#  PhD graduates 

 



Those who have graduated the group with a PhD



 

  [### Ron Alexander

 ](/people/ron-alexander)PhD Physics 2020

 

 

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

 

 

      ![Ron](/sites/g/files/omnuum4256/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/manoharan/files/jovirttlsdcefpchyuc5r1vmansl6csofuzq1v6hrlg6.png?itok=-WMyihw1) 

 

 

 

   [### Anand Bala Subramaniam

 ](/people/anand-bala-subramaniam)PhD Applied Physics 2011

 

 

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

 

 

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   [### Solomon Barkley

 ](/people/solomon-barkley) <barkley@g.harvard.edu>PhD Physics 2021

 

 

 Solomon was a PhD student in Physics. He studied the self-assembly and reorganization of colloidal clusters. He also developed experimental and computational tools to increase the amount of information obtained from digital holographic microscopy. Before... 

 

 

      ![Solomon](/sites/g/files/omnuum4256/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/manoharan/files/solomon.jpg?itok=eB7GVf-8) 

 

 

 

   [### Tim Chiang

 ](/people/tim-chiang) <tkchiang@g.harvard.edu>PhD Applied Physics 2023

 

 

 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. 

 

 

      ![Tim](/sites/g/files/omnuum4256/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/manoharan/files/groupphoto.jpg?itok=TcMrTeJA) 

 

 

 

   [### Cyril Chomette

 ](/people/cyril-chomette)PhD 2015, University of Bordeaux

 

 

 Cyril was a PhD student at the University of Bordeaux. He worked on chemical synthesis of 3D plasmonic clusters for metafluids, and he visited the Manoharan Lab during the summers of 2014 and 2015. 

 

 

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   [### Jesse W. Collins

 ](/people/jesse-w-collins)PhD Applied Physics 2014

 

 

 Jesse was a PhD student in Applied Physics who studied self-assembly of colloidal spheres with specific interactions. He earned his PhD in 2014. 

 

 

      ![Jesse](/sites/g/files/omnuum4256/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/manoharan/files/isododechat_cropped-96.png?itok=3wsAjCID) 

 

 

 

   [### Tom Dimiduk

 ](/people/tom-dimiduk) <tdimiduk@physics.harvard.edu>PhD Physics 2016

 

 

 Tom was a PhD student in Physics working on digital holographic microscopy and Bayesian approaches to data analysis. He received his B.S. in Engineering Physics in 2008 from Cornell University, where he worked with Prof. Warren Zipfel on applications of... 

 

 

      ![Tom](/sites/g/files/omnuum4256/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/manoharan/files/tom.jpg?itok=PoDZVNg0) 

 

 

 

   [### Jerome Fung

 ](/people/jerome-fung)PhD Physics 2013

 

 

 Jerome was a PhD student in Physics. His research involved characterizing and understanding the 3D dynamics of colloidal systems with holographic microscopy. He earned his PhD from Harvard in 2013. 

 

 

      ![Jerome](/sites/g/files/omnuum4256/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/manoharan/files/jerome_1.jpg?itok=1MIbyP9Z) 

 

 

 

   [### Emily Gehrels

 ](/people/emily-gehrels) <egehrels@seas.harvard.edu>PhD Applied Physics 2018

 

 

 Emily was a PhD student in Applied Physics studying the statistical mechanics of DNA-mediated colloidal interactions. She designed dynamic colloidal systems with precisely controlled and tunable binding strength and temperature dependence. She received... 

 

 

      ![Emily](/sites/g/files/omnuum4256/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/manoharan/files/emily2.png?itok=Eu-HiZ-I) 

 

 

 

   [### Aaron Goldfain

 ](/people/aaron-goldfain) <agoldfain@seas.harvard.edu>PhD Applied Physics

 

 

 Aaron was a PhD student in Applied Physics who studied the self-assembly of viruses using interferometric scattering microscopy and other interferometric techniques. He received his B.A. in physics and mathematics in 2012 from the University of Colorado... 

 

 

      ![aaron.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum4256/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/manoharan/files/aaron.jpg?itok=cB3l26H7) 

 

 

 

   [### Victoria Hwang

 ](/people/victoria-hwang) <vhwang@g.harvard.edu>PhD Applied Physics 2020

 

 

 Victoria was PhD student in Applied Physics studying the self-assembly of amorphous colloidal photonic materials. She focused on designing novel techniques for creating structurally-colored films, with an emphasis on expanding the range of colors and... 

 

 

      ![Victoria](/sites/g/files/omnuum4256/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/manoharan/files/img_1025_copy_1.jpg?itok=xypd50Jh) 

 

 

 

   [### David M. Kaz

 ](/people/david-m-kaz)PhD Physics 2011

 

 

 Dave was a PhD student in Physics who studied dynamic interactions between colloidal particles and liquid interfaces. He earned his PhD in 2011. 

 

 

      ![Dave](/sites/g/files/omnuum4256/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/manoharan/files/dave.jpg?itok=9ZEA4wFN) 

 

 

 

  

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