Deña Mae Agra-Kooijman
Research Associate, AMLCI, Kent State University
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The Jákli Lab brings together physicists, chemists, and materials engineers — from the principal investigator and collaborators to graduate students, postdocs, and alumni now working across academia and industry.
Office: Rm 215, LC & Materials Science Bldg
(330) 672-4886
Lab: Rms 246 & 249
(330) 672-1540
Email: ajakli@kent.edu
Antal I. Jákli
Professor of Physics
Director, Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program
Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University
Director, Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program
Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University
Prof. Jákli is a physicist known for his work on bent-core, flexoelectric, and ferroelectric liquid crystals, and their applications in soft robotics, wearable sensing, energy storage, and tunable optics.
He earned his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Physics from Lóránd Eötvös University, Budapest in 1983 and 1986, his Habilitation from the Institute for Solid State Physics, Budapest in 1992, and his D.Sc. in Physics from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest in 2000.
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Teaching
- 2015–PresentLiquid Crystal Sciences: Physical Properties
Graduate, Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program - 2003–08; 2016–PresentStructured Fluids
Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program - 2019Physics of Soft Matter
Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program - 2018Introduction to Materials Physics
Undergraduate, Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program - 2010–2014Fundamentals of Liquid Crystal Sciences
Graduate, Chemical Physics Interdisciplinary Program - 2001–2009Physical Properties of Liquid Crystals
Graduate, Department of Physics
Collaborators
James T. Gleeson
Professor and Chair, Department of Physics, Kent State University
Thein Kyu
Distinguished Professor, Polymer Engineering, University of Akron
Oleg D. Lavrentovich
Trustees Research Professor, Department of Materials Science, Kent State University
Elizabeth Mann
Professor, Department of Physics, Kent State University
Samuel Sprunt
Professor, Department of Physics, Kent State University
Robert Twieg
Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Kent State University
John L. West
Trustees Research Professor of Chemistry, Kent State University
Philip Westerman
Professor, Department of Chemistry, Kent State University
Graduate Students
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I am a PhD student specializing in the characterization of ferroelectric nematic liquid crystals, an exciting and rapidly evolving area of soft condensed matter physics. My research focuses on understanding the fundamental properties, molecular behavior, and electro-optic responses of these unique materials, which combine fluidity with spontaneous polarization, as well as on polymer-stabilized liquid crystals (PSLC) and meta-optics devices.
I study thermomechanical effects in ferroelectric nematic liquid crystals (FNLCs), creating local temperature gradients by electrically heating an ITO electrode and observing how the molecular orientation responds. I use photolithography to pattern electrodes, spectrophotometry to measure cell thickness, and polarized optical microscopy to characterize the material, work that supports applications in display technologies, biosensors, lab-on-chip devices, and electro-optic devices.
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Alumni & Visiting Scholars
Alex Adaka
PhD
Materials Science
Materials Science
Chenrun Feng
PhD
Chemical Physics
Chemical Physics
Cuiyu "Tracy" Zhang
PhD
Display Optical Engineer, Apple
Display Optical Engineer, Apple
Hamed Shahsavan
Visiting Scholar
Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
University of Waterloo
Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
University of Waterloo
Haumed Rahmani
MS
Liquid Crystal Engineering
Liquid Crystal Engineering
Hemantha C. Prageeth Rajapaksha
PhD
Physics
Physics
Hussein Haji-Valizadeh
BSc
Department of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry
Jenieve Cumberland
MS
Liquid Crystal Engineering
Liquid Crystal Engineering
John E. Harden, Jr.
Post-Doctoral Associate
Jordan Adamek
MS
Software Developer, The Berwyn Group
Software Developer, The Berwyn Group
Junren Wang
PhD
Liquid Crystal Engineer, Oculus VR
Liquid Crystal Engineer, Oculus VR
Kelum Perera
PhD
Physics
Physics
Lawrence Honaker
Postdoc, University of Luxembourg
Matthew Murachver
PhD
Chemical Physics
Chemical Physics
Md Mostafa
PhD
Materials Science
Materials Science
Mestiyage Don Tharindu Priya Gunathilaka
Former group member
Michael Skowrons
PhD
Physics
Physics
Mike Varga
PhD
Data Engineer, Remesh
Data Engineer, Remesh
Mirosław Salamończyk
Visiting Scholar
Advanced Light Source, LBNL
Advanced Light Source, LBNL
Muhammad Salili
Postdoc
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
Nick Diorio
PhD
Research Engineer, Meta
Research Engineer, Meta
Pavan Challa Kumar
PhD
Research Associate, University of Cambridge
Research Associate, University of Cambridge
Pelluce Kabarokole
Former group member
Piotr Popov
PhD
R&D Scientist, RavenWindow
R&D Scientist, RavenWindow
Rony Saha
PhD
Physics
Physics
Shokir Pardaev
Postdoc
Litho Engineer, Intel Corporation
Litho Engineer, Intel Corporation
Tanya Lopatkina
MS
Lab Services Coordinator, Ohio Lumex
Lab Services Coordinator, Ohio Lumex
Tanya Vorobiova
MS
Chemical Physics
Chemical Physics
Veridiana Garcia Guimaraes
PhD
Chemical Physics
Chemical Physics
Wei Chen
PhD
Chemical Physics
Chemical Physics
Zoltan Karaszi
PhD
Chemical Physics
Chemical Physics