Djamel Kaoumi is now a full professor of nuclear engineering. His research interests revolve around developing a mechanistic understanding of microstructure property relationships in nuclear materials, with an emphasis on microstructure evolution under harsh environment (i.e., irradiation, high temperature, and mechanical stress) and how it can impact the macroscopic properties and performance.

Ge Yang is now a full professor of nuclear engineering. His research interests have revolved around the opportunities at the intersection of nuclear engineering, materials science and engineering, chemical engineering, and electrical engineering. Special emphasis is placed on developing new materials and devices for improving radiation detection and imaging technologies, which are widely needed in medical imaging, nuclear energy, nonproliferation, nuclear security, industrial process monitoring, environmental safety survey and remediation, astronomical observation instrumentation and high energy physics R&D.

Katharina Stapelmann is now an associate professor of nuclear engineering. Her research interests revolve around the interactions of technical plasmas with biological systems on a macromolecular level. Her focus is on the characterization and optimization of plasma discharges used for biomedical applications and the understanding and improvement of plasmas used e.g., in medicine.