Aakankshya is a third year graduate student in the UWM physics department, and will join the XFAST project starting in May.
Welcome, Aakankshya!
News Archives
Congratulations, Tom, on the new role!
Tom Linker has been promoted to Associate Scientist at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory! Tom will be a computational beamline scientist at LCLS.
Congratulations Tom!
Sophie gives a talk at the School of Geography, Earth, and Atmospheric Science seminar series at the University of Melbourne!
Sophie was invited to speak at the 2025 SGEAS Archaeological Science Cluster Seminar Series at the University of Melbourne where she presented her work on ‘Unravelling the Chemistry and Aging of Culturally Important Australian Plant Exudates’.
Welcome our new summer undergraduate student, Yuchen Chen!
Yuchen will join our group in Summer 2025. He is majoring in Physics and Computer Science. He is excited to begin research and learn about X-ray science!
Welcome our new undergraduate student, Zoe Ramstack!
Zoe joined the group in Spring 2025. She is majoring in Physics and Chemistry. She is excited to be introduced to the research process and learn more about lasers!
Minhal Gardezi and Sophie Vogelsang pass their preliminary exams!
Congratulations to Minhal and Sophie for passing their preliminary exams! They have been awarded their MS, as well as achieved dissertator status!
Mikaela applies to graduate school!
Congratulations to Mikaela for submitting her graduate school applications! We wish you all the best in the next chapter!
Farewell to Mace
Mace spent the Summer and Fall semesters working with post doc, Varun, on the XFAST instrument. Thank you so much for your contributions and good luck with the next steps, Mace!
Zain Abhari passes her preliminary exam!
Congratulations to Zain for passing her preliminary exam! She has been awarded her MS, as well as achieved dissertator status!
Another group retreat in the books!
This year the Bergmann Group went to UW Trout Lake Station for the group retreat. Each day was filled with scientific talks with some fun outdoor exploration sprinkled in between!