PI
Ramesh Adhikari, Assistant Professor of Physics
E-mail: radhikari@colgate.edu
Current Lab Members
- Neha Viradia ’25
- Mia Toribio ’26
- Jonathan Van Magness ’26
- Andrew Savage ’26
- Jai Mangal ’27
Lab Alumni
[All of the students are/were undergraduates unless indicated.]
Students who have worked for more than one term (academic year or summer) in this lab.
| Student | Time in the Lab | Subsequent Position after Graduation |
| 10. MiaToribio ’26 | Spring 2023 – Current | |
| 9. Neha Viradia ’25 | Fall 2022 – Current | |
| 8. Samantha Wilder ’25 | Spring 2023 – Current | 3+2 Engineering Program, Columbia University (Fall 2024) |
| 7. Noah Hann-Deschaine ’24 | Summer 2022, Spring – Summer 2023 | Ph.D. Physics, Georgetown University (Fall 2024) |
| 6. Ege Kutlubas ’24 | Summer 2022 – Summer 2023 | 3+2 Engineering Program, Columbia University (Fall 2023) |
| 5. Div Chamria ’23 | Spring 2021 – Spring 2022, Fall 2022 – Spring 2023 | Ph.D. Materials Science & Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign (Fall 2023) |
| 4. Jeiko Pujols ’23 | Summer 2021 – Spring 2022, Fall 2022 | Ph.D. Electrical & Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania (Fall 2023) |
| 3. Julian Lopez ’23 | Fall 2022 – Spring 2023 | Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor (Fall 2023) |
| 2. Jian Chen ’23 | Spring 2022, Fall 2023 | Ph.D. Biochemistry, Cornell University (Fall 2023) |
| 1. Paige Williams ’21 | Fall 2020 – Spring 2021 | M.S. Operations Engineering, Cornell Tech – Cornell Universtity (Fall 2023) |
Students who have worked in the lab for one term.
| Student | Time in the Lab | Subsequent Position |
| 7. Jack Healy ’25 | Spring 2023 | |
| 6. Gaberial Pickard ’25 | Spring 2023 | |
| 5. Sarah Miller ’24 | Summer 2021 | MPhil Bioengineering, Cambridge University/ Gates Scholar (Fall 2024) Ph.D. Medical Physics, Joint Harvard-MIT program (Fall 2025) |
| 4. Facundo Perez ’24 | Spring 2021 | Ph.D. Astrophysics, Caltech (Fall 2024) |
| 3. Nick Poon ’22 | Summer 2021 | 3+2 Engineering Program, Columbia University (Fall 2021) |
| 2. Nicole Harmon ’21 | Fall 2020 | M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University at Buffalo (Fall 2024) |
| 1. Muhammad Bin Awais ’21 | Fall 2020 |
Jacksonville University Lab Alumni
[All of the students were undergraduates.]
| Student | Time in the Lab | Subsequent Position |
| 7. Jack Terrell ’22 | Fall 2018 – Summer 2019 | N/A (PI left in Summer 2020) |
| 6. James Targos ’22 | Fall 2018 – Spring 2019 | N/A (PI left in Summer 2020) |
| 5. Blessign Akintude ’20 | Fall 2017 – Fall 2019 | Associate Researcher, Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai |
| 4. Courtney Purcell ’20 | Spring 2018 – Fall 2019 | Mechanical Engineer, Raytheon Technologies |
| 3. Kenneth Huffman ’19 | Spring 2018 – Fall 2018 | Forensic Engineer, Application Engineering Group, FL |
| 2. Jasmine Byard ’18 | Spring 2017 – Spring 2018 | Physics Graduate Program at the University of Central Florida. |
| 1. Misha Chalkley ’18 | Fall 2017 – Fall 2018 | US Naval Officer |
