Institute of Science and Technology Austria and
Applied Physics and Chemistry,
Columbia University
Current Members
Junfeng Lin, Ph.D. Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Wanzhuo Shi,
B.S., University of Science and Technology of China
Emma York,
B.S., Bates College
Rahul Meena, Lab Manager/Technician Ph.D., Université Libre de Bruxelles
Former Graduate Students
Woojung Lee, Ph.D. (March 2025) — Investment Analyst, Hax, New York
Liang Li, Ph.D. (August 2024) — Postdoc, MIT
Claudia Prindle, Ph.D. (July 2024) — Endevica Bio, Chicago
Angela Paoletta, Ph.D. (May 2024) — Lecturer in Chemistry, Barnard College
Julia Greenwald, Ph.D. (July 2022) — ARPA‑E Fellow
Suman Gunasekaran, Ph.D. (June 2021) — Post‑Doc, Cornell University
Rachel Starr, Ph.D. (June 2021)
Tianren Fu, Ph.D. (May 2021) — Robinhood
E‑Dean Fung, Ph.D. (August 2020) — Amazon
Haixing Li, Ph.D. (April 2016) — Assistant Professor, Hong Kong
Olgun Adak, Ph.D. (October 2015)
Brian Capozzi, Ph.D. (May 2015) — Data Scientist, Macy's
Emma Dell, Ph.D. (March 2015)
Arunabh Batra, Ph.D. (May 2014) — Wayfair
Jonathan Widawsky, Ph.D. (May 2013) — Quantitative Engineer, Pragma Securities
Sriharsha Aradhya, Ph.D. (June 2013) — Western Digital
Michael Frei, Ph.D. (December 2011) — Consulting, McKinsey & Co.
Masha Kamenetska, Ph.D. (December 2011) — Assistant Professor, Boston University
Former Post‑Doctoral Researchers
Boyuan Zhang — Assistant Professor, Fairfield University
Cedric Schaack — Assistant Professor, Wake Forest University
Nick Orchanian — Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University
Austin Evans — Assistant Professor, University of Florida
Yaping Zang — Assistant Professor, ICAS, Beijing
Giacomo Lovat — Senior Data Scientist, IBM
Michael Inkpen — Assistant Professor, USC
Carlos Arroyo — Professor, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE
Taekyeong Kim — Assistant Professor, Hankuk University, Korea
Hector Vazquez — Senior Scientist, Institute of Physics, Prague
Eek Huisman — Post‑doc, University of Groningen
Max Koentopp — Scientist, Q‑Cells SE, Germany
Former Undergraduates
2023 — Zahidul Zahin — Lehman College, New York
2022 — Daniel Cheng — Columbia College
2022 — Zainab Adula — Columbia Engineering
2020–2022 — Sophia Guizzo — Columbia Engineering
2020–2022 — Iris Liu — Barnard College
2020 — Francesca Abulencia — Emory University
2019–2021 — Isabel Hernandez — Barnard College
2018–2021 — Michael Van Duinen — Columbia College
2019–2020 — Jang Choi — Columbia University
2017–2019 — Caravaggio Caniglia — Columbia University
2015–2016 — Nilam Patel — Barnard College
2013–2015 — Camille Houferak — Barnard College
2014 — Maksim Grinchenko — Columbia University
2014 — Ingrid Stolt — Bard College
2013 — Ang Li — Columbia SEAS
2012–2013 — Dan Margulies — Rabi Scholar, Columbia University
2012–2013 — Andy Joe — Cornell University
2012 — Tanay Doctor — Columbia SEAS
2012 — Rachel Brodsky — Barnard College
2011 — Birger Hennings — Columbia SEAS
2011 — Karis Hanson — Scripps College
2009–2011 — Radha Parameswaran — Barnard College
2008–2009 — Valla Fatemi — Columbia SEAS
2008 — Nichole Sullivan — Illinois State University
Visitors
2018 — Nils Rotthowe — Konstanz University
2017 — Ingrid Ponce — Chile
2016 — Julian Stamp — Konstanz University
2015 — Anders Borges — University of Copenhagen
2014–2015 — Andras Magyarkuti — Fulbright Scholar
2014–2015 — Simon Henn — Konstanz University
Contact:
Latha Venkataraman, Institute of Science and Technology Austria.
Am Campus 1, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria
Phone: +43 2243 9000 2352; email: latha.venkataraman(at)ist.ac.at