Antal I. Jákli
Professor of Physics,
Director of Chemical Physics
Interdisciplinary Program,
Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal
Institute, Kent State University
CV/Bio
M.Sc., Lóránd Eötvös University
(Budapest), Physics, 1983
Ph.D., Lóránd Eötvös University
(Budapest), Physics, 1986
Habilitation, Institute for Solid State
Physics (Budapest), 1992
D.Sc., Hungarian Academy of Sciences
(Budapest), Physics, 2000
Contact Information
Liquid Crystal & Materials Science Bldg
Lab: Rms 246 & 249
Lab No.:(330) 672-1540
Office: Rm 215
Office No.:(330) 672-4886
Email: ajakli@kent.edu
Collaborating Researchers
Prof. Elizabeth Mann
Ph.D.
Department of Physics
Kent State University
Email: emann@kent.edu
Prof. Philip Westerman
Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
Kent State University
Email: philipwwesterman@gmail.com
Deña Mae Agra-Kooijman
Ph.D.
Research Associate
Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystals Institute
Kent State University
Email: dagrako@kent.edu
Prof. Thein Kyu
Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor
Department of Polymer Engineering
The University of Akron
Email: tkyu@uakron.edu
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Graduate Students
Former Visiting Scholars
Rony Saha
Ph.D. Candidate
Physics Department
Advanced Materials & Liquid Crystal Institute, KSU
Email: rsaha@kent.edu
Wei Chen
Ph.D. Student
Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program
Liquid Crystal Institute
Email: wchen24@kent.edu
Veridiana Garcia Guimaraes
Ph.D. Student
Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program
Liquid Crystal Institute
Email: vgarciag@kent.edu
Tanya Vorobiova
Master of Chemical Physics
Email: tvorobio@kent.edu
Recent Former Students
Piotr Popov
Ph.D.
Present Affiliation
R&D Scientist at RavenWindow, Inc.
Denver, Colorado
Nick Diorio
Ph.D.
Present Affiliation
VP of R&D
FITOS
Email: nick.diorio@gmail.com
Hemantha C. Prageeth Rajapaksha
Ph.D. Candidate
Physics Department
Advanced Materials & Liquid Crystal Institute, KSU
Email: crajapak@kent.edu
Chenrun Feng
Ph.D. Candidate
Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program
Advanced Materials & Liquid Crystal Institute, KSU
Email: cfeng4@kent.edu
Cuiyu “Tracy” Zhang
Ph.D.
Present Affiliation
Display Optical Engineer
Apple Inc.
Cupertino, California
Pavan Challa Kumar
Ph.D.
Present Affiliation
Research Associate
University of Cambridge
Mike Varga
Ph.D. Student
Present Affiliation
Data Engineer
Remesh Inc.
Email: mvarga6@kent.edu
Lawrence Honaker
Ph.D.
Present Affiliation
Postdoctoral Researcher
Wageningen University and Research
Netherlands
Email: lhonaker@kent.edu
Jordan Adamek
Master of Computer Science
Present Affiliation
Software Developer
The Berwyn Group, Inc.
Tanya Lopatkina
Master of Chemical Physics
Present Affiliation
Laboratory Servises Coordinator
Ohio Lumex Co., Inc
Email: tlopatki@kent.edu
Hussein Haji-Valizadeh
B.Sc. Student
Present Affiliation
Department of Chemistry
Email: hhajival@kent.edu
John E. Harden, Jr.
Post-Doctoral Associate
Junren Wang
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Chemistry
Present Affiliation
Liquid Crystal Engineer
Oculus VR LLC
Seattle, Washington
Email: jwang45@kent.edu
Krishna Aryal
Ph.D. Student
Physics Department
Email: karyal@kent.edu
Kelum Perera
Ph.D. Candidate
Physics Department
Advanced Materials & Liquid Crystal Institute, KSU
Email: wperera@kent.edu
Yu Guan
Ph.D. Candidate
Jiangnan University, China
Email: guanyu2013@foxmail.com
Alex Adaka
Ph.D. Student
Materials Science Graduate Program
Advanced Materials & Liquid Crystal Institute, KSU
Email: aadaka@kent.edu
Md Sakhawat Hossain Himel
Ph.D. Candidate
Materials Science Graduate Program
Advanced Materials & Liquid Crystal Institute, KSU
Email: mhimel@kent.edu
Md Mostafa
Ph.D. Candidate
Materials Science Graduate Program
Advanced Materials & Liquid Crystal Institute, KSU
Email: mmostafa@kent.edu
Mestiyage Don TharinduPriya
Gunathilaka
Volunteer Group Member
Email: mtharindupri_gst@kent.edu
Mahesha Jeewanthi
Ph.D. Student
Physics Department
Advanced Materials & Liquid Crystal Institute, KSU
Email: kjeewant@kent.edu
Rohan Dharmarathna
Ph.D. Student
Material Science Graduate Program
Advanced Materials & Liquid Crystal Institute, KSU
Email: rgardihe@kent.edu
Manisha
Ph.D. Student
Physics Department
Advanced Materials & Liquid Crystal Institute, KSU
Email: mmanisha@kent.edu
Zakaria Siddiquee
Ph.D. Student
Physics Department
Advanced Materials & Liquid Crystal Institute, KSU
Email: zsiddiq3@kent.edu
Pelluce Kabarokole
Ph.D. Student
Physics Department
Advanced Materials & Liquid Crystal Institute, KSU
Email: pkabarok@kent.edu
Minakshi *
Ph.D. Student
Physics Department
Advanced Materials & Liquid Crystal Institute, KSU
Email: mminaksh@kent.edu
Milon *
Ph.D. Student
Material Science Graduate Program
Advanced Materials & Liquid Crystal Institute, KSU
Email: milon@kent.edu
Netra Dhakal
Ph.D. Student
Material Science Graduate Program
Advanced Materials & Liquid Crystal Institute, KSU
Email: ndhakal1@kent.edu
Mirosław Salamończyk
Post-Doctoral Associate
Present Affiliation
Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley
National Laboratory
Liquid Crystal Institute
Email: mireksam@gmail.com
Hamed Shahsavan
Visiting Scholar
Present Affiliation
Postdoctoral Fellow
Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems
Email: hshahsav@uwaterloo.ca
Muhammad Salili
Ph.D.
Present Affiliation
Postdoctoral Fellow
Mack Technology Fellow
University of Pennsylvania
Email: ssalili@kent.edu
Shokir Pardaev
Ph.D.
Present Affiliation
D1C Litho Engineer
Intel Corporation
Email: spardaev@kent.edu
Haumed Rahmani
M.S. Student
Liquid Crystal Engineering
Liquid Crystal Institute
Email: haumed@gmail.com
Jenieve Cumberland
M.S. Student
Liquid Crystal Engineering
Liquid Crystal Institute
Email: jcumber1@kent.edu
Matthew Murachver
Ph.D. Candidate
Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program
Advanced Materials & Liquid Crystal Institute, KSU
Email: mmurachver@gmail.com
Zoltan Karaszi
Ph.D. Candidate
Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program
Advanced Materials & Liquid Crystal Institute, KSU
Email: zkaraszi@kent.edu
