CMCD group outing near the time of Ashok’s PhD defense, Aug 2024. Left to right: Mike Fazzino, Serge Nakhmanson, Ashok Gurung, Minhaz Morshed.


A group photo during Prof. Drabold’s visit to UConn in May 2024. Left to right: Minhaz Morshed, Ashok Gurung, David Drabold, Serge Nakhmanson, Ovijit Das.
CMCD group outing in Dec, 2023. left to right: Fatin Ishtiyaq, Nabil Bhuiyan, Minhaz Morshed, Mike Fazzino, Serge Nakhmanson, Ashok Gurung.


CMCD group members Fatin Ishtiyaq (left) and Nabil Bhuiyan (right) with their conference posters. MS&T conference, Oct 2023.
Serge Nakhmanson and Ayana Ghosh at the award ceremony for Ayana’s PKP John Tanaka Fellowship Award, May 2019.


CMCD group and spouses / friends outing, circa Dec 2017. Right to left: Daopei Zhu (international student visitor), Dennis Trujillo, Ayana Ghosh, Neha with Krishna Pitike, Lukasz Kuna with Shammie, Moe Daeipour, Catherine Barachkova.
Rebecca Stern presenting her project entitled “Quantum Mechanical pKa Predictions of Drug-Like Molecules” that was conducted in collaboration with our colleagues from Pfizer Inc. at the UConn School of Engineering Senior design day 2016. Left to right: Rebecca Stern, Lydie Louis and Ayana Ghosh.


CMCD group picnic in May 2016. Left to right: Krishna Pitike, John Mangeri, Lydie Louis, Rebecca Stern, Serge Nakhmanson, Ayana Ghosh, Catherine (Serge’s spouse) and Neha (Krishna’s spouse). Lukasz Kuna is the only group member missing in the picture.
Prof. Serge Nakhmanson together with his Ph.D. advisor Prof. David Drabold during Serge’s visit to his Alma Mater in March of 2014 (Photographer: Jean Andrews, Ohio University).


Humble beginnings of the CMCD group circa January 2014: Krishna Pitike (left) and Lydie Louis (right) in the group office.