Benjamin Rogers is a National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellow in Dr. Sarbajit Banerjee’s group at Texas A&M University. Ben hails from Austin, Texas and received his bachelor degrees from University of Texas at Austin. Ben currently uses scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) to study vanadium oxide interfaces. Additionally, Ben is receiving training to use Scanning Transmission X-Ray Microscopy (STXM) to understand the fragmentation mechanisms of vanadium oxides.
Alex Strasser
Alex’s research interests are primarily on the optical and electronic properties of two-dimensional materials, using first-principles calculations to predict electronic and phononic band structure, spin texture, second harmonic generation, shift photocurrent, and more. He is developing new quantum geometric approaches to calculate nonlinear optical responses, and for REMIND, he is performing spatially resolving electrostatic potential calculations across interfaces. Alex also has research interests in the philosophy of religion, ethics, and philosophy of science and how they intersect with one another.
Yeounju Yu
Yeonju received her M.S. in Materials Science & Engineering from Texas A&M in 2023, and she joined the Prof. Shamberger Research Group at Texas A&M that same year. Her research focuses on the electro-thermal dynamics of non-linear electronic materials through 3D FE modeling. She also contributes to electrical characterization and VO2 film deposition.