Group Members

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Dr. Jian He

Dr. He earned his PhD in condensed matter physics from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville in 2004, under the supervision of Prof. D. G. Mandrus and Prof. E. W. Plummer. At Clemson University, Dr. He uses diverse technical tools of material synthesis, single crystal growth, electrical, magnetic and thermal characterization to address the problems in fundamental and applied sciences. His recent research interests include, (1) the interplay between charge, lattice and spin degree of freedom in low dimensional materials; (2) collective phenomena such as density waves and superconductivity, and (3) thermoelectric materials. Dr. He has authored or co-authored more than 120 technical papers and 5 book chapters, which have been cited more than 2000 times. Dr. He's research is currently funded by the National Science Foundation.

• Curriculum Vita

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Graduate Students

• Allen Benton III
• Expertise: growth and charaicterization of Multiple Principle Element Alloys
• A.S. Allegany College, MD
• B.S. Physics, Frostburg State University, MD

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Undergraduate Students

• Samantha Hardin
• Physics major
• Honors student


• Charles Chronister
• Physics major

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Former Group Members

Graduate Students

• Tom Holgate
• 2011 graduate (co-advised)
• Currently with Teledyne Energy Systems


• Zhe Su
• 2011 graduate (co-advised)
• Energy Beam Sciences Inc.


• Dale Hitchcock
• 2014 graduate
• Currently with Savannah River National Lab
• Expertise: single crystal growth; transport and magnetic characterizations
• CV


• Yufei Liu
• 2017 graduate
• Currently with Oracle NetSuite
• CV


• Menghan Zhou
• 2017 graduate


• DongWang (Will) Yang
• 2019 graduate (co-advised)
• Currently with Wuhan University of Technology, China


• Xingchen Shen
• Exchange PhD student, 2018-2020, Chongqing University
• Currently postdoc at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology


• Tu Lyu
• Exchange PhD student, 2019-2021, Univeristy of Science and Technology Beijing


• Yamei Liu
• 2021 graduate
• Expertise: thermoelectric material research
• B.S. and M.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, China (BS: 2011, MS: 2014)
• CV


• Fanchen Meng
• 2021 graduate
• Expertise: electron and phonon band structure calculations
• B.S. Material Science, Xihua University, China
• M.S. Material Science, Southwest Jiaotong University, China

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Undergraduate Students

• Isaac Bredsen
• May 2012 graduate
• Current PhD student in Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville
• Chancellor's graduate fellowship awardee at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville


• Jared Williams
• May 2013 graduate
• Current PhD student in Materials Science and Engineering at Michigan State University
• Graduate fellowship awardee at Michigan State University
• CV


• Elizabeth Clark
• May 2013 graduate
• 2013-2014 awardee of the NASA Minorities in STEM Research Fellowship


• Tyler Hughes
• Honors student
• May 2014 graduate
• Currently in Ph.D. program at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville
• CV


• Alex Kerr
• Honors student
• May 2014 graduate
• Currently in Ph.D. program at the University of Oklahoma
• CV


• Josh Klinger
• December 2013 graduate
• Currently working for the Global Arena Capital Corp. New York


• Jake Riffle
• May 2014 graduate
• Current PhD student in Physics at the University of New Hampshire
• CV


• David Brandt
• May 2014 graduate
• Currently with the US Peace Corps


• Chongze Hu
• Honors Student
• May 2015 graduate
• Student at University of Minnesota


• Michael Gagnepain
• May 2015 graduate


• Alex Liewald
• Physics major


• Jonathon Miller
• August 2015 graduate


• Emily Thompson
• Honors student
• Spring 2016 graduate
• Physics major


• Morgan Norton
• Chemistry Major
• December 2016 graduate


• Peter Gennaro
• Chemistry Major
• December 2016 graduate


• Tianci Song
• Electrical Engineering major
• May 2016 graduate
• EE graduate program at UCLA


• Siyuan Shao
• Physics major
• May 2018 graduate
• MSE graduate program at UCSD


• Ben Heatherington
• Physics major
• May 2019 graduate


• Myles McKenna
• Honors student
• Physics major
• May 2019 graduate
• ME graduate program at University of Michigan


• Daniel Fox
• Honors Student
• Physics major
• May 2019 graduate


• Brandon Carter
• 2019 graduate


• Htoo Paing
• Chemistry Major


• Jalaan Avritte
• Physics major
• Spent a semester at King's College in London, UK


• Joey Bonitati
• Physics major
• Honors student


• Andrew Shore
• Physics major
• Honors student
• Resume

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Summer Interns

• Me'Khayla Williams
• Summer 2013 SPRI program


• Eric McLean
• Summer 2013 SPRI program


• Huzefa Dossaji
• Summer 2013 EUREKA program


• Jeff Bertel
• Summer 2012 from the College of Charleston


• Emily Thompson
• Summer 2012 EUREKA program


• Cameron Taylor
• Summer 2011 SPRI program


• Benjamin Rickman
• Summer 2010 from the College of Charleston