Members


Valentin Taufour
Group Leader

vtaufour@ucdavis.edu
Started the group in 2016. Born in France. PhD from CEA Grenoble (France) in 2011. Post-doc at Iowa State University (2011-2013). Scientist at the Critical Material Institute at the Ames Laboratory (2013-2016).

 


Peter Klavins
Research Laboratory Specialist, Department of Physics
pklavins@ucdavis.edu
Joined the Physics Department in 1987. Master degree in metallurgy and material science at Iowa State University.

 


Rahim Ullah
Graduate Student, Department of Physics

rrullah@ucdavis.edu
Joined the group in 2018. Bachelor of Science in Physics from Stanford University in 2017.

 


Yunshu Shi
Graduate Student, Department of Physics

ysgshi@ucdavis.edu
Joined the group in Fall 2018.

 


Hanshang Jin
Graduate Student, Department of Physics

hanjin@ucdavis.edu
Joined the group in 2016 as an undergraduate. Bachelor of Science in Applied Physics from UC Davis. Joined the Master program in 2018, and the Graduate Program in 2019.

 


Zihao Shen
Graduate Student, Department of Physics

zhshen@ucdavis.edu
Joined the group in 2019. Bachelor of Science in Physics from UC Davis.

 


Edward Cardenas
Master Student, Department of Chemistry

ecardenas@ucdavis.edu
Joined the group in winter 2019. B.S. in Biochemistry from Cal state Los Angeles.

 

 


Max Wright
Undergraduate Student, Department of Physics

maxwright@ucdavis.edu
Joined the group in 2022.

 


Kyoka Nagashima
Undergraduate Student, Department of Physics

knagashima@ucdavis.edu
Joined the group in 2022.

 


Andrew Stephens
Undergraduate Student, Department of Physics

alstephens@ucdavis.edu
Joined the group in 2022.

 


Yiqi (Stelo) Xu
Undergraduate Student, Department of Physics

yqsxu@ucdavis.edu
Joined the group in 2023.

 

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