Group Alumni

Surf Lab Hope College

  • John Baranski, Hope College ’16 (Summer 2012 – Spring 2013)

  • Christopher Beaudoin, Hope College ’14 (Summer 2012)
    • Co-advised with Beth Anderson, Chemistry

  • Emily Berger, St. Olaf College ’12 (Summer 2010)

  • Timothy Boman, Hope College ’10 (Summer 2008)
    • Ash Stevens

  • Alyssa (Frey) Brewer, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire ’11 (Summer 2009)
    • Ph.D., Materials Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, ’17

  • Daniel Clark, Hope College ’18 (Summer 2014 – Spring 2016)

  • Brittany Devlin, Hope College ’21 (Summer 2018 – Spring 2020)

  • Matthew Eiles, Hope College ’13 (Spring 2010)
    • Ph.D., Physics, Purdue University, ’18
    • Max Planck Institute

  • Kyla (Koboski) Elzinga, Hope College ’14 (Fall 2010 – Fall 2013)
    • Freedman Consulting

  • Joseph Garia, Washington & Jefferson College ’07 (Fall 2006 – Spring 2007)

  • Matthew Gira, Hope College ’16 (Spring 2013 – Spring 2015)
    • Founder, FounderCo

  • Nathan Graber, Hope College ’12 (Summer 2011 – Spring 2012)
    • M.S., Mathematics, Miami University ’14
    • Mathematics Ph.D. Program, University of Colorado at Denver

  • Scott Joffre, Hope College ’20 (Summer 2016 – Spring 2019, Fall 2019 – Spring 2020)

  • Andrew Johnson, Hope College ’15 (Summer 2015)
    • Co-advised with Joshua Veazey, Grand Valley State University Physics
    • Summer 2015 Project
    • M.S., Physics, University of Denver, ’18

  • Jacob Kelley, Hope College ’21 (Spring 2018 – Spring 2020)

  • Anna Lunderberg, Hope College ’20 (Summer 2016 – Spring 2017)

  • Daniel McNeel, Hope College ’11 (Summer 2010 – Spring 2011)
    • Physics Ph.D. Program, University of Connecticut

  • Walter Meeker, Hope College ’16 (Fall 2015 – Spring 2016)
    • M.S. Mineral and Energy Economics, Colorado School of Mines, ’17
    • Summit Midstream Partners

  • Matthew Milliken, Hope College ’15 (Summer 2013 – Spring 2015)
    • M.S.W., University of Michigan, ’16
    • Starfish Family Services

  • Evan Nelsen, Rhodes College ’12 (Summer 2011)
    • Ph.D., Physics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, ’19
    • LUMICKS

  • Lucas Osterbur, Hope College ’09 (Fall 2008 – Spring 2009)
    • Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, ’14

  • Maurice John Ouma, former Hope College student (Spring 2008 – Summer 2008)

  • Benjamin Peecher, Hope College ’17 (Summer 2013 – Spring 2017)

  • Rylan Prafke, Hope College ’17 (Summer 2016 – Spring 2017)

  • Amanda Rensmo, Hope College ’18 (Summer 2017 – Spring 2018, Fall 2018)
    • Theoretical Engineering B.S./M.S. Program, Uppsala University

  • Paul Rich, Holland High School ’12 (Summer 2011 – Spring 2012)
    • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ’16
    • COSI

  • Kevin (Tkacz) Tkazcibson, Carnegie Mellon University ’14 (Summer 2012)
    • Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Irvine, ’19
    • Intel

  • Ryan Veneklase, Hope College ’11, (Spring 2008)

  • Willie Washington, Park University ’15 (Summer 2013)
    • Catalent Pharma Solutions

  • Nicholas Wozniak, Hope College ’12 (Spring 2009 – Summer 2010)
    • Co-advised with Paul DeYoung, Physics
    • Ph.D., Radiochemistry, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, ’17
    • Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Jonathan Yarranton, Hope College ’13 (Summer 2012 – Spring 2013)
    • Chemistry Ph.D. Program, Michigan State University