
Principle Investigator

Vinayak P. Dravid
Professor, Materials Science & Engineering
Director, NUANCE Center
Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researcher (2016-present)
Technical Staff

Dilip Kumar Agarwal, PhD
Research Associate

Vikas Nandwana, PhD
Research Assistant Professor

Roberto dos Reis, PhD
Dravid Research Group Scientific Officer
Postdoctoral Fellows

Thang Pham, PhD
Synthesis and characterization of low-dimensional quantum materials
Visiting Scholars

Liubov Bondarenko
Preparation and physicochemical characterization of magnetic nanoparticles

Jungjae Park
Development of graphene-based liquid/gas cell for visualizing molecular
Graduate Students- PhD

Michael Barsoum
Metal organic frameworks MOFs for direct air capture (DAC) of CO2

Matthew Cheng
Synthesis and characterization of novel 2D materials

Jack Hegarty
Synthesis of novel nanocomposites for environmental remediation applications

Alp Kulaksizoglu
High-throughput functional characterization of complex nanostructures

Yea-Shine Lee
Characterization of novel 2D materials

Wing Shun Li
Chromatin imaging and relating chromatin structures with the transcription process

Yukun Liu
Characterization and property optimization of thermoelectric materials

Patricia Meza
Characterization and property optimization of solar cell materials

Kelly Matuszewski
Develop novel nanocomposites for applications in environmental remediation

Stephanie Ribet
Synthesis of nanocomposites for environmental remediation

Benjamin Shindel
Synthesis of nanocomposites for environmental remediation

Carolin Wahl
High-throughput functional characterization of complex nanostructures

Alfred Yan
Applying machine learning to solve energy and environment-related problems
Graduate Students- MS

Yash More
Multifunctional nanocomposite membranes for environmental remediation
Undergraduate Research Interns

Caroline Harms
Synthesis and characterization of nanocomposites for environmental remediation

Paloma Lee
Investigation of the growth mechanism of 2D Copper Telluride nanosheets

Enrique Sheils
Synthesis and characterization of 2D and thermoelectric materials

John Wang
Fabrication and characterization of nanoparticles for environmental remediation
Affiliated Scientists and Staff

Gajendra Shekhawat, PhD
SPID Facility Manager (NUANCE)
Research Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Advanced SPM, Biochemical Sensors & Systems

Xinqi Chen, PhD
KECK II Facility Manager (NUANCE)
Research Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Nanomaterials Synthesis & Characterization, Experimental Nanomechanics, Surface Characterization

Reiner Bleher, PhD
BioCryo Facility Manager (NUANCE)
Research Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
SEM, TEM, STEM, Cryo-EM, and Microanalysis of Biological Samples

Eric W. Roth
BioCryo (NUANCE)
Core Scientist

Xiaobing Hu, PhD
EPIC TEM Manager (NUANCE)
Research Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Advanced Applications of S/TEM
Engineering Alloys, Energy Storage Materials

Paul Smeets, PhD
EPIC (NUANCE) Research Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Physiochemical interactions and structure-property relationships in hybrid materials using S/TEM

Tirzah Abbott, MS
EPIC (NUANCE)
SEM Laboratory Manager