THE ZOO
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Michael O. Thompson
Associate Professor
Cornell Material Science & Engineering
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 120 papers and over 20 patents.
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Aine Connolly
Ph.D Student
B.A. Physics,
Vassar College 2017
Katherine Quinn
M.S. Student
B.S. Material Science & Engineering,
Cornell University 2018
Emily Cheng
M.Eng Student
B.S. Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University 2018
Andres Larrazza
Post-Bac Student
B.S. Material Science & Engineering,
Cornell University 2018
Vidit Gupta
M.S. Student
B. Tech Metallurgical Eng. & Materials Science,
IIT Bombay 2018
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
Juliane Scholtz
Undergrad Student
B.S. Physics,
Cornell University 2019 (expected)
Mrinal Thomas
Undergrad Student
B.S. Material Science & Engineering,
Cornell University 2021 (expected)