Below is a list of Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students,Postdoctoral Fellows and Research Associates who are either currently working in the LaserSpectroscopy Laboratory or have been a part of Professor Misra's Research Group.
Jason Michael | (Undergraduate Student: Physics Major). Supported Full Time During Summer 1990 on Funded Research Project: "Absorption of Infrared & Visible Laser Radiation by Liposomes & Organic Dyes" (SDIO, The Pentagon, 1990-91). |
LaTonya J. Pegues | (Undergraduate Student: Physics Major). Honors Thesis: "Photo-induced Release of Organic Dyes from Liposomes" (Graduated Spring 1992). She is currently employed by Hughes Electronics, Los Angeles, CA. |
Michael A. Holt | (Undergraduate Student: Physics Major). Supported Full Time During Summer 1992 by the NASA "Center for the Study of Terrestrial & Extraterrestrial Atmospheres". Research Project: "Controlled Release of Dyes from Liposomes" (Graduated Spring 1996). |
Kristi C. White | (Undergraduate Student: Chemical Eng. Major). Supported Half-Time During the Academic Year (1993-95) and Full Time During Summers by the NASA "Center for the Study of Terrestrial & Extraterrestrial Atmospheres". Research Project: "FTIR Studies of Precursors for Organic Radicals". |
Rafiu A. Abina | (Undergraduate Student: Mechanical Eng. Major). Supported Full Time Summers 94-96 and Half-Time During the Academic Year (1994-97) by the NASA "Center for the Study of Terrestrial & Extraterrestrial Atmospheres". Research Project: "FTIR Spectroscopy of Nitrogen Dioxide and Nitric Acid". |
Carron Sandifor | (Undergraduate Student: Computer Science Major). Supported Full Time During Summers 94-96 & Half-time During the Academic Year (1994-96) by the NASA "Center for the Study of Terrestrial & Extraterrestrial Atmospheres". Research Project: "Lifetime and Chemical Kinetics Studies Involving the Methoxy Radical". (Graduated Spring 1998). He is working as an Associate Consultant with PeopleSoft, Inc., Pleasanton, CA. |
John Jordan | (Undergraduate Student: Electrical Engineering Major). Supported Full Time During Summer 96 & Half-Time During the Academic Year (1996-97) by the NASA "Center for the Study of Terrestrial & Extraterrestrial Atmospheres". Research Project: "FTIR Spectroscopy of Trace Atmospheric Molecular Species" (Graduated Spring 1998). He is working as an Assistant Engineer with RWD Technologies, Inc., Columbia, MD. |
Abdullahi H. Nur | (Graduate Student: Physics). M.S. Thesis : "LIF Spectroscopy of the Hydroxyl and Methoxy Radicals" (Graduated Fall 1991). His Ph.D. Research was on "Laser Optogalvanic Spectroscopy and Laser-Induced Chemical Kinetics Studies Pertaining to the Methoxy Radical" (Graduated Fall 1994). He was supported as a Postdoctoral Research Associate (Jan-Aug, 1995). He is currently employed as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics, Physics & Computer Science at Virginia Union University, Richmond, VA. |
Hosie L. Bryant | (Graduate Student: Physics). Supported Full Time During the Calendar Year (1993-95). Research Project: "Spectroscopy of Jet-Cooled Chemical Intermediates of Importance to Atmospheric & Combustion Phenomena". |
Michael King | (Graduate Student: Physics). Ph.D. Dissertation: "Laser Spectroscopy and Chemical Kinetics Investigations of the Methoxy Radical" (Graduated Fall 1996). He is working as a Research Scientist with Microelectronics Research Laboratory, Columbia, MD. |
Mohammed M. Kamal | (Graduate Student: Physics). M.S. Thesis: "FT-IR Spectroscopy and High Resolution Laser Spectroscopy Associated with Alkoxy and Alkylthio Radicals" (Graduated Fall 1994). He is working as a Software Programmer with Science Applications International Corporation - ITC Division, Springfield, VA. |
Edward H. Dowdye, Jr. | (Graduate Student: Physics). Ph.D. Dissertation: "FT-IR Spectroscopic Assessment of Gas-Phase Absorption of Atmospheric Molecular Species at Low Concentrations and Their Associated Adsorption Effects on Various Material Surfaces" (Graduated Spring 2000). |
Helen Major | (Graduate Student: Physics). Ph.D. Dissertation: "Investigations of the Time-Resolved Laser Optogalvanic Waveforms of Argon and Neon and Their Usefulness in the Analysis of Direct Current Plasmas" (Graduated Summer 2000). |
Abdullahi Aw-Musse | (Graduate Student: Physics). M.S. Thesis: "Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) Spectroscopy of Trace Gases HCl and NO of Relevance to Atmospheric Phenomena" (Graduated Summer 1997). He is working as a Patent Examiner with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Arlington, VA. |
Xinming Zhu | (Research Associate); Supported Full Time (1991-95) on Funded Research Projects: "Laser Spectroscopy of Combustion Intermediates in a Supersonic Jet Expansion" (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, 1990-93); "Spectroscopic Investigations of Chemical Intermediates of Environmental Significance" (Environmental Protection Agency, 1993-96) and by the NASA "Center for the Study of Terrestrial & Extraterrestrial Atmospheres". He is currently employed as an Optical Engineer with Continuum in Santa Clara, CA. |
Mark A. Dubinskiy | (Senior Research Scientist); Supported Full Time on Funded Research Project: "Free Radical Spectroscopy & Kinetics in Microgravity Combustion" (NASA Glenn Research Center, 1994-96). After working as a Senior Visiting Scientist at the USAF Wright Laboratory in the Electro-Optics Laser Applications Branch, Dayton, OH, he is currently employeed as a Research Scientist with Science & Engineering Services, Inc., Burtonsville, MD. |
Y.-B. (Bruce) She | (Senior Research Associate); Supported Full Time on Funded Research Project: "Free Radical Spectroscopy & Kinetics in Microgravity Combustion" (NASA Glenn Research Center, 1996-98). |
Chandran Haridas | (Postdoctoral Fellow); Supported Full Time on Funded Research Project: "Spectroscopic Investigations of Chemical Intermediates of Environmental Significance" (Environmental Protection Agency, 1996-97) & NASA Glenn grant (1997-98). He worked as a Lecturer III in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Howard University, for the 1998-99 and 1999-2000 Academic Years. He is teaching high school physics in the West Virginia Public School System. |
Lawrence Wilson | (Undergraduate Student:) Supported Full Time by the NASA "Center for the Study of Terrestrial & Extraterrestrial Atmospheres" for the "FT-IR Spectroscopy of Trace Atmospheric Species" (1998-99). (Graduated Summer 2000). He is pursuing graduate work in Statistics at Columbia University, New York. |
Jonah Flowers | (Undergraduate Summer Student) Supported by CHARC/CSTEA Program and worked on the "FT-IR Spectroscopy of Trace Amounts of Sulfur Dioxide" (1998). |
Kolin Newsome | (Undergraduate Summer Student) Supported by CHARC/CSTEA Program and worked on the "Accurate Conentration Estimates of Sulfur Dioxide Using FT-IR Spectroscopy and Exploratory LabVIEW Programming for Atmospheric Measurements" (1999). |
Girum Gugsa | ( Research Associate) Supported previously by the NASA Glenn Research Center Project "Free Radical Spectroscopy and Kinetics in Microgravity Combustion" (1994-1998) and currently by the USRA-sponsored Earth System Science Education in the 21st Century (ESSE 21) project. He is working on developing the web-site for the Laser Spectroscopy Laboratory and uploading and updating the ESSE 21-related web site. |
Levatrice Nora | (Graduate Student: Physics) M.S. Research on Laser Optogalvanic Spectroscopy. (Research in Progress: Spring 2002 Graduation) |
Angelina Amadou | (Graduate Student: Physics) Supported on a Graduate Teaching Assistantship by the Department of Physics & Astronomy/Graduate School of Arts & Sciences. Ph.D. Dissertation (Co-Advisor: Dr. V. Morris/Chemistry) : “Microphysical & Optical Properties of Organic Aerosols & Their Relevance to Cloud Condensation Nuclei” (Graduated Spring 2006). |
Tania De | (Graduate Student: Physics) M.S. Thesis: “Spectroscopy of Normal & Diseased Teeth” (Graduated Spring 2006). Pursuing her Ph.D. in the area of Dental Dosimetry (Research in Progress: Anticipated Spring 2009 Graduation). Working on developing and improving the Laser Spectroscopy web site (along with Girum Gugsa) and the ESSE 21-related web site. |
Johnny Batts | (Graduate Student: Physics) Supported full-time by the Center for the Study of Terrestrial & Extraterrestrial Atmospheres (CSTEA). Ph.D. Dissertation (Co-Advisor: Dr. J. Halpern/Chemistry) “Spectroscopic Measurements of the Concentration of Atmospheric Formaldehyde (CH2O) in Beltsville, Maryland” (Graduated Summer 2006). |
Tariq Ahmido | (Graduate Student): Tariq is pursuing Ph.D. research related to Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Using Femtosecond Pulses (in collaboration with Dr. A. Ting of NRL). (Research in Progress: Anticipated Spring 2009 Graduation). |
Kayode I. Ogungbemi | (Graduate Student) Kayode is pursuing a Ph.D. research project in the area of Experimental Atmospheric Sciences (Research in Progress: Anticipated Spring 2010 Graduation). |
Vasant Venu | (Undergraduate Summer Student) Vasant is working on developing a project related to Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) coupled to the Raman Effect in organic molecules and assisting in enhancing the Laser Spectroscopy web site. |
Raul Garcia-Sanchez | (Graduate Student: Physics) Raul is a graduate student working on the Organic Contaminants Library Development for the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) Project. He is interested in Astroinformatics, Computational Astrophysics, Astronomy and Cosmology. He also updates the Laser Spectroscopy Laboratory website. |