Current Graduate Students

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Nicholas Allen

Email: nra0005@auburn.edu
Research Areas: Experimental Plasma Physics
Major Professor: David Ennis
Degree(s): B.S. in Physics, 2015, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN

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Oscar Allen

Email: osa0016@auburn.edu
Research Areas: Condensed Matter Physics
Degree(s): B.S. In Physics from MTSU with a minor in Mathematics

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Grace Anderson

Email: gna0007@auburn.edu
Experience: Massive Star Winds, Cultural Astronomy, and Fabrication Methods for Biosensors
Degree(s): B.S. in Physics from East Tennessee State University (2024)

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Katha Anjum

Email: zaa0016@auburn.edu

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Jannatul Aynan

Email: jaa0135@auburn.edu

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Siddharth Bachoti

Email: szb0234@auburn.edu
Research Areas: Plasma Physics
Major Professor: Dr. Edward Thomas
Research: Plasma Physics
Degree(s): BS-MS (Dual degree) in Physics (2022), Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal (India); Master's thesis at the Institute for Plasma Research, Gandhinagar (India)

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Sydney Battles

Email: slb0091@auburn.edu
Major Professor: Dr. Kostadinova
Research: Plasma Physics

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Dallin Bell

Email: dzb0127@auburn.edu
Degree(s): B.S. In Physics from BYU-Idaho in 2024

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Noah Bessard

Email: nzb0044@auburn.edu
Research Areas: Experimental Plasma Physics
Major Professor: David Ennis
Degree(s): B.S. in Physics, 2018, University of California, Merced, CA

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Joshua Buttery

Email: jsb0175@auburn.edu

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Justin Cahaan

Email: juc0003@auburn.edu

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Clayton Chilen

Email: czc0211@auburn.edu
Research Areas: Experimental and Theoretical Atomic Physics, Plasma Physics
Major Professor: Dr. Stuart Loch
Research: Dielectronic Recombination
Degree(s): B.S. in Chemical Physics, 2019, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan

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Shuvasish Chowdhury

Email: shc0041@auburn.edu

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Scott Chumley

Email: swc0017@auburn.edu
Research Areas: Experimental Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Major Professor: Dr. Guillaume Laurent
Degree(s): B.S. Physics, 2021, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS

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John Clark

Email: jgc0040@auburn.edu

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Christopher Coger

Email: cmc0072@auburn.edu
Research Areas: Condensed Matter Physics
Major Professor: Dr. Kuroda

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Ash Coleman

Email: aec0189@auburn.edu
Research Areas: Experimental Plasma Physics
Experience: Filamentation in Low Temperature/Highly Magnetized Plasma (Auburn University), Modelling Eclipsing Binary Star Systems (Thomas More University), Quotients of Parity Numerical Semigroups (Thomas More University)
Degree(s): B.S. Physics and B.A. Mathematics, Minor in Astronomy, 2024, Thomas More University, Crestview Hills, KY

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Gabriel Costanzo

Email: gzc0049@auburn.edu
Research Areas: Space Physics
Major Professor: Dr. Yu Lin
Degree(s): B.S. Physics, 2021, Penn State University

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Jody Davis

Email: jld0056@auburn.edu
Research Areas: Experimental Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Major Professor: Guillaume Laurent
Degree(s): B.S. Electrical Engineering and Physics, 2020, University of Alabama - M.S. Electrical Engineering, 2021, Auburn University

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Thomas Deskins

Email: tkd0009@auburn.edu
Research Areas: Theoretical AMO Physics
Major Professor: Dennis Bodewits
Trained in/Knowledge: Astronomy, Comets and Charge Exchange
Degree(s): B.S. in Chemical Engineering, 2017, University of Maryland, College Park, MD - M.S. in Chemical Engineering, 2018, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

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Gabriel DiQuattro

Email: gjd0011@auburn.edu
Research Areas: Physics Education Research
Degree(s): B.S in Physics, 2023, Auburn University

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Roger Dorris

Email: rzd0046@auburn.edu
Research Areas: Experimental Plasma Physics
Major Professor: David Maurer
Experience: Python and LabVIEW
Degree(s): B.S. in Physics, 2019, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA

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Brady Elster

Email: belster@auburn.edu
Research Areas: Theoretical Plasma Physics
Major Professor: Dr. Luca Guazzotto
Experience: Fortran, Python, R, Julia, Mojo
Research: Effect of Two-Fluid Equilibrium Flow on Linear Tearing Stability
Degree(s): B.S. in Physics, 2022, Ithaca College, Ithaca NY

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Jessica Eskew

Email: jre0039@auburn.edu
Research Areas: Plasma Physics
Major Professor: Dr. Evdokiya Kostadinova
Experience: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessica-eskew-atl
Research: energetic electrons for fusion and space plasmas
Trained in/Knowledge:  https://suli.pppl.gov/2020/2020%20summer%20deliverables/Eskew%20presentation.pdf
Degree(s): B.S. in Physics - Astrophysics, 2020, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA

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Karin Farajnejadi

Email: khf0016@auburn.edu

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Alistair Fernandes

Email: ajf0050@auburn.edu

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Patrick Flint

Email: phf0005@auburn.edu
Research Areas: Physics Education Research and Atomic Molecular and Optical Research
Major Professor: Dr. Stuart Loch
Degree(s): B.S. in Astronomy, 2022, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

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Walter F. S. Filho

Email: wzf0022@auburn.edu
Research Areas: Computational Biophysics or Computational Condensed Matter Physics
Degree(s): B.S. in Physics, 2022, State University of Londrina (UEL), Paraná, Brazil

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Jacob Freeze

Email: jef0065@auburn.edu
Research Areas: Experimental Plasma Physics
Experience: Laser diagnostics in helicon and inductively coupled plasmas
Degree(s): B.S. Physics, 2024, West Virginia University

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Joseph (Isaac) Garcia

Email: jig0005@auburn.edu
Research Areas: Theoretical Atomic Physics
Major Professor: Stuart Loch
Trained in/Knowledge: Atomic Structure, Machine Learning and Spectroscopy
Degree(s): B.S. in Physics, 2019, University of Texas, San Antonio, TX

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Tomas Gonda

Email: tgg0011@auburn.edu
Research Areas: Experimental Plasma Physics
Major Professor: David Ennis
Research: Fusion Plasmas, Plasma Facing Component Erosion
Trained in/Knowledge: Plasma Spectroscopy
Degree(s): B.S. in Physics, 2019, University of Minnesota, Morris, MN

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Ian Gustafson

Email: ifg0001@auburn.edu
Research Areas: T.B.D
Major Professor: Luca Guazzotto
Experience: Python, FORTRAN and C++
Research: Ideal MHD simulations via a Grad-Shafranov/Bernoulli solver
Degree(s): B.S. in Applied Physics, 2019, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL

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Borna Hlousek

Email: bah0136@auburn.edu

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Nicholas Holland

Email: nzh0078@auburn.edu
Research Areas: Plasma Physics, Space Physics
Experience: Computational Fusion Plasmas
Degree(s): B.S. in Physics, 2024, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA

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Micah Holston

Email: mih0011@auburn.edu

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Brooks Howe

Email: zbh0005@auburn.edu
Research Areas: Plasma Physics
Major Professor: Evdokiya Kostadinova
Experience: Data analysis of the PlasmaKristall-4 Experiment (PK-4)
Research: TBD
Degree(s): B.S. in Physics and B.A. in Music from Wittenberg University, Springfield, OH

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Raisul Islam

Email: rai0005@auburn.edu

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Mohamed Kandil

Email: mak0098@auburn.edu
Research Areas: Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
Major Professor: Dr. Wencan Jin
Research: X-ray and optical spectroscopy of 2D materials, thin Films, and heterostructures.
Degree(s): B.Sc. Electrical Engineering, Alexandria University, Egypt. M.Sc. Engineering Physics, Alexandria University, Egypt.

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Pradip Karki

Email: pzk0048@auburn.edu
Research Areas: Condensed Matter
Major Professor: Dr. Wencan Jin

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Dakotah Kirk

Email: dmk0023@auburn.edu
Research Areas: Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics
Major Professor: Marcelo Kuroda
Experience: Density Functional Theory, High Performance Computing and Parallel Computing, Matlab, LaTex, Machine Learning
Research: Theoretical and computational modelling of 2D material heterostructures. Engineering the properties of 2D single crystal memristors
Degree(s): B.S. in Physics with Minor in Mathematics, 2017, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS M.S. in Physics, 2022, Auburn University, Auburn, AL

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Blake Koford

Email: brk0024@auburn.edu
Research Areas: TBD

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Madan Koirala

Email: mzk0229@auburn.edu

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Dustin Lewis

Email: del0033@auburn.edu

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Kenneth Lopez

Email: ksl0040@auburn.edu

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Brandon Martin

Email: bcm0026@auburn.edu
Research Areas: Theoretical Atomic Physics
Major Professor: Stuart Loch
Degree(s): B.S. in Physics, 2019, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

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Hussam Mustafa

Email: hnm0037@auburn.edu
Research Areas: TBD
Major Professor: Dr. Wencan Jin
Degree(s): B.S. Physics, Georgia Southern University

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Leo Nofs

Email: lmn0022@auburn.edu
Research Areas: TBD
Major Professor: Dr. Uwe Konopka
Experience: Alignment of Optical Systems
Trained in/Knowledge: Optics, Waveguides, Photonics, and Atomic-Optical interactions
Degree(s): B.S. Physics Research (2016), B.S. Mathematics (2016), M.S. Physics (2019), Eastern Michigan University

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Madison Ogle

Email: mgo0034@auburn.edu
Research Areas: Physics Education Research
Experience: Teaching Methodologies in Undergraduate Physics Labs (University of Georgia)
Degree(s): B.S. Astrophysics, Minor in German, 2025, University of Georgia

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Shawn Oset

Email: szo0032@auburn.edu
Research Areas: Theoretical AMO Physics
Major Professor: Dennis Bodewits
Research: Research in: Cometary atmospheres and the role of molecular dissociation on their shape through computational modeling
Degree(s): B.S. in Physics and Mathematics (double major), 2007, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL

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Justice Pappoe

Email: jup0005@auburn.edu

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Evan Pate

Email: ezp0073@auburn.edu

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Jared Powell

Email: jcp0090@auburn.edu
Research Areas: Experimental Plasma Physics
Major Professor: Edward Thomas
Research: Electromagnetic wave dynamics in low-temperature, and magnetized plasma
Trained in/Knowledge: Langmuir probe and B-dot probe analysis
Degree(s): B.S. in Physics and Mathematics (minor), 2017, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI - M.S. in Physics, 2019, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI

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Gabriel Presotto

Email: gap0054@auburn.edu

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Elon Price

Email: ezp0042@auburn.edu
Research Areas: Magnetized low-temperature plasma
Major Professor: Dr. Edward Thomas
Research: magnetized dusty plasma
Degree(s): B.A. Physics (2019), North Carolina State University M.S. Physics (2021), Fisk University

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Mark Prince

Email: map0205@auburn.edu
Research Areas: Plasma Physics
Experience: Impurity transport, atomic collision simulations, and pedestal modeling in tokamak plasmas
Degree(s): B.A. Physics; B.A. Mathematics, 2025, Luther College, Decorah, IA

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Henry Przygocki

Email: przygocki@auburn.edu
Research Areas: Space Plasma
Major Professor: Dr. Yu Lin
Research: Space Physics
Degree(s): M.S. in Physics (2022), University of Sao Paulo (Brazil). B.S. in Physics (2019), State University of the Central West - UNICENTRO (Brazil).

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Muhammad Rahim

Email: mur0005@auburn.edu

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Maria Rekus

Email: mrr0089@auburn.edu
Major Professor: Dr. Yinong Zhou
Degree(s): B.S. in Physics, 2024, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA

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Bruno Ribeiro

Email: bhl0016@auburn.edu
Research Areas: Computational Biophysics
Major Professor: Dr. Rafael Bernardi and Dr. Marcelo Kuroda
Research: Study of the interaction between 2D materials and DNA molecules
Degree(s): B.S. in Physics, 2022, Mid-West State University (Unicentro), Parana, Brazil

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Dylan Richards

Email: dsr0027@auburn.edu
Research Areas: TBD
Experience: Experimental Plasma Physics (SULI Internships at DIII-D) Experimental Atmospheric Science (Undergraduate Research)
Degree(s):  B.S. in Physics (Michigan Technological University)

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Michael Rutland

Email: mir0019@auburn.edu
Research Areas: Theoretical Condensed Matter
Research: Heat Conduction
Degree(s): B.S. in Physics, 2023, Clemson University, SC

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Mason S. Sake

Email: msake@auburn.edu
Research Areas: Experimental and Computational Plasma Physics
Major Professor: Dr. Uwe Konopka
Research: Computational Structural Analysis in Complex Plasmas, Nonlinear Dynamics Modeling, RD Engineering for Ultrasonic Meter Technology
Trained in/Knowledge: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mason-s-sake/
Degree(s): M.S. Physics (2024), B.S. Physics (2022), B.E. Mechanical (2022): Auburn University

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Nicholas San Juan

Email: nls0032
Research Areas: Experimental Plasma Physics, Attosecond Physics
Degree(s): B.S Physics, 2023, University of La Verne

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Nahid Shihab

Email: sms0261@auburn.edu

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Josiah Simes

Email: jbs0124@auburn.edu
Degree(s): B.S. in Physics, 2023, University of West Florida

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Godwin Smart

Email: gms0109@auburn.edu

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Winston Solsrud

Email: wss0030@auburn.edu
Research Areas: Plasma Physics
Major Professor: Dr. Edward Thomas
Degree(s): Applied Mathematics, Engineering, and Physics B.S. (2022), University of Wisconsin: Madison

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Michael Steurer

Email: mps0073@auburn.edu

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William Teague

Email: wzt0020@auburn.edu
Research Areas: Space Physics
Major Professor: Dr. Hong Zhao
Research: Dynamics of Earth's Outer Radiation Belt, Characterization of the Miniaturized High-Energy-Resolution Ultrareletavistic Electron Telescope
Degree(s): B.S. Physics, 2022, The University of Texas at Dallas

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Rosalie Tezak

Email: rrt0009@auburn.edu
Research Areas: TBD
Major Professor: Dr. Hong Zhao
Degree(s): B.S. Physics, 2018, Eastern Michigan University

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Cordell Umland

Email: cou0002@auburn.edu
Research Areas: TBD
Degree(s): B.S. Physics, B.A. Mathematics, 2025, St. Norbert College

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Dane Van Tol

Email: dzv0020@auburn.edu
Research Areas: Plasma Induced Tungsten Erosion
Major Professor: Dr. David Ennis
Experience: UHV, Diffractive Spectroscopy, Electronics
Trained in/Knowledge: PCB Design, Solidworks, Python
Degree(s): B.S. Mechanical Engineering, 2020, Colorado School of Mines

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Singh Vedant

Email: ves0019@auburn.edu

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Andrew White

Email: apw0037@auburn.edu
Research Areas: Theoretical Atomic Physics
Major Professor: Stuart Loch
Research: Electron-Ion Collisions and Quantum Information Science
Trained in/Knowledge: Computational Physics
Degree(s): B.A. in Economics, 2008, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA - B.S. in Physics, 2013, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN

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Courtney Wicklund

Email: czw0143@auburn.edu
Research Areas: Experimental Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Major Professor: Dr. Guillaume Laurent
Degree(s): B.S Physics, Michigan State University (2019) M.S Physics, DePaul University (2022)

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Paxton Wilson

Email: psw0008@auburn.edu
Research Areas: TBD
Degree(s): B.S. Physics, 2021, Stetson University

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Gabriel Woodbury Saudeau

Email: gsw0024@auburn.edu
Research Areas: Theoretical Plasma Physics
Major Professor: Dr. Luca Guazzotto
Degree(s): B. S. in Physics, 2020, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras

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Shikha Yadav

Email: szy0085@auburn.edu
Research Areas: Condensed Matter Physics and Plasma Physics.
Degree(s): B.Sc. in Physical Science with Computer Science, 2022, University of Delhi M.Sc. in Physics, 2024 from Netaji Subhas University of Technology, New Delhi.

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Greg Young

Email: gey0008@auburn.edu
Degree(s): B.S. in Engineering Physics, Computer Science (Minor), and Mathematics (Minor) - Samford University - 2023