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 and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2008.

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. He joined the Roldan group in January of 2005.

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).

YoungWoo is an undergraduate student in the Physics Department. He joined our group in May of 2009.

Elaine studies at Lake Highland High School. She joined the group in 2008.

Alumni (former group members)