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Small Steps to Big breakthroughs
Tian Research Lab
Lab Members
Principal Investigator
Jifa Tian (C.V.)
Associate Professor of Physics & Astronomy
Director, Center for Quantum Information Science and Engineering
Department of Physics & Astronomy,
Office: PS 223
Email: jtian [at] uwyo [dot] edu
Postdoc Researchers:
Graduate Students:
Dr. Gurupada Ghorai (05/2025-)
Project: 2D topological superconductivity
Office: PS 235
Email: gghorai [at] uwyo [dot] edu
Sabin Gautam (02/2022-)
Project: 2D topological superconductor and vdW qubits
Office: PS 235
Email: sgautam2 [at] uwyo [dot] edu
Natwar Joshi (08/2024-)
Project: Novel 2D magnets for advanced computing.
Office: PS 235
Email: njoshi [at] uwyo [dot] edu
Nawaraj Pokhrel (02/2025-)
Project: Novel states in graphene-based structures
Office: PS 235
Email: npokhrel [at] uwyo [dot] edu
Undergraduate Students:
Auggie Lain (06/2025-)
Project: Strain in 2D Materials
Office: PS 235
Email: a1ain [at] uwyo [dot] edu
Postdoc reserachers:
Alumni:
Ruel Malcolm (06/2025-)
Project: 2D vdW metal heterostructures
Office: PS 235
Email: rmalcol1 [at] uwyo [dot] edu
Riyaj (Sk) Riyajuddin
Postdoc: 02/2023-11/2023
Current Position: DST-INSPIRE Faculty, Institute of Technology, Dhanbad, Indian.
Email: sriyajud [at] uwyo [dot] edu
Physics Ph.D.:
ZhuangEn Fu
PhD: 08/2018-11/2023
Current Position: Faculty at Hainan University
Email: zfu [at] uwyo [dot] edu
Physics Master:
Piumi Samarawickrama
PhD: 08/2018-08/2024
Current Position: Research Scientist at University of Mississippi
Email: psamaraw [at] uwyo [dot] edu
Shanti Thapa (02/2024-)
MSc: 2023-2025
Current Position: Graduate student at North Carolina State University
Email: sthapa5 [at] uwyo [dot] edu
Graduate Students:
Undergraduate Students:
Kayley Galbraith (02/2022-)
UG: 2025
Current Position: Graduate student at Dartmouth College
Email: kgalbra1 [at] uwyo [dot] edu
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