Group Leader

Mikhail Kats [Google Scholar]
BS (Engineering Physics), Cornell University; SM, Ph.D (Applied Physics), Harvard University
Recent awards: Office of Naval Research Young Investigator, Forbes "30 under 30"

1415 Engineering Drive, Room 3441, Madison, WI 53706   
email: mkats [at] wisc [dot] edu | phone: 608 890 3984


Graduate Students



Brad Gundlach
BS (Engineering Physics), University of Wisconsin - Madison
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow
Engineering Hall, Room 2336   
email: bsgundlach [at] wisc [dot] edu






Chenghao Wan
BS (Physics), Peking University; MS (Materials Science), University of Wisconsin - Madison
Engineering Hall, Room 2336   
email: cwan3 [at] wisc [dot] edu








Jad Salman
BS (Electrical Engineering), University of Wisconsin - Madison
Frank Rogers Bacon Fellow
Engineering Hall, Room 2336   
email: jsalman [at] wisc [dot] edu







Alireza Shahsafi
BS (Electrical Engineering), University of Tehran
Engineering Hall, Room 2336   
email: shahsafi [at] wisc [dot] edu







Zhaoning (April) Yu
BS (Physics), University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)
Engineering Hall, Room 2336   
email: zyu83 [at] wisc [dot] edu







Raymond Wambold
BS (Physics) and MS (Materials Science), Penn State University
Wisconsin Distinguished Graduate Fellow
Engineering Hall, Room 2336   
email: rwambold [at] wisc [dot] edu




Postdoctoral Scholars




Yuzhe Xiao
BS (Physics), Harbin Institute of Technology; MS and PhD (Optics), University of Rochester
Postdoc (ECE), University of California - San Diego
Engineering Hall, Room 2336   
email: xiao5 [at] wisc [dot] edu




Visiting Scholars + Research Interns




Michel Frising
BS (Mechanical Engineering), ETH Zurich
Engineering Hall, Room 2336   
email: mfrising [at] student [dot] ethz [dot] ch






Anthony Wang
BS (Electrical and Computer Engineering), UW-Madison
Co-advised by Victor Brar (Physics)
Engineering Hall, Room 2336   
email: awang62 [at] wisc [dot] edu



UW-Madison Undergraduate Students

None at the moment


Alumni




Manuel Martinez
Intern [Summer 2016], visiting from UT - El Paso
UW-Madison Graduate Engineering Scholars (GERS) Summer Fellow

Presently: finishing up his BS in ECE at UT - El Paso








Nolan Urbanek
Undergraduate researcher [Fall 2016], UW - Madison ECE student

Presently (as of June 2017): Electronic Design Engineer at Boeing








Patrick Roney
MS Student [Fall 2015 - Spring 2017]
Sandia National Labs Critical Skills Master's Program Fellow 

Presently (as of June 2017): Sandia National Lab









Graham Joe
Co-op student [2017], visiting from the University of Waterloo

Presently (as of August 2017): Finishing up his BS degree in Waterloo







Bryan Rubio
Intern [Summer 2017], visiting from the University of New Mexico
UW-Madison Graduate Engineering Scholars (GERS) Summer Fellow

Presently: finishing up his BS in New Mexico