr. Shalinee Chikara

  • Visiting Scientist, Auburn University (2017-2019)
  • Director’s Postdoctoral Fellow, Los Alamos National Lab (2015-2017)
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Argonne National Lab (2012-2014)
  • Ph.D., Physics, University of Kentucky (2011)
  • Now on research faculty at National High Magnetic Field Lab at Florida State University

Dr. Sydney Provence

  • Postdoctoral Researcher, Auburn University (2019-2021)
  • Ph.D., Physics, University of Iowa (2016)
  • B.S. Physics, University of Virginia (2010)
  • Now with Tignis, Inc.

Dr. Gaurab Rimal

  • Postdoctoral Scholar, Auburn University, 2022-2023
  • Postdoctoral Scholar, Rutgers University, 2018-2022
  • Ph.D. University of Wyoming, Condensed matter and materials physics, 2017
  • B.S. Truman State University, Physics, 2011
  • Now Assistant Professor of Physics at Western Michigan University