PhD graduates

Ahmed was a PhD student in Applied Physics studying capillary machines. Ahmed is also a connoisseur of foreign and art-house films! Ahmed earned his PhD from Harvard in Spring 2025.

Jennifer was a PhD student in Applied Physics. She studied light transport through a variety of materials – including semiconductor nanowires, structurally colored colloidal assemblies, and grease films – using both computational and experimental...

Caroline was a PhD student in Applied Physics. She studied colloidal self-assembly by characterizing short-ranged interactions and designing DNA-mediated interactions. She has undergraduate degrees in physics and English, and spends her free time reading...

Amelia was a PhD student in Applied Physics who researched the uncoating of RNA viruses. She earned her PhD from Harvard in Spring 2024.

Jessica was a PhD student in Materials Science who studied self-assembly on curved surfaces.  She earned her PhD in 2024.

Tim was PhD student in Applied Physics studying the mechanisms by which the RNA genome of simple viruses enables complex function. Tim received a BA in physics from Boston University and earned his PhD from Harvard in 2023.

Ron was a PhD student in Physics working on characterizing colloidal systems using holographic microscopy. He earned his PhD in 2020.

LaNell was a PhD student in Physics who worked on understanding the role of electrostatics in the self-assembly of viral capsids. She earned her PhD in 2023.

Annie was a PhD student in Applied Physics who studied light scattering in disordered systems such as colloidal glasses. Her work focused on understanding how the degree of order in nanoscale structures affects their scattering and structural color. She...

Anand was a PhD student of Howard Stone and was co-advised by Vinny. He earned his PhD in 2011.