Group Members

Daniel Dessau

Experimental Condensed Matter Physics - Advanced Spectroscopies

• dan [dot] dessau [at] colorado [dot] edu
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  Duane Physics F627

• (303) 492-1607

Justin Griffith

Ultra high vacuum, precision machining, mechanics, and electronics

Justin graduated from CU Boulder with a B.S. in Engineering Physics. His specialties are UHV, XHV and cryogenic design, precision fabrication and machining, and scientific device development. He enjoys hiking, graphic art, home updating, and playing guitar, drums, and fiddle.

• justin [dot] griffith [at] colorado [dot] edu
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  Duane Physics G227

Rafał Kurleto

ARPES on Strongly Correlated Materials

Rafał graduated with his PhD from Jagiellonian University in Kraków (Poland) in 2020, where he investigated cerium based heavy fermion materials. His main background is in photoelectron spectroscopies (ARPES, XPS, UPS), and thermal/transport measurements. He joined Dan Dessau's group in the beginning of 2021, where he studies the electronic structure of strongly correlated systems (topological kagome magnets, unconventional superconductors) using ARPES. In his spare time Rafał enjoys the Colorado outdoors.

• rafal [dot] kurleto [at] colorado [dot] edu
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  Duane Physics G229

Peipei Hao

Organic Materials Synthesis, ARPES on Strongly Correlated Materials

Peipei graduated from Southeast University (China) in 2017, with a bachelor's degree in physics, and joined Dan's group in the summer of 2018. She is currently working on an organic superconductors project (terphenyl), and is also interested in cuprate superconductors. Peipei's hobbies include hiking, linguistics, calligraphy, and music.

• peipei [dot] hao [at] colorado [dot] edu
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  Duane Physics G221

Aritra Mazumder

Scanning SQUID on Tip

Aritra is from West Bengal, India. He graduated from IISER Kolkata in 2019 with a BS-MS in Physics. Currently working on the development of SQUID on Tip for imaging vortices in Superconductors. He loves cooking and football (Soccer) though his enthusiasm is far bigger than his abilities, and going on mildly challenging hikes.

• aritra [dot] mazumder [at] colorado [dot] edu
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  Duane Physics G221

Zack Sierzega

Topological Quantum Materials, Unconventional Superconductivity, Device Fabrication

Zack graduated from the Illinois Institute of Technology in 2020 with a B.S. in physics. He is interested in transport measurements/imaging of devices that he fabricates from unconventional superconductors. Outside of work, he enjoys skiing, lifting, gardening, music, and enjoying the great outdoors.

• Zachary [dot] Sierzega [at] colorado [dot] edu
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  Duane Physics G229

Amanda Shackelford

Ultrafast Optics and ARPES on Strongly Correlated Materials

Amanda joined the Dessau group after previous employment at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. Her enthusiasm for continuing work with Ultra-High Vacuum instrumentation and ultra-fast light sources made joining the group an easy transition. She is currently working on assisting with ARPES data analysis and working to design and build next generation optics and instrumentation. Outside of research, she likes to be playful through art/painting, music, dancing, tinkering, and martial arts.

• Amanda [dot] Shackelford [at] colorado [dot] edu
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  SLAC Accelerator Laboratory

Robert Smith

ARPES on Novel Materials

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  Robert [dot] Smith [at] colorado [dot] edu

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  Duane Physics G229

Alex Ball

ARPES on Novel Materials, DFT Calculations

Alex graduated from SUNY Geneseo in 2023 with a BS in Physics. He joined the Dessau group in Spring 2024 and works on studying novel materials with ARPES. He also performs DFT and Wannierization calculations to support ARPES data analysis and other projects. In his free time he enjoys hiking, skiing, and learning the piano.

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  Alex [dot] Ball [at] colorado [dot] edu

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  Duane Physics G229

Lincoln Doney

Lincoln graduated in 2024 from University of Maryland - College Park with B.S. degrees in Computer Engineering, Mathematics, and Physics. He is working on the SQUID on tip project, and is interested in exotic phenomena in superconductors. In his free time, he enjoys baking, linguistics, Linux, photography, and skiing.

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  Lincoln [dot] Doney [at] colorado [dot] edu

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  Duane Physics G221

Thomas Stewart

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  Thomas [dot] Stewart-1 [at] colorado [dot] edu

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  Duane Physics G229

Thomas Knapp

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  Thomas [dot] Knapp [at] colorado [dot] edu

Oliver Robidoux

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  Oliver [dot] Robidoux [at] colorado [dot] edu