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May 28, 2025

Meet Adriana Lara: AIF’s New Student Worker

We’re excited to welcome Adriana Lara to our team as a new student worker! She is a rising junior in the Materials Science and Engineering Department and has been involved…

Apr 14, 2025

Meet Hyuenwoo Yang

I’m a third-year postdoc in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. My principal investigator (PI) is Dr. Gregory Parsons, an expert in thin film deposition and etching technology who…

Noah Holzapfel

Feb 10, 2025

Meet Noah Holzapfel

I am a Research Scholar in the Materials Science and Engineering Department, working with Prof. Veronica Augustyn since January 2023. I grew up in Columbus, Ohio and I received my…

Jan 8, 2025

Meet Rakesh Basu

Hi there! My name is Rakesh Basu, and I am a 1st year PhD student in the Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) department at NC State University. My advisor is…

Avery Vigil - Duke University

Nov 13, 2024

AIF User Spotlight

Avery is a 3rd year graduate student in the Chemistry department at Duke University, in Prof. Ivan Moreno-Hernandez’s group. They’re deeply motivated by climate change and the desire to know…

Oct 21, 2024

AIF User Spotlight

Huimin Qiao is currently a postdoctoral research scholar in Nina Balke’s Group within the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at NC State University. Her primary research focuses on nanoscale…

May 30, 2023

Meet Venkata Bhuvaneswari Vukkum 

I am Venkata B. Vukkum, a Ph.D. student in the Material Science and Engineering department at North Carolina State University. Currently I am in my third year and working with Dr.…

Apr 26, 2023

Meet Matthew deJong

My name is Matthew deJong and I am a 2nd year graduate student in the materials science and engineering department, but I conduct my research in the nuclear engineering department.…

Mar 29, 2023

Meet Joseph Gutierrez

I am Joseph Gutierrez. I am a graduate student from the Departments of Forest Biomaterials and Textile Engineering, Chemistry, and Science at NC State. I have a background in Chemical…

Feb 27, 2023

Meet Leo Brody

I’m a third year PhD candidate in Prof. Fanxing Li’s research group in the department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. For fun, I enjoy reading, playing blitz chess, and learning foreign languages…