Beatriz obtained her Ph.D. in Solid State Physics at Gerhard-Mercator Universität, in Duisburg, Germany. She later joined the Chemical Engineering Department at the University of California Santa Barbara, as a Post-Doctoral Scholar. She joined the University of Central Florida in January 2004.

Dr. Ahmed Naitabdi obtained his PhD in Condensed Matter Physics at the University of Louis Pasteur in Strasbourg (France) in December 2004. His thesis was devoted to the investigation of the self-assembly and magnetic properties of high spin single molecule magnets and organo-bimetallic clusters on surfaces. After that, he joined the group of Prof. Beatriz Roldán as a postdoctoral scholar to study the electronic and chemical properties of size-selected metallic nanoparticles.

Luis obtained his B.S. in Physics/Microelectronics in 2000 at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. He later joined the Department of Nuclear Engineering at Kyoto University where he obtained his M.S. in 2003 for his investigations on secondary ion emission from Si target bombarded by large cluster ions.

Jason obtained his B.S. in Applied/General Physics (summa cum laude) in 2005 at Ball State University in Muncie, IN. He joined the Roldan group in August 2005.

Farzad has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Sharif University of Technology and a M.S. in Solid State Physics from Tehran University, Iran. He joined our group in August 2007.

Simon is currently enrolled in the College of Engineering seeking a degree in Environmental Engineering and a Math minor. In 2006, Simon was awarded with a prestigious RISE-DAAD fellowship to conduct research during the Summer in the Physics Department at the University of Duisburg-Essen (Germany).

Damien is a senior at Edgewater High School.

Rachel studies at Lake Highland High School.

Leigh is currently an undergraduate student in the Chemical Engineering Department of Notre Dame university. Thanks to an NSF-REU fellowship, she spent the Summer of 2007 working in our lab.

Hanoy is currently enrolled in the College of Engineering seeking a degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Daniyar was born in Kazakhstan, where he attended TAMOS Physics and Mathematics school in Almaty (TESPM). He participated in different physics and math competitions Eurasia-wide and was the winner of many of them in the area of Physics. He has also been involved in a program of the Association of Young Leaders under the patronage of UNICEF. Danyar joined the University of Central Florida in 2006, where he majors in Physics.

Sabine joined the Physics department at UCF in 2006. She transferred from the University of Texas at Arlington where she carried out research under the supervision of Prof. Truman Black. Her experimental experience is in the field of optics, in particular, on waveguide characterization.

Max is a student at Lake Highland High School.

Abhilash obtained his B.S. in Physics from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam in 1998. He later joined Cochin University of Science and Technology where he obtained a B.S. in Instrumentation/Engineering in 2002. He earned his M.S. in Instrumentation Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in 2004 where he worked on NiTi shape memory alloy thin films.

Morgan is a Junior in the College of Engineering. He majors in Aerospace Engineering and is enrolled in the Burnett Honors College.

Enrique is a Computer Engineering major in the College of Engineering and Computer Science. He is a Senior in the Burnett Honors College.