Stefanie Adams

 

Education

August 2021 - Present
Ph.D. Candidate in Physics, Michigan State University, East Lansing (USA)

October 2018 - August 2021
Bachelor of Science in Physics, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart (Germany)

October 2015 - September 2018
Bachelor of Engineering in Industrial Engineering , Baden Wurttemberg Cooperative State University (DHBW), Stuttgart (Germany)

Research & Teaching Experience

August 2021 - Present
Graduate Research Assistant
Advisor: Prof. Tyler L. Cocker

Spring Semester 2024
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Course: Physics Laboratory for Scientists II

Spring Semester 2022
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Course: Computational Physics

July 2019 - August 2021
Undergraduate Research Assistant at University of Stuttgart and Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart
Advisor: Prof. Sebastian Loth

Fellowships & Awards

September 2025 - December 2025
Alfred J. and Ruth Zeits Endowed Fellowship, Department of Physics and Astronomy, College of Natural Science, Michigan State University

June 2025
Best Poster Award, American Vacuum Society (AVS) Michigan Chapter Spring Symposium 2025

December 2024
Best Poster Award, Material Reserach Society (MRS) Fall Meeting 2024

May 2024 - August 2024
Outstanding Scholar Fellowship, College of Natural Science, Michigan State University

July 2024
Nanophotonics Best Oral Presentation Award, International Workshop Quantum Materials and Structured Light (QMSL) 2024

May 2022
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award for Upper-level Course

August 2021 - May 2022
Fulbright Scholarship

Publications

V. Jelic*, S. Adams*, D. Maldonado-Lopez*, I. A. Buliyaminu, M. Hassan, J. L. Mendoza-Cortes and T. L. Cocker
Atomic-scale terahertz time-domain spectroscopy
Nat. Photon. 19, 1048-1055 (2025)

V. Jelic, S. Adams, M. Hassan, K. Cleland-Host, S. E. Ammerman and T. L. Cocker
Atomic-scale terahertz time-domain spectroscopy
Nat. Photon. 18, 898-904 (2024)


Contact

adamsst9@msu.edu