Principle Investigator:
Paria Gharavi is an assistant professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Central Florida, which she joined in August 2023. She received her master’s and doctoral degrees in materials science and engineering from the Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, in 2014, and the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, in 2019, respectively. She joined Professor Stach’s group in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania to pursue her postdoctoral research interests in materials characterizations using electron microscopy. She is a materials scientist and electron microscopist, with a strong background in materials… Read more

Dec. 2024 – Congratulations to Eric and Nima on successfully passing the Fall 2024 PhD Qualifying exam!
Feb. 2025 – Congratulations to Azam on winning the 2025 MSA Undergraduate Scholarship!
Jun. 2025 – Eric attends the Florida Semiconductor Institute Lab Link at the University of South Florida
Jun. 2025 – Our group has been awarded the UPenn Singh Center for Nanotechnology Innovation Seed Grant!
Aug. 2025 – Congratulations to Eric for winning the David & Jane Donaldson Memorial Scholarship!
Nov. 2025 – Eric attends the ASEMFL conference in Orlando, Florida
Feb. 2026 – Bagel Wednesday launches in collaboration with Dr. Brown and Dr. Shaustova
Apr. 2026 – Nima attends the Materials Research Society Conference in Honolulu Hawaii
May 2026 – Congratulations on graduating, Azam! We will miss you!





