headshot of man in suitGiuseppe Strangi

Professor of Physics at Case Western Reserve University, where he holds the Ohio Research Scholar Endowed Chair in Surfaces of Advanced Materials. He also holds a secondary appointment in the School of Medicine as Professor of General Medical Sciences. He is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America and the European Physical Society.

 

 

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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.

 

 

 

hadshot of young man against dark backgroundJonathan Boyd

Jonathan Boyd is a PhD candidate in the Department of Physics. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Physics from Kent State University. His research focuses on plasmonics in semiconductors and on properties of metamaterials. Specifically, he is focusing on IR excitations in boron doped diamonds and has investigated liquid crystal integration in flat metalenses. He enjoys playing fetch with his goldendoodle Sylvie and watching past seasons of Survivor with his wife Emily.

 

woman seated on grassAkeshi 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.

 

 

woman at laptop in busy cafeteria spaceJanice 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.

 

 

 

young man in lab coatMadhav Goel

Madhav is a current undergraduate senior Mathematics and Physics major from Vienna, Austria. His current research interests are metamaterials. He is currently working on fano-resonant coatings (FROCs) and bound states incontinuum (BICs). Outside the lab, he enjoys reading and tennis.

 

 

young man with fluffy hairOmar Ali

Omar is an Egyptian sophomore who is double majoring in Physics with a mathematical concentration and Electrical Engineering. He is currently interested in the intersection of Physics and Machine learning. In his free time, Omar enjoys spending time with family (virtually) weightlifting and listening to Mohamed Mounier.

 

 

smiling asian womanElizabeth Zhou

Elizabeth Zhou is a sophomore at Case Western Reserve University majoring in Physics and Astronomy. Her current interests in research lies in metalens and metasurface design and tunability. In her free time, Elizabeth enjoys drawing and playing TTRPGs.

 

 

young man in hoodieLiam McCall

Liam is a sophomore undergraduate at Case Western Reserve University from Peterborough, NH. His interests lie in condensed matter physics. Other than physics, he enjoys fishing and playing basketball.

 

 

 

Lab Alumni and Past Affiliated Faculty

  • Margret Sorti
  • Robby Albrecht
  • Noah Vardy
  • Flynn Zhi
  • Todd Cheng
  • Adam Fisher
  • 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