Group Members

Principal Investigator

Sandhya Susarla

Sandhya Susarla

Assistant Professor

School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy

Susarla joined ASU in fall 2022. She has expertise in the area of electron microscopy where explores the structure-property relationship in quantum and semiconducting materials.

Graduate Students

Mahir Manna

Mahir Manna

Department of Physics

PhD Topic (Spring 2023-present): Phonon properties at domain walls in ferroelectric materials

Sriram Sankar

Sriram Sankar

Materials Science and Engineering

PhD Topic (Fall 2023-present): Understanding excitonic properties of moiré materials

Triston Vo

Triston Vo

Materials Science and Engineering

Patrick Hays

Patrick Hays

(co-advisor: Seffattin Tongay)

Materials Science and Engineering

PhD Topic (Fall 2022-present): Chiral materials

Kyrylo Voinkov

Kyrylo Voinkov

Materials Science and Engineering

PhD Topic (Summer 2026-present): Understanding topological defects in stacked systems

Aleck Contreras Dicochea

Aleck Contreras Dicochea

Materials Science and Engineering

Undergraduate Students

Preston Yazzie

Preston Yazzie

Senior

Major: Applied Physics

Alumni

Nneamaka Onyia

Nneamaka Onyia

High School Student

Surya Prakash Reddy

Surya Prakash Reddy

MS, Thesis, Spring 2024

Materials Science and Engineering

Now a PhD student at the University of North Texas

Tochukwu Anyigbo

Tochukwu Anyigbo

BS

Class of 2024

Major: Materials Science and Engineering Now at Texas Instruments

Chen-Wei (Ethan) Wang

Chen-Wei (Ethan) Wang

Materials Science and Engineering

Sriya Mamillapalli

Sriya Mamillapalli

High School Student

Kshitish R. Mujumdar

Kshitish R. Mujumdar

MS Thesis, Fall 2024

Mechanical Engineering

Now a PhD student at the Khoury research group at ASU

Sriya Mamillapalli

Woojin Bae

SURI 2025 Summer student

Major: Materials Science and Engineering