It’s been a year(!), and we finally got together for a group picture! One with masks on and one with masks off.
Group News
Rigaku XRD Highlight
Our NSF MRI funded Rigaku SmartLab powder XRD is now up and running! The hard work that went into this proposal was recently highlighted by the university with a great article!

Welcome New Group Members!
New graduate student Nilave Chakraborty and undergraduate student Juan Luis Contreras joined the group this semester. Welcome and good luck to them in their research!
Graduation Marshal – Noah Gibson
Congratulations to undergrad Noah Gibson for being selected as the graduation marshal for COSAM for Fall 2020 Graduation! We are so proud of your academic achievements.
Soumen’s Last Day
Dr. Soumen Saha, the best postdoc the group has ever had, has moved on to a new postdoc position with Caroline Saouma at the University of Utah. Good luck in all of your future work Soumen!
Summer Party 2019 – Motiur, Byron, Olivia, Alex, Amanda, Noah, Russell, Stephens, Chase, Soumen (back) Soumen, Andricus, Alex B, Alex S, Russell, Byron (front) Motiur, Chase, Amanda, Noah, Javier Ramesh’s Farwell Lunch – September 2018 Summer 2018 – Motiur, Chase, Soumen, Byron, Ramesh, Alex