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Principal Investigator
Mark Wistey
Associate Professor
Department of Physics
Email: mwistey@txstate.edu
Website: http://www.txstate.edu/~mwistey/
Education:
B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman, 1994. (Once a Bobcat, and still a Bobcat.)
M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, 2000
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, 2005
Current Graduate Students
| Mohammed Reaz Rahman Munna Ph.D. Candidate in Material Science, Engineering, and Commercialization (MSEC) |
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| Qian Meng Ph.D. Candidate (UT), co-advised with Seth Bank at U.T. Austin |
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| Khorshed Alam Ph.D. Candidate in Material Science, Engineering, and Commercialization (MSEC) |
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Current Undergraduate Students
Layne Sauer, lab assistant 2021-.
Edna Vasquez, lab assistant 2023-.
Former Graduate Students
Augustus “Gus” Arbogast (TXST B.S. 2018, M.S. 2023)
Tuhin Dey (Ph.D. 2023), now at Lam Research Corporation
Ph.D. in Material Science, Engineering, and Commercialization (MSEC)
Md. Shamim Reza (Ph.D. 2022), now at Intel
Ph.D. in Material Science, Engineering, and Commercialization (MSEC)
Istvan Gulyas (M.S. 2019)
Dalim Mia
Graduated in Material Science, Engineering, and Commercialization (MSEC)
Chad Stephenson (Ph.D. 2015)
Now at Sandia National Laboratory.
Bill O’Brien (Ph.D. 2016)
Now at Intel.
Meng Qi
Now at Apple.
Victor Patel (MS 2013)
Now at Sandia National Laboratory.
Former Postdocs and Research Scientists
Miriam Gillett-Kunnath
Research Scientist and Consultant
Education: Ph.D., Syracuse University, 2008.
Bin Wu (ND Ph.D. ’09)
Now at Sandisk Electronics.
Former Undergraduate Students
Sara Miyako Taylor (ND ’12): EE 48499
George Warner (ND ’11): lab assistant 2010-2011.
Kuijun Liang (ND ’12): NURF 2011.
Michael McSorley (ND ’11): lab assistant 2010.
Aaron Stewart (Bethel/ND ’13): lab assistant 2010-2011.
Steven Cress (ND ’13): NURF 2011, EE 48499 (fall 2011).
Alex Toombs (ND ’13): lab assistant 2011-2012.
Nicholas Ferruolo (ND ’13): lab assistant 2011-12.
Rose Doerfler (ND ’15): lab assistant, 2012.
Anthony “A.J.” Erdman (ND ’13): NURF 2012.
Jung Whan (Stephen) Kim (ND ’14): EE 48499
Sean Baur (ND ’13): NURF 2012; lab assistant, fall 2012.
John Mullaney (ND ’13): lab assistant 2012.
Sam Bruce (ND ’13’): lab assistant, summer 2013.
Veronica Martinez (ND ’14): Balfour-Hesburgh research scholar, summer 2013.
Katie Loughran (ND ’16): NURF research fellow, summer 2013.
Alex Wentzel (ND ’15): lab assistant (spring) and Slatt research scholar (summer) 2013.
Patrick Whalen (ND ’15): lab assistant, summer 2013.
Matthew Henne (ND ’15): NURF 2014.
Hamim Nigena (Morehouse College, a Historically Black College): Slatt Scholar, 2014.
Kathryn D’Alessandro (ND ’18): lab assistant and NSF REU, 2015.
Albert Pucci (ND ’17): lab assistant and NURF 2015.
Anne Conover (ND ’17): lab assistant, 2015-16.
Ben Wdowik (ND ’18): lab assistant, fall 2016.
Augustus Arbogast (TXST ’18): lab assistant, spring 2018 – spring 2019; continuing as M.S. student in the group.
Dale Julson (TXST ’19): independent study, spring 2018.
Noel Gamez (TXST ’19): lab assistant, summer 2018.
Alejandra Medina (TXST ’18): lab assistant, 2018-20.
Caroline Soechting (TXST ’18): lab assistant, summer 2018; independent study, fall 2018.
Elijah Lalonde (TXST ’19): independent study, summer 2018; research assistant, fall 2018 – spring 2019; visiting scholar through spring 2020.
Mark Roseman (TXST ’18): lab assistant, summer 2018.
Jose Silva (TXST ’18): lab assistant, summer 2018.
Charles Condos (TXST ’19): lab assistant, 2018 – fall 2019; visiting scholar, spring 2020.
Kyle Mueller: lab assistant, spring-summer 2019.
Mitchell Foltz (TXST ’20): lab assistant 2019-20.
Nolan Groves (TXST ’21): lab assistant and independent study, spring 2019 – present.
Will Leija (TXST ’21): SURE research summer, 2020.
Robert Hill (TXST ‘22): independent study and lab assistant, 2021.
Thanks to all the hard working members of the team, both past and present! — The Coach
Masking up before masks were cool: all dressed up for an MBE opening.