{"id":33,"date":"2015-01-30T15:39:56","date_gmt":"2015-01-30T20:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sharifzadeh\/?page_id=33"},"modified":"2026-02-20T15:34:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T20:34:18","slug":"group-members","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sharifzadeh\/group-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Group Members"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/sharifzadeh\/files\/2023\/09\/IMG_7570-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/sharifzadeh\/files\/2023\/09\/IMG_7570-636x477.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"523\" height=\"392\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-739\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sharifzadeh\/files\/2023\/09\/IMG_7570-636x477.jpg 636w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sharifzadeh\/files\/2023\/09\/IMG_7570-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sharifzadeh\/files\/2023\/09\/IMG_7570-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sharifzadeh\/files\/2023\/09\/IMG_7570-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sharifzadeh\/files\/2023\/09\/IMG_7570-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 523px) 100vw, 523px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Group Members<\/h1>\n<h3>Graduate Students<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/sharifzadeh\/files\/2026\/02\/FB_IMG_4266811937072615681-636x474.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"126\" class=\"wp-image-844 alignleft\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sharifzadeh\/files\/2026\/02\/FB_IMG_4266811937072615681-636x474.jpg 636w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sharifzadeh\/files\/2026\/02\/FB_IMG_4266811937072615681-1024x763.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sharifzadeh\/files\/2026\/02\/FB_IMG_4266811937072615681-768x572.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sharifzadeh\/files\/2026\/02\/FB_IMG_4266811937072615681.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; padding-left: 150px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nowshin Akhtary<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; padding-left: 150px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Understanding electronic structure of \u00a0low-dimensional materials.<br \/>\n<\/span>Email: nowshin at bu.edu<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/sharifzadeh\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_81661.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/sharifzadeh\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_81661-408x636.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"129\" height=\"201\" class=\"wp-image-808 alignleft\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sharifzadeh\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_81661-408x636.jpg 408w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sharifzadeh\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_81661-657x1024.jpg 657w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sharifzadeh\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_81661-768x1197.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sharifzadeh\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_81661-985x1536.jpg 985w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sharifzadeh\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_81661.jpg 1179w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 129px) 100vw, 129px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; padding-left: 150px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Samson Baughman<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; padding-left: 60px;\">Investigation of excitonic phenomena in photovoltaic materials.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; padding-left: 60px;\">Email: baughs at bu.edu<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/sharifzadeh\/files\/2023\/09\/Sameer-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/sharifzadeh\/files\/2023\/09\/Sameer-477x636.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"129\" height=\"172\" class=\"wp-image-736 alignleft\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sharifzadeh\/files\/2023\/09\/Sameer-477x636.jpg 477w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sharifzadeh\/files\/2023\/09\/Sameer-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sharifzadeh\/files\/2023\/09\/Sameer-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sharifzadeh\/files\/2023\/09\/Sameer-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sharifzadeh\/files\/2023\/09\/Sameer-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 129px) 100vw, 129px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; padding-left: 150px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sameer Nabi<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; padding-left: 150px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Understanding excited states and their dynamics in low-dimensional magnetic materials.<br \/>\n<\/span>Email: anabi at bu.edu<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/sharifzadeh\/files\/2023\/09\/GiacomoHeadShotResized-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/sharifzadeh\/files\/2023\/09\/GiacomoHeadShotResized-477x636.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"173\" class=\" wp-image-735 alignleft\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sharifzadeh\/files\/2023\/09\/GiacomoHeadShotResized-477x636.jpg 477w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sharifzadeh\/files\/2023\/09\/GiacomoHeadShotResized-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sharifzadeh\/files\/2023\/09\/GiacomoHeadShotResized-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sharifzadeh\/files\/2023\/09\/GiacomoHeadShotResized-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/sharifzadeh\/files\/2023\/09\/GiacomoHeadShotResized-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 130px) 100vw, 130px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 16px; padding-left: 150px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Giacomo Nagaro<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; padding-left: 150px;\">\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Understanding the electronic structure of biologically-inspired nanomaterials.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; padding-left: 150px;\">\u00a0Email: giacomo at bu.edu<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Alumni<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr. Tina Mihm, now at Michigan State University<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Dr. L. Nambi Mohanam, now at Lehigh University<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Quentin Clark: Undergraduate student, now at University of Toronto<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Dr. Jing Trerayapiwat: PhD student, now at Argonne National Laboratory<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Dr. Anubhab Haldar: PhD student, now research scientist at Samsung<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Dr. Aliya Mukazhanova: PhD student, now senior scientist at Schrodinger<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Dr. Tianlun (Allan) Huang: PhD student, now senior data scientist at UBS<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Dr. D. Kirk Lewis: PhD student and postdoctoral fellow, now research scientist at Alsym Energy<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Dr. Mohammad Aleghemandi: Research scientist, now research scientist at Alsym Energy<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Dr. Mila Adamska:\u00a0Postdoctoral fellow, now at University of Padova<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Vivian Pazmany: Undergraduate research\/senior thesis, now at RF Corporation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Group Members Graduate Students Nowshin Akhtary Understanding electronic structure of \u00a0low-dimensional materials. Email: nowshin at bu.edu &nbsp; Samson Baughman Investigation of excitonic phenomena in photovoltaic materials. Email: baughs at bu.edu &nbsp; &nbsp; Sameer Nabi Understanding excited states and their dynamics in low-dimensional magnetic materials. 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