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Postdoctoral Fellows
	Jamie Hinton Research Interests: Ultrafast near-field microscopy of strongly-correlated electron materials; Cuprate superconductors		Aliaksei Charnukha Research Interests: Investigation of the itinerant-carrier dynamics of unconventional superconductors and strongly correlated electron systems in the THz and far-infrared spectral range by means of far- and near-field optical spectroscopy/microscopy at cryogenic temperatures.
	Alex Frenzel Research Interests: Ultrafast near-field microscopy.		Guangxin Ni Research Interests: Graphene
Graduate Students
	Kirk Post Research interests: Magneto-optical properties of topological insulators and high-Tc superconductors. Projects: Faraday effect in Bi2Se3 and searching for new superconductors.		Alex Swinton McLeod Research interests: Photonics, graphene plasmonics, thin film spectroscopy, infrared scanning near-field optical microscopy. Projects: Theory of near-field optical microscopy, infrared nanoscopy of silicates in chondritic meteorites, infrared nanoscopy of topological insulators.
	Ted Stinson Research interests: Near-field spectroscopy, high-Tc Superconductivity, Terahertz Time-Domain spectroscopy. Projects: Construction of a novel THz near-field microscope for spectroscopic measurements in ultra-high vacuum.		Aaron Sternbach Research Interests: Strongly correlated electron systems.
	Siyuan Dai Research interests: Near-field nano-optics, Phonon Polaritons, boron nitride, hyperbolic materials, 2D materials, plasmonics. Homepage		Sean Bearden Research Interests: High-Tc superconductors and plasmons in black phosphorus. Homepage
	Yinming Shao Research Interests: Topological Insulators and 2D materials.		Ran Jing Research Interests: .
Undergraduate Students
	Ruben Iraheta Projects: Data Acquisition Software Development and 3D Modeling