Nathan has a Bachelors in Physics from the University of Wisconsin – Parkside in 2020, and then did most of his graduate research with Dr. Need in MSE at UF. He is finishing his Ph.D. in the Butala group, applying advanced X-ray and neutron scattering techniques to understand the role of disorder on magnetic properties in compositionally complex oxides.
Nathan enjoys camping, cooking, and reading, and is an active member of the Graduate Student Union.
Marisa has Bachelors degrees in Materials Science and Engineering and Music from Auburn University (2024). She started as a graduate student at UF in Fall of 2024. Her work focuses on multi-length scale measurements of atomic structure in electronic materials, including developing data processing approaches leveraging machine learning.
When she’s not pushing scattering science boundaries, she might be playing violin or searching for coffee shops in Gainesville.
John has a Bachelors degree in Materials Science and Engineering from UF, where he’s returned as a graduate student in MSE in 2021. His research focus spans is processing-structure-property relationships in new electrode materials, as well as phase-change materials. This will involve X-ray characterization, including scattering and spectroscopy.
When not poring over X-ray data spaghetti, John enjoys cooking, digital art, and collecting, listening to, and playing music.
Kausturi has her Bachelors and Masters in Chemistry and began her time at UF in the Chemistry department. In 2020, her interest in energy technology brought her and her analytical interests to the Butala group where she is focusing on new battery electrode materials.
When she’s not keeping an eye on all of the engineers, she can be found sipping iced coffee and watching thrillers!.
Danielle has a Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Arkansas (2020) and came back to UF as a graduate student following a summer of computational research experience in the MSE department in 2019.
When she’s not mastering the fundamentals of X-ray scattering and designing experiments, she likes to run, play guitar, and listen to music.
