Lab members
Veronika Sunko
Assistant Professor
- Miller Fellow, UC Berkeley, 2021-2024
- PhD, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids and University of St Andrews, 2019
- MSc, University of Zagreb, 2014
- Google Scholar
- CV
- vsunko – at – ista.ac.at
Monalisa Garai
Lab Management / Research Technician
- University Assistant, IAP, JKU Austria, 2020-2025
- PhD, Department of Chemistry, NUS Singapore, 2018
- MSc, Department of Chemistry, NUS Singapore, 2014
- Google Scholar
- CV
- Monalisa.Garai – at – ist.ac.at
Jozef Kimák
Post Doc
Aayushma Uprety
Intern
- B.A. Physics, Smith College, USA, 2025
- Research Assistant, Smith College, USA, 2022-2025
- CV
- Aayushma.Uprety – at- ist.ac.at
Renze Suters
PhD Student (Rotation)
- Msc Applied Physics, Delft University of Technology, 2026
- Double BSc Physics & Astronomy, Leiden University, 2021
- CV
- Renze.Suters- at – ist.ac.at
Lorenz Loeffler
PhD Student (Rotation)
- Msc, University of Wuerzburg Germany, 2026
- Visiting Researcher, University of California, Berkeley, 2024-2025
- BSc, University of Wuerzburg Germany, 2024
- Google scholar
- CV
- Lorenz.loeffler – at – ista.ac.at
Aaron Wehner
PhD Student
(Rotation)
- Research and Product Development Intern, XRnanotech (PSI spin-off), 2026.
- MSc Materials Science (AMIS Double Degree), TU Darmstadt and Aalto University, 2025
- BSc Materials Science, TU Darmstadt, 2022
- CV
- Aaron.Wehner – at -ista.ac.at
Areg Avtandilyan
PhD Student (Rotation)
- Masters from QUANTEEM Erasmus Mundus program, 2022-2024
- Bachelor in Physics at MIPT, 2018-2022
- Areg.Avtandilyan- at -ist.ac.at
Alumni
Prabesh Bista
Intern: Sept 2025 – March 2026
Kabir Sandhu
Intern: June 2026 – July 2026
