Over the past 5 years, over 50 students have received a Ph.D. in Physics or Astronomy from Iowa State, and gone on to find satisfying careers in a variety of fields. Here is a list of our recent graduates, for a sample of the opportunities out there...
| Name | PhD Date | Advisor (Area) | 1st Job After Graduating | Doing What? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Kang, Zhongbo |
PhD/S 2009 | Qiu (Nuclear) | Brookhaven National Lab. | Postdoc |
| Anderson, Joshua | PhD/S 2009 | Travesset (CMP) | ||
| Chen, Jizhou | PhD/S 2009 | Tringides (CMP) | ||
| Risse, Michelle | MS/S 2009 | Willson (Astro) | ||
| Johnson, Erik | MS/S 2009 | Kawaler (Astro) | ||
| McCarty, Brett | MS/S 2009 | Prozorov (CMP) | ||
| Matthew Vannette | PhD/S 2009 | Prozorov (CMP) | Iowa State University | Postdoc |
| Mohammad Al-Shorman | PhD/F 2008 | Vaknin/Gray (CMP) | Jordan | Asst Prof |
| Alina Negoita | MS/F 2008 | Vary (Nuclear) | Iowa State University | Grad Student (continuing for PhD) |
| Wendy Stroman | MS/F 2008 | Pohl (Astro) | ||
| Shuang Jia | PhD/F 2008 | Canfield (CMP) | Princeton University | Postdoc |
| Jacob Hoberg | MS/SS 2008 | Prozorov (CMP) | ||
| Lizhi Tan | PhD/SS 2008 | Goldman/McQueeney (CMP) | Toronto, Canada | Postdoc |
| Oleg Antipin | PhD/SS 2008 | Valencia (HEP) | Univ of Jyvaskyla, Finland | Postdoc |
| Ryan Wesley Tobin | MS/S 2008 | Gonzalez (Astro) | Ball State University | Grad Student |
| Hua Pei | PhD/S 2008 | Ogilvie (Nuclear) | Iowa State University | Postdoc |
| Ming Li | PhD/F 2007 | Ho (CMP) | Iowa State University | Grad Student (Statistics) |
| Xiaopeng Zong | PhD/F 2007 | Johnston/Borsa (CMP) | Iowa State University | Postdoc |
| Lili Peng | MS/SS 2007 | Soukoulis (CMP) | University of Iowa | Grad Student |
| Jun Liu | PhD/SS 2007 | Schmalian (CMP) | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | Postdoc |
| Ricardo Rodriguez | PhD/SS 2007 | Qiu (HEP) | Southern Methodist University | Visiting Assistant Professor |
| Warren Christensen | PhD/SS 2007 | Ogilvie/Meltzer (Phys) | University of Maine | Postdoc |
| Zhaoqu Zhou | PhD/S 2007 | Shinar (CMP) | QD Vision, Boston | Research |
| Jun Li | MS/S 2007 | Guo/Vary (Nuclear) | Iowa State University | Grad Student (continuing for PhD) |
| Michael Yakes | PhD/F 2006 | Tringides (CMP) | Naval Research Lab | Postdoc |
| Chengliang Qian | MS/SS 2006 | Shinar (CMP) | Texas A&M University | Grad Student |
| Larry Engelhardt | PhD/SS 2006 | Luban (CMP) | Francis Marion University | Faculty |
| Oleksiy Atramentov | PhD/SS 2006 | Hauptman (Phys) | ||
| Jae-Hwang Lee | PhD/SS 2006 | Ho (CMP) | Iowa State University | Postdoc |
| Tyson Hoffmann | MS/SS 2006 | Shinar (CMP) | Chicago, IL | Private Business |
| Yong-Sung Kim | PhD/S 2006 | Ho (CMP) | RPI | Postdoc |
| Hua Wang | MS/F 2005 | Ho (CMP) | Stanford University | Grad Student |
| Ioannis Rousochatzakis | PhD/F 2005 | Luban (CMP) | Switzerland | Postdoc |
| Tzu-Liang Chan | PhD/F 2005 | Ho (CMP) | Iowa State University | Postdoc |
| Nathan Grau | PhD/F 2005 | Ogilvie (Nuclear) | Columbia University | Postdoc |
| Moon-Ky Lee | PhD/F 2005 | Shinar (CMP) | Korea " LG Philips | Research |
| Mohamad Al-Saqer | PhD/F 2005 | Harmon (CMP) | Iowa State University | Postdoc/Temp Instructor |
| Bagmeet Behera | MS/F 2005 | Krennrich (Astro) | India | Grad Student |
| Derek Wilke | PhD/F 2005 | Canfield (CMP) | Australia | Postdoc |
| Jong-Woo Kim | PhD/SS 2005 | Goldman (CMP) | Argonne National Lab | Postdoc |
| Marvin Albao | PhD/SS 2005 | Harmon/Evans (CMP) | Iowa State University | Postdoc |
| Emilia Morosan | S 2005 | Canfield (CMP) | Princeton Univ | Postdoc |
| Maja Vuckovic | S 2005 | Kawaler (Astro) | Belgium | Grad Student |
| Steve Skutnik | S 2005 | Lajoie (Nuclear) | Adler Planetarium | Educator |
| Sangwook Wu | S 2005 | Schmalian (CMP) | Univ of North Carolina | Postdoc |
| Feng-Chuan Chuang | S 2005 | Ho (CMP) | University of Iowa | Postdoc |
| Jack Dostal | S 2005 | Meltzer (Phys) | Montana | Grad Student |
| Seung-Ho Baek | F 2004 | Borsa/Luban (CMP) | Florida | Postdoc |
| Chunwang Gao | F 2004 | Canfield (CMP) | Iowa State | Grad Student (Statistics) |
| Yongbin Lee | F 2004 | Harmon (CMP) | Iowa State | Postdoc |
| Heather Henneke | F 2004 | Lajoie (Nuclear) | Texas | Teaching (HS) |
| Paul Constantin | F 2004 | Lajoie (Nuclear) | Univ of New Mexico | Postdoc |
| Joong-Mok Park | S 2004 | Lynch/Shinar (CMP) | Iowa State | Postdoc |
| Yungok Ihm | S 2004 | Ho (CMP) | ||
| Shelbi Hostler | S 2004 | Kawaler (Astro) | Hawaii | Observing Asst |
| Jongik Park | S 2004 | Lynch/Shinar (CMP) | Korea | Teaching |
| Daniele Procissi | F 2003 | Borsa (CMP) | New York | Postdoc |
| Stavroula Foteinopoulou | F 2003 | Soukoulis (CMP) | Belgium | Postdoc |
| Haibo Cao | F 2003 | Ho (CMP) | New Jersey | Postdoc |
| Gang Li | F 2003 | Shinar (CMP) | UCLA | Postdoc |
| Chang-Hwan Kim | F 2003 | Shinar (CMP) | ISU | Postdoc |
| Wang-Chi Yeh | F 2003 | Tringides (CMP) | Academia Sinica, Taiwan | Postdoc |
| Bassam Shehadeh | S 2003 | Vary (Nuc) | ISU | Instructor |
| Kwang-Ohk Cheon | S 2003 | Shinar (CMP) | BTG International | Postdoc |
| Richard Lloyd | S 2003 | Vary (Nuc) | ISU | Instructor |
| Lijuan Zou | S 2003 | Shinar (CMP) | Seagate Technology | Senior Manufacturing Engineer |
| Gary Turner | S 2003 | Willson (Astro) | Morningside College | Assistant Professor |
| Julienne Hill | F 2002 | Johnston (CMP) | Argonne National Lab | Postdoc |
| Eric Stinaff | S 2002 | Wolford (CMP) | National Research Lab | Postdoc |
| Ihab El-Kady | S 2002 | Ho (CMP) | Sandia National Lab | Postdoc |
| Brett Fadem | S 2002 | Hill (NUC) | Colby College | Instructor |
| Michael Reed | F 2001 | Kawaler (Astro) | SW Missouri State University | Assistant Professor |
| Marc Ruehlaender | F 2001 | Soukoulis (CMP) | Germany | |
| Zhang Zhou | F 2001 | Hauptman (HEP) | Rutgers University | Postdoc |
| Daniel Smith | S 2001 | Struck (Astro) | Goddard Space Flight Center | Scientist |
| Xunya Jiang | S 2001 | Soukoulis (CMP) | Dicontiker Optics | Optics Engineer |
| Yung-Moo Huh | S 2001 | Finnemore (CMP) | South Dakota State University | Assistant Professor |
| Derek Brammeier | S 2001 | Lynch (CMP) | ||
| Changyong Song | S 2001 | Goldman (CMP) | ||
| Bei Liu | S 2001 | Ho (CMP) | Motorola | Software Engineer |
| Andrew Green | S 2001 | Hauptman (HEP) | ||
| Ye Feng | S 2001 | Lynch (CMP) | ADC Telecomm | Senior Optical Engineer |
| Jong Il Yi | F 2000 | Rosenberg (HEP) | Stanford Univ | Postdoc |
| Brian Uhlhorn | F 2000 | Shinar (CMP) | Lockheed Martin | |
| Mark Olsen | F 2000 | Stanford (Phys) | Goddard Space Flight Center | Postdoc |
| Zeehoon Jang | F 2000 | Borsa (CMP) |
