Group Members & Alumni
Post-Doctoral Associates
Dr. Matthew Lacroix
Ph.D. 2021 Colorado State University (Strauss-Boltalina research group): Matthew.Richard.Lacroix@gmail.com
Matthew Lacroix was born in 1991 in San Diego, California. He studied chemistry and mathematics at San Diego State University (BS in Chemistry with a minor in mathematics; 2009-2014). He received his Ph.D. in 2021 from Colorado State University studying very weak O–H···F hydrogen bonding in ionic solids. He joined the Halasyamani group in May of 2021 to investigate new fluoride based NLO materials. Matthew enjoys listening to music, playing board games, cooking, and visiting museums and botanical gardens.
Dr. Mingli Liang
Ph.D. 2021 Technical University of Denmark (DTU): mliang4@central.uh.edu
Mingli Liang received his M.Sc. in 2017, and was jointly trained by Fuzhou University and Fujian Institute of Material Structure, CAS. During this period, he worked in Prof. Jianggao Mao’s group, mainly engaged in the exploration of new NLO materials based on selenites and tellurites. He completed his Ph.D. at Technical University of Denmark (DTU) in 2021, studying the correlating structure and photophysics in metal halide perovskites. In January 2022, he joined the Prof. Halasyamani’s group, and is determined to make a breakthrough in deep-UV NLO materials. Mingli loves to travel, discover beautiful natural scenery. However, when he is at home, he is usually playing games.
Dr. Ce Tao
Ph.D. Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, CAS 2020: ctao4@central.uh.edu
Ce joined Prof. Halasyamani’s group in February 2022 as a postdoctoral fellow. His research involves the synthesis, crystal growth, and characterization of new functional inorganic materials. He received his Ph.D. from Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, CAS. During his Ph.D., he worked on the synthesis of Tb-based oxide materials and single crystal growth using the TSSG method.
Mr. Ievgen Izvari
East Ukrainian National University: iizvarin@central.uh.edu
Ievgen Izvarin graduated in 1999 from the Volodymyr Dahl East Ukrainian National University. He joined the Halasyamani group in September 2022 with 15 years’ experience in designing a wide range of crystal growing equipment. Ievgen handles Czochralski, Kyropoulos and EFG crystal growing methods for semiconductors and oxides materials. His research involves high-temperature and rare-earth oxides
Undergraduate Students
Alumni
Visiting Scholars
Prof. Tongqing Sun (2017-2018)
Dr. Tongqing Sun is an Associate Professor at Nankai University - http://physics.nankai.edu.cn/wlxyen/2017/1118/c7774a82875/page.htm.
suntq@nankai.edu.cn
Prof. Yanjun Li (2017-2018)
Dr. Yanjun Li is an Associate Professor at Wuhan University of Science and Technology.
yanwatercn@wust.edu.cn
Prof. Lei Geng: (2016-2017)
Dr. Lei Geng is an Associate Professor at Huaibei Normal University.
lgeng.cn@gmail.com
Prof. Hongping Wu (2016-2017)
Dr. Hongping Wu is an Associate Professor at Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics & Chemistry of CAS, China.
wuhp@ms.xjb.ac.cn
Graduate Students
Kang-Min Ok: Ph.D. 2003, Post-doc 2004-2006
Professor, Department of Chemistry, Chung-Ang University - http://inmatchem.cau.ac.kr/index.php?mid=Professor
kmok@cau.ac.kr
Yetta Eagleman: Ph.D. 2003
Senior Chemist - Day and Zimmermann, Texarkana
Dr. Tianxiang Zhu (Sept. ‘08 - Sept. ‘09):
Vice-General Manager, Areospace Hi-Tech Holding Group Co., Hubei, China
Hong-Young Chang: Ph.D. 2009
Assistant Professor, Sul Ross State University - https://www.sulross.edu/faculty-and-staff/3756/assistant-professor-chemistry
Hong.Young.Chang@sulross.edu
Jaewook Baek: M.S. 2009
Chief Chemist ExperTox Inc., Houston, TX
Jeongho Yeon: Ph.D. 2011
Senior Process Development Engineer, Coherent Corp., NJ - https://www.linkedin.com/pub/jeongho-yeon/21/39/109
Jeongho.Yeon@coherent.com
yeonj8305@gmail.com
Sau Doan Nguyen: Ph.D. 2012
Post-doctoral Associate - University of Northern Colorado (Prof. Robin Macaluso)
Sau.Nguyen@unco.edu
HaNa Lee: M.S. May 2013
LG Chemicals, Korea
Sun Woo Kim: Ph.D. 2014
Assistant Professor, Chosun University, Korea
swookim@Chosun.ac.kr
Thanh Thao Tran: Ph.D. 2015
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Clemson University
thanhthao2807@gmail.com
Meng Shang: Ph.D. 2020
Post-doctoral Associate, University of Houston (Prof. Yan Yao)
359811159@qq.com
Post-Doctoral Associates
Dr. N.S.P. Bhuvanesh (Sept. ‘99 - Aug. ‘01):
Powder Diffraction Manager - Texas A&M University - http://xray.tamu.edu/people.php: xray@tamu.edu
Dr. Zhong-le Huang (April ‘01 - April ‘02):
Research Scientist, Christian-Albrechts- University Kiel
Dr. Joanna Goodey-Pellois (Sept. ‘01 - July ‘02):
Senior Lecturer - Associate Graduate Advisor, Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University - http://www.chem.tamu.edu/faculty/faculty_detail.php?ID=1495
jpellois@chem.tamu.edu
Dr. Lei Zhang (June ‘02 - May ‘04):
Research Scientist, Peking University
Dr. Oya Gokcen (Jan. ‘03 - Jan. ‘04):
Research Scientist, Space Vacuum Epitaxy Center, University of Houston
Dr. Ranbo Yu (Feb. ‘03 - Feb. ‘04):
Professor, Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Science and Technology, Beijing, 30 Xuryuan Road, Beijing 100083, China, +86 (010) 62332525
ranboyu@ustb.edu.cn
Dr. Eunok Chi (April ‘03 - March ‘06):
DC Chemical Company, Seoul, Korea
eunokchi@dcchem.co.kr
Dr. T. Sivakumar (August ‘04 - March ‘07):
Post-doctoral Associate, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Dr. Jun Ho Kim (June ‘06 - June ‘08):
DC Chemical Company, Seoul, Korea
jhkim200808@gmail.com
Dr. Sang-Hwan Kim (Feb. ‘08 - June ‘11):
Senior Research Chemist, Central Research & Development, E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Inc., Wilmington, DE, USA
shkim0525@hotmail.com
Dr. Elise Pachoud (Jan. ‘12 - June ‘13):
Research Engineer in Crystal Growth, Institut Néel, CNRS Grenoble
elise.pachoud@neel.cnrs.fr
Dr. Hongwei Yu (Sept. ‘14 - Feb. ‘17):
Professor, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Functional Crystal Materials, Institute of Functional Crystal, Tianjin University of Technology
hwyu15@gmail.com
Dr. Lili Liu (Sept. ‘17 - Aug. ‘19):
Research Scientist, Xinjiang Institute of Physics and Chemistry, CAS
lilythere@126.com
Dr. Weiguo Zhang (July ‘09 - Aug. ‘20):
Senior Scientist, Actinia, https://actiniadetectors.com
wgzhang82@gmail.com
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