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Meet the Merlo Lab Team 2022!

Meet the Merlo Lab Team 2022!

Top row: Luke Thatcher, Charlotte Rhoads, Juan Merlo. Bottom row: 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 more recently in topological phases of matter in classical systems. Juan is also interested in the dissemination of scientific knowledge by science books for kids.

Students

Madeleine Carhart is a Physics major with correlates in math and music theory. In the lab, she is currently working on sputtering aluminum onto substrates which will then have 2D materials and gold crystals deposited on them. Madeleine is also learning how to use the AFM and the sputtering system, among others.

Former members

Eriche Gonzales is a Jr. Full Stack Developer at Entera.

Celia Morral is a graduate student at UPenn.

Charlotte Rhoads is a graduate student at CUNY.

Luke Thatcher is a graduate student at the University of New Hampshire.

Sarah Ziegler is an aerospace engineer and systems analyst at Arcfield.