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Hike with the Josh Vura-Weis group at Starved Rock State Park on October 9, 2021

Taking advantage of one of the last few nice weekends this semester, our group met up with the Josh Vura-Weis group from UIUC for a hike at Starved Rock State Park in Oglesby, IL. We had a lot of fun, and plan to have another adventure soon!

Graduate student, Zain Abhari, gives talk to the Board of Visitors on October 7, 2021

We are proud to see Zain Abhari giving a presentation at the Board of Visitors meeting on October 7, 2021. The video will be posted here soon!

Welcome, new undergraduate student, Max Hanson!

Max joined the group at the start of the Fall 2021 semester, and is a junior double majoring in Physics and Mathematics.

Group visit to the Josh Vura-Weis lab at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Our group, Uwe, Ryan, and Zain (from left to right), visited Josh Vura-Weis’s (right) XUV lab at UIUC. The purpose of the visit was to learn and see what a functioning XUV lab was like, and to give inspiration as we continue to build our lab here at UWM!

Welcome, graduate student Masoud Lazemi!

Masoud Lazemi started his PhD under the supervision of Prof. Frank de Groot and Prof. Uwe Bergmann at Utrecht University in April 2021. He is an early-stage researcher (ESR) within the SMART-X Network and will be working on femtosecond XAS and RIXS of transition metal oxides using XFELs and XUV sources.

Bucky Meets the Team!

On the way to a nice evening at the Memorial Union Terrace, our group stopped for a photo opportunity with our mascot, Bucky Badger!

First Group Dinner

Our first group dinner on a beautiful evening on the terrace at the Memorial Union. We welcome graduate student Zain Abhari (left) and the two undergraduate summer students Nikhilesh Venkatasubramanian (center) and Noah Welke (second from the right) to the group.

Welcome, new summer students Nikhilesh Venkatasubramanian and Noah Welke!

   

Nikhilesh and Noah joined the group as summer students on June 1. Nikhilesh is a rising senior double majoring in Physics and Computer Science and Noah is a rising junior double majoring in Physics and Chemistry.

Welcome, graduate student Zain Abhari!

Zain Abhari joined the group as a Graduate Student on June 1. She recently completed her undergraduate degree at Florida State University in the Department of Physics, along with completing her undergraduate thesis in the group of James Cryan.