Leadership
Director
Professor Yves Idzerda
Dean, College of Letters & Science
Montana State University
Associate Director of Operations- UA site
Professor Hugh Churchill
Physics department
University of Arkansas
Associate Director of Operations- MSU site
Professor Nicholas Borys
Physics department
Montana State University
Associate Director of Scientific Development
Professor Salvador Barraza-Lopez
Physics department
University of Arkansas
National Network Program Director
Professor David Dickensheets
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Montana State University
Assistant Director - UA site
Professor Bothina Hamad Manasreh
Physics department
University of Arkansas
Research Faculty and Staff
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Duong, Dinh Loc
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Dharmraj Kotekar-Patil
University of Arkansas
Foundry Network Coordinator (UA-Site)
Quantum Computation/ Information
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Amirhossein Hasani
Montana State University
amirhossein.hasani@montana.edu
Foundry Network Coordinator (MSU-Site)
2D Materials growth/optoelectronic devices
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Torrey McLoughlin
Montana State University
Interim Foundry scientist (MSU-site)
Commissioning of 2D materials fabrication and characterization equipment and facilities
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Josh A. Goss
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Shiva Davari Dolatabadi
University of Arkansas
Process Engineer (UA-site)
sdavarid@uark.edu
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Heather Rauser
Montana State University
Admin support for networking activities - MSU site
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Mindy Browns
Faculty Researchers and Educators
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Jin Hu
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Brad Whitaker
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Paul Gannon
Montana State University
Recruitment, rural and Native American community engagement
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Brian D'Urso
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Ryan Anderson
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Greg Salamo
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Khoa Luu
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Laurent Bellaiche
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Julio Gea-Banacloche
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Martin Mosquera
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Hiro Nakamura
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John Neumeier
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Shui-Qing (Fisher) Yu
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Tamara Snyder
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Omar Manasreh
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Sanjay Behura
San Diego State University
Photophysics of Quantum 2D Materials and Heterostructures
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Robert B. Anderson
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Steve J Smith
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Mansour Mortazavi
Postdoctoral researchers
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Shiva Prasad Poudel
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Kanagaraj Moorthi
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Angiolo Miguel Huaman Gutierrez
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Peng Chen
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Alireza Akbarzadeh
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Md Nabi
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Faizan Ahmed
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Shrawan Roy
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
Optical properties of 2D materials (Adv. Mortazavi)
Graduate Students
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Tim Faltermeier
Montana State University
Instrument automation and moire systems (Adv: Borys)
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Pierce Fix
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Sheikh Parvez
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M Wittkop (they/them)
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Fariha Tasnim
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Mas Hakimi Heris
Montana State University
masoud.hakimiheris@student.montana.edu
MEMS devices for tunable strain at 4K (Adv: Dickensheets; Co-Adv: Borys)
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Sudip Acharya
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Rodrigo Rodriguez
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Xuan-Bac Nguyen
University of Arkansas
2D crystal flake detection and thickness estimation using deep-learning approach
(Adv: Khoa Luu)
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Suyash Rijal
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Casper McPherson
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Garrett Kitterman
University of Arkansas
gkitterm@uark.edu
2D materials (Churchill)
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Patrick White
Montana State University
Bulk crystal growth and characterization (Adv: Borys)
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Mohammad Soroush
Montana State University
Structure-property relationships in QEs in WSe2 (Adv: Borys)
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Frank Schooner
Montana State University
Optical properties of novel 2D materials (Adv: Borys)
Undergraduate Students
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David Palmer
Montana State University
Exciton diff model (Advs: Borys/Vorontsov)
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Benjamin Thompson
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Sebastian Gomez
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Seamus Whyte
Montana State University
optical characterization and nonlinear spectroscopy (Adv: Borys)
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Joelle Asson
Montana State University
joelle.asson@student.montana.edu
2D materials preparation and automation (Adv: Borys)
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Taksh Patel
University of Arkansas
2D ferroelectric materials (Adv: Bellaiche)
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Lance Yarbrough
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Aidan Barrows
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Quinn Cormier
Montana State University
Strain-dep Raman of 2D materials (Adv: Borys)
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Nat Sweeney
Montana State University
Software development (Adv: Whitaker)
High School Students
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Aryan Madhavan
University of Arkansas
(Adv: Gea/Churchill)