AIMS Group Members

Group Leader of a Great Group

Dr. Volker Blum

Timothy P. and Mary M. Rooney Associate Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Postal: 144 Hudson Hall, Box 90300
Duke University ∙ Durham, NC 27708 ∙ USA
E-mail volker.blum <at> duke.edu

Biographical Information

Google Scholar: Volker Blum

Postdoctoral Associates

Image	Dr. Uthpala Herath
Image	Dr. Rayan Chakraborty

Ph.D. Students

Image	Gabriel Graf
Image	Xingtao He
Image	Amanda Liu
Image	Wentao Zhang

Master Students

Image	Andy Kapoor	MSc, MatSci
Image	Chunyu Chen	MSc, MatSci
(Picture unavailable)	Jacob Sorensen

Undergraduate Researchers

(Picture unavailable)	Kelly Ma	MEMS, Duke University
(Picture unavailable)	Vania Chopra	MEMS, Duke University
Image	Chris Wu	MEMS, ECE, Physics, Duke University
Image	Nicholas Boyer	University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Image	Grace Dono	University of Rochester
Image	Jack Morgenstein	MEMS, CS, Math, Duke University
Image	Tony Yost	Mechanical Engineering, Western Carolina University

High School Students

Thanush Patlolla

Senior, William G. Enloe High School

Former Group Members

Image	Gabrielle Koknat	Ph.D., Duke University Program in Materials Science and Engineering
Image	Xixi Qin	Ph.D., Duke University Program in Materials Science and Engineering
Image	Tianlin Wang	Ph.D., Duke University Program in Materials Science and Engineering
Image	Ruyi Song	Ph.D., Duke Chemistry
(Picture unavailable)	Melosa Rao	Undergraduate Researcher, Duke MEMS
(Picture unavailable)	Shreyas Karadi	Undergraduate Researcher, Duke MEMS
(Picture unavailable)	Reyna Vrbensky	Undergraduate Researcher, Duke MEMS
(Picture unavailable)	Harrison York	Undergraduate Researcher, Duke MEMS
(Picture unavailable)	Dr. Yi Yao	Research Scientist
(Picture unavailable)	Becca Lau	Undergraduate Researcher, Duke MEMS
(Picture unavailable)	Alexandra Rivera	Master student, Duke MEMS
(Picture unavailable)	Yuxin Lin	Master student, Duke MEMS
(Picture unavailable)	Lee Hampton	Master student, Duke University Program in Materials Science and Engineering
Image	Xiaochen Du	Undergraduate, Duke Chemistry
Image	Kailai (Tommy) Lin	Undergraduate, Duke Chemistry
Image	Dr. Wen-zhe Yu	Ph.D.
Image	Dr. Svenja Janke	Postdoctoral Associate and DFG Fellow
Image	Dr. Rundong Zhao	Postdoctoral Associate
Image	Fan Zhang	Master Student, Materials Science and Engineering
Image	Dr. Raul Laasner	Postdoctoral Associate
Image	Tong Zhu	Ph.D.
Image	Garnett Liu	Ph.D.
Image	Dr. William P. Huhn	Postdoctoral Associate
Image	Qing Tu	Collaborating student, with Prof. Stefan Zauscher
Image	Kevin Mo	Undergraduate
Image	Wolfgang Seiya	Undergraduate
Image	Nicole Boone	Undergraduate with Prof. Darlene Taylor, Department of Chemistry, NCCU
Image	Tiago Botari	Visiting Ph.D. student, UNICAMP, Campinas, Sao Paolo, Brazil October 2014 - September 2015
Image	Mark Glass, M.Sc.	Associate in Research, Jan-Jul 2014
Image	Jan Kloppenburg, Dipl.-Phys	Visiting Ph.D. student, November 2013 - August 2015
Image	Dr. Björn Lange	Postdoctoral Associate, September 2013 - February 2016