Current Graduate Students

Quantum Theory Research Group

Supervisor : Dr. A. K. Ray

CURRENT AND RECENT MEMBERS

	Mr. Kapil Adhikari	Kapil is a graduate student working for his Ph. D. degree. His dissertation is in the area of electronic structures of SiC nanotubes.
	Mr. Kazi Alam	Kazi received his M.S. in Physics in 2008. His M.S. thesis is entitled, "Silicon Carbide Nanotubes: Promises Beyond Carbon Nanotubes.
	Dr. Raymond Atta-Fynn	Dr. Fynn was a post-doctoral fellow for three years working on the surface electronic structures of actinide metals. He is currently a research scientist in Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
	Ms. Molly Averitte	Molly Averitte was a degreed undergraduate working on computational electronic structure studies of solids and surfaces.
	Ms. Stephanie Bell	Stephanie was an undergraduate research assistant in the group.
	Mr. Haoliang Chen	Haoliang is a graduate student working for his Ph. D. degree. His dissertation is in the area of silicon nanotubes.
	Ms. Sarah Duesman	Sarah is a graduate student working on computational studies of nanostructures, specifically silicon-germanium nanoclusters.
	Mr. Pratik Dholabhai	Pratik received his M.S. degree in Physics in August 2005. His thesis title was “On the Behavior of 5f Electrons” He received his Ph.D. degree in 2008. His dissertation title was "Probing the 5f Electrons: A Relativistic DFT Study of Americium Surfaces. He is currently a post-doctoral fellow at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
	Ms. Kinjal Gandha	Kinjal was a graduate student in the group.
	Dr. Da Gao	Dr. Gao was a post-doctoral fellow in the group working on actinide surface chemistry and physics. He is currently a research scientist in St. Paul, Minnesota.
	Dr. H. R. Gong	Dr. Gong was a post-doctoral fellow in the group during the academic year 2004-2005. His research involved actinide surface chemistry and physics.
	Ms. Ashley Hendricks	Ashley was an undergraduate student assistant in the group.
	Ms. Sarah Hernandez	Sarah is a LSAMP-BD doctoral fellow and is working on the magnetic structures of the actinides and their compounds.
	Dr. M. N. Huda	Rana received his Ph.D. degree in Physics in December 2004. His dissertation title was “A Relativistic Density Functional Study of the Role of 5f Electrons in Atomic and Molecular Adsorptions on Actinide Surfaces” Dr. Huda is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics at UTA.
	Dr. F. Islam	Dr. F. Islam was a post-doctoral fellow in the group, working on the surface electronic behavior of actinide metals. He is currently a post-doctoral fellow in Uppsala, Sweden.
	Dr. Jianguang	Dr. Jianguang is a post-doctoral fellow working on bulk and surface electronic structures of the actinides and also on molecular adsorptions on actinide surfaces.
	Ms. Namrata Kohli	Ms. Namrata Kohli was an undergraduate research assistant in the spring, ’09 semester. She helped in the research on actinides and graduated in May, 2009.
	Ms. Sridevi Lalgudi	Sridevi received her M.S. degree in Physics in August 2005. Her thesis title was “On a Class of ABCS”.
	Ms. Megan Lee	Megan is a degreed undergraduate student working in the area of electronic structures of actinides. She plans to complete her graduate degrees in this fiel
	Dr. Li Ma	Dr. Li Ma is a post-doctoral fellow in the group, working on the electronic structure related properties of the actinides.
	Mr. Michael Mayo	Michael received his M.S. degree in August 2003. His thesis title was “A Many Body Perturbation Theoretic Study of Atomic Oxygen and Aluminum Chemisorption on GaAs (100) (2x1) and b (4x2) Surfaces”
	Ms. Dayla Morrison	Dayla is a graduate student working for her Ph. D. degree. Her dissertation in the area of the electronic structures of the actinides.
	Ms. Shafaq Moten	Shafaq was a graduate student working for her Ph. D. degree. Her dissertation is in the area of atomic and molecular adsorptions on actinide surfaces.
	Mr. Aale Naqvi	Aale was an undergraduate research assistant in the group.
	Ms. Rajni Pathak	Rajni was an undergraduate research assistant working in the area of the electronic structures of the actinides.
	Ms. Prachi Pradhan	Prachi received her M.S. degree in Physics in May 2005. Her thesis title was “Nanoclusters to Nanotubes: An Ab Initio Study”
	Mr. Somilkumar Rathi	Somil was a graduate student and receieved his M.S. in Physics in 2008. His thesis title was "Germanium Based Nanotubes: Fact or Fiction?
	Mr. Souptik Mukherjee	Souptik was a graduate student and receieved his M.S. in Physics in 2008. His thesis title was "Can Silicon Carbide Nanotubes be Effective Medium for Hydrogen Storage?"
	Mr. Aravind Srinivasan	Aravind received his M.S. degree in December 2005. His thesis title was “On the Existence and Stability of Carbon-Based Silicon Fullerenes: A Density Functional Theoretic Study”
	Mr. Prabath Wanaguru	Prabath is a doctoral graduate student in Physics. He has a M. S. degree in Physics from Central Michigan University and his dissertation is based on computational studies of nanotubes.