Former LUMINA Lab at SMU Members

NameYears in GroupPosition at SMUPosition Upon LeavingDissertation or Thesis
Silvia Scorza 2010 – 2013 Postdoctoral Research AssistantKarlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany
Dan Jardin2014 – 2019Graduate Research AssistantPostdoc at Northwestern University A Likelihood Search for Low-mass Dark Matter via Inelastic Scattering in SuperCDMS
Matt Stein2015 – 2018Graduate Research AssistantSatellite Communications Systems Engineer at RT Logic, Colorado Springs, CO An Analysis of Frenkel Defects and Backgrounds Modeling for SuperCDMS Dark Matter Searches
Hang Qiu2010 -2016Graduate Research AssistantPostdoc, Weizmann Institute of Science, IsraelA SEARCH FOR WEAKLY INTERACTING MASSIVE PARTICLESUTILIZING A PROFILE LIKELIHOOD RATIO TECHNIQUEWITH THE SUPERCDMS SOUDAN EXPERIMENT
Bedile Kara2010 – 2013Graduate Research Assistant
Taylor Wallace2018 – 2021Undergraduate Research AssistantWeill Cornell
Medicine/Rockefeller University/Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Tri-Institutional M.D.-Ph.D. Program
Evaluating the Impact of Airflow on Radon Plate-out Rates (SMU-HEP-21-04)
Josephine Kimbrough2018 – 2020Undergraduate Research AssistantApplying to Medical School
Alex Stidham2019-2020Undergraduate Research AssistantTransfered to University of Michigan
Jared Burleson 2018Undergraduate Research AssistantSMU Study Abroad
Andrew Posasda2015 – 2018Undergraduate Research AssistantMechanical Engineer at ASC Process Systems Pulse-shape Discrimination Studies of 230Th Decay Alpha Particles Using the XIA UltraLo-1800
Moez Janmohammad2015 – 2016Undergraduate Research AssistantNetwork Security Engineer at General Datatech Studies on the Reduction of Radon Plate-out on Copper Using Electric Fields
Robert Schmidt 2016Undergraduate Research AssistantCompleting Physic Major at SMU
Snigdha Smriti2016Undergraduate Research AssistantApplying to Medical School
Ben Wise2012 – 2013Undergraduate Research AssistantConducting research in the SMU Mechanical Engineering Department
Keith Adler 2012 – 2013Undergraduate Research AssistantEmployed at AT&T
Matthew Bruemmer2012 – 2015Undergraduate Research AssistantEmployed at Texas InstrumentsStudies on the Reduction of Radon Plate-out on Copper Using Electric Fields
Mayisha Nakib2011 – 2015Undergraduate Research AssistantGraduate School at University of Illinios – Urbana Champaign Background Characterization and Studies Using the XIA Ultralo-1800 for Dark Matter Experiments
Jonathan MarkellSummer 2015High School Teacher Summer Intern Tyler, TX
Kevin Cieszkowski Summer 2014High School Teacher Summer Intern Richardson ISD
Janee HallSummer 2013High School Teacher Summer Intern Red Oak ISD
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