Current members
Interests: Electronic structure calculations based on density functional theory. Molecular modeling of nanoscale materials for applications in energy storage, molecular magnetism, electronic devices, and characterization methods.
Dr. Veronica Barone
Dr. Singh joined our group in January 2025. He works on the computational screening of single atom catalysts for energy applications.
Dr. Mukesh Singh
FALL 2025 - Zachary is joining our group for his Physics MS degree.
Zachary Jasper
Summer 2025 - Braeden joined our group over the Summer and will work with us for his capstone project during the academic year.
Braeden Traver - Astronomy major
Summer 2025 - Zach Hinojosa, joined our group in Summer 2025 and will continue his work during the Fall.
Zachary Hinojosa - Physics major
Former Group members
- Dr. Mukesh Jakhar - After completing his postdoctoral work in our group, he joined the High Performance Computing (HPC) Lab at the Inter-University Accelerator Center (IUAC) in New Delhi, India as a research scientist
- Ian Lewis - After completing his Physics M.S., he joined Wayne State as a PhD student
- Dr. Isaiah Moses - After completing his PhD, he joined Penn State as a postdoctoral scholar
- Cielo Medina Medina - After her undergraduate work in our group she started a position as Software Engineer at Dematic
- Ryan Weeks - After his undergraduate work in our group he continued as an MS student in Astronomy/Astrophysics
- Mitchell Zubich
- Jared Williams
- After his undergraduate work in our group he continued as PhD student at University of Missouri-Columbia
- Dr. Burak Ozdemir
- After his PhD work in our group he continued as a Postdoc at UNAM-National Nanotechnology Research Center, Bilkent University - Turkey
- Dr. Chananate Uthaisar
- After her PhD work in our group she continued as a Project Engineer at Spectrum Brands
- Dr. Aleks Antic
- After his PhD work he continued as a Assistant Professor and Program Chair of Mechanical Engineering Technology at Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana
- Ben Williams
- After his MS work in our group he continued as a Software Engineer at VIZIO
- David Hicks
- After his undergraduate work in our group he continued as PhD student at Duke University
- Brandon Whitman
- After his undergraduate work in our group he continued as a Graduate Student Research Assistant at Michigan State University
- Tom Kunse
- Amber Hockemeyer
- Matt Hudspeth
Department of Physics
Central Michigan University
Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859
PHY portal
Contact
Email: v.barone|at|cmich.edu
Phone:
+1 989 774 2788
Interests: Electronic structure calculations based on density functional theory. Molecular modeling of nanoscale materials for applications in energy storage, molecular magnetism, electronic devices, and characterization methods.
Dr. Singh joined our group in January 2025. He works on the computational screening of single atom catalysts for energy applications.
FALL 2025 - Zachary is joining our group for his Physics MS degree.
Summer 2025 - Braeden joined our group over the Summer and will work with us for his capstone project during the academic year.
Summer 2025 - Zach Hinojosa, joined our group in Summer 2025 and will continue his work during the Fall.
- Dr. Mukesh Jakhar - After completing his postdoctoral work in our group, he joined the High Performance Computing (HPC) Lab at the Inter-University Accelerator Center (IUAC) in New Delhi, India as a research scientist
- Ian Lewis - After completing his Physics M.S., he joined Wayne State as a PhD student
- Dr. Isaiah Moses - After completing his PhD, he joined Penn State as a postdoctoral scholar
- Cielo Medina Medina - After her undergraduate work in our group she started a position as Software Engineer at Dematic
- Ryan Weeks - After his undergraduate work in our group he continued as an MS student in Astronomy/Astrophysics
- Mitchell Zubich
- Jared Williams - After his undergraduate work in our group he continued as PhD student at University of Missouri-Columbia
- Dr. Burak Ozdemir - After his PhD work in our group he continued as a Postdoc at UNAM-National Nanotechnology Research Center, Bilkent University - Turkey
- Dr. Chananate Uthaisar - After her PhD work in our group she continued as a Project Engineer at Spectrum Brands
- Dr. Aleks Antic - After his PhD work he continued as a Assistant Professor and Program Chair of Mechanical Engineering Technology at Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana
- Ben Williams - After his MS work in our group he continued as a Software Engineer at VIZIO
- David Hicks - After his undergraduate work in our group he continued as PhD student at Duke University
- Brandon Whitman - After his undergraduate work in our group he continued as a Graduate Student Research Assistant at Michigan State University
- Tom Kunse
- Amber Hockemeyer
- Matt Hudspeth
Department of Physics
Central Michigan University
Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859
PHY portal
Contact
Email: v.barone|at|cmich.edu
Phone:
+1 989 774 2788