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Meet the Merlo Lab Team 2024

Left to right: Ruize Sun, David Roos, Elyse Duley, Mehnaz Alam, James Zuckerman, Juan Merlo

Meet the Merlo Lab Team 2023!

Left to right: Vaughn Ramsey, Parker Fairfield, Maya Laidler, Madeleine Carhart, Katie Canavan, Juan Merlo

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Meet the Merlo Lab Team 2022!

Top row (left to right): Luke Thatcher, Charlotte Rhoads, Juan Merlo. Bottom row (left to right): Eriche Gonzales, Madeleine Carhart, Sarah Ziegler, Celia Morral.

PI

Juan M. Merlo-Ramírez is an assistant professor of physics in the Physics and Astronomy Department at Vassar College. He has a Ph.D. in optics from the National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics, and Electronics in Puebla, Mexico. His research focuses on near-field microscopy, plasmonics, and topological phases of matter in classical systems. Juan is also interested in the dissemination of scientific knowledge through science books for kids.

Students

James Zuckerman is a Physics and Computer Science major with a correlate in Economics. In the lab, he is currently working on manipulating parameters for electron beam lithography to control the resulting print. James is also refining his technique using the AFM and SEM systems to aid in his works. 

Former members

Madeleine Carhart is a graduate student at UW (2024). Madeleine was the lab’s RA from 2022 to 2024.

Sarah Ziegler is a graduate student at Harvard (2024)

Katie Canavan is a graduate student at BC (2024)

Parker Fairfield is a research assistant in the Basov Lab at Columbia University (2024)

Charlotte Rhoads is a graduate student at CUNY (2023)

Celia Morral is a graduate student at UPenn (2022)

Luke Thatcher is a graduate student at UNH (2022)

Eriche Gonzales is a Jr. Full Stack Developer at Entera (2022)