People

The Team

The talented researchers who make the Madhavan Lab what it is — past and present.

Principal Investigator

Vidya Madhavan

Vidya Madhavan

Professor & PI

Postdoctoral Researchers

Seokjin Bae

Seokjin Bae

Postdoctoral Researcher

Yuqing Xing

Yuqing Xing

Postdoctoral Researcher

Avior Almoalem

Avior Almoalem

Postdoctoral Researcher

Zhen Zhu

Zhen Zhu

Postdoctoral Researcher

Graduate Students

Rachel Birchmier

Rachel Birchmier

PhD Student

Marisa Romanelli

Marisa Romanelli

PhD Student

Yun-Tzu Hsu

Yun-Tzu Hsu

PhD Student

Miles Knudtson

Miles Knudtson

PhD Student

August Schwoebel

August Schwoebel

PhD Student

Yudi Huang

Yudi Huang

PhD Student

Pooja Sutheeshnan

Pooja Sutheeshnan

PhD Student

Wenrong Huo

Wenrong Huo

PhD Student

Carson Gause

Carson Gause

PhD Student

Ricardo Aguileta

Ricardo Aguileta

PhD Student

Inhwan Lee

Inhwan Lee

PhD Student

Jonathan Schimmels

Jonathan Schimmels

PhD Student

Trent La Sage

Trent La Sage

PhD Student

Kun Shi

Kun Shi

PhD Student

Junzhe Wang

Junzhe Wang

PhD Student

Undergraduates

Gavin Cormack

Gavin Cormack

Undergraduate Researcher

Danaan Perry

Danaan Perry

Undergraduate Researcher

Alumni

Past Group Members

Name Role Current Position
Arjun RaghavanPhDPostdoctoral Fellow, Baldini Lab, UT Austin
Anuva AishwaryaPhDPostdoctoral Fellow, Yacoby Lab, Harvard University
Michael AltvaterPostdocResearch & Development Scientist, UES, Inc.
Jorge Olivares RodriguezPhDApplication Scientist, Bruker
Leena AggarwalPostdocThin Film Process Engineer, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Charlie SteinerPhD
Guannan ChenPhDSenior Process Engineer, ASM
Davide IaiaPhDApplication Engineer, Advanced Energy
Lin JiaoPostdocResearch Faculty, Zhejiang University / NHMFL
Sean HowardPhDSenior Principal Physicist, Northrop Grumman
Yulia MaximenkoPhDProfessor, Colorado State University / NIST
Zhenyu WangPostdocProfessor, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)
Somesh GanguliPostdocAcademy Research Fellow, Aalto University
Shichao YanPostdocAssociate Professor, ShanghaiTech University
Yoshinori OkadaPostdocAssociate Professor, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Group Photos

The Lab Over the Years

Group photo 2016 2016
Group photo 2017 2017
Group photo 2020 2020
Group photo 2026 2026
Opportunities

Join the Madhavan Lab

We are always looking for curious, driven researchers. Prospective graduate students should apply through the UIUC Physics PhD program. Prospective postdocs should send a CV and a brief description of research interests to Prof. Madhavan.

Contact Prof. Madhavan UIUC PhD Program