Members
Members in Takahashi lab
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Current members
Prof. Susumu Takahashi
Associate Professor of Chemistry/Physics & Astronomy
Ph.D in Physics - University of Florida
susumuta at usc dot edu
[Homepage]
Michael Coumans
Graduate Student in Chemistry
B.S. in Physics - University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Awards
- 2023 Best Poster Award in Stauffer Symposium
Ana Gurgenidze
Graduate Student in Chemistry
M.S. in Chemistry, Leipzig University, Germany
B.S. in Chemistry - Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgia
Awards
- 2023 USC WiSE Travel Grant
Yuhang Ren
Graduate Student in Physics
B.S. in Physics - University of Southern California
Awards
-2022 USC Physics Retreat Symposium Best Poster Award
- 2023 Best Poster Award in Global NMR
- 2024 APS GMAG Travel Award
Artur Pambukhchyan
Graduate student in Chemistry
B.S. in Biochemistry - University of Southern California
Yifan Song
Graduate student in Chemistry
M.S. in Chemistry - Zhejiang University, China
B.S. in Mineral Engineering - Central South University, China
Leah Webb
Graduate student in Chemistry
B.S. in Chemistry/Materials Science - CSU Long Beach
Zihan Zhang
MS student in Quantum Information Science
B.S. in Physics - Ohio State University
Micah Shaw
MS student in Quantum Information Science
B.S. in Physics - University of Maryland
Kyle Shi
Undergraduate student in Biology
Class of 2025
Awards
- 2022 Fall USC SOAR Fellowship
-2023 Best Poster Award in 2023 SCUM
Caleb Clary
Undergraduate student in Chemistry
Class of 2026
Junsoo Kim
Undergraduate student in Physics
Class of 2027
Former members
Postdocs
Dr. Ekaterina Romanova - 2011-2013
-> Software engineer
Dr. Zhihui Wang - 2011-2012
-> Scientist at NASA
Ph.D. students
Dr. Laura Mugica Sanchez - 2023 Ph.D. in Chemistry
Ph.D. Thesis: Diamond surface chemistry for NV quantum sensing
-> Lecturer in Chemistry Department at San Jose State University (homepage)
Dr. Benjamin Fortman - 2022 Ph.D. in Chemistry
Ph.D. Thesis: Development of high-frequency and high-magnetic field optically detected magnetic resonance
-> Physicist at Northrop Grumman
Dr. Zaili Peng - 2021 Ph.D. in Chemistry
Ph.D. Thesis: High-frequency electron-electron double resonance techniques and applications
-> Postdoc Scholar at University of New Mexico -> Data Scientist at Bloomberg
Dr. Chathuranga Abeywardana - 2017 Ph.D. in Chemistry
Ph.D. Thesis: Development of nanoscale EPR using a single nitrogen-vacancy center in diamond
-> Process Engineer at Applied Materials
Dr. Viktor Stepanov - 2017 Ph.D. in Chemistry
Ph.D. Thesis: High-Frequency and High-Field Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of Diamond
-> Research Scientist at Corning Inc.
Dr. Rana D. Akiel - 2016 Ph.D. in Chemistry
Ph.D. Thesis: Functionalization of Nanodiamond Surface for Magnetic Sensing Application
-> Full-Time Tenure-Track Chemistry Instructor at College of The Canyons (homepage)
Dr. Franklin H. Cho - 2015 Ph.D. in Physics
Ph.D. Thesis: Development of high-frequency EPR spectrometer and investigation of paramagnetic impurities and defects in diamond
-> Postdoc Scholar in Center for Quantum Science at Ewha Women University, South Korea
MS & Undergraduate students
Vibhub Laud - Undergraduate student in Physics (2022-2024)
Ella Haliman - Undergraduate in Chemistry (2023 Summer)
Alejandro Reyes - Undergraduate student in Physics (2022-2023)
Sebastiao Martin - 2023 USC Chemistry REU student (Austin College)
Maggie Bates - Undergraduate in Chemistry (2023 Summer)
Cooper Selco - B.S. in Physics (2019-2023) -> Ph.D. student in UC Berkeley Applied Engineering
Nicholas Musat - Visiting researcher (2022-2023) -> Ph.D. student in USC Physics
Artur Pambukhchyan - B.S. in Biochemistry (2021-2022) -> Ph.D. student in USC Chemistry
Dylan Kawashiri - Summer undergraduate research student from UCLA
Helaina Hannan - 2022 USC Chemistry REU student (Biola University) -> Ph.D. student in Environmental Science at Baylor University.
Julia Cashman - Undergraduate in Chemistry (2021-2022)
Zihan Zhao - B.S. in Physics (2020-2022) -> Ph.D. student in UCSD Physics
Aadi Ghildiyal - B.S. in Chemistry (2020-2022) -> Olympic trial
Gene Aries Caberto - B.S. in Chemistry (2021-2022)
Yuxiao Hang - B.S. in Physics (2019-2021) -> Ph.D. student in USC Physics
Noah Tischler - B.S. in Chemistry (2020)
Tejpal Randhawa - Undergraduate in Chemistry (2019-2020)
Yuhang Ren - B.S. in Physics (2019-2020) -> Ph.D. student in USC Physics
Junior Pena - B.S. in Physics (2018-2020) -> Ph.D. student in MIT Physics
Yihao Yang - M.S. in Chemical Engineering (2019-2020) -> Ph.D. student in Texas A&M Chemistry
Meera Mistry - B.S. in Biochemistry (2017-2020) -> M.S. student in USC Medical School
Armand Tadjali - B.S. in Math (2018-2020) -> Med student at Texas A&M
Joyce Kim - Visiting researcher (2018-2019) -> Research support assistant in IPAC at Caltech
Jax Dallas - 2019 USC Chemistry REU student (University of Mississippi); 2020 Goldwater scholar. -> Ph.D. student in Caltech Chemistry
Linda Godinez - 2019 Summer Visting Student (Los Angeles City College)
Christopher Gonzalez - 2018 Summer Visting Student (CSU Long Beach)
Sam Smoker - Undergraduate in Physics (2015-2017)
Laura Mugica - 2016 USC-IME/REU student (National University of Mexico (UNAM))-> Ph.D. student at USC
Jack O'Grady - Undergraduate in Physics/Computer Science (2016 summer)
Wan Hsiang (Winnie) Chen - B.S. in Biochemistry (2015-2016) -> Med student at Quinnipiac University, CT
Andrew Maney - Undergraduate in Physics (2015-2016)
Jack Runburg - Undergraduate in Physics (2014-2016)
Zaili (Sharon) Peng - 2014 REU student (Sun-Yat Sen University, China)-> Ph.D. student at USC
Jason Michael - B.S. in Chemistry (2013-2014)-> Ph.D. student at University of Texas, Austin
Zak Kobos - B.S. in Physics (2011-2013) -> Ph.D. student at Yale University
Kevin Le - Undergraduate in Physics (2011-2012)
Dalilah Brown - 2011 REU student (Stevenson University, MD)
Michael Oh - Undergraduate (2010)
David Lee - Undergraduate (2010)
High school students
Esther Sosa - 2019 USC Young Researchers Program Student (USC Hybrid High School, Los Angeles CA)
Alondra Alvarez Castro - 2019 USC Young Researchers Program Student (Girls Academic Leadership Academy, Los Angeles CA)
Wendy Marquina - 2018 USC Young Researchers Program Student (Manual Arts Senior High School, Los Angeles CA)
Ariana Vega - 2017 USC Young Researchers Program Student (Thomas Jefferson High School, Los Angeles CA)
Mirna Solano - 2016 USC Young Researchers Program Student (Animo Jackie Robinson Charter High School, Los Angeles CA)
Josceline Rojas-Gamino - 2015 USC Young Researchers Program Student (Los Angeles Big Picture High School, Los Angeles CA)
Mike Moreno - 2015 USC Young Researchers Program Student (Gertz-Ressler High School, Los Angeles CA)
Jacqueline Gramajo - 2014 USC Young Researchers Program Student (West Adams Preparatory High School, Los Angeles CA)
Teresa Duarte - 2011 USC Young Researchers Program Student (Film and Theatre Arts Charter High School, Los Angeles, CA)