RESEARCH TEAM MEMBERS
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MICHAEL DAPOLITO
Graduate Student
Research Interests: Nano-optics technique development 2D materials.
Email: md4108@columbia.edu
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YINAN DONG
Graduate Student
Research Interests: Cryogenic scanning nearfield techniques, quasiparticle behavior under high bias, exciton and phonons in special Van der Waals materials.
Email: yd2400@columbia.edu
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MATTHEW FU
Graduate Student
Research Interests: Nano-optics of excitons in 2D heterostructures and development of nano-optic techniques
Email : mf3364@columbia.edu
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YUNFEI HUANG
Graduate Student
Research Interests: Ultrafast transportation, optoelectronics
Email: yh3527@columbia.edu
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SAMUEL MOORE
Graduate Student
Research interests: Near-field modifications of optical transition spectra, ultrafast/non-equilibrium near-field phenomena.
Email : slm2236@columbia.edu
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DAN RIZZO
Postdoctoral Fellow
Research Interests: Nano-Optical and magnetic imaging of 2D magnets and their heterostructures
Email: djr2181@columbia.edu
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FRANK RUTA
Graduate Student
Research Interests: Near-field optics of materials with highly anisotropic dielectric tensors or polariton modes with tunable isofrequency topology or coupling
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YINMING SHAO
Postdoctoral Fellow
Research Interests: Topological semimetals, 2D materials and near-field techniques.
Email : shaoyinming@gmail.com
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ROCCO VITALONE
Graduate Student
Research Interests: Correlated Electron Systems
Email : rav2140@columbia.edu
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Suheng Xu
Graduate Student
Research Interests: THz nano-imaging and nano-spectroscopy, ultrafast optics, and machine learning
Email: sx2277@columbia.edu
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YUCHEN LIN
Graduate Student
Research Interests: Time-resolved nano-imaging and spectroscopy
Email : yl5341@columbia.edu
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NEIL HAZRA
Graduate Student
Research Interests: Nano-optical properties of vdW materials
Email : nh2792@columbia.edu
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ANNA MA
Undergraduate Student
Computer Support & Information Services Assistant
Email : sm5157@columbia.edu
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