2026 Photos of the Month

Walsworth Lab members at a Halloween climbing night

November
Several Walsworth Lab members attend a spooky Halloween climbing night!

October
QTC Scientist Daniel Ang displayed prominently on banner highlighting UMD as the Capital of Quantum!

 

September
The Walsworth Group poses with their most recent Ph.D. graduate, Jiashen Tang, at his defense!

 

August
Members of the Walsworth Group point out Xiechen Zheng, who successfully defended his PhD thesis!

 

July
Graduate students Xiechen Zheng, Saipriya Satyajit, Camille McDonnell, Mason Camp, and Andrew Beling celebrating postdoc Richard Escalante at his going away party!

June
Graduate student Zechuan Yin successfully defends his PhD thesis!

 

May
Graduate student Kristine Ung (right) won 1st place in the Young Professionals Lightning Talk competition at the Intermag 2026 conference!

 

April
Former group postdoc, Prof. Irina Novikova of William and Mary, has been appointed
Editor-in-Chief of JOSA-B! See press release here.

March
Graduate student Shantam Ravan successfully defends his PhD!

February
Graduate students Jiashen Tang, Saipriya Satyajit, and Xiechen Zheng bid farewell to former postdoc Katrijn Everaert!

January
Several group members enjoy a holiday dinner and an evening of board games!