![Casey Aldrich](/physics/graduate/directory/images/aldrich-personnel170.jpg)
Casey Aldrich
- PhD Candidate, Applied Physics
Advisor
Interests
- Computational Soft Matter Physics
- Physics-Informed Machine Learning
Education
- BS, Physics, Michigan Technological University
![Mohammadmahdi Alizadeh](/physics/graduate/directory/images/alizadeh-mohammadmahdi-personnel170.jpg)
Mohammadmahdi Alizadeh
- PhD Candidate, Applied Physics
Education
- MS, Electrical Engineering, Shiraz University
- BS, Electrical Engineering, Shiraz University
![Nithin Allwayin](/physics/graduate/directory/images/allwayin-nithin-personnel170.jpg)
Nithin Allwayin
- PhD Candidate, Physics
- nallwayi@mtu.edu
- Fisher Hall 201
Advisor
Education
- MS, National Institute of Technology Calicut, India
- BS, Loyola College, Chennai, India
![Zaid Bakri](/physics/graduate/directory/images/bakri-personnel170.jpg)
Zaid Bakri
- PhD Candidate, Atmospheric Sciences
Education
- MS, Physics, The University of Jordan
- BS, Physics, The University of Jordan
![Vinaayak Balasubramaniam](/physics/graduate/directory/images/balasubramaniam-vinaayak-personnel170.jpg)
Vinaayak Sivam Balasubramaniam
- MS Candidate, Physics
Education
- B.sc, Physics, Sri Ramakrishna Mission College affiliated to Bharathiar University
![Justin Cassell](/physics/graduate/directory/images/cassell-justin-personnel170.jpg)
Justin Cassell
- PhD Candidate, Applied Physics
Education
- MS, Physics, Southern Illinois University
- BS, Physics, Saginaw Valley State University
![Yi Zhi Chu](/physics/graduate/directory/images/chu-yi-zhi-personnel170.jpg)
Yi Zhi Chu
- PhD Candidate, Physics
Education
- MSc, Physics, University of Malaya, Malaysia
- BSc, Physics, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia
![Matthew Cowles](/physics/graduate/directory/images/cowles-personnel170.jpg)
Matthew Cowles
- MS Candidate, Applied Physics
Education
- BS, Physics, Michigan Technological University
![Reed Downs](/physics/graduate/directory/images/downs-reed-personnel170.jpg)
Reed Downs
- MS Candidate, Physics
- radowns@mtu.edu
- EERC 718
Advisor
Interests
- Atmospheric Physics
- Machine Learning & Computational Physics
- Nuclear Fusion
Education
- BS, Physics, Michigan Technological University
![Lisa Eggart](/physics/graduate/directory/images/leggart-personnel340.jpg)
Lisa Eggart
- PhD Candidate, Physics
Research Interests
- Computational Physics
- Physical Electrochemistry
Education
- BS, Education, Eastern Michigan University
![Hamed Fahandezh Sadi](/physics/graduate/directory/images/fahandezh-sadi-hamed-orig-personnel170.jpg)
Hamed Fahandezh Sadi
- PhD Candidate, Atmospheric Sciences
Education
- MS, Space Physics, Institute of Geophysics, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
- BS, Applied Physics, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran
![Kadja Gali](/physics/graduate/directory/images/gali-kadja-personnel170.jpg)
Kadja Flore Gali
- PhD Candidate, Atmospheric Sciences
Education
- MS, Earth System Physics, Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics
- MS, Atmospheric Physics, University of Yaounde I
- BS, Physics, Sarh University
![Nilanjana Ghosh](/physics/graduate/directory/images/ghosh-personnel170.jpg)
Nilanjana Ghosh
- PhD Candidate, Physics
Education
- MS, Physics, Visva-Bharati University, India
- BS, Physics, Visva-Bharati University, India
![Samuel Groetsch](/physics/graduate/directory/images/groetsch-samuel-personnel170.jpg)
Samuel Groetsch
- PhD Candidate, Physics
- sjgroets@mtu.edu
- EERC
Advisors
Education
- BS, Physics and Applied and Computational Mathematics, Michigan Technological University
![Jack Grossman](/physics/graduate/directory/images/grossman-personnel170.jpg)
Jack Grossman
- PhD Candidate, Applied Physics
Education
- BS, Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara
![Alyssa Horne](/physics/graduate/directory/images/horne-alyssa-personnel170.jpg)
Alyssa Horne
- PhD Candidate, Physics
Education
- BS, Physics, Sam Houston State University
![Jester Itliong](/physics/graduate/directory/images/itliong-jester-personnel.jpg)
Jester Itliong
- PhD Candidate, Physics
Education
- MS, Physics, De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines
- BS, Applied Physics, EARIST, Philippines
![Shreya Joshi](/physics/graduate/directory/images/joshi-shreya-personnel170.jpg)
Shreya Joshi
- PhD Candidate, Atmospheric Science
- shreyajo@mtu.edu
- Fisher Hall 201
Advisor
Education
- BS, Engineering Physics, National Institute of Technology, Calicut
![Jeffrey Kabel](/physics/graduate/directory/images/kabel-jeffery-personnel170.jpg)
Jeffrey Kabel
- PhD Candidate, Applied Physics
- jskabel@mtu.edu
- Hamar House 101B
Advisor
Education
- BS, University of Michigan Flint, Flint, MI
![Siddharth Karkhanis](/physics/graduate/directory/images/karkhanis-siddharth-personnel170.jpg)
Siddharth Karkhanis
- PhD Candidate, Physics
- karkhani@mtu.edu
- Hamar House 101B
Advisor
Interests
- Computational Soft Matter Physics
- Materials Modelling & Simulations
Education
- M.Sc. in Physics from HPT/RYK College affiliated to S.P. Pune University
- B.Sc. in Physics from HPT/RYK College affiliated to S.P. Pune University
![Ögetay Kayalı](/physics/graduate/directory/images/kayali-ogetay-personnel170.jpg)
Ögetay Kayalı
- PhD Candidate, Physics
Education
- BS, Astronomy and Space Sciences, Ege University, Turkey
![Aleister Kerr](/physics/graduate/directory/images/kerr-aleister-personnel170.jpg)
Aleister Kerr
- MS Candidate, Applied Physics
Education
- BS, Physics, Michigan Technological University
![Daniel Koshar](/physics/graduate/directory/images/koshar-personnel170.jpg)
Daniel Koshar
- MS Candidate, Applied Physics
Education
- BS, Physics, Michigan Technological University
![Alan Larson](/physics/graduate/directory/images/larson-alan-personnel170.jpg)
Alan Larson
- MS Candidate, Physics
Education
- BS, Physics & Applied Mathematics, Michigan Technological University
![Ryan Munter](/physics/graduate/directory/images/munter-ryan-personnel170.jpg)
Ryan Munter
- PhD Candidate, Physics
- rjmunter@mtu.edu
- Fisher Hall 226A
Advisor
Education
- BA, Physics, Saint John's University, MN
![Mahsa Najafi](/physics/graduate/directory/images/najafi-mahsa-personnel170.jpg)
Mahsa Najafi
- PhD Candidate, Physics
Education
- MS, Physics, Al-Zahra University
- BS, Physics, Madani Tabriz University
![Fathima Farheen Nambipunnilath Siddique](/physics/graduate/directory/images/nambipunnilath-fathima-personnel170.jpg)
Fathima Farheen Nambipunnilath Siddique
- PhD Candidate, Atmospheric Sciences
Education
- MS, Physics, National Institute of Technology Calicut, India
- BS, Physics, Christ College Irinjalakuda, Kerala, India
![Seth Nelson](/physics/graduate/directory/images/nelson-seth-personnel.jpg)
Seth Nelson
- PhD Candidate, Applied Physics
- srnelson@mtu.edu
- Fisher Hall B016
Advisor
Education
- BS, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI
![Kumar Neupane](/physics/graduate/directory/images/neupane-kumar-personnel170.jpg)
Kumar Neupane
- PhD Candidate, Applied Physics
Education
- MS, Physics, Tribhuvan University
- BS, Physics, Tribhuvan University
![Khoa Nguyen](/physics/graduate/directory/images/nguyen-khoa-personnel170.jpg)
Khoa Nguyen
- PhD Candidate, Applied Physics
- kdnguyen@mtu.edu
- Fisher B005B
Advisor
Interests
- Experimental Particle Physics
- Cosmology
- Computational Physics
Education
- BA, Physics, Albion College
![Ian Norwood](/physics/graduate/directory/images/norwood-ian-personnel170.jpg)
Ian Norwood
- PhD Candidate, Physics
Education
- BS, Astronomy and Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
![Nayana Palaparambil](/physics/graduate/directory/images/palaparambil-personnel170.jpg)
Nayana Suresh Palaparambil
- PhD Candidate, Physics
Education
- MS, Physics, National Institute of Technology, Calicut
- BS, Physics, St. Joseph's College Devagiri, India
![Richard Petarius](/physics/graduate/directory/images/petarius-personnel170.jpg)
Richard Petarius
- PhD Candidate, Physics
Education
- MM, Cello Performance, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- BS, Physics, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- BA, Cello Performance, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
![Raksha](/physics/graduate/directory/images/raksha-personnel170.jpg)
Raksha
- PhD Candidate, Applied Physics
Education
- MS, Applied Physics, Amity University
- BS, Electronics, University of Delhi
![Shikha Rani](/physics/graduate/directory/images/rani-personnel170.jpg)
Shikha Rani
- MS Candidate, Applied Physics
Education
- BS, Physics and Maths, University of Jammu
![Tanner Sether](/physics/graduate/directory/images/sether-tanner-personnel170.jpg)
Tanner Sether
- PhD Candidate, Physics
- tmsether@mtu.edu
- EERC 719
Advisor
Interests
- Cosmology
- Neutrino Physics
- Mathematical Physics
- Computational Physics & Machine Learning
Education
- BS, Physics, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN
- BA, Applied Mathematics, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN
![Lucas Simonson](/physics/graduate/directory/images/simonson-personnel340.jpg)
Lucas Simonson
- PhD Candidate, Applied Physics
- lrsimons@mtu.edu
- Fisher B016
Advisor
Interests
- Integrated Optics and Photonics
- Light-Matter Interactions and Quantum Optics
- Nonlinear Optics and Photonics
Education
- MS, Applied Physics, Michigan Technological University
- BS, Electrical Engineering, Michigan Technological University
![Hitendra Singh](/physics/graduate/directory/images/singh-hitendra-personnel170.jpg)
Hitendra Singh
- MS Candidate, Physics
Education
- B.Tech, Computer Science & Engineering, IIITDM, Jabalpur, India
![Swafuva Sulaiman](/physics/graduate/directory/images/sulaiman-swafuva-personnel170.jpg)
Swafuva Varappillikudy Sulaiman
- PhD Candidate, Atmospheric Sciences
Education
- MS, Physics, National Institute of Technology, Calicut, India
- BS, Physics, Mar Athanasius College, Kothamangalam, Kerala, India
![Rhiannon Turner](/physics/graduate/directory/images/turner-personnel340.jpg)
Rhiannon Turner
- PhD Candidate, Physics
Education
- BS, Physics, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Indiana
![Join Uddin](/physics/graduate/directory/images/uddin-join-personnel170.jpg)
Join Uddin
- PhD Candidate, Applied Physics
- juddin@mtu.edu
- Hamar House 101B
Advisor
Education
- MS, Physics, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh
- BS, Physics, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh
![Krishna Vedula](/physics/graduate/directory/images/vedula-krishna-personnel170.jpg)
Krishna Vedula
- PhD Candidate, Physics
Education
- MS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston
- BS, Mechanical Engineering, Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management
![Aaron Wildenborg](/physics/graduate/directory/images/wildenborg-aaron-personnel170.jpg)
Aaron Wildenborg
- PhD Candidate, Applied Physics
Education
- BA, Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- BA, Mathematics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
![Dan Yeager](/physics/graduate/directory/images/yeager-dan--personnel170.jpg)
Dan Yeager
- PhD Candidate, Physics
Education
- BS, Physics, University of North Carolina Asheville
- BA, Mathematics, University of North Carolina Asheville