Roberta Candela is a rotating biophysics student who most recently was working in a bioengineering lab. She recently graduated from Arizona State with a B.S in Biophysics and was a member of Dr. Scott Sayres’ Ultrafast Laser lab. During rotations she will be exploring how best to apply physics to the fields of biology, chemistry, …
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!
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!
Watch the lecture here
Max joined the group at the start of the Fall 2021 semester, and is a junior double majoring in Physics and Mathematics.
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!
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.
On the way to a nice evening at the Memorial Union Terrace, our group stopped for a photo opportunity with our mascot, Bucky Badger!
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.
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.