Group Leader
Prof. Thomas K. Allison <thomas.allison@stonybrook.edu>
Ph. D. 2010 Univ. of California at Berkeley
B. S. 2003 Cornell University
thomas.allison@stonybrook.edu
Tom’s CV_Full_2026.09.01(updated Sept. 2026)
Postdoc
Jianwei Ding <jianwei.ding@stonybrook.edu>
B.S. 2017 Qingdao University of Science and Technology
Ph. D. 2023 National Center for Nanoscience & Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Graduate Student
Zachary Withers <zachary.withers@stonybrook.edu>
B.S. University of South Florida 2021
Graduate Student
Yuanchi Qing <yuanchi.qing@stonybrook.edu>
B.S. University of California, Santa Barbara 2016
Graduate Student
Alexander Adler <alexander.adler@stonybrook.edu>
B.S. University of Colorado, Boulder 2022
Graduate Student
Prabesh Bista <prabesh.bista@stonybrook.edu>
B.S. Tribhuvan University 2019
M.S. National Central university 2024
Graduate Student
Nicholas Teoh <nicholasjuncheng.teoh@stonybrook.edu>
B.S. Nanyang Technological University 2025
Alumni
Jin Bakalis, Ph. D. 2025
Rudy Popper, B.S. 2024
Graduate Student, Stanford University.
Michael Wahl, M.S.I. 2024
Graduate Student, University of Colorado at Boulder
Alice Kunin, postdoc 2020-2023
Professor, Princeton University
https://chemistry.princeton.edu/faculty-research/faculty/alice-kunin/
Myles Silfies, Ph. D. 2023
Scientist, Space Dynamics Laboratory
https://www.linkedin.com/in/myles-silfies-30401b63/
Sergii Chernov, postdoc 2019-2023
Staff Scientist, PETRA III Synchrotron Light Source, Hamburg, Germany
Grzegorz Kowzan, postdoc 2020-2022
Professor, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland
http://fizyka.umk.pl/~gkowzan/#fn:1
Neomi Lewis, BS 2021
Graduate Student, Stanford University
Anthony Catanese, M.A. 2020
Research Scientist, BAE Systems
Peng Zhao, PhD 2019
Laser Product Manager, Photonics Industries
https://www.linkedin.com/in/peng-zhao-11a999b2/
Christopher Corder, postdoc 2015-2019
Atomic Physicist
Vector Atomic Inc.
Yuning Chen, PhD 2018
Staff Product Engineer, Nokia
https://www.linkedin.com/in/yuning-chen-a3284690/
Elena Pavlenko, postdoc 2017
Postdoctoral Researcher
NanoPhotonics Centre
Cambridge University, UK
Melanie Reber, postdoc 2013-2016
Lead Optics Engineer, Quantinuum
https://www.linkedin.com/in/melanie-reber-07a31792/
Xinlong Li, M.S.I. 2015
Financial Analyst, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.