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PEOPLE

Prof. Vivek N. Prakash

Assistant Professor, 
Department of Physics, College of Arts & Sciences (CAS)
Secondary Faculty in Biology (CAS), and Marine Biology and Ecology (RSMAS)

University of Miami, FL

Postdoc. Bioengineering, Stanford University, CA (2019)
Ph.D. Applied Physics, University of Twente, The Netherlands (2013)
 
E-mail:   vprakash   AT  miami.edu
 
Links:
Faculty profile page 
Full CV
Google scholar,  ORCIDPublonsTwitter

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Dr. Melissa Ruszczyk

Postdoctoral Research Associate (2022 - present)
Department of Physics, University of Miami 

Ph.D. Ocean Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta (2022)  

E-mail:   mxr2870     AT    miami.edu

Links:     Google scholar, ORCID, CV

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Dr. Santhan Chandragiri

Postdoctoral Research Associate (2022 - present)
Department of Physics, University of Miami

Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM), Chennai, India (2020)  

E-mail:   santhanchandragiri   AT   gmail.com


Links:     Google scholar, ORCID

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Alexandra Redford

Undergraduate Student (2022 - present)
B.S. Marine Science & Physics (class of 2024)
University of Miami

Honors:
-- Presidential Scholar, University of Miami


E-mail:     ajr329   AT   rsmas.miami.edu

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Amaya N Crichton

Undergraduate Student (2021 - present)
B.S. Biology (class of 2023)
University of Miami

Honors:
-- Jenkins Scholar, University of Miami
-- Choose Development! Fellow,  Society of Developmental Biology


E-mail:     anc158   AT   miami.edu

Bikram D. Shrestha

Graduate Student  (2020 - present)
Department of Physics, University of Miami

M.S. Physics, Tribhuvan University, Nepal (2019)

E-mail:   bxs896   AT  miami.edu

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Christian D. Gibson

Undergraduate Student  (2021 - present)
B.S. Biomedical Engineering and Physics (class of 2023)
University of Miami

Honors:
-- Stamps Scholar, University of Miami
-- FGLSAMP Scholar, Florida-Georgia Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (NSF funded undergraduate research program)


E-mail:     cdg104   AT   miami.edu

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Jack Delli-Santi

Undergraduate Student (2022 - present)
B.S. Marine Science & Biology (class of 2023)
University of Miami

Honors:
-- Canes Achievement Award, University of Miami


E-mail:    jed186      AT    rsmas.miami.edu   

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Gopika Madhu

Graduate Student  (2022 - present)
Department of Physics, University of Miami

B.S. - M.S. Physics, IISER Pune, India (2022)

E-mail:   gxm950    AT  miami.edu  

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Leah Henseler

Undergraduate Student (2022 - present)

co-advised by:
Prof. Prannoy Suraneni (UM Civil Engineering)

B.S. Marine Affairs & Fine Art (class of 2024)

University of Miami


E-mail:     lmh248   AT   miami.edu 

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Patrick Kiel

Graduate Student (2022 - present)
Department of Marine Biology & Ecology, RSMAS, University of Miami

co-advised by: Prof. Prannoy Suraneni (UM Civil Engineering)
                                 Dr. Ian Enochs (NOAA)


B.S. Marine Science & Biology, University of Miami (2020)

E-mail:   pkiel   AT    rsmas.miami.edu    
Website:    https://patrickkiel.com/

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Samantha Levine

Undergraduate Student (2021 - present)
B.S. Marine Science & Biology (class of 2023)
University of Miami

Honors:
-- Foote Fellow, University of Miami


E-mail:     sbl79   AT   rsmas.miami.edu

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Shubham Sinha

Graduate Student  (2021 - present)
Department of Physics, University of Miami

B.S. - M.S. Physics, IISER Tirupati, India (2020)

E-mail:   sxs3556    AT  miami.edu 

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Nina Rose Couture

Undergraduate Student (2021 - present)
B.S. Environmental Engineering (class of 2023)
University of Miami

Honors:
-- Presidents Scholar, University of Miami


E-mail:     nrc63   AT   miami.edu

ALUMNI

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Valentina Restrepo

Undergraduate Student (2021 Summer)
B.S. Biomedical Engineering (class of 2022), University of Miami

Honors:
-- FGLSAMP Scholar, Florida-Georgia Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (NSF funded undergraduate research program)

E-mail:     vxr320   AT   miami.edu

LAB PHOTOS

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12/12/2022 -- Lab lunch at Bombay Darbar, Coconut Grove, FL 

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6/2/2022 -- Start of Summer 2022, In front of Knight Physics Building, UM 

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8/27/2021 -- Lab dinner at Titanic Brewery, Coral Gables, FL 

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