Arya Afshari, Ph.D.

Muhammad Asaduzzaman, Ph.D.

Muhammad is interested in exploring different field theoretic models with the current NISQ era quantum machines. He is also currently working on exploring AdS-CFT correspondence in the lattice setting. Previously he worked on gauge theoretic formulation of gravity in two dimension and explored dynamical triangulation of gravity in four spacetime dimensions.

Jesse Bluem, Ph.D.

Jesse Bluem's research interests have been focused on X-ray astronomy and feedback processes in the Galaxy, as well as working with HaloSat, a CubeSat built at and operated by the university. He is currently working on an X-ray study of the spectra and distribution of material in the Galactic halo using data from HaloSat.

Neeraj Chaubey, Ph.D.

Bhavesh Chauhan, Ph.D.

Rachael Filwett, Ph.D.

Rachael’s research interests are in observational space physics. She is particularly interested in high energy ions and how they are accelerated and transported from the near-Sun environment to, and through, planetary magnetospheres.

Matthew G. Finley, Ph.D.

Matthew Finley is a Postdoctoral Research Scholar in the Miles Research Lab. He received his PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Iowa in 2021, where he developed novel techniques for 3D range geometry compression. Finley's research interests include applied signal processing, digital image processing, and system optimization.

Kenneth Heitritter, Ph.D.

Kenneth Heitritter is interested in research that explores different approaches to the quantization of gravitational phenomena and their corresponding phenomenology. Currently, he works with Professor Vincent Rodgers on a project which extends projective structures in two-dimensional quantum gravity to a setting of four-dimensional spacetime.

Dev Joshi, Ph.D.

Dev’s research area is observational space physics, and in his current research role, he is analyzing the observations made by various sensors onboard the MAVEN mission to understand the interaction between the solar-wind and Mars' upper atmosphere. The analysis is aimed to contribute to the important science question of understanding the erosion of the Martian atmosphere with time.

Christopher Macias, Ph.D.

Christopher's research areas include; Experimental Particle Physics: Neutrino Oscillations, Instrumentation Development for Particle Physics: Scintillation Properties of Liquid Argon, and Integrated Systems, Detector Readout, Data Acquisition.

Daniel McGinnis, Ph.D.

Daniel's research area is observational space physics and he studies the formation and evolution of the solar wind.

Peter Montag, Ph.D.

Tharnier Puel De Oliveira, Ph.D.

Dr. Tharnier O. Puel's interests are in Theoretical Solid State Physics. He studied low-temperature physics in the subject of topological properties of matter. In the last years, he contributed to advances in non-equilibrium spin systems at zero temperature. Currently, he started his studies in optical transduction using cavities QED, at the University of Iowa.

Rhyan Sawyer, Ph.D.

Sapna Shekhar, Ph.D.

Han-Wen Shen, Ph.D.

Han-Wen is interested in conducting space physics research with satellite and ground-based observations. His current research focuses on exploring the plasma dynamics around the Lunar environment.