Previous Members


Davis Zackaria
Master Student, Department of Physics

dzackaria@ucdavis.edu
Joined the group in 2020 and graduated with a master in 2022. Now a Process Engineer – Characterization at Electric Hydrogen.

 


Journey Byland
Undergraduate Student, Department of Physics

jkbyland@ucdavis.edu
Joined the group in 2019 as an undergraduate. Currently a Graduate Student at UC Davis with Prof. Vishik.

 


Jackson Badger
Graduate Student, Chemistry Department
jrbadger@ucdavis.edu
Joined the group in 2017. Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry from Pitzer College in 2014.
Graduated in 2021.

 


Metzli Montero
Undergraduate Student

mimontero@ucdavis.edu
Joined the group in 2019. Watch Metzli’s award-winning video trailer for the 2021 Undergraduate Research Conference! And this one about her research!
Currently a graduate student at UC Merced.

 


Henry Bowman
Undergraduate REU Student

Joined the group in summer 2022 in the REU program.

 


Lexy Gillette
Undergraduate REU Student

Joined the group during summer 2021. Currently a graduate student at Oxford University.
Learn more about Lexy here and here.

 


Robert Kowalski
Undergraduate Student

Group member in 2020. Chemical Engineering Major at UC Davis.

 


Brianna Billingsley
REU Student

Joined the group during summer 2020. Currently a graduate student at the University of Arizona.

 


Shaoqing Ding
Undergraduate Student

Joined the group in 2017. Physics Major. Currently a graduate student at Penn State University.

 


Peter Carlson
Undergraduate Student

Joined the group in 2018. Bachelor of Science in Material Engineering in 2021 at UC Davis. Currently working at Thermal Technology LLC. Check Peter’s Website!

 


Kai Goodman
Undergraduate Student

Joined the group in 2018.

 


Ian Phillips
Undergraduate Student

Joined the group in 2018. Pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Materials Science and Engineering with a focus in Chemical Engineering at UC Davis. Check Ian’s website!

 


Nathan Soland
Undergraduate Student

Joined the group in 2019. Chemistry Major.
Check Nathan’s Periodic Table of Elements Their Abundances, Prices, Global Sources
Currently working at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

 


Haley Magliari
Undergraduate Student

Group member in 2019. Physics Major at UC Davis.

 


Rogelio Mata
Undergraduate Student

Group member in 2018. Physics Major at UC Davis.

 


Aaron Austin
Undergraduate REU Student

Joined the group in summer 2019 in the REU program. Undergraduate Physics Major at Oklahoma State University.

 


Jeffrey Harvey
Master Student, Physics Major

Group member in 2017-2018. Bachelor of Science in Physics from University of Illinois at Chicago in 2016. Earned a Physics Master’s degree in our group in 2018. Now a teacher in Winters, CA.

 


Moira Miller
Undergraduate REU Student, Physics Major

Joined the group in Summer 2018 in the REU program. Graduated from Virginia Tech in 2019. Currently a graduate student at Colorado School of Mines.

 


Sierra Chapman
Undergraduate Student at UC Davis
Group member in 2016-2017.

 


Kelly Neubauer
Undergraduate REU Student

Joined the group in summer 2017 in the REU program. Graduated in Physics at Gustavus Adolphus College. Currently a graduate student at Rice University.

 


Liana Shabbar
Undergraduate Student

Joined the group in 2016 as an undergraduate student at UC Davis. Now in Malmö, Sweden.