{"id":8,"date":"2016-09-23T18:13:57","date_gmt":"2016-09-23T18:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/galaxies\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2025-07-02T13:48:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T17:48:43","slug":"lab-members","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/galaxies\/lab-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Lab Members"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized size-large wp-image-106 is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/galaxies\/files\/2016\/09\/170627_Diamond-Stanic_Students_0135-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"Assistant Professor of Physics Aleksandr Diamond-Stanic has nine student researchers working for him this summer. A variety of grants funds their research.\" class=\"wp-image-106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/galaxies\/files\/2016\/09\/170627_Diamond-Stanic_Students_0135-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/galaxies\/files\/2016\/09\/170627_Diamond-Stanic_Students_0135-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/galaxies\/files\/2016\/09\/170627_Diamond-Stanic_Students_0135-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/galaxies\/files\/2016\/09\/170627_Diamond-Stanic_Students_0135-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/galaxies\/files\/2016\/09\/170627_Diamond-Stanic_Students_0135.jpg 1919w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">BAGEL Team, Summer 2017: (Standing, left to right) King Valdez &#8217;19, Jose Ruiz &#8217;18, Eve Cinquino &#8217;19, Sophia Gottlieb &#8217;17, Kwamae Delva &#8217;18, Charlie Lipscomb &#8217;18, Senyo Ohene &#8217;20 (Seated, left to right) Chris Bradna &#8217;20, Assistant Professor of Physics Aleksandr Diamond-Stanic, Fahim Khan &#8217;20.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">History of Participation of the BAGEL<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Sophia<\/td><td>Gottlieb<\/td><td>2017<\/td><td>HST<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Charlie<\/td><td>Lipscomb<\/td><td>2018<\/td><td>HST<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Kwamae<\/td><td>Delva<\/td><td>2018<\/td><td>HIRES<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>King<\/td><td>Valdez<\/td><td>2019<\/td><td>HIRES, HST<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jose<\/td><td>Ruiz<\/td><td>2019<\/td><td>MANGA, HIRES<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Eve<\/td><td>Cinquino<\/td><td>2019<\/td><td>HIRES<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Senyo<\/td><td>Ohene<\/td><td>2020<\/td><td>HST<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Fahim<\/td><td>Khan<\/td><td>2020<\/td><td>MANGA<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Chris<\/td><td>Bradna<\/td><td>2020<\/td><td>MANGA, HIZEA<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Cris<\/td><td>Thompson<\/td><td>2019<\/td><td>HST<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jordan<\/td><td>Camarillo<\/td><td>2020<\/td><td>HST<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Emily<\/td><td>Woods<\/td><td>2020<\/td><td>MANGA<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Becca<\/td><td>Minsley<\/td><td>2021<\/td><td>MANGA<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Riley<\/td><td>Theriault<\/td><td>2022<\/td><td>MANGA<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Chidu<\/td><td>Umeh<\/td><td>2022<\/td><td>HIZEA, EBOSS<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Sofia<\/td><td>Edgar<\/td><td>2022<\/td><td>HIZEA, JWST<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Kieran<\/td><td>Edmonds<\/td><td>2022<\/td><td>HIZEA<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Tasha<\/td><td>Jones<\/td><td>2022<\/td><td>HIZEA<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Linnea<\/td><td>Selendy<\/td><td>2022<\/td><td>HIZEA<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Edgar<\/td><td>Sarceno<\/td><td>2023<\/td><td>MANGA<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Kona<\/td><td>Lindsey<\/td><td>2023<\/td><td>HST<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Fai<\/td><td>Saejeam<\/td><td>2023<\/td><td>HST<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Anntonia<\/td><td>Taylor<\/td><td>2024<\/td><td>MANGA, JWST<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Faith<\/td><td>Nwando<\/td><td>2024<\/td><td>MANGA<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Charlie<\/td><td>Rubin<\/td><td>2023<\/td><td>HIZEA, JWST<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Colby<\/td><td>Stakun-Pickering<\/td><td>2023<\/td><td>EBOSS<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Hongke<\/td><td>Lu<\/td><td>2024<\/td><td>EBOSS<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Spencer<\/td><td>Obiero<\/td><td>2025<\/td><td>HIZEA, EBOSS<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Elvira<\/td><td>Ishimwe<\/td><td>2025<\/td><td>HIZEA<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mariana<\/td><td>Kaluba<\/td><td>2025<\/td><td>MANGA, JWST<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jade<\/td><td>Pinto<\/td><td>2025<\/td><td>MANGA, JWST<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Brandon<\/td><td>Villalta Lopez<\/td><td>2025<\/td><td>MANGA, EBOSS<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Sakina<\/td><td>Saidi<\/td><td>2026<\/td><td>JWST<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Grace<\/td><td>LaFountain<\/td><td>2026<\/td><td>JWST<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ale<\/td><td>Fari\u00f1as<\/td><td>2027<\/td><td>JWST<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Byars<\/td><td>Langdon<\/td><td>2027<\/td><td>JWST<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Nick<\/td><td>Hoerle<\/td><td>2027<\/td><td>EBOSS<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Sarah<\/td><td>McOsker<\/td><td>2028<\/td><td>JWST<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Sonya<\/td><td>Moo<\/td><td>2028<\/td><td>JWST<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/galaxies\/files\/2020\/06\/Aleks-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-122\" style=\"width:149px;height:149px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/galaxies\/files\/2020\/06\/Aleks-2.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/galaxies\/files\/2020\/06\/Aleks-2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">These lab members have been advised by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/physics-astronomy\/aleksandar-diamond-stanic\/\">Aleks M. Diamond-Stanic, PhD<\/a>, head of the BAGEL.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Thesis Students in Physics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Josh <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/joshua-h-rines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rines<\/a> (2017): Currently a PhD candidate at Stanford in Geophysics<br>Sophia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/sophia-carline-gottlieb-0475479b\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gottlieb<\/a> (2017): Empowering a cleaner fueled future<br>Charlie <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/charleslipscomb88\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lipscomb<\/a> (2018): Aerospace Engineering PhD Student at the University of Colorado Boulder<br>Kwamae <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/kwamae-delva\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Delva<\/a> (2018): Quality Engineer at Ultranauts Inc<br>Cris <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/cristopher-thompson-583682113\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Thompson<\/a> (2019): PhD Candidate in Physics at The Ohio State University<br>King <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/kingdell-valdez\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Valdez<\/a> (2019): Experienced Salesforce Admin for EF Gap Year &amp; Study Abroad | Driving Operational Efficiency<br>Jose <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2018\/09\/28\/40000-feet-in-the-air-a-bates-professor-and-students-observe-a-distant-galaxy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ruiz<\/a> (2019):<br>Chris <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ca-bradna\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bradna<\/a> (2020): AI Consultant at BDG | M.S. in Data Science at Tufts University<br>Becca <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/rminsley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Minsley<\/a> (2021): Source Engineer<br>Will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/willjaekle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jaekle<\/a> (2021): Data Science | Data Analytics | Machine Learning<br>Kieran <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/kedmondsm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Edmonds<\/a> (2022): Materials Engineering Graduate Student at Purdue University<br>Tasha <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/natasha-jones-3b1226188\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jones<\/a> (2022): Graduate student at the University of Toledo<br>Chidu <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/chidubem-umeh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Umeh<\/a> (2022): Physicist | Master&#8217;s Student | Spintronics Research<br>Sofia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/sofia-edgar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Edgar<\/a> (2022): Materials Science graduate student at Harvard University<br>Charlie <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/charlie-rubin-89ba931ab\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rubin<\/a> (2023): Intern at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, starting PhD program at Florida in Fall 2025<br>Colby <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/colbysp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stakun-Pickering<\/a> (2023): Statistics PhD Student At Virginia Tech<br>Anntonia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/anntonia-taylor-2a88b7317\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Taylor<\/a> (2024):<br>Brandon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/brandon-villalta-lopez-ab1257243\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Villalta Lopez<\/a> (2025): Research Assistant at Bates College (4 years)<br>Jade <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jadeemerald-pinto-078b99251\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pinto<\/a> (2025):<br>Spencer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/spencer-obiero-82456a272\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Obiero<\/a> (2025): <br>Mamadou <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mamadou-diallo-11522429b\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Diallo<\/a> (2025):<br><br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>History of Participation of the BAGEL Sophia Gottlieb 2017 HST Charlie Lipscomb&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":877,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"_dimp_site_id":"","_dimp_override_contact":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"class_list":["post-8","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/galaxies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/galaxies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/galaxies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/galaxies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/877"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/galaxies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/galaxies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":190,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/galaxies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions\/190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/galaxies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}