People

Dr. Susannah Dorfman
Associate Professor
Office phone: (517) 432-9177
dorfman 3 at MSU dot edu 
Vita
ResearchGate profile

Dr. Biao Wang
Postdoctoral researcher
wangbiao at MSU dot edu
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Luisa Fernanda Chavarría Chavarría 
Ph.D. student
chavar18 at MSU dot edu
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Devika Padmakumar
Ph.D. student
padmaku3 at MSU dot edu
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Lily Velez Lewis
Lily Velez Lewis
Undergraduate research assistant
velezlil at MSU dot edu
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Former group members

Dr. Allison Pease, Ph.D. 2025, now postdoctoral researcher at Arizona State University
Website: https://allisonpease.com/ 

Jack Piper, B.S. 2025

Naomi Singleton, GeoCaFES intern 2022

Dr. Byeongkwan Ko, postdoc (2021-2022)

Grace Brekke, B.A. 2022

Bella Arroyo, GeoCaFES intern 2021

Mikayla Kauinana, GeoCaFES intern 2021

Dr. Mingda Lv (Lyu), Ph.D. 2021, now Instrumentation Scientist in Precision Optics, Rigaku Innovative Technology
Website: https://mingdalv.netlify.app/ 

Dr. Benjamin Brugman, Ph.D. 2021, now Research Assistant Professor at Arizona State University
Website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Benjamin-Brugman  

Dr. Shah Najiba, postdoc (2019-2020)

Garrett Diedrich, post-bachelor’s student at U Minnesota Duluth

Alison Farmer, B.S. 2018

Olivia Krieger, former REU student, MSU Department of Physics and Astronomy, now graduate student at Hofstra University

Zachary Eriksen, B.S. 2017, now graduate student at Harvard University
Website: https://eps.harvard.edu/people/zachary-eriksen

Dr. Jiachao Liu, postdoc (2016-2017)