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tabindex=\"-1\">Gallery<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2178\"><a href=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/kik\/contact\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Contact<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c687074 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"c687074\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2c3a91 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d2c3a91\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73f95ec elementor-widget 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target=\"_self\">Chatdanai &#8216;Tua&#8217; Lumdee<\/a>. Contact info can be found below or by clicking the links above.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25dc1f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"25dc1f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"222\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/kik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2025\/08\/pieterkik359-222x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1953\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/kik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2025\/08\/pieterkik359-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/kik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2025\/08\/pieterkik359.jpg 359w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c001541 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c001541\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Prof. Pieter G. Kik<\/b><br \/><span style=\"color: #777777;\">Phone 407-8234622 \/ Fax 407-8236875 \/ Email: kik@creol.ucf.edu<br \/><\/span><\/p><p>Pieter obtained his Ph.D. at the FOM Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics in Amsterdam (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amolf.nl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AMOLF<\/a>) in the group of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amolf.nl\/research\/opto_electronic_materials\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prof. A. Polman<\/a>. He subsequently joined the group of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/daedalus.caltech.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prof. H. A. Atwater<\/a>\u00a0at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.caltech.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Caltech<\/a>\u00a0as a postdoctoral scholar working on surface plasmon nanophotonics. Current research interests are near-field optical interactions, plasmon optical devices, and nanoscale energy transfer processes.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae445c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ae445c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/kik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2025\/08\/seyfollah.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1954\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34c9acf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"34c9acf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Seyfollah Toroghi<\/b><br \/><span style=\"color: #777777;\">Lab 407-8236979 \/ Office 407-8236899 \/ Email: storoghi@knights.ucf.edu<\/span><\/p><p>Seyfollah joined the group in the Fall of 2009. He received his B.S. in Applied Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www2.tabrizu.ac.ir\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tabriz University<\/a>, in Tabriz, Iran, and his M.S. in Photonics at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.sbu.ac.ir\/Default.aspx?tabid=113\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shahid Beheshti University<\/a>. His work will involve simulations and experiments on plasmon resonant nanostructured composites.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-300753b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"300753b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/kik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2025\/08\/chatdanai.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1943\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25dae24 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"25dae24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Chatdanai &#8216;Tua&#8217; Lumdee<\/b><br \/><span style=\"color: #777777;\">Lab 407-8236979 \/ Office 407-8236950 \/ Email: chatdanai.L@knights.ucf.edu<\/span><\/p><p>Tua joined the group in the Fall of 2010. He received his B.S. in Engineering with a major in Nano Engineering at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chula.ac.th\/cuen\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chulalongkorn University<\/a>, in Bangkok, Thailand. His work focuses on field enhancement in nanostructured surfaces for biosensing applications.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d21fcd8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d21fcd8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/kik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2025\/08\/yuwei.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1955\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa3842b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aa3842b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Yu-Wei Lin<\/b><br \/><span style=\"color: #777777;\">Lab 407-8236979 \/ Office 407-8236899 \/ Email: yu-wei@knights.ucf.edu<\/span><\/p><p>Yu-Wei joined the group in the Spring of 2012 to pursue a Masters Degree in Optics. His work will focuses on the large-scale fabrication of nanophotonic elements using nano-imprint lithpgraphy (NIL).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6902982 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6902982\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/kik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2025\/08\/bin.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1941\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc6ed23 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dc6ed23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Binfeng &#8216;Bin&#8217; Yun<\/b><br \/><span style=\"color: #777777;\">Lab 407-8236979 \/ Office 407-8236899 \/ Email: ybf@creol.ucf.edu<\/span><\/p><p>Bin joined the group in the Fall of 2011 as a Visiting Research Scientist, working on the use of electron-beam-lithography fabricated coupled plasmon resonant structures for use as surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) substrates.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61e2afa elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"61e2afa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Alumni<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d21332d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d21332d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/kik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2025\/08\/alex.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1939\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da9e22d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"da9e22d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Oleksandr (Alex) Savchyn<\/b><br \/><span style=\"color: #777777;\">Desk 407-8236950 \/ Lab 407-8236979 \/ Email: osavchyn@mail.ucf.edu<\/span><\/p><p>Alex joined the group in Fall 2004. After earning his PhD in Optics in 2010, Alex Savchyn joined <a href=\"http:\/\/www.micron.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Micron Technology<\/a>\u00a0where he worked on enhancing the resolution of UV lithography. Currently, he works at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.oclaro.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oclaro<\/a>\u00a0in the greater Boston, MA area where he is involved in the development of the new generation of transponders for fiber optics networks. For more up-to-date information, please see\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pub\/oleksandr-savchyn\/1b\/7a5\/531\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: 003388;\">Dr. Alex Savchyn on LinkedIn<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5df1b8a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5df1b8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"185\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/kik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2025\/08\/amitabh-185x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1940\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/kik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2025\/08\/amitabh-185x300.jpg 185w, https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/kik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2025\/08\/amitabh.jpg 365w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 185px) 100vw, 185px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a88e125 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a88e125\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Amitabh Ghoshal<\/b><br \/><span style=\"color: #777777;\">Desk 407-8236899 \/ Lab 407-8236979 \/ Email: aghoshal@creol.ucf.edu<\/span><\/p><p>Amitabh is originally from Calcutta, India. He earned his BA in 2001 from Hanover College in the short span of 3\u00bd years with majors in Physics and Computer Science and a minor in Mathematics. His work as a Graduate student involved designing structures for efficient excitation of surface plasmons on metal films. After obtaining his PhD in Optics in 2010, Dr. Ghoshal joined the group of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.icb.ucsb.edu\/people\/researchers_profile.php?ResearcherID=11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prof. Daniel E Morse<\/a>\u00a0at the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucsb.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">University of California at Santa Barbara<\/a>, in the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.icb.ucsb.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Institute for Collabrative Biotechnolgies<\/a>. For more up-to-date information, see\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/amitabhghoshal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: 003388;\">Dr. Amitabh Ghoshal on LinkedIn<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56f46d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"56f46d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/kik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2025\/08\/monas.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1952\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f4bb72 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6f4bb72\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Monas Shahzad<\/b><br \/><span style=\"color: #777777;\">Lab 407-8236979 \/ Office 407-8236860 \/ Email: mshahzad@physics.ucf.edu<\/span><\/p><p>Monas joined the group in the Fall of 2009. He received is M.S. in Physics with a specialization in electronics in 2001 at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gcu.edu.pk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Govt. College Lahore<\/a>, Pakistan. In 2007 he moved to the United States on a Fullbright Scholarship. His work focused on the use of sub-stochiometric oxides for applications in photonics.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2978522 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2978522\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"259\" height=\"259\" src=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/kik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2025\/08\/damien.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1945\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/kik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2025\/08\/damien.jpg 259w, https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/kik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2025\/08\/damien-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af48ebd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"af48ebd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Damien Denis<\/b><\/p><p>Damien visited the group in the Summer of 2009 as part of an Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program funded by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/\">National Science Foundation<\/a>. During his visit he developed an automated experimental setup to perform angle-controlled reflectivity measurements in-situ in an inverted optical microscope. This setup can ultimately be used to excited surface plasmons on a wide variety of samples.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0876ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e0876ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"162\" src=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/kik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2025\/08\/grady-300x162.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1949\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/kik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2025\/08\/grady-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/kik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2025\/08\/grady.jpg 351w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-299b86c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"299b86c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Grady Webb-Wood<\/b><\/p><p>Grady obtained his BS in physics from Duke University working in the group of Henry Everitt, where he did simulations of 2D photonic crystals and performed refractive index measurements on Al(x)Ga(1-x)N films. As a Graduate student of Optics he studied near-field focusing using surface plasmons on thin metal films.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b61ed2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5b61ed2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/kik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2025\/08\/forrest.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1948\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43fc4a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"43fc4a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Forrest Ruhge<\/b><\/p><p>After completing his B.S. in Physics at UCF, Forrest joined the Nanophotonics and Near-field Optics Group in Fall 2004. His work as a Masters student in the group focused on semiconductor nanoparticle synthesis and characterization for applications in microlasers.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89079d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"89079d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/kik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2025\/08\/dana.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1946\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aeade8c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aeade8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Dana Kohlgraf-Owens<\/b><\/p><p>Dana obtained her B.S. in Electrical Engineering at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ece.osu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ohio State<\/a>. She joined CREOL in Fall 2005. Her research focused on plasmon enhanced nonlinear effects in metallodielectric structures.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7747f2a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7747f2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/kik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2025\/08\/horacio.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1950\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1f6a6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b1f6a6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Horacio Carias<\/b><\/p><p>Horacio joined the group in Fall 2005 to work on surface plasmon dispersion engineering while he was an undergraduate student in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.physics.ucf.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Physics<\/a>\u00a0at UCF.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb1b267 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fb1b267\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" src=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/kik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2025\/08\/britt-300x223.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1942\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/kik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2025\/08\/britt-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/kik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2025\/08\/britt.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-242978d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"242978d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Britt Torrance<\/b><\/p><p>Britt joined the group during the Spring of 2006 to work on surface plasmon technologies and nanoscale optics, with a particular interest in plasmonic waveguides for data transfer\/processing and the materials these systems will require. Britt has done prior research with Dr. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cas.ucf.edu\/chemistry\/faculty_kuebler.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephen M. Kuebler<\/a>, of the UCF\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cas.ucf.edu\/chemistry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Chemistry<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.creol.ucf.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CREOL<\/a>, before changing his major to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.physics.ucf.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Physics<\/a>. He currently works as a PhD student at GeorgiaTech.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3036dfd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3036dfd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/kik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2025\/08\/clarisse.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1944\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89a3c53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"89a3c53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Clarisse Mazuir<\/b><br \/><span style=\"color: #777777;\">Desk 407-8231671 \/ Lab 407-8236979 \/ Email: cmazuir<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kik.creol.ucf.edu\/images\/at-grey.jpg\" width=\"14\" align=\"absbottom\" border=\"0\" \/>creol.ucf.edu<\/span><\/p><p>Clarisse joined the group for a Master&#8217;s project in 2005. Before coming to CREOL she studied undergraduate Optics at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.institutoptique.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ecole Superieure d\u2019Optique<\/a>. Her research project will focus on surface plasmon dispersion control.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32527b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"32527b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/kik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2025\/08\/elodie.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1947\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64304fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"64304fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Elodie Largenton<\/b><br \/><span style=\"color: #777777;\">Desk 407-8231671 \/ Lab 407-8236979 \/ Email: elodie<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kik.creol.ucf.edu\/images\/at-grey.jpg\" width=\"14\" align=\"absbottom\" border=\"0\" \/>creol.ucf.edu<\/span><\/p><p>Elodie is a student at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.egim-mrs.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ecole Nationale Sup\u00e9rieure de Physique in Marseille<\/a>, France. As part of her undergraduate studies she will do a short project in the group involving plasmon resonance tuning.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2d1670 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d2d1670\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/kik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2025\/08\/karthik.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1951\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-153e774 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"153e774\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Karthik Narayanan<\/b><br \/><span style=\"color: #777777;\">Desk 407-8231671 \/ Lab 407-8236979 \/ Email: knarayan<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kik.creol.ucf.edu\/images\/at-grey.jpg\" width=\"14\" align=\"absbottom\" border=\"0\" \/>mail.ucf.edu<\/span><\/p><p>Karthik Narayanan worked in the Kik group for one year starting in 2003. As part of his Directed Research he studied surface plasmon refraction. In 2004 he joined the Microsystems Engineering program at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rit.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"People Currently the Nanophotonics and Near-field Optics group consists of\u00a0Pieter Kik,\u00a0Seyfollah Toroghi, and\u00a0Chatdanai &#8216;Tua&#8217; Lumdee. Contact info can be found below or by clicking the links above. Prof. Pieter G. KikPhone 407-8234622 \/ Fax 407-8236875 \/ Email: kik@creol.ucf.edu Pieter obtained his Ph.D. at the FOM Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics in Amsterdam (AMOLF) in&hellip;","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2114","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/kik\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/kik\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/kik\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/kik\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/kik\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2114"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/kik\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2441,"href":"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/kik\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2114\/revisions\/2441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/kik\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}