The Team
Dr. Allison Harris
Dr. Harris is a Professor of Physics at Illinois State University. Since 2015, her work has been funded by the National Science Foundation, and she has 38 peer-reviewed publications (and counting). She has received several teaching and research awards and was named a “Researcher to Know” by the Illinois Science and Technology Coalition in 2019. Dr. Harris has served on several international conference organizing committees, most recently as chair of the 2021 International Symposium on Correlation, Polarization and Ionization in Atomic and Molecular Collisions and as the liaison between the Gaseous Electronics Conference and the Division of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics Conference. She has ongoing collaborations with researchers at ISU and the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics in Greifwald, Germany. A complete list of Dr. Harris's accomplishments are available in her CV.
Student Researchers
They propel our research forward. From freshmen to seniors to graduate students, we actively engage students in every aspect of the research process.
Join the team
We're always on the lookout for motivated students who are curious about physics.
We're currently accepting applications for student research assistants.
Current Students
Mohammad Al Mokbil
James Aygun
Pedro Galvan
Ella Nelson
Helen Parker
Abi Spena
Samantha Sims
Former Students
Mason Bates
Evan Becker
Grace Crowe
Glenn Dusing
Thomas Esposito
Jesse Lyon
Brian Milum
Rachel Mirman
Kayla Morrison
Joshua Nepomuceno
Alexander Plumadore
Gregory Ralph
Torrey Saxton
Annabelle Shaffer
Zoryana Smozhanyk
Zachary Temple
Victor Turpin
Dany Yaacoub
and
Jared Berger
Haley Scales
Bailey Wilkinson