Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 8th St, Troy, New York 12180, United States
Meet the Team
Trevor David Rhone (Professor)
Trevor David Rhone received a liberal arts education from Macalester College in Saint Paul. He went on to pursue his doctoral studies at Columbia University in the city of New York where he did experimental studies of two-dimensional electron systems in the extreme quantum limit. Trevor David spent several years at NTT Basic research laboratories in Japan. During a research stint at the National Institute of Materials Science in Japan, he transitioned to materials informatics research - exploiting machine learning tools to perform materials research. He continued this work at Harvard University where he used machine learning tools to search for new 2D magnetic materials.
Romakanta Bhattarai (Postdoctoral fellow)
Romakanta joined Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as a postdoctoral fellow in Physics. He received his Ph. D. from the University of Memphis, Tennessee, and his MS from Tribhuvan University, Nepal. His research focuses on studying two-dimensional magnetic and topological quantum materials using first-principles calculations combined with machine learning tools. He aims to apply data-driven approaches to investigate the novel 2D magnets having desirable properties that are beneficial for practical applications.
Peter Minch (Graduate student)
Peter Minch is a PhD student at RPI in the physics department. He received his bachelor’s degree in physics from Cornell in 2020. His research focuses on the usage of ab initio calculations and data driven analyses to study the properties of 2D materials.
Kai Wagoner-Oshima (Graduate student)
Kai Wagoner-Oshima is a graduate student working towards a Ph.D. in physics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Statistics and Quantitative Modeling from Baruch College, NY, as well as a Bachelor's degree in Applied Physics from Hunter College, NY. Kai's research centers on the analysis of two-dimensional (2D) materials using ab initio calculations and data-driven methodologies.
Antara Chakraborty (Graduate student)
Antara is a graduate student working towards a Ph.D. in physics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI).
Mags Martins (Undergraduate student)
Mags Martin is a second-year undergraduate student majoring in Physics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. They are interested in the fields of quantum computing and intellectual property law.
Neel Iyer (Undergraduate student)
Neel Iyer is an Undergraduate Junior at RPI, majoring in Applied Physics. While he recently joined the group in Fall 2023, he is interested in how the fundamental properties of matter affect the behavior of complex systems on a variety of scales. He would like to investigate the propagation of waves through nonuniform mediums with various goals from developing materials to aid in climate change to understanding the dynamics of neurons in the brain.
Dylan Sheils (Undergraduate student)
Dylan is a senior student with a passion for excellence and achievement, especially for all things quantum computing.
Yang Qiu (Undergraduate student)
Yang Qiu is a Junior undergraduate student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute majoring in Applied Physics. His research focuses on using machine learning to predict the materials that are potentially useful in quantum information science and engineering.
Taiwo Akande (Graduate student)
Taiwo Akande is a dedicated graduate student of Physics at RPI, with a strong passion for materials research and education. I have a background in Physics and have actively contributed to the scientific community through my research efforts. My research centers on using theoretical and computational tools to predict material properties for scientific discoveries, and I have also served in academic roles within the Department of Physics at Ekiti State University, Nigeria. Currently, my research focuses on the application of machine learning to advance materials science in the context of 2D magnetic materials. My journey reflects a steadfast commitment to learning, teaching, and contributing to the scientific field.
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Recent graduates
Qihan Fu (Undergraduate student)
Qihan Fu is a senior undergraduate student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute majoring in Physics. His research focuses on using machine learning to study and predict formation energy and magnetic moment of two-dimensional magnetic materials.
Haralambos Gavras (Undergraduate student)
Haralambos is a second year undergraduate at RPI majoring in Physics and Math.
PAST Team MEMBERS
Yuhong Liu (Graduate student)
Yuhong Liu is a M.S. student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the physics department. He received his bachelor’s degree in Applied Physics and Computer Science from RPI in 2020. His research focus on using Neural Networks to study the magnetic properties of 2D magnetic materials.
Naman Parikh (High school student)
Naman Parikh is a student at North Penn High School in Lansdale, PA interested in advanced physics and math. His research focuses on using machine learning to study and predict thermodynamic properties of 2 dimensional magnetic materials and aid in the computational discovery of new materials for various applications. In his free time, Naman enjoys bowling and listening to podcasts. (Now attends Carnegie Mellon)
Vaishnavi Neema (Graduate student)
Vaishnavi is a graduate student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute majoring in Information Technology with a concentration in data science and analytics. She has completed her under graduate degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering. Her research focuses on the Data-driven studies of magnetic two-dimensional materials. The goal of her research is to develop machine learning models to predict properties of 2D materials. Vaishnavi aspires to pursue a career in Data science to help promote exploration and innovation through data.ecules and materials using machine learning based algorithms.
Jinzhe Zhang (Visiting researcher)
Jinzhe graduated from INSA Lyon in Bioinformatics and Modeling, He is presently pursuing his PhD at the University of Tokyo in the group of Prof. Koji Tsuda. He is mainly interested in designing new molecules and materials using machine learning based algorithms.
Alana Commons (Undergraduate student)
Alana Commons is a first-year undergraduate student majoring in physics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She works with Peter Minch, focusing her research on finding relationships between chemical properties and magnetism through data analysis.
Joshua Quinton (Graduate student)
Josh Quinton is a Ph.D. student in physics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He is originally from Singapore, and graduated from the undergraduate program in physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2019. His research focuses on ab-initio analysis of materials and developing data-driven approaches for efficiently modeling material and chemical properties.
David Medlock (Undergraduate student)
David Medlock is an undergrad student of Physics and Mathematics at RPI. They are set to graduate in December of 2021, and intend to pursue a Ph.D. in physics after that. Currently their research is focused on predicting formation energies of 2D materials.
Anindita Ghosh (Graduate student)
Anindita joined RPI in Fall 2019 as a PhD student in the department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering. She received her B. Tech. degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from WBUT, India and M. Tech. degree in VLSI Design and Microelectronics Technology from Jadavpur University, India. Her research focuses on the promising intersection of artificial intelligence and materials growth, she aims to harness the benefits of machine learning methods to optimize the existing research process for the growth of materials having improved characteristics.
Alvaro Olivero (Undergraduate student)
Alvaro is a undergraduate student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute majoring in physics
Ainsley Filkins (Undergraduate student)
Ainsley is a undergraduate student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute majoring in physics
Johari Dramiga (Visiting researcher)
Johari is an REU fellow.
Alex Golub (Visiting researcher)
Alex is an REU fellow.