Group

Open positions


Principal Investigator

me2Dr. Alex Zakhidov

Email: alex.zakhidov@txstate.edu

PhD in Physics from Moscow State University (2006)

Research Interests: Organic Optoelectronics, Hybrid Perovskites, Orthogonal Lithography.

 


Research Assistant Professor

Dr. Craig Swartz 

Email: craig.swartz@txstate.edu

PhD in Physics, West Virginia University (2006)

B.S. in Physics, The John Hopkins University (1999)

Research Interests: Perovskite and II-VI optoelectronics, Thermoelectrics, Characterization, Magnetotransport, Photoluminescence intensity.

 


Ph.D Students

Nischal Khakurel

Email: n_k106@txstate.edu

Physics major at Texas State University.

BS in Physics (2017) Tribhuvan University, Nepal.

Research interest:  Reliability of perovskite PV.
 

 

 


Master’s students

 

Drew Amyx

Email: dwa26@txstate.edu

Physics major at Texas State University

BS in Physics (2019) Texas State University

Research interest: Single crystal growth of halide perovskites.

 

Leo Rodriguez

Email: l_r217@txstate.edu

Veteran. United States Marine Corps.

Physics major at Texas State University

BS in Physics (2019) Texas State University

Research interest: Physics of perovskite photonic devices.

 

Rose Najar

Email: srn47@txstate.edu

Physics major at Texas State University

BS in Physics (2020) Texas State University

Research interest: Perovskite PV

 

 

 

 


Undergraduate students

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Mohammed I. Hossain                                                                                                                                                                              

Email: mih15@txstate.edu

Electrical Eng. major, at Texas State University

Research interest: Perovskite PV Solar Cell Optimization.

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Alumni

Postdocs
Dr. Swaminathan Venkatesan (now at MKS)
Dr. Dmitry Lyashenko (now at Amazon)
Dr. Mike Sampson

PhDs
Dr. Eric Welch (now postdoc at TXST)
Dr. Chris Manspeaker (now at Intel)
Dr. Mehedhi Hasan (now at Intel)

Master’s
Kevin Lyon (now at Nanohmics)
Garrett Merrion (now at UoH)
Joseph A. Sadler (now at NXP)
Ben Brooks
Jonathan Preiss
Aureliano Perez (now at THEM, Austin, TX)
Rony Saha (now at MSEC, TXST)
Marco Aurelio Andarcia Calderon (now at Samsung)

Undergraduates
Zachary A. Rangel
Garrett Merrion
Colin D. Donnelly
Eric M. Neier
Nader R. Rady
Patrick Scruggs
Jeremy R Gonzales