Team

Faculty

Manan Arya, Assistant Professor

Staff

Renee Quiroz, Administrative Associate

Current Students

Megan Ochalek, PhD Candidate
Connie Liou, PhD Candidate
Alexandra Haraszti, PhD Candidate
Emily Ellison, PhD Student
Kevin Murillo, PhD Student

Hannah Fisher, PhD Rotator
Brandon Wong, PhD Rotator  

Gabriela Ayala, Masters Student
Amanda Ng, Masters Student
Andy Solganik, Coterm Masters Student

Soren Gaisford, Undergraduate Student
Pierce Thompson, Undergraduate Student
Nate Jones, Undergraduate Student
Isha Jain, Undergraduate Student

Former Members

Anubhav Roy, Postdoctoral Scholar (2025-2026), Current a Postdoc at Northwestern U

Ilyes Krida, Visiting Student Researcher (2025), Currently a PhD Candidate at U Houston
Anna Masset, Visiting Student Researcher (2025), Currently a Masters Student at Stanford
Amedeo Caserta, Visiting Student Researcher (2024), Currently at Endress+Hauser Group
Levente Csilik, Visiting Student Researcher (2023), Currently at Tesla
Matthew Kreider, Visiting Student Researcher (2022), Currently at SpaceX

Angela Cheng, Masters Student (2024-2025)
Thomas Huang, Masters Student (2023-2025)
Jung Eun Park, Masters Student (2022-2024), Currently at Apple
Arantxa Ramos del Valle, Masters Student (2023-2024), Currently at BCG
Justin Kao, Masters Student (2023-2024), Currently at Impulse Space
Kendall Seefried, Masters Student (2023-2024), Currently at SpaceX
Jacob Benheim, Masters Student (2022-2023), Currently at NASA Langley Research Center
May Ling Har, Masters Student (2022-2023), Currently at KLA
Jesse Trutna, Masters Student (2022)

Milene Follman, SURF Student (2024)
Kevin Murillo, SURF Student (2023), Current a PhD Student in this lab
Nate Jones, REU Student (2025)
Malek Abu-Shawish, REU Student (2024)
Garrett Brown, REU Student (2023), Current a Student Naval Aviator at the US Navy
JT Herrscher, REU Student (2022), Currently at Muon Space
Keila Pound, AACRE Student (2025)
Sandi Set, AACRE Student (2024)
Ricardo Manzanares-Diaz, AACRE Student (2023)