People

Seth Hubbard

Professor

School of Physics and Astronomy
College of Science
Director of Compound Semiconductor Enterprise Center
Program Faculty, School of Chemistry and Materials Science
Director of NanoPower Research Laboratories
Director of Physics Ph.D. Program

Ph.D. and MS Candidates

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Katelynn Fleming

Ph.D. Candidate
Microsystems Engineering
kef8026@mail.rit.edu

Physics BS
Drew University, 2021

 

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Elijah Sacchitella

Ph.D. Candidate
Microsystems Engineering
ejs5943@rit.edu

Electrical Engineering BS
RIT, 2023

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Mahan Sahafipourfard

MS Candidate
Materials Science and Engineering
ms3121@g.rit.edu

Sharif University of Technology, 2023

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Charish Pothuri

MS Candidate
Microelectronics Engineering
cp4115@rit.edu

Mechanical Engineering BS
2023

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Crystal Qu

BS/MS Candidate
Microelectronics Engineering
cq6854@rit.edu

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James Kim

MS Candidate
Physics
jk3848@rit.edu

Staff

Stephen Polly
Researcher/Engineer II
585-475-6811
Ross Hisert
Laboratory Coordinator
585-475-5941
Elaine Lewis
Research Program Administrator
585-475-4143
Elizabeth Dugdale
Research Program Administrator
Anthony Mazur
Research/Engineering Support II

Alumni

  • Dr. Emily Kessler-Lewis
    Ph.D. Microsystems Engineering, RIT, 2023
    Status: Air Force Research Laboratory
  • Dr. Julia D’Rozario
    Ph.D Microsystems Engineering, RIT, 2022
  • Dr. Anastasiia Fedorenko
    Ph.D Microsystems Engineering, RIT, 2021
  • Brandon Bogner
    M.S. Material Science, RIT, 2020 
  • David T Smith
    M.S. Physics, RIT, 2020
  • Dr. Elisabeth McClure
    Ph.D Microsystems Engineering, RIT, 2020
  • Dr. George T Nelson
    Ph.D Microsystems Engineering, RIT, 2019
    Status: Postdoctoral Researcher Fellow, NanoPower, RIT
  • Dr. Zachary Bittner
    Ph.D Microsystems Engineering, RIT, 2018
    Status: Solaero Technologies Corp.
  • Dr. Brittany Smith
    Ph.D Microsystems Engineering, RIT, 2018
    Status: Researcher, National Renewable ENergy Labsoratory
  • Dr. Stephen J Polly
    IC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, NanoPower, RIT, 2015-2017
    Status: Research Scientist, NanoPower, RIT
  • Dr. Yushuai Dai
    Ph.D Microsystems Engineering, RIT, 2017
    Status: Intel
  • Dr. Hyun S Kum
    Postdoctoral Research Fellow, NanoPower, RIT, 2016-2017
    Status: Postdoctoral Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Dr. Alessandro Giussani
    Postdoctoral Research Fellow, NanoPower, RIT, 2016-2017
    Status: Postdoctoral Associate, Okinawa Institute of Science/ Tech
  • Dr. Michael A Slocum
    IC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, NanoPower, RIT, 2015-2017
    Status: AFRL - Wright Patterson, Dayton, OH
  • Dr. Staffan Hellstroem
    Postdoctoral Research Fellow, NanoPower, RIT, 2012-2015
    Status: II-VI INCORPORATED (SWEDEN)
  • Dr. Kristina Driscoll
    Postdoctoral Research Fellow, NanoPower, RIT, 2011-2012
    Status: Lecturer RIT School of Physics and Astronomy
  • Dr. Chris Bailey
    Ph.D Microsystems Engineering, RIT, 2013
  • Wyatt Strong
    MS Materials Science, RIT, 2013
    Status: Teledyne Scientific & Imaging
  • Ryan Aguinaldo
    MS Materials Science, RIT, 2008
    Status: Northrop Grumman Corp
  • Jim McCarty
    MS Materials Science, RIT, 2007
    Status: Irish Jim Jitsu Test Automation
  • Dr. Christopher Kerestes
    IC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, NanoPower, RIT, 2010-2013
    Status: Emcore Photovoltaics, Inc
  • Mitchell Bennett
    MS Materials Science/BS Physics, RIT, 2014
    Status: Spectrolab
  • Adam Podell
    MS Materials Science, RIT, 2013
    Status: Syntactx
  • Joanne Oakvath
    MS Electrical Engineering, RIT, 2019
    Status: Fairchild Semiconductors
  • Amendeep Saluja
    MS Microelectronic Engineering, RIT, 2009
    Status: Freescale Semiconductors
  • John DeFranks
    MS Materials Science, RIT, 2008
    Status: United Technologies
  • Chelsea Mackos
    MS Materials Science, RIT, 2011
    Status: Solaero Technologies
  • Michael Harris
    MS Electrical Engineering, RIT, 2010
    Status: Harris Corp