Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Sensors
Members

Phan's group photo taken at Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app Bookstore in 2019
GROUP NEWS
Graduate student, Mr. Derick Detellem, won the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) Internship for 2024
Graduate student, Sunpun B. Attanayake, Mr. Sunpun B. Attanayake, won The Best Oral Presentation Award at NanoFlorida Conference, April 19-21, 2024, Tallahassee, USA
Graduate student, Nivarthana WYY Mudiyanselage, won a highly competitive travel grant to attend the 2023 IEEE Magnetics Society Summer School in Bari, Italy
Graduate student, Sunpun B. Attanayake, won a highly competitive travel grant to attend the 2023 IEEE Magnetics Society Summer School in Bari, Italy
Graduate student, Nivarthana WYY Mudiyanselage, has received a summer scholarship from to perform research at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, 2023.
Graduate student, Valery Ortiz Jim nez, has been awarded the prestigious 2-year to work at National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Maryland, USA, 2022.
Graduate student, Mr. Sunpun B. Attanayake, won a highly competitive travel grant for attending the MMM conference, October 31 to November 4, 2022, Minnesota, USA
Undergraduate student, Dang Nguyen, won The Best Poster Award at The International Conference Nanobiotechnology, April 22-24, 2022, USA
Graduate student, Yen Pham, has received a summer scholarship from to perform research at Paul-Drude-Institut f r Festk rperelektronik, Berlin, 2022.
Graduate student, Valery Ortiz Jim nez, won the Outstanding Dissertation Award of the Year 2022 from (APS-GMAG).
Graduate student, Yen Pham, won a highly competitive travel grant for attending the MMM-Intermag Conference, Jan 10-14, 2022, USA.
REU student, Addi Hornsey, won an NSF-Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app travel grant for attending the APS March Meeting, 2022.
Dr. Phan received the 2021 Faculty Outstanding Research Achievement Award, University of South Florida, USA (Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app News)
Dr Phan received an Honorary Doctoral Degree from Vietnam National University - Hanoi, 2021 ()
Our new research discovery of the room temperature ferromagnetism in atomically thin van der Waals magnetic semiconductors has been featured on Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app news
Dr. Phan has been featured in the list of the Wolrd's Top 2 Percent Scientists ()
Dr. Phan won a new grant on "Covid-19 Detection", which opens up a new, exciting research direction in his group
Graduate student, Chang-Ming Hung, won The Best Poster Award at the Annual MMM Conference, November 4-8, 2019, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA ()
Graduate student, Valery Ortiz Jimenez, won a highly competitive Travel Award for attending the Annual MMM Conference, November 4-8, 2019, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Dr. Phan received the 2019 Faculty Outstanding Research Achievement Award, University of South Florida, USA (Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app News)
Postdoc, Dr. Vijay Kalappattil, won the Best Poster Award at The Joint MMM-Intermag Conference, January 14-18, 2019, Washington DC, USA
Dr. Phan received the 2018 Outstanding Graduate Faculty Mentor Award (honorable mention), Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app, USA ()
Dr. Phan received The Medal for The Development Cause of Vietnam National University - Hanoi, Vietnam, 2018 ( and )
Undegraduate student, Jason Cardarelli, won the best oral presentation award at the American Physical Society Meeting, Los Angeles, Califonia, March 5-9, 2018
Graduate student, Eleanor Clements, received the GMAG-APS Student Travel Award to attend the American Physical Society Meeting, Los Angeles, Califonia, March 5-9, 2018
Dr. Phan received a 2017 Faculty Outstanding Research Achievement Award, University of South Florida, USA
Graduate student, Tatiana Eggers, won NASA Florida Space Grant Consortium (FSGC) Award, 2017
REU student, Megan Glassell, won The Best Oral Presentation Award, The APS March Meeting, March 13-17, 2017
Undergraduate student, Israel Deborah, won The Best Oral Presentation Award, The APS Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics, 2016
November 3, 2016: Dr. Kristen Stojak Repa won The Best Poster Award, The 61st Annual Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (MMM) Conference, October 31 - November 4, 2016, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
REU student, Megan Glassell, won an Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app-NSF travel award to attend and present her work at the APS March Meeting 2017
June 10, 2016: Our group has received a new three-year research grant from , USA
Dr. Phan has received an from Physica Status Solidi A, 2016
REU student, Evelyn Vila, won The Best Oral Presentation Award at the APS March Meeting, March 13-18, 2016
Undergraduate student, Israel Deborah, won The Best Oral Presentation Award, the 2016 APS Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics
Graduate student, Vijaysankar Kalappattil, received 2016 IEEE Magnetics Society Summer School Travel Award, Tohoku University, Japan, July 10-16, 2016
Dr. Phan has become a Managing Editor for (Elsevier, 2016 - present)
REU students (Valery Ortiz Jimenez, David Torres, and Evelyn Vila) won Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app-NSF travel awards to attend and present their works at the APS March Meeting 2016
September 10, 2015: Our group has received a new three year research grant from , Department of Defense, USA
Graduate student, Kristen Stojak, won NASA Florida Space Grant Consortium (FSGC) Award, 2015
March 18, 2015: Dr. Phan has become an Associate Editor for (ISI journal, 2014 Impact factor: 1.798)
Graduate student, Brian Casas, received the GMAG-APS Student Travel Award to attend the American Physical Society Meeting, San Antonio, TX, March 2-6, 2015
Graduat student, Jagannath Devkota, won The Best Poster Award, The 8th Energy Materials Nanotechnology (EMN) Fall Meeting, Orlando, Florida, USA, November 22-25, 2014
Dr. Javier Alonso won The Best Poster Award, The 59th Annual Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (MMM) Conference, November 3-7, 2014, Hawaii, USA
Graduate student, Kristen Stojak, received a Travel Award from the 59th Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (MMM) , Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, November 3 - 7, 2014
REU student, Izzi Berman, has been selected a travel award for presenting her excellent research on impedance-based chemical sensors at the APS March meeting, 2015
June 19, 2014: Dr. Phan has received an from the Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
April 2, 2014: Former undergraduate student Ramon Alejandro Ruiz received the 2014 Prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship from
Undergraduate student, Jeffrey Wingo, received the PhD fellowship in Physics from University of California - Irvine, 2014
January 1, 2014: Graduate student, Jagannath Devkota, received the IEEE Magnetics Society School Travel Award, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 10-16, 2014
Undergraduate student, Trang Luong, was selected an oustanding Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app undergraduate student of the year 2015 and also one of the 10 New Faces of Civil Engineering in 2014 by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and featured in ASCE news
December 17, 2013: Our three-year Department of Energy (DoE) grant award and research productivity have been featured in Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app Research & Innovation news
August 12, 2013: Undergraduate student Jeffrey Wingo has been selected a travel award for presenting his excellent research on magnetic biosensors at the APS March meeting, 2014
April 8, 2013: Graduate student, Nicholas Bingham, successfully defended his PhD and received a postdoctoral research fellowship at the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland
Undergraduate student, Ramon Alejandro Ruiz, received the Prestigious Presidential Doctoral Fellowships from the University of California Berkeley, Yale University, and Penn State University, 2013; Featured in Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app news and
Graduate student, Jagannath Devkota, received the GMAG-APS Student Travel Award to attend and present his excellent research on magnetic biosensors in the American Physical Society Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, March 18-22, 2013
Graduate student Kristen Stojak and undergraduate student Alex Ruiz won the Best Poster Presentation Award at NanoFlorida conference, Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app, Sept. 2012
Graduate student, Nicholas Bingham, received the Travel Grant Award to attend the 1st Centennial of Superconductivity: Trends on Nanoscale Superconductivity and Magnetism International Workshop (June 28-July 1st, 2011), Cali, Colombia, USA
Graduate student, Paula Lampen, received the NSF Travel Grant Award to attend the IEEE Magnetics Society Summer School (May 22-28, 2011), New Orleans, LA, USA
Undergraduate student, Nicholas Laurita, received the PhD fellowships from Johns Hopkins University and Carnegie Mellon University, 2011
Former graduate student, Dr. Anurag Chaturvedi, received the Postdoctoral Fellowships from Dartmouth College, 2012 and from Alabama University, 2013
Graduate student, Nicholas Bingham, received the Travel Grant Award to attend the 2nd Annual IEEE Magnetics Society Summer School (September 20-25, 2009), China
CURRENT MEMBERS
Dr. Vireshwar Mishra, 2024 - present, Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app, USA
Dr. Rajeswari Chowdhury, 2024 - present, Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app, USA
Mr. Derick DeTellem, Ph.D. student, 2019-present, Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app, USA
Mr. Khoa Dang Le*, Ph.D. student, 2022-present, Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app, USA
Mr. Ayomipo Ojo, Ph.D. student, 2023-present, Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app, USA
Mr. Parker Hewitt, Ph.D. student, 2023-present, Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app, USA
Mr. Ayomipo Ojo, Ph.D. student, 2023-present, Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app, USA
Mr. Dakota Brown*, Ph.D. student, 2024-present, Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app, USA
Mr. Rakshith G.H. Shankaregowda, Ph.D. student, 2024-present, University of South Florida, USA
FORMER MEMBERS
Dr. Kee Young Hwang (*), Ph.D. dissertation (), 2024, Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app, USA (He is now at Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app)
Dr. Nivarthana WYA Yapa Mudiyanselage (*), Ph.D. dissertation, 2024, University of South Florida, USA (She is now at Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app)
Dr. Sunpun B. Attanayake, Ph.D. dissertation (), 2024, Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app, USA (He is now an enginer at Intel)
Dr. Yen T.H. Pham (*), Ph.D. dissertation, 2023, Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app, USA (She is a joint postdoc fellow at George Mason University and NIST, Maryland)
Dr. V. Ortiz Jimenez (*), Ph.D. dissertation (), 2022, Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app, USA (She is an NRC fellow at )
Dr. R. Pokharel Madhogaria, Ph.D. dissertation (), 2021, Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app, USA (She is now a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Tennessee)
Mr. K.Y. Hwang (*), M.S. thesis (), 2020, Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app, USA (He continues his PhD in my group)
Dr. E. Clements, Ph.D. dissertation (), 2019, Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app, USA (She is now a postdoctoral fellow at National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST))
Dr. O. Thiabgoh (*), Ph.D. dissertation (), 2018, Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app, USA (He is now a faculty at Ubon Ratchathani University)
Dr. T. Eggers (*), Ph.D. dissertation (), 2018, Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app, USA (She is an Editor and the founder of EMERGE SCIENTIFIC)
Dr. V. Kalappattil, Ph.D. dissertation (), 2018, Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app, USA (He is now a research scientist at Northeastern University)
Dr. H. Belliveau (*), Ph.D. dissertation (), 2016, Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app, USA (She is now a Systems Engineer at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control Division, Orlando, USA)
Dr. Z. Nemati Porshokouh, Ph.D. dissertation (), 2016, Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app, USA (She is now with a company, USA)
Dr. K. Stojak, Ph.D. dissertation (), 2016, Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app, USA (She is now an Assistant Professor at Department of Physics, SUNY Brockport)
Dr. J. Devkota (*), Ph.D. dissertation (), 2015, Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app, USA (He is now a permanent research scientist at National Energy Technology Labaoratory)
Dr. P. Lampen, Ph.D. dissertation (), 2015, Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app, USA (She is now with a company)
Mr. B. Casas, M.S. thesis (), 2015, Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app, USA (He was a Ph.D. student at University of California - Irvine)
Mr. J. Cardarelli (*), B.S. honor thesis, 2018, Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app, USA (He was a PhD student at Michigan State University)
Ms. R. Israel (*), B.S. honor thesis (), 2016, Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app, USA (She is a PhD student at University of Central Florida)
Mr. R. Singh (*), B.S. honor thesis (), 2015, Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app, USA (He was a PhD student at Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app medicine)
Dr. N. Bingham, Ph.D. dissertation (), 2013, Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app, USA (He is now an Assistant Professor at The University of Maine)
Dr. A. Chaturvedi, Ph.D. dissertation (), 2011, Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app, USA (He is now a technical specialist at Plasma-Therm)
Ms. K. Stojak, M.S. thesis (), 2012, Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app, USA
Dr. H.X. Shen, Ph.D. dissertation, 2017, Harbin Institute of Technology, China (jointly with Prof. Sun)
Dr. S. Jiang, Ph.D. dissertation, 2018, Harbin Institute of Technology, China (jointly with Prof. Sun)
Dr. L. Dao (*), Ph.D. dissertation, 2018, Hanoi University of Science, Vietnam (jointly with Prof. Ngo)
Dr. N.T.M. Duc (*), Ph.D. dissertation, 2020, Hanoi University of Science, Vietnam (jointly with Prof. Ngo)
Dr. Amit Chanda, Postdoctoral Researcher, 2020-2023, Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app, USA(He is now a Research Scientist at Technical University of Demark, USA)
Dr. Baleeswaraiah Muchharla, Postdoctoral Researcher, April 2020 to April 2021, University of South Florida, USA (He is now a Research Scientist at Elizabeth City State University, USA)
Dr. Javier Alonso, Postdoctoral Researcher, December 2014 December 2016, University of South Florida, USA (He is now an Assistant Professor at Universidad de Cantabria, Spain)
Dr. A. Khurshid, Postdoctoral Researcher, 2011-2015, Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app, USA (She is now an Assistant Professor at University of Sharjah, UAE)
Dr. S. Chandra, Postdoctoral researcher, 2013-2014, Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app, USA (He was a postdoctoral researcher at National Institute for Scientific Research, Canada)
Dr. A. Biswas, Postdoctoral researcher, 2011-2013, Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app, USA (He is now a permanent research scientist at Ames Laboratory, USA)
Ms. Enya Silva (*), Undergraduate Research, 2019-2021, Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app, USA (She is now a Film and News Media Graduate student at Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app)
Ms. Sarah Abdallah (*), Undergraduate Research, 2021-2022, Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app, USA
Mr. Yasif Rahman (*), Undergraduate Research (BS Honor Thesis), 2021-2022, University of South Florida, USA (He now studies at Wisconsin Madison University)
Mr. Dang Nguyen (*), Undergraduate Research, 2021-2023, Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app, USA (He now performs research at Harvard University)
Mr. C. Witanachchi (*), Undergraduate Research, 2016-2018, Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app, USA (He is now a M.S. student at Florida University)
Mr. A. Galati (*), Undergraduate Research, 2015-2016, Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app, USA (He is now a Ph.D. student at New York University)
Mr. J. Wingo (*), Undergraduate Research, 2011-2014, Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app, USA (He was a Ph.D. student at University of California - Irvine)
Mr. A. Ruiz (*), Undergraduate Research, 2010-2013, Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app, USA (He was a Ph.D. student at University of California Berkeley)
Mr. N. Laurita, Undergraduate Research, 2009-2011, Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app, USA (He was a Ph.D. student at Johns Hopkins University)
Ms. M. Morales, M.S. thesis, 2007-2009, Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app, USA (She was a Ph.D. student at University of Trieste)
Ms. T. Tran(*), Undergraduate Research, 2012-2013, Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app (She is now a PhD student at Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app)
Ms. I. Berman(*), REU student, June 2 - August 1, 2014, Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app (She was an undergraduate research at Beloit College)
Mr. L. Martinez, REU student, June 2 - August 1, 2014, Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app (He was an undergraduate research at University of Puerto Rico)
Ms. E. Vila (*), REU student, June 1 August 1, 2015, (She was an undergraduate student at Baker University)
Ms. V. Ortiz Jimenez (*), REU student, June 1 August 1, 2015, (She was an undergraduate student at University of Puerto Rico at Mayag ez)
Mr. D. Torres (*), REU student, June 1 August 1, 2015, (He was an undergraduate student at Texas State University)
Ms. M. Lassell, REU student, June 1 August 1, 2016, (She was an undergraduate student at University of Scranton)
Ms. D. Honstain (*), REU student, June 1 August 1, 2016, (She was an undergraduate student at Highline College, Des Moines, WA)
Ms. A. Stephan (*), Undergraduate Research, Spring 2016, (She works in a company)
Ms. Claire Albrecht (*), REU student, June 1 August 1, 2017 (funded by NSF-Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app Physics), St. Lawrence University, USA (She is now a PhD student)
Ms. Caroline Collins, REU student, June 1 August 1, 2017 (funded by NSF-Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app Physics), Bob Jones University, USA (She is now a MS student)
Mr. Jack Poler(*), REU student, June 1 August 1, 2018 (funded by NSF-Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app Physics), St. Lawrence University, USA (She is now a PhD student)
Ms. E. Fuller, REU student, June 1 August 1, 2018 (funded by NSF-Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app Physics), Bob Jones University, USA (She is now a PhD student)
Ms. Baylee Senator (*), REU student, June 1 August 1, 2019 (funded by NSF-Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app Physics),West Virginia Wesleyan College, USA (She is now a student at the same university)
VISITING STUDENTS & RESEARCH SCHOLARS
Prof. Vu Dinh Lam, Visiting Professor, October 11-19, 2019. He is a Rector, of Graduate University of Science and Technology (GUST), Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST), Vietnam
Prof. Le Anh Tuan, Visiting Professor, October 11-19, 2019. He is Director of Nano Institute, Phenikaa University, Vietnam
Dr. Xavier Moya, Visiting Professor, December 13 to January 6, 2018, Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, UK(He is now a Research Fellow at UC, UK)
Mr. F. Andrejka*, Visiting Ph.D. student (funded by Slovak government), January 1 April 1, 2018 (He is now a Research Scientist at Institute of Experimental Physics, Kosice, Slovakia)
Ms. N.T.M. Duc*, Visiting PhD student (funded by Chinese government), 12/2016-12/2017, July 7, 2017-January 9, 2018, Hanoi University of Science, Vietnam (She is a PhD student at HUS)
Dr. S. Jiang*, Visiting Ph.D. student (funded by Chinese government), 12/2016-12/2017, Harbin Institute of Technology, China (He is now a Research Scientist at HIT, China)
Dr. Natalia Rinaldi, Visiting PhD student, (funded by Spanish government), 09-12/2015, University of Oviedo, Spain (She works in company)
Mr. H.X. Shen (*), Visiting Ph.D. student (funded by Chinese government), 10/2014-10/2015, Harbin Institute of Technology, China (He is now a Research Scientist at HIT, China)
Mr. A. Talaat (*), Visiting Ph.D. student (funded by Spanish government), 03-06/2015, University of the Basque Country, Spain(He was a PhD student at UBC)
Mr. J. Cruz Vargas, Visiting M.S. student (funded by Mexican government), 03-06/2015, Instituto de Investigacion en Materials, Mexico(He was a MS student at IIM)
Dr. X.L. Hou(*), Visiting Scientist (funded by Chinese government), April 1, 2014 - March 30, 2015, Shanghai University, China (She is a Full Professor at SU)
Mr. L. Dao(*), Visiting Ph.D. student (funded by Vietnamese government), July 1-December 31/2014, Hanoi University of Science, Vietnam (He was a PhD student at HUS)
Prof. Oscar Iglesias, Visiting scientist, July 8 August 7, 2013, Dpt. Fisica Fonamental, University of Barcelona, Spain
Dr. P. Zhang(*), Visiting PhD student, Jan. 20-Feb. 11, 2013, Chungbuk National University, South Korea
Dr. F. Qin, Visiting scientist, December 10-28, 2012, University of Bristol, United Kingdom (He was a JSPS research fellow, Japan and now Professor at ZU, China)
Mr. Y. Yu(*), Visiting researcher, October 1, 2012 to April 30, 2013, LG, South Korea (He is a PhD student at Yonsei University)
Ms. D.T.M. Hue, Visiting PhD student, July October 2012, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Vietnam
Dr. A. Puri, 2010 2012, Ôƶ¥¶Ä³¡app, USA (She is a research volunteer in our group)
Dr. H.T. Ngo, Visiting scientist, June-August 2011, Hanoi National University, Vietnam (She is an Associate Professor of Physics at HNU)
Dr. R. Caballero-Flores, Visiting scientist, July-October 2011, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
Ms. R. Shelden, REU student, June-August 2011, College of Maryland
Dr. A. Figueroa, Visiting PhD student, April-July 2010, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain
((*) indicates single/major supervision)