Principal Investigator
Materials Department, UCSB
ananyarb@ucsb.edu
Ananya is interested in how patterns form in materials and how those patterns in turn affect the materials behavior.
Ph.D. Students
Materials Department, UCSB
devesh@ucsb.edu Profile LinkedIn
Devesh is studying how light induces phase transformation in organo-metallic compounds causing them to bend, twist, or stretch.
mayaroma@ucsb.edu
Maya is a new member to our group, joining us with a strong background in Mathematics. She is excited about applying abstract and simplified mathematical concepts to understand and explain material behavior—an area she is currently exploring as part of her PhD research. Outside of academics, Maya plays competitive ultimate frisbee (her team was recently selected for the National Championships), gardening, and hiking.
yucheng_lai@ucsb.edu
Yu-Cheng is investigating symmetry-breaking phase transformations in crystalline solids. Outside of academic pursuits, he enjoys playing badminton, drumming, and practicing calligraphy.
Materials Department, UCSB
hongyi_guan@ucsb.edu
Hongyi is a Ph.D. student researching numerical micromagnetic modeling for magnetic materials. His current work focuses on developing GPU-accelerated finite element solvers with magnetoelastic coupling and defect interactions to study the hysteresis in bulk ferromagnetic systems. He is also interested in advancing scalable computational techniques for other large-scale coupled multiphysics problems.
Master Students
Physics, Chalmers University of Technology
lovakes@student.chalmers.se
Lovisa is interested in the combination between material and computational physics. She is currently researching micromechanisms of the photo-mechanical effect.
Undergraduates
ritaja@ucsb.edu
Ritaja is studying light-controlled shape transition in molecular crystals through analytical calculations and bench-top experiments.
