Group Picture, February 2024
From left to right: Mohamed, Vajra, Bhakti, Tanvi, Meghann, and Changshuo
Principal Investigator
Mohamed Amine Gharbi
Associate Professor of Physics
PhD, University of Montpellier, France
Phone: 617 287 5997
Graduate Students
Vajra Sabhapathy Badha
PhD Candidate
Background: Bioengineering
Project: Active Matter
Period: Spring 2021 - present
Changshuo Fu
PhD Candidate
Background: Physics
Project: Confinement of LCs
Period: Fall 2021 - present
Meghann Dunn
Master's Student
Background: Physics
Project: Properties of Liquid Crystals
Period: Spring 2022 - present
Undergraduate Students
Luke Riley
Undergraduate Student
Background: Physics
Project: Confinement of LCs
Period: Spring 2025 - present
We are always seeking motivated undergraduates, graduate students, and postdocs interested in soft matter and biophysics research. Contact Prof. Gharbi about possible opportunities.
Lab Alumni
17- Tanvi Prajapati, Undergraduate Student (Spring 2024-Fall 2024)
16- Bhakti Joshi, Undergraduate Student (Spring 2024-Fall 2024)
15- John Rolleri, Master's Student (Fall 2022-Summer 2024)
14- Kyle Anderson, Undergraduate Student (Fall 2022-Spring 2023)
13- Rachel Nere, Undergraduate Student (Fall 2021-Spring 2023)
12- Hongjie Lin, Undergraduate Student (Spring 2020-Fall 2021)
11- Mackenzie O'Keefe, Master's Graduate Student (Spring 2020-Spring 2021)
11- Roy Varon Weinryb, Undergraduate Student (Spring 2021)
10- Ryan Preusse, Master's Graduate Student (Fall 2018-Spring 2020)
09- Charlotte Kyeremah, Master's Graduate Student (Fall 2018-Spring 2020)
08- Zhihan Xing (Spring 2020)
07- Abeco Rwakabuba, Undergraduate Student (Summer 2019-Fall 2019)
06- Elizabeth R George, Undergraduate Student (Fall 2018-Fall 2019)
05- Erik Drybread, Undergraduate Student (Fall 2018-Spring 2019)
04- William Emery, Undergraduate Student (Spring 2019)
03- Bassma S Bawazeer, Undergraduate Student (Fall 2018-Spring 2019)
02- Himani Pandita, Master's Graduate Student (Summer 2018)
01- Godsgift Omere, Undergraduate Student (Spring 2018)