The people behind the lab

Panče Naumov

Principal Investigator, Professor of Chemistry

Smart materials, adaptive molecular crystals, crystal adaptronics, dynamic organic solids

Patrick Commins

Research Scientist

Crystalline molecular machines, solid-state photochemistry, self-healing materials

Ejaz Ahmed

Research Scientist

Semiconducting metal clusters, porous crystalline materials, gas adsorption, solid-state phenomena

Marieh Bassam Al-Handawi

Postdoctoral Associate

Smart materials, self-healing crystals, actuating perovskites, optoelectronic organic crystals

Shubhankar Barman

Postdoctoral Associate, CSEM

Organic ferroelectric, piezoelectric, and flexible molecular crystals; electromechanical coupling, piezotronics, piezophototronics, and energy-harvesting device prototypes.

Ibrahim Tahir

Graduate Student

Photo-responsive actuators, soft robotics, hybrid organic materials

Nurbol Ibadulla

Graduate Student

Osemudiame Kingsley-Odia

Undergraduate Researcher

Sanad Madi

Undergraduate Researcher

Bertille Abunganiwe Nkesha

Undergraduate Researcher

Sara Elkasabi

Undergraduate Researcher

Annafew Biswas

Undergraduate Researcher

Zaid Shahid

Undergraduate Researcher

Aaviskar Paudyal

Undergraduate Researcher

Tanyaradzwa Sithole

Undergraduate Researcher

Jackson Mukeshimana

Undergraduate Researcher

Dina Mobaraki

Undergraduate Researcher

Avishek Bist

Undergraduate Researcher

Zekarias Jemberu

Undergraduate Researcher

Paul Luziga

Student Assistant

Sarah Galang

Laboratory Operations Coordinator