Giuseppe (Pino) Strangi

Giuseppe Strangi is a Professor of Physics at Case Western Reserve University, where he holds the Ohio Research Scholar Endowed Chair in Advanced Materials. He also has a joint appointment at the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center in the School of Medicine, serving as Professor of General Medical Sciences. Strangi is a Fellow of both the Optical Society of America and the European Physical Society.

 

 

 

Andrew Lininger

Dr. Andy Lininger is the Director of Operations at the Materials for Opto/Electronics Research and Education (MORE) Center. His research interests focus on optics and photonics of engineered metamaterials, with applications in energy and biomedicine.

 

 

 

Jonathan Boyd


Jonathan Boyd is a recent graduate from the group who is now a full time lecturer and assistant lab director for introductory instructional laboratories at Case Western Reserve University. His dissertation work during his time in the group centered around emergent plasmonic behavior in boron doped diamonds, where the response of the diamond was simulated for varying doping concentrations and tested experimentally with Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy (EELS) and Pico Induced Force Microscopy (PiFM). In his free time, Jon enjoys walking in the local park with his wife, son, and goldendoodle.

 

Akeshi Aththanayake

Akeshi is a fourth-year Ph.D. student from Kandy, Sri Lanka. Her current research activities include Cavity QED using ultrafast optics and ENZ materials. In her free time, she enjoys hot yoga at little Italy yoga studio and also swimming as an exercise to burn up some calories.

 

 

 

 

Hriday Joni


Hriday Dhar Joni is a first year PhD student in physics from Bangladesh. His reach interest is in metamaterials,non linear optics and machine learning. In his free time he likes watching or playing soccer and reading novels.

 

 

 

Khoi Anh Pham

 
Khoi Anh is a junior studying Electrical Engineering and Physics. His current research involves liquid crystal random lasing, directional random lasing induced in metalens, metalens simulations and light-matter interaction in thin film stacks. He comes from Vietnam, enjoys playing video games, and piano.

 

 

 

 

 

Elizabeth Zhou

Elizabeth Zhou is interested in the manufacture and optimization of tunable metalenses. She comes from Colorado and spends her free time playing table top games and drawing.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

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Janice Jhize

Yangheng (Janice) is a senior undergraduate student from Shanghai, China. Her research interest is in designing metalens structures through electromagnetic simulations in COMSOL and MEEP. She’s also working on using Nanoscribe technology to 3D print nanoscale structures for metalens and metasurface applications. In her free time, she enjoys playing racquetball and doing yoga.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Henry Dirks

Henry Dirks is a second-year undergraduate in Engineering Physics from Boston, MA. His current research focuses on ellipsometry of hyperbolic materials and optimization of thin film deposition. In his free time, he enjoys playing volleyball.

 

 

 

 

Zachariah Jones

Zachariah Jones is a third year undergraduate student double majoring in Biophysics and Engineering Physics with a concentration in Biomedical Engineering. His current research involves the implementation of ENZ metamaterials with lanthanide doped upconverting nanoparticles for increased SWIR capture and detection efficiency. In his free time he trains Muy Thai and studying Christian theology.

 

 

 

 

 

Liam McCall

 
Liam McCall is a senior undergraduate from Peterborough, NH. His research interest is in simulating Epsilon Near Zero materials. In his free time, he likes to fish and play sports.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Max Rokeach

Max Rokeach is a sophomore undergraduate studying Physics and Economics, with research interests in slow light and ENZ interactions and simulations. Outside of academics, he enjoys spearfishing and jazz.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

Lab Alumni and Past Affiliated Faculty

  • Janice Jhize (Now at Harvard)

  • Omar Ali  (Canada)

  • Madhav Goel (Duke University)

  • Margaret Storti

  • Robby Albrecht

  • Noah Vardy

  • Flynn Zhi (Berkley)

  • Todd Cheng (OSU)

  • Adam Fisher  (OSU)

  • Giuseppe Emanuele Lio

  • Sharmistha Chatterjee

  • Loredana Ricciardi

  • Nathaniel “Dene” Hoffman

  • Ted Letsou

  • Michael Boss

  • Yugan Sakthi

  • Mohamed El Kabbash

  • Glynis Schumacher

  • Quang Nguyen

  • Pratyusha Sambaru

  • Alexander Yaney

  • Nicholas Ramey

  • Bradley Odhner

  • Qiaoyi (Joey) Liu

  • Antonio De Luca

  • Sreekanth K. V.

  • Alireza Rahimi Rashed

  • Melissa Infusino

  • Alessandro Veltri

  • Rakesh Dhama

  • Ermanno Miele

  • Vincenzo Caligiuri

  • Yandong Li Nanjing

  • Joshua Osborne

  • Daniel Kernan

  • Alexander Cucci Luck

  • K.H. Krishna