People

Our members have backgrounds in physics, chemistry, mathematics and materials science. Our group is composed of one faculty member, one postdoctoral researcher, three PhD students, and one Master's level student working on individual and group projects throughout the academic year. Check our profiles below.

Academic Faculty

Steve Ndengue

Assistant Professor (PI)

Doctoral Students

Sosthene Irambona

November 2021 - Present

Senior Thesis

Micah Lachman

January 2025 - Present

Owen Gill

June 2025 - Present

Student Researcher

Zaid Sbaiti

June 2025 - Present

Ellie Park

September 2024 - Present

Collaborators

Fabien Gatti (Research Professor)
Université Bourgogne Europe and CNRS

Richard Dawes (Program Manager)
NSF and Missouri S&T

Nicola Marzari (Professor)
EPFL

Neepa Maitra (Professor)
Rutgers University-Newark

Omololu Akin-Ojo (Professor)
University of Ibadan

Alumni

Ayda Badri (2021-2022)
Postdoc (Curr. Postdoc SNS Pisa)

Herve Tajouo Tela (2020-2024)
PhD Student (Curr. Postdoc SNS Pisa)

Ange Benise Niyikiza (2022)
MSc Student (Curr. PhD Student Univ Houston)

Jean Paul Nshuti (2023)
MSc Student (Curr. PhD Student Univ Rennes)