Principal Investigator

Daniel Oropeza

Assistant Professor, Materials Department

Graduate Students

Lucas Erich

Graduate Student, 2023 - Present

* NSTGRO Recipient, 2024 *

Logan Winston

Graduate Student, 2023 - Present

* NSF GRFP Recipient, 2025 *

Haydn Schroader

Graduate Student, 2024 - Present

Roenigk Straub

Graduate Student, 2025 - Present

* NSF GRFP Recipient, 2026 *

Ella Viray

Graduate Student, 2026 - Present

* GEM Associate Fellowship Recipient, 2026 *

Virginia Knight

Graduate Student, 2026 - Present

* Regents in Materials Fellowship Recipient, 2026 *

Master's Students

Asher Whitten

Master's Student, 2024 - Present

Undergraduate Students

Jessica Lu

Undergraduate Student, 2024 - Present

Diego Vasquez

Undergraduate Student, 2024 - Present

 

Eddie Barajas

Undergraduate Student, 2024 - Present

Alec Perkins

Undergraduate Student, 2025 - Present

Claire Babbit

Undergraduate Student, 2026 - Present

Alumni

Anthony Botros

BS/MS Student, 2023 - 2024          Transitioned to PhD program at USC

Derek Murphy

BS/MS Student, 2023 - 2025          Transitioned to Teledyne FLIR

Mikayla Johnson

MS Student (TMP), 2024 - 2025          Transitioned to HubSpot

Benjamin Shlemis

MS Student (TMP), 2024 - 2025          Transitioned to Universal AI Services