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Principal Investigator<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Debashis Chanda, Ph.D.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Professor
NanoScience Technology Center<\/a>, Department of Physics<\/a>, CREOL<\/a>, College of Optics and Photonics<\/a>
Debashis.Chanda@ucf.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Post-Doctoral Fellows<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Dr. Pablo Cencillo Abad<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

PabloManuel.CencilloAbad@ucf.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Aritra Biswas<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Post-Doctoral Fellow
CREOL, College of Optics and Photonics<\/a>
aritrabiswas@Knights.ucf.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Arindam Dasgupta<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Arindam.Dasgupta2@ucf.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Graduate Students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Mahdi Soudi<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Ph.D. student
Physics<\/a>
Mahdi.Soudi@ucf.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Undergraduate Students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Many UG Students do research in the group<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alumni<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Tianyi Guo<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Physics<\/a>, PhD (2020-2023) – Graduated Fall 2023 (Present:\u00a0OmniVision Corporation, California<\/strong>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Pamela Mastranzo-Ortega<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Physics<\/a>\/INAOE, Mexico PhD (2018-2023) – Graduated Fall 2023 (Present: Optics School (INAOE), Mexico<\/strong>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Daniel Franklin<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Physics<\/a> PhD (2012-2018) – Graduated Spring 2018 (Present: Assistant Professor, University of Toronto, Canada<\/strong>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Sayan Chandra<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>Post-Doctoral Fellow 2016-2020 (Present: Assistant Professor, Appalachian State University, North Carolina<\/strong>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Alireza Safaei<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Physics Dept.<\/a>\u00a0PhD (2012-2019) – Graduated Spring 2019 (Present:\u00a0Senior Research Scientist, Panasonic USA, California<\/strong>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Abraham Vazquez-Guardado<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

CREOL, College of Optics and Photonics <\/a>PhD (2012-2018) – Graduated Spring 2018 (Present: Assistant Professor, North Carolina State University (NCSU), Raleigh<\/strong>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Souptik Mukheerjee<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Post-Doctoral Fellow 2020-2023 (Present: Senior Analyst HCL Corporation<\/strong>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sang Lee<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

NanoScience<\/a>\u00a0MS (2019-2022) – Graduated Spring 2022 (Present:\u00a0Sofie Bio<\/strong>sciences, Austin, Tx)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Javaneh Boroumand<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Physics<\/a> PhD (2014-2017) – Graduated Spring 2017 (Present: Intel Corp.<\/strong>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Rinku Saran<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>Post-Doctoral Fellow 2018-2020 (Present: NTU, Singapore<\/strong>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zuriel Caribe<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>MS Student 2018-2021 (Present:\u00a0Senior Engineer, Tel Corporation<\/strong>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jasse Laning<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>MS, Physics, 2020-2022 (Present:\u00a0Stuff Scientist, MIT Lincoln Laboratory<\/strong>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sushrut Modak<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>MS, CREOL – College of Optics and Photonics, Graduated 2013-2016 (Present:\u00a0Senior Engineer, ASML Corporation<\/strong>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jared Cozart<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

CREOL<\/a>\u00a0Bachelor in Photonics Science and Engineering – Graduated Fall 2019 (Present:\u00a0Stuff Member, Northrop Grumman Corporation<\/strong>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beatriz Jimenez<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Electrical Engineering<\/a> BEngg – Graduated Fall 2018 (Present: PhD Student, University of Florida<\/strong>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wade Mitchell Wilson<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Electrical Engineering<\/a> BEngg – Graduated Spring 2015 (Present: PhD Student, Duke University<\/strong>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Principal Investigator Debashis Chanda, Ph.D. ProfessorNanoScience Technology Center, Department of Physics, CREOL, College of Optics and PhotonicsDebashis.Chanda@ucf.edu Post-Doctoral Fellows Dr. Pablo Cencillo Abad PabloManuel.CencilloAbad@ucf.edu Aritra Biswas Post-Doctoral FellowCREOL, College of Optics and Photonicsaritrabiswas@Knights.ucf.edu Dr. Arindam Dasgupta Arindam.Dasgupta2@ucf.edu Graduate Students Mahdi Soudi Ph.D. studentPhysicsMahdi.Soudi@ucf.edu Undergraduate Students Many UG Students do research in the group Alumni Dr.…","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-66","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nTeam - Nano-Optics Group<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nanoscience.ucf.edu\/chanda\/team\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Team - 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