Members

Past Group Pictures Here

Principal Investigator

Prof. Peter Nordlander

nordland@rice.edu
(713) 348-5171
Office: Brockman Hall 308

Condensed Matter Theory, Electronic and Optical Properties of Nanoparticles, Electron Transfer and Transport in Nanostructures, Nanooptics, Nanophotonics, Plasmonics.

Research Scientists

Dr. Chizuko Matsubara Dutta

chizuko@rice.edu
(713) 348-2506
Office: Brockman Hall 312

Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy (EELS) Theory, Plasmon Hybridization Theory.

Dr. Manvir Singh Kushwaha

manvir@rice.edu
(713) 348-2506
Office: Brockman Hall 312

Condensed Matter Physics: Theory.

Postdoctoral Research Associates

Dr. Arash Ahmadivand

aahmadiv@rice.edu

(713)348-2506

Office: Brockman Hall 312

Nanoplasmonics, Nanophotonics, Metamaterials, Biological and Biochemical Sensing, Computational Electromagnetics.

Dr. Alessandro Alabastri

alessandro.Alabastri@rice.edu

(713)348-2507

Office: Brockman Hall 325

Plasmonics, Heating Processes and Thermal Effects in Nanostructures, Electric and Magnetic Properties of Plasmonic Systems, Non-linear Effects in High Temperature Plasmonic Nanoparticles, Computational Electromagnetics.

Dr. Luca Bursi

luca.bursi@rice.edu

(713)348-2507

Office: Brockman Hall 325

Theoretical Quantum Nanoplasmonics, (Time-Dependent) Density-Functional Theory Atomistic Approaches, TDDFT-jellium Description of Nanoparticles, Quantum Mechanical Processes, Computational Classical Electrodynamics.

Graduate Students

Minhan Lou

minhan.lou@rice.edu
(713) 562-4862
Office: Brockman Hall 327

Thermoplasmonics, Aluminum plasmonics.

Jian Yang

jianyang.ap@rice.edu
(713) 348-3541
Office: Brockman Hall 321

Nonlinear Generation, Optical Forces, Aluminum Plasmonics,

Ming Zhang

M.Zhang@rice.edu
(713) 562-4862
Office: Brockman Hall 327

Plasmonic Nanoshells and Nanomatryoshkas, Nonlinear Generation.

Runmin Zhang

runmin.zhang@rice.edu
(713) 348-3541
Office: Brockman Hall 321

Theoretical Quantum Nanoplasmonics, (Time-Dependent) Density Functional Theory.

Visiting Students

Former Members

Mattin Urbieta Galarraga - now a PhD candidate at University of the Basque Country. - Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattin-urbieta-galarraga-487065113/
Hangqi Zhao - now a data scientist at Visa Inc. - PhD thesis (2017) - Hot Carrier Generation in Nanostructures for Efficient Photocatalysis and Photodetection
Andrea Schirato - now an undergraduate student at Politecnico di Milano, Italy. - Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-schirato-289881119/
Xiao Yang - now a quantitative analyst at JPMorgan Chase & Co.
- PhD thesis (2017) - Extraordinary Light-Induced Local Field, Angular Momentum and Force near Metallic Nanoparticles
Yue Zhang - now a research engineer at JD.com.
- PhD thesis (2017) - Interacting Surface Plasmon with Electron Beam and Acoustic Vibration - Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yuezhang89/
Yao Cui - now a data scientist at KUKA.
- PhD thesis (2016) - Molecular Plasmonics - - Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yaocui11
Jun Liu - now a research scientist at Xtal Inc.
- PhD thesis (2016) - Dynamics of Plasmon-Induced Hot Carriers in Metallic Nanoparticles
Dr. Hui Zhang - now a seismic imaging analyst at CGG.
- Postdoctoral Research Associate (2014-2016)

Thawda Aung - now a quantitative analyst at Invesco.

Dr. Alejandro Manjavacas - now an assistant professor at UNM.
- Postdoctoral Research Associate (2013-2015)
- website: https://sites.google.com/site/manjavacasresearch/

Vikram Kulkarni - now a research staff member in cyber security at Institute for Defense Analyses.
- PhD thesis (2015) - A First Principles Approach to Describing Novel Plasmonic Phenomena.

Yang Cao - now a geophysicist at CGG.
- PhD thesis (2015) - Optical properties of core-shell nanoparticles, Nanoring-based structures, and periodic nanostructures, EELS.

Lifei Liu - now a geophysicist at Shell.
- PhD thesis (2014) - Plasmonic properties of Aluminium Nanostructures.

Yumin Wang - now research scientist at Xtal Inc.
- PhD thesis (2014) - Plasmon Resonances in Metallic Nanostructures for Photodection and Signal Modulation.

Dr. Montacer Dridi
- Postdoctoral Research Associate (2014)

Dr. Nicolas Large - now an assistant professor at UTSA.
- Postdoctoral Research Associate (2012-2014)
- website: http://physics.utsa.edu/nlarge

Dr. Ke Zhao - now Processing Geophysicist at Schlumberger
- Postdoctoral Research Associate (2012-2013)

Yurong Zhen - now Seismic Imager at CGG Veritas
- PhD thesis (2013) - Plasmonic properties and applications of metallic nanostructures.
- MS thesis (2011) - Optical Properties of Pd Nano-particles with Monomer and Dimer Cavities.

Heidar Sobhani Khakestar - now Trainer at CGG Veritas
- PhD thesis (2012) - Plasmonics Manipulation of Light for Sensing and Photovoltaic Applications.
- MS thesis (2009) - Subradiant, superradiant and Fano resonances in dimer and ring/disk nanocavities.

Yang Li - now at CGG Veritas
- PhD thesis (2012) - Manipulation of energy propagation, redirection, and dissipation by tunable plasmonic nanostructures.
- MS thesis (2011) - Angle- and spectral-dependent light scattering from plasmonic nanocups.

Kui Bao - now Processing Geophysicist at Shell
- PhD thesis (2012) - Plasmon hybridization in real metals.
- MS thesis (2009) - Fano resonances in plasmonic nanoparticle aggregates.
Jorge Zuloaga - now Risk Manager for an insurance company, Mexico
- PhD thesis (2011) - Quantum plasmonics: A first-principles investigation of metallic nanostructures and their optical properties.
- MS thesis (2009) - Quantum description of the plasmon resonances of a nanoparticle dimer.
Tamer A. Ali - now Assistant Professor at Cairo University, Egypt
- PhD thesis (2010) - Optical and plasmonic properties of metallic tip/surface junctions.
Tae-Ho Park - now Postdoctoral Fellow at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
- PhD thesis (2009) - Plasmonic properties of metallic nanostructures.
- MS thesis (2005) - Numerical renormalization group studies of the Anderson-Holstein model.

Feng Hao - now Advance Research Geophysicist at TGS
- PhD thesis (2009) - Plasmon hybridization in complex nanostructures.
- MS thesis (2006) - Plasmonic coupling between a metallic nanosphere and a thin metallic wire.
Yanpeng Wu - now Associate at KCG Holdings Inc.
- PhD thesis (2009) - Plasmonic properties of metallic nanostructures with reduced symmetry.
- MS thesis (2005) - Plasmon hybridization in nonconcentric nanoshells.

Fei Le - now Scientist at Baker Hughes Inc.
- PhD thesis (2008) - Plasmonic properties of nanoparticle-film systems and periodic nanoparticle arrays.
- MS thesis (2005) - Plasmons in the metallic nanoparticle-film system as a tunable impurity problem.

Ali I. Goker - now Associate Professor at Sheikh Edebali Bilecik University, Turkey
- PhD thesis (2007) - Kondo effect in quantum dots: A non-crossing approximation study.
- MS thesis (2005) - Optical properties of a spherical 2D electron gas in the presence of a uniform magnetic field.
Daniel W. Brandl - now Automation Engineer at NNE Pharmaplan, Morrisville, NC
- PhD thesis (2007) - Plasmon hybridization in generalized metallic nanostructures.
- MS thesis (2005) - Plasmon hybridization in nanoshell dimers.

Chris Oubre - now at Exxon Mobil Corporation
- PhD thesis (2005) - Finite-Difference Time-Domain studies of the optical properties of metallodielectric nanostructures.
- MS thesis (2002) - Interaction of xenon Rydberg atoms with a metal surface in an electric field.
Emil Prodan - now Associate Professor at Department of Physics, Yeshiva University
- PhD thesis (2003) - Theoretical investigation of the electronic structure and optical properties of metallic nanoshells.
John A. Wolfgang - now Instructor at Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital
- PhD thesis (2000) - Electron dynamics and impurity scattering on gold nanoshell surfaces.
- MS thesis (2000) - Inelastic ion scattering from semiconductor surfaces.
Hilary C. Akpati - now Therapeutic Radiologic Physicist
- PhD thesis (1997) - A theoretical study of the effects of an external electric field on adsorbate-surface systems.
- MA thesis (1996) - A theoretical study of cluster reactivity and the effects of electric field on atom-surface interaction.
Jason P. Modisette - now at Pipeline Simulation Interest Group, ATMOS International Ltd
- PhD thesis (1997) - Wavelets in electronic structure calculations.
- MA thesis (1995) - A theoretical study of CN on alkalihalide and alkali metal surfaces using density functional theory.