The Tafti Lab welcomes enthusiastic researchers of different backgrounds to join the team. We strive to create a dynamic, friendly, and collaborative environment where postdocs, graduate students, and undergraduate researchers work together and learn from each other.
Our weekly group meetings serve to bring the group members together, introduce new members, discuss the latest achievements of team members, solve problems with the lab equipment, and have group presentations. The group presentations are meant to improve the students鈥� presentation skills and evoke deep scientific discussions.
When new members join the lab, they are introduced in the group meeting and connected with other students and postdocs. Each group member is responsible for an instrument in the lab and helps others use that instrument and troubleshoot potential problems. Although group members are extremely efficient in helping and training each other, Prof. Tafti always finds time for one-to-one training of every student (including undergraduates) and postdoc.
The group has a tradition of organizing group dinners in their favorite restaurants where all team members can discuss their professional as well as personal interests and challenges in an informal setting. There are no hierarchies in our group and everyone is valued for their unique talent and personality. This is why the Tafti Lab has been remarkably successful in training students and postdocs to succeed in the competitive job market. The lab also maintains a healthy connection with its alumni who act as another layer of support for the group members.听
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Group Hike (August 2025)
From left to right: Kyle, Sid, Sudhaman, Fazel, Enrique, Xinyi, and Xiaohan went for a group hike around the Waldon pond area.
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Group Dinner (April 2025)
Clockwise from the front: Sid, Mira, Xinyi, Xiaohan, Fazel, Kyle, Cassidy, Lizzie, Taichi, and Enrique, having a group dinner at the Stoked pizzeria in Brookline!
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Group Dinner (September 2024)
Clockwise from the front: Sudhaman, Enrique, Kyle, Mira, Lizzie, Cassidy, Fazel, Sid, and Daniel, having a group dinner at the Dumpling House in Newton!
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Group Dinner (April 2024)
The group had dinner at Stoked Pizzeria. On the left side from front to back, we have Nate, Sudhaman, Xiaohan, Xinyi, Mira, and Grace. On the right, we have Enrique, Sid, Fazel, Kyle, and Bhawana.
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APS Meeting (March 2024)
The 2024 APS talks by Kyle Fruhling (left), Xiaohan Yao (top right), and Sudhaman Balguri (bottom right) were well-received by the audience at the APS March meeting in Minneapolis.
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Christmas Party (December 2023)
The physics department at BC holds a Christmas party each year. Most of our group members were present at the party. From left to right: Bhawana, Enrique, Kyle, Nate, Fazel, Mira, Xinyi, and Sid.
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Group Dinner (December 2023)
The group went for dinner with two distinguished guests, Dr. Berit Goodge (physics seminar speaker) and Dr. Hung-Yu Yang (Tafti Lab alumni). From left to right: (front) Sid, Kyle, Nate, Hung-Yu, Xinyi, Grace, Mira, Enrique (back) Fazel, Berit, Olivia, Sudhaman, Bhawana