Members
Principal Investigator (PI):
Dr. Dali Sun
Professor
Department of Physics
North Carolina State University
840 Main Campus Dr.
Partners II, Rm1517, Raleigh, NC 27695
Tel: 919-515-6671. Email: [email protected]
Honors & Awards
2020 Journal of Physics: Materials Early Career Award
Postdoc Associate:
Dr. Rui Sun. E-mail: [email protected]
Graduate Students:

Puja Thapa. E-mail: [email protected]

Hana Jones. E-mail: [email protected]

Tianyou Lu. E-mail: [email protected]

Rishiram Gyawali. E-mail: [email protected]
Khoa Weston. E-mail: [email protected]
Undergraduate Students:

Lucas Kaijser Bots. E-mail: [email protected]
Alumni
Aeron McConnell. E-mail: [email protected]
Yoji Nabei. E-mail: [email protected] (Assistant Professor, Institute for Molecular Science)
Xiaotong Zhang. E-mail: [email protected]
Andrew Comstock. E-mail: [email protected] (Postdoc, Georgia Institute of Technology)
Zhengjie Huang. E-mail: [email protected] (Postdoc, Argonne National Laboratory)
Shijia Yang. E-mail: [email protected]
Eric Vetter. E-mail: [email protected]
Group Photos
July 21st, 2026, Group party!

May 24th, 2024, Group photos.

May 3rd, 2023, Group photos. Dr. Yoji Nabei, welcome to our group!

(From left to right): Dr. Yoji Nabei, Aeron McConnell, Dr. Dali Sun, Puja Thapa, Dr. Rui Sun, Andrew Comstock.
May 7th, 2022. Dr. Zhengjie Huang!
Oct. 16th, 2021, Group lunch. Dr. Rui Sun, welcome to our group!
(From left to right): Dr. Rui Sun, Zhengjie, Andrew, Dr. Sun
May. 11th, 2021. Dr. Eric Vetter!
(From left to right): Zhengjie, Andrew, Dr. Vetter, Dr. Sun
Mar. 16th, 2021, Eric Vetter successfully defends his Ph.D. thesis! Congratulations, Dr. Vetter!

Jun. 12, 2020. Eric and Shijia’ work received an award in JPhys. Materials!

Nov. 26, 2019, Group lunch

(From left to right): Dr. Sun, Zhengjie, Tony, Shijia, and Eric





