Mentees

With Professor Shufang Su, University of Arizona Department of Physics Head, in Tucson

In the context of my research, I have emphasized mentoring and training the next generations of researchers, with a particular emphasis on recruitment of, and support for, those from historically marginalized and underrepresented backgrounds. To date, I have mentored and supervised/co-supervised over 70 Ph.D. students and post-docs (roughly half in each category), many of whom have advanced to careers in basic research and/or education. Whether a student or post-doc ultimately goes on to a career in science or some other field is less important to me than their experience on my team, formation of an independent, scientific mindset, and development of confidence in their own agency.

Here are the names of my current and former mentees, along with the context in which I mentored them, their last year on my team, and the most current information about their career that I am aware of:

Name Position Institution Final Year Last Known Institution and Position
Hans Werner HammerDoctoral StudentMainz1997Technical University Darmstadt; Professor
Stephen PugliaDoctoral StudentUConn2001
Cheng Pang LiuDoctoral StudentUniversity of Washington2001Dong Hwa University, Taiwan; Professor
Andriy KurylovDoctoral StudentUConn2003
Gianfranco SaccoDoctoral StudentUConn2004Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA
Luca DiaconescuDoctoral StudentCalTech2005
Chris LeeDoctoral StudentCalTech2005Los Alamos National Laboratory; Staff Scientist
Rebecca ErwinDoctoral StudentCalTech2007
Jennifer KileDoctoral StudentCalTech2007
Peng WangDoctoral StudentCalTech2007Sichuan University; Professor
Sean TulinDoctoral StudentCalTech2009York University; Professor
Michael GlatzmaierDoctoral StudentUniv of Wisconsin/Madison2011
Hiren PatelDoctoral StudentUniv of Wisconsin/Madison2012Case Western Reserve University
Matthew GonderingerDoctoral StudentUniv of Wisconsin/Madison2013Wayne State University
Kevin EngelDoctoral StudentCalTech2014
Tao PengDoctoral StudentUniv of Wisconsin/Madison2015
Chien Yeah SengDoctoral StudentUMass Amherst2016University of Washington
Huaike GuoDoctoral StudentUMass Amherst2016University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Professor
Haolin LiDoctoral StudentUMass Amherst2017Louvain University, Belgium; Post-doc
Anthony BartolottaDoctoral StudentCalTech2017
Graham WhiteDoctoral StudentMonash University2018Southampton University; Professor
Yong DuDoctoral StudentUMass Amherst2019TDLI/SJTU; Post-doc
Aaron DunbrackDoctoral StudentUMass Amherst BA2019Stony Brook University; Ph.D. Student
Sebastian Urrutia-QuirogaDoctoral StudentUMass Amherst2023INT; Post-doc
Tianyang ShenDoctoral StudentUMass Amherst2023Origin Lab
Manuel DiazDoctoral StudentUMass Amherst2023UMass Amherst
Kaifei NingDoctoral StudentUMass Amherst2023UMass Amherst
Dyson KennedyDoctoral StudentUMass Amherst2023UMass Amherst
Justin FagnioniDoctoral StudentUMass Amherst2023UMass Amherst
Yanda WuDoctoral StudentTDLI/SJTU2023TDLI/SJTU
Guotao XiaDoctoral StudentTDLI/SJTU2023TDLI/SJTU
Yihong ZhongDoctoral StudentTDLI/SJTU2023TDLI/SJTU
Xu-Xiang LiDoctoral StudentPeking University2023Peking University
Chenzi LiaoDoctoral StudentTDLI/SJTU2023
Yuanzhen LiDoctoral StudentPeking University2023Peking University
Xi-yuan JinDoctoral StudentTDLI/SJTU2023
Haochen WangUndergraduateHampshire College BA2023Hampshire College
Name Position Institution Final Year Last Known Institution and Position
Gail McLaughlinPostdoctoral ResearcherINT1999North Carolina State University; Professor
Shi-lin ZhuPostdoctoral ResearcherCalTech2002Peking University; Professor
Andriy KurylovPostdoctoral ResearcherCalTech2003
Gary PrezeauPostdoctoral ResearcherCalTech2003Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA
Shufang SuPostdoctoral ResearcherCalTech2003University of Arizona; Professor
Vincenzo CiriglianoPostdoctoral ResearcherCalTech2005Univerity of Washington/INT; Professor
Keith LeePostdoctoral ResearcherCalTech2007
Stefano ProfumoPostdoctoral ResearcherCalTech2007UC Santa Cruz; Professor
Nicole BellPostdoctoral ResearcherCalTech2007University of Melbourne; Professor
Pavel Flieviez PerezPostdoctoral ResearcherUniv of Wisconsin/Madison2010Case Western Reserve University; Professor
Bjorn GarbrechtPostdoctoral ResearcherUniv of Wisconsin/Madison2010Technical University Munich; Professor
Yingchuan LiPostdoctoral ResearcherUniv of Wisconsin/Madison2010
(Gautum) Sonny MantryPostdoctoral ResearcherUniv of Wisconsin/Madison2011Northern Georgia University; Professor
Sky BaumanPostdoctoral ResearcherUniv of Wisconsin/Madison2012
Wei ChaoPostdoctoral ResearcherUniv of Wisconsin/Madison2013Beijing Normal University; Professor
Mario PitschmannPostdoctoral ResearcherUniv of Wisconsin/Madison2013Technical University Vienna; Professor
Martin Gonzales-AlonsoPostdoctoral ResearcherUniv of Wisconsin/Madison2013CERN
Grigory OvanesyanPostdoctoral ResearcherUMass Amherst2015
Peter WinslowPostdoctoral ResearcherUMass Amherst2015
Satoru InouePostdoctoral ResearcherUMass Amherst2015
Jiang Hao YuPostdoctoral ResearcherUMass Amherst2017Institute of Theoretical Physics, Beijing; Staff Scientist
Hiren PatelPostdoctoral ResearcherUMass Amherst2018Case Western Reserve University; Lecturer
Kaori FuyutoPostdoctoral ResearcherUMass Amherst2019Los Alamos National Laboratory; Staff Scientist
Suntharan ArunasalamPostdoctoral ResearcherTDLI/SJTU2020
Gang LliPostdoctoral ResearcherUMass Amherst2022Sun Yat-set University; Professor
Juan Carlos VasquezPostdoctoral ResearcherUMass Amherst2022Amherst College; Visiting Professor
Jia ZhouPostdoctoral ResearcherUMass Amherst2022
Jaber Balal HabashiPostdoctoral ResearcherUMass Amherst2023UMass Amherst
Supriya SenapatiPostdoctoral ResearcherUMass Amherst2023UMass Amherst
Leon FriedrichPostdoctoral ResearcherUMass Amherst2023UMass Amherst
Tuomas V.I. TenkanenPostdoctoral ResearcherTDLI/SJTU2023TDLI/SJTU
Van Que TranPostdoctoral ResearcherTDLI/SJTU2023TDLI/SJTU
Wenxing ZhangPostdoctoral ResearcherTDLI/SJTU2023TDLI/SJTU
Lauri NiemiPostdoctoral ResearcherTDLI/SJTU2023TDLI/SJTU
Jiang ZhuPostdoctoral ResearcherTDLI/SJTU2023TDLI/SJTU