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THE ZOO

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

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Michael O. Thompson

Associate Professor

Cornell Material Science & Engineering

mot1@cornell.edu

Professor Michael Thompson received his B.S. in Applied Physics from CalTech in 1979 and M.S./Ph.D degrees in Applied and Engineering Physics from Cornell. For the past 35 years, his group's research has focused on the behavior of semiconductor materials under pulsed and CW laser exposure. He is coauthor on more than 350 papers and over 20 patents.

GRADUATE STUDENTS

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Ming-Chiang Chang

Ph.D. Candidate

M.S. Material Science & Engineering,

Northwestern University 2017

mc2663@cornell.edu

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Katie Gann

Ph.D. Candidate

M.S. Material Science,

Colorado School of Mines 2019

krg66@cornell.edu

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Cameron Gorsak

Ph.D. Candidate (Co: Nair)

M.Ed, B.S Physics

University of Notre Dame 2021, 2019

cag284@cornell.edu

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Yinan Zhao

Ph.D. Candidate

B.S. Materials Science in Physics

Duke Kunshan University 2023

yz2922@cornell.edu

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Hongrui Zhang

M.S. Student

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Hancheng Wang

M.S. Student

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Tianhai Luo

M.S. Student

B.S. Materials Science & Engineering,

Guangdong Technion - Israel Institute of Technology 2023

tl843@cornell.edu

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Hemant Gulupalli

M.S. Student

B.Tech. Metallurgical & Materials Engineering, National Institute of Technology Jaipur 2023
hg486@cornell.edu

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Abhishek Kulkarni

M.S. Student

B.E. Chemical Engineering,
Institute of Chemical Technology Mumbai 2023

ak2499@cornell.edu

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

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Galaton Zhou

Undergraduate Student

B.S. Materials Science & Engineering,

Cornell University 2025 (expected)

gbz2@cornell.edu

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Kelly Mao

Undergraduate Student

B.S. Materials Science & Engineering,

Cornell University 2025 (expected)

kym4@cornell.edu

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Erin Collins

Undergraduate Student

B.S. Materials Science & Engineering,

Cornell University 2025 (expected)

ec925@cornell.edu

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