Leadership

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Director

Professor Yves Idzerda

Dean, College of Letters & Science
Montana State University

idzerda@montana.edu

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Associate Director of Operations- UA site

Professor Hugh Churchill

Physics department
University of Arkansas

hchurch@uark.edu

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Associate Director of Operations- MSU site

Professor Nicholas Borys

Physics department
Montana State University

nicholas.borys@montana.edu

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Associate Director of Scientific Development

Professor Salvador Barraza-Lopez

Physics department
University of Arkansas

sbarraza@uark.edu

Website

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National Network Program Director

Professor David Dickensheets

Electrical & Computer Engineering
Montana State University

davidd@montana.edu

Website

Assistant Director - UA site

Professor Bothina Hamad Manasreh

Physics department
University of Arkansas

bothinah@uark.edu

Website

 Research Faculty and Staff

  • Dharmraj Kotekar-Patil

    University of Arkansas

    dk030@uark.edu

    Foundry Network Coordinator (UA-Site)

    Quantum Computation/ Information

    Website

  • Amirhossein Hasani

    Montana State University

    amirhossein.hasani@montana.edu

    Foundry Network Coordinator (MSU-Site)

    2D Materials growth/optoelectronic devices

  • Torrey McLoughlin

    Montana State University

    torrey.mcloughlin@montana.edu

    Interim Foundry scientist (MSU-site)

    Commissioning of 2D materials fabrication and characterization equipment and facilities

  • Josh A. Goss

    University of Arkansas

    Foundry Engineering Designer (UA-Site)

    joshgoss@uark.edu

  • Shiva Davari Dolatabadi

    University of Arkansas

    Process Engineer (UA-site)

    sdavarid@uark.edu

  • Heather Rauser

    Montana State University

    Admin support for networking activities - MSU site

    heather.rauser@montana.edu

  • Mindy Browns

    Montana State University

    Director of Finance and Administration - MSU site

    mbrown@montana.edu

Faculty Researchers and Educators

Postdoctoral researchers

  • Shiva Prasad Poudel

    University of Arkansas

    sppoudel@uark.edu

    Theory (Adv: Barraza-Lopez)

  • Kanagaraj Moorthi

    University of Arkansas

    kmoorthi@uark.edu

    (Adv: Salamo)

  • Angiolo Miguel Huaman Gutierrez

    University of Arkansas

    ah200@uark.edu

    (Adv: Barraza-Lopez)

  • Peng Chen

    University of Arkansas

    peng.chen.iphy@gmail.com

    Materials Modeling and Design (Adv: Bellaiche)

  • Alireza Akbarzadeh

    University of Arkansas

    aakbarz@uark.edu

    Materials Modeling and Design (Adv: Bellaiche)

  • Md Nabi

    University of Arkansas

    mnabi@uark.edu

    2D materials (Adv: Churchill)

  • Faizan Ahmed

    University of Arkansas

    faizana@uark.edu

    2D materials (Adv: Churchill)

  • Shrawan Roy

    University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

    roys@uapb.edu

    Optical properties of 2D materials (Adv. Mortazavi)

 Graduate Students

 Undergraduate Students

  • David Palmer

    Montana State University

    Exciton diff model (Advs: Borys/Vorontsov)

  • Benjamin Thompson

    University of Arkansas

    bct019@uark.edu

    Machine Learning (Adv: Luu)

  • Sebastian Gomez

    San Diego State University

    sgomez2982@sdsu.edu

    2D Materials Growth and Characterization (Adv: Behura)

  • Seamus Whyte

    Montana State University

    optical characterization and nonlinear spectroscopy (Adv: Borys)

  • Joelle Asson

    Montana State University

    joelle.asson@student.montana.edu

    2D materials preparation and automation (Adv: Borys)

  • Taksh Patel

    University of Arkansas

    2D ferroelectric materials (Adv: Bellaiche)

  • Lance Yarbrough

    University of Arkansas

    lancey@uark.edu

    (Adv: Churchill)

  • Aidan Barrows

    Montana State University

    aidan.barrows@student.montana.edu

    development of exfoliatory (Adv: Borys)

  • Quinn Cormier

    Montana State University

    Strain-dep Raman of 2D materials (Adv: Borys)

  • Nat Sweeney

    Montana State University

    Software development (Adv: Whitaker)

 High School Students

  • Aryan Madhavan

    University of Arkansas

    (Adv: Gea/Churchill)