V. R. Horowitz Research Mentoring

Hamilton College, Clinton, NY (2017 - ongoing)

1. Madeleine Petro - Summer 2024
2. Lydia Bullock - Summer 2024
3. Aaron Butler - Summer 2024
4. Eliana Gibs - Summer 2024
5. Maya Kannan - Summer 2024
6. Sara Conti '27 - Fall 2023 - ongoing
   Diffusion in a crowding agent
7. Sam Feldman '24 (thesis student) - Spr 2024
   Thesis: Comparing NetMAP to nonlinear least squares fitting
8. Kai Haesslein '24 (thesis student) - Fall 2021 - Summer 2024
   Fabricating a microfluidic sorter using a mini-CNC
9. Mohammed Isa Khan '26 - Spr 2024
   Fabricating a microfluidic sorter
10. Elizabeth (Pippi) Seider '24 (thesis student) - 2022 - 2023
    Thesis: Artificial Cytoplasm: Crowding components causing anomalous diffusion (Fall 2023)
    Developing a method for studying enhanced diffusion of Janus swimmers (Fall 2022)
11. Leah Bell '24 (thesis student) - Fall 2023
    Thesis: Exploring the fabrication process for PDMS microfluidic sorters
12. Yongwoo Park '24 (thesis student) - 2022, 2023
    Thesis: Engineering a magnetometer using diamond NV centers (Fall 2023)
    3D printing parts for microfluidics (Summer 2022)
13. Rebecca Dalphin '24 - May 2023
    Measuring and analyzing diffusion and subdiffusion in aqueous polyethylene glycol
14. Alex Axton '24 - May 2023
    Measuring and analyzing diffusion and subdiffusion in aqueous polyethylene glycol
15. Elisabeth (Bess) Lawrence '23 (thesis student) - Spr 2023
    Thesis: Artificial Cytoplasm: Observing Anomalous Diffusion & Progress Towards Drift-Reduction
    Conference presentation: Observing subdiffusion in artificial cytoplasm: polyethylene glycol as a crowding agent, APS Future of Physics Days Top Presenter award
16. Lauren Kuster '23 (thesis student) - 2022 - 2023
    Thesis: Characterizing a Microfluidic Device for Sorting Micro and Nanodiamonds (Spr 2023)
    Developing a plastic mold using laser etching (Summer 2022)
17. Ryan Smolarsky (thesis student) - Fall 2022
    Thesis: Diffusion and drift reduction in artificial cells
18. Greg Bauman '23 - 2021 - 2022
    Fabricating a microfluidic sorter
19. Clare Nelle '24 - 2021 - 2022
    Developing a method for studying enhanced diffusion of Janus swimmers
20. Estelle Khairallah '23 - Fall 2021
    Studying diffusion in various crowding conditions
21. Trevor Scheuing '23 - May - Dec 2021
    Developing a method for studying enhanced diffusion of Janus swimmers
22. Matt Jankowski '22 - May - Sept 2021
    Optimizing the analysis of enhanced diffusion of Janus swimmers
23. Connor Feldman '22 - Spr 2021
    Fabricating a microfluidic sorter
24. Asa Szegvari '23 - Spr 2021
    Fabricating a microfluidic sorter
25. Lucas Wright '21 (thesis student) - Fall 2020 - Spr 2021
    Thesis: Progress toward microfluidic nanodiamond sorting
26. Mitch Bierman '21 (thesis student) - Fall 2020
    Thesis: Crowding in active colloidal particle solution: A more optimized model for cellular cytoplasm
27. Sean Conroy '21 (thesis student)
    Thesis: Ultrasonic transmission through a single layer of bubbles (Fall 2020)
    Temperature dependence of amorphous bubble rafts (jointly with K. Burson) (Spr 2019)
28. Hongyu Zhang '24 - Fall 2020
    Assisted with ultrasonic transmission through a single layer of bubbles
29. Mikel Zemborain '19 (thesis student) - 2017 - 2019
    Thesis: Developing a microfluidic microdiamond sorter (Spr 2019)
30. Eileen Wilcox '21 - Fall '18 - Spr '19
    Fabricating a microfluidic sorter using ShrinkyDink mastermolds
31. Samantha D'Angelo '21 - Fall '18 - Spr '19
    Fabricating a microfluidic sorter using ShrinkyDink mastermolds
32. Roger Danilek '21 (jointly with K. Burson) - Spr 2019
    Temperature dependence of amorphous bubble rafts
33. Alexandra Golub '21 (jointly with K. Burson) - Spr 2019
    Exploring the crystallinity of bubble rafts over time
34. Daniel Wall '19 (jointly with K. Burson) - Spr 2019
    Exploring the crystallinity of bubble rafts over time
35. Elisabeth Howard '20 (jointly with K. Burson) - Spr 2019
    Calculating the radial distribution function using Python
36. Lindsay Gearty '21 (jointly with K. Burson) - Spr 2019
    Calculating the radial distribution function using Excel
37. Matthew Zielezienski '22 (jointly with K. Burson) - Spr 2019
    Understanding the radial distribution function
38. George Tucker '19 (Summer at University of Oregon & thesis at Hamilton) - Summer & Fall 2018
    Thesis: A non-linear microfluidic resonator (Fall 2018)
39. Jacob Engelman '19 (thesis student) - Fall 2018
    Thesis: Microfluidic sorting: Design and manufacture of a multilayer microfluidics device to sort nanodiamonds
40. Lucy Guzzardo - Fall 2018
    Animating the quantum levels of the nitrogen-vacancy center in diamond
41. Colin May '21 - 2017 - 2018
    Progress toward building a confocal microscope
42. Houghton Yonge '18 (thesis student) - Summer & Fall 2017
    Thesis: Development of microfluidic devices for a particle-sorting apparatus
43. Fuming Qiu '20 - Summer 2017
    Developed code to control a photon counter and tested microfluidic designs

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

1. Zachary Chambers '18 - 2015 - 2016, 2018
   Developed high-yield production of Janus particles and investigated their superdiffusive dynamics in artificial cells
2. Yue (Nini) Ren '16 - 2014
   Encapsulation of motor particles in phospholipid vesicles using microfluidic devices. The Nucleus, 93, 2 (May 2015)

University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA

1. Erzsebet Vincent '15, now has PhD from University of Chicago - Summer 2011
   Investigated optical properties of cephalopod skin
   eureka-csep.cnsi.ucsb.edu/scholars/vincent
   Conference presentation: "Optical Properties of Cephalopod Skin" (Oct 2011)
   Society for Advancement of Hispanics/Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) National Conference
2. Daniel Kirby '11, now has PhD from Dublin City University - Summer 2010
   Developed a device for measuring electron spin resonance in solution
3. Lijuan (Lily) Li '12 - Summer 2009
   Investigated the surface chemistry of nanodiamonds