Group Members

We are looking for new PhD students, Postdocs, and undergraduate students to join the team (see openings) ! Jump to Principle Investigator, Postdocs, Graduate Students, Undergraduate Students , or Alumni.

Principle Investigator

Thomas P. Purdy

Principle Investigator
email: tpp9@pitt.edu
office: Allen Hall 210
phone:
address: 3941 O’Hara St, Pittsburgh, PA 15260

  • Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh (2019-Present)
  • Physicist, NIST (2014-2018)
  • Postdoc, JILA (2010-2014)
  • Ph.D. Physics, UC Berkeley 2009
  • B.S. Physics, Carnegie Mellon University 2002

Postdocs

Robinjeet Singh

As a postdoctoral associate, I am interested in fabricating ultra-high quality mechanical resonators to study optomechanical interactions beyond the Standard Quantum Limit. I am also interested in exploring transduction applications of mechanical systems of various platforms. My past research activities include LIGO R&D where I developed an experiment to measure quantum back-action in a free-space optomechanical cavity.
email: robinjeet.singh@nist.gov
office: 100 Bureau Dr, M/S 8410, Gaithersburg, MD 20899

  • M.S. in physics in the Louisiana State University, 2013.
  • Ph.D. in physics in the Louisiana State University, 2016.

Graduate Students

Shan Hao

PHD student, started in Jun 2019.
Approximation need regularization.On my way learning many things a little bit more. (Do you know where can I find clearer explanation?) Sure, PhD takes time.

email: shh114@pitt.edu
office: NPL 220, Department of Physics and Astronomy

  • B.S. in the honor class of applied physics, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China, 2016

Angad Gupta

PhD student, started in Summer 2020. Background in nanophotonics.
email: angadgupta@pitt.edu
office: Allen 500, Department of Physics and Astronomy

  • BS-MS physics, DST-INSPIRE scholar, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research - Kolkata, 2018

Mihir Khanna

PhD Student, started in Summer 2020.
email: mihir.khanna@pitt.edu
office: OEH 108B, Department of Physics and Astronomy

  • B.S in Physics with High Honors, Brandeis University, 2018

Yang Hu

PHD student, started in Summer 2020.
email: yah52@pitt.edu
office: OEH 109A, Department of Physics and Astronomy

  • B.S. in the University of Science and Technology of China, China, 2016

This could be you !

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Undergraduate Students

Chris Ligato

Undergraduate mathematics student, started August 2018
email: Cjl105@pitt.edu

  • Department of Mathematics, University of Pittsburgh

Alumni

Jingchen Zhang


Role: Now at University of Maryland