Former Group Members

Traci Kuromoto Sylva

· Ph.D. 1991

· Current Position: Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering Department, University of Hawaii

· Dissertation: Synthesis and Characterization of New Ternary Transition Metal Zintl Compounds

tsylva@hawaii.edu

Debra Alida Odink

· Ph.D. 1991

· Current Position: Anthera Pharmaceuticals, Inc

· Dissertation: Intercalation Chemistry the Layered YbOCl and YOCl

dodink@anthera.com

Ned T. Stetson

· Ph.D. 1992

· Current Position: U.S. Department of Energy

· Dissertation: The Synthesis and Characterization of Two Structure Types: The Pnictide-Oxides - A2Mn3Pn2O2 (A= Sr, Ba;Pn= P, As, Sb, Bi) and the Filled Skutterudites - BaM4Sb12 (M= Fe, Ru)

Ned.stetson@ee.doe.gov

Joseph Elmer Sunstrom, IV

· Ph.D. 1993

· Current Position: Technical Leader, Materials Research and Development, EaglePicher

· Dissertation: A Study of Reduced Titanium Pervoskite Solid Solution: A Search for d1 Superconductor

Joe.sunstrom@eaglepicher.com

Andy Axtell

· Current Position: Degussa Metals, Catalyst Cerdec Corp.

Andy_Axtell@dmc_2.com

Kang Song

· Ph.D. 1994

· Current Position: Novellus Systems

· Dissertation: Intercation Studies of Layered Lanthanide Oxychlorides with Lewis Bases and C60 with metals

kay.Song@novellus.com

Dianna M. Young

· Ph.D. 1994

· Current Position: Corning Inc.

· Dissertation: Synthesis, Characterization, and Properties of New Transition Metal Zintl Compounds

YoungDM@corning.com

Stephanie L. Brock

· Ph.D. 1995

· Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University

· Dissertation: Synthesis and Structure-Property Relationships of Layered Pnictide and Pnictide Oxide Compounds of Manganese and Zinc

sbrock@chem.wayne.edu

Gerald L. Roberts Weatherspoon

· Ph.D. 1995

· Current Position: Associate Professor of Chemistry, Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry, George Mason University (http://mason.gmu.edu/~grobert1)

· Dissertation: Electrosynthesis of the Superconductor Ba1-xKxBiO3

grobert1@gmu.edu

Mary Elizabeth Wang

· M.S. 1995

· Thesis: The Synthesis, Structure and Properties of Eu Containing Compounds

Richard Alan Bley

· Ph.D. 1997

· Current Position: Eltron Research and Development, Inc.

· Dissertation: The Synthesis and Characterization of Silicon Quantum Dots

rbley@eltronresearch.com

Julia Y. Chan

· Ph.D. 1998

· Current Position: Associate Professor of Chemistry, Louisiana State University

· Dissertation: I. A Novel Synthetic Route to Tantalum and Niobium Carbide II. The Discovery of Colossal Magnetoresistance in a New Family of Zintl Compounds: Eu14MPn11 (M = In, Mn; Pn = Sb, Bi) and Yb14MnPn11 (Pn = Sb, Bi)

jchan@lsu.edu

Daniel Mayeri

· Ph.D. 1999

· Current Position: Intel

· Dissertation: Synthesis and Characterization of Silicon Nanoclusters

Daniel.Mayeri@intel.com

Boyd Taylor

· Ph.D. 1999

· Current Position: NGC

· Dissertation: Solution Preparation of Quantum-Confined Germanium Nanoparticles, and Their Characterization

boyd.taylor@ngc.com

Chung-Sung Yang

· Ph.D. 1999

· Current Position: Associate Professor, National Chia Yi University, Taiwan (http://140.130.176.225/chem/teacher_c.asp?id=36)

· Dissertation: Recent Advance on the Synthesis and Properties of Group IV Nanoparticles

csyang@mail.ncyu.edu.tw

Shih-Chieh (Kevin) Yin

· M.S. 1999

· Current Position: TJ Technologies, A123Systems’ Advanced Research & Government Solutions Division

· Dissertation: Solvent and Precursor Effects on the Solution Synthesis of Ge Nanocluster, M.S. 1999

kyin@a123systems.com

Amy Payne

· Ph.D. 2001

· Current Position: Chemistry Instructor, Madison Area Technical College

· Dissertation: Eu-M-P (M = Mn, Sn, In) Intermetallics: Synthesis, Crystallography, and Physical Properties

acpayne@matcmadison.edu

Qi Liu

· Postdoc 1999-2000

· Current Position: Chemical Abstracts Services

· Dissertation: “Pyrolysis Chemistry of Polycarbosilane Polymer Precursors to Ceramics.” Leonard V. Interrante

qiliu56@yahoo.com

Tadashi C. Ozawa

· Ph.D. 2001

· Current Position: National Institute for Materials Science, Japan

· Dissertation: Synthesis and Physical Property Characterization of Layered Transition Metal Pnictide-Oxide Compounds

OZAWA.Tadashi@nims.go.jp

Hyungrak Kim

· Ph.D. 2002

· Current Position: Printable Electronics and Displays, Cabot SMP

· Dissertation: Structure, Magnetism, and Colossal Magnetoresistance of the Ternary Rare Earth Transition Metal Zintl Compounds

hyungrak_kim@cabot-corp.com

Aaron Holm

· Ph.D. 2002

· Current Position: Staff Scientist, Inorganic/Ceramics Group, Tyco Electronics R&D

· Dissertation: Bulk and element-specific studies of some complex transition-metal Zintl phases

aaron.holm@tycoelectronics.com

Robin S. Tanke

· Visiting Scientist, Summer of 2000, 2001, 2002

· Current Position: Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point

rtanke@uwsp.edu

Richard Baldwin

· Postdoc 2000-2003

· Current Position: UCSD

Eva-Maria Ratai

· Postdoc 2000-2002

· Current Position: Assistant in Neuroscience Massachusetts General Hospital / Instructor at Harvard Medical School

· Dissertation: Ph.D. 2000. Institute of Physical Chemistry, Muenster, Germany. Dr. Hellmut Eckert

ratai@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu

Kathy Pettigrew

· Ph.D. 2004

· Current Position: Assistant Professor, George Mason University, Virginia and Surface Chemistry Branch, Naval Research Lab

· Dissertation: Solution synthesis and characterization of silicon and silicon/germanium nanoparticles

kapettigrew@gmail.com

Susan Verberne Sutton

· M.S. 2004

· Current Position: Assistant Professor, Tennessee State University

· Thesis: Investigation of Interactions Between Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles and Bacteria

verberne_sutton@hotmail.com

sverbernesutto@tnstate.edu

Svilen Bobev

· Postdoc 2003-2004

· Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Delaware (http://www.udel.edu/chem/bobev/)

· Dissertation: Ph.D. 2002 with Slavi Sevov (University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN)

sbobev@chem.udel.edu

Susanthri Pererra

· Postdoc 2005-2005

· Current Postion: Evident Technologies

· Dissertation: Ph.D. 2003. “Synthesis and Characterization of Transition Metal Pnictide Nanoparticles”. Prof. Stephanie L. Brock

sperera@evidenttech.com

LiYan Wang

Postdoc 2004-2005

Chris Chervin

· Ph.D. 2005

· Current Position: Surface Chemistry Branch, Naval Research Lab

· Dissertation: Aerogel and xerogel synthesis of solid oxide fuel cell materials by an epoxide assisted sol-gel method: Investigating high surface area ceramics for cathode applications

cnchervin@gmail.com
christopher.chervin@nrl.navy.mil

Hsiang Wei (Ivy) Chiu

· Ph.D. 2005

· Current Position: Intel

· Dissertation: Synthesis and Characterization of Ge Nanoparticles for Flexible Thin-Film Photovoltaics

ivyhwchiu@gmail.com

Sung Jin Cho

· Ph.D. 2005

· Current Position: Lam Research

· Dissertation: Synthesis and Characterization of Core/Shell Structured Magnetic Nanomaterials, Ph. D., 2005

sung.cho@lamrc.com

Jiong Jiang

· Ph.D. 2005

· Current Position: Brion Technologies, Inc

· Dissertation: Structure, Magnetism, and Magnetoresistance

jjiang@brion.com

Jing Zou

· Ph.D. 2005

· Current Position: Senior Process Engineer, Etch division, Applied Materials

· Dissertation: Synthesis of silicon nanoparticles: Size, surface, and functionalization

Jing_Zou@amat.com

Ray Carter

· Ph.D. 2005

· Current Position: Research Chemist, Center for Environmental Sensing, Boise State University

· Dissertation: Synthesis and investigation of silicon nanostructures

raycarter@boisestate.edu

Wonyoung Choe

· Postdoc 2005-2006

· Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska in Lincoln (http://chem.unl.edu/choe/)

· Dissertation: “Structural Studies on Silver(I) Coordination Networks of Low-symmetry Ligands and on Dysprsium Copper Tellurides”. Prof. Stephen Lee

choe2@unlnotes.unl.edu

Mark

· Postdoc 2005-2005

Cathie Condron

condron@slac.stanford.edu

Xiaoming Zhang

· Postdoc 2005-2007

· Current Position: Procter & Gamble

· Dissertation: Ph.D. 2005, “Encapsulated Nanoscale Molecular Aggregates as Enhanced Luminophores and Chemical Sensors". Daniel L Akins in City University of New York.

Xiaoming.zhang@gmail.com

Shizhong Wang

· Postdoc 2004-2007

· Current Position: Assistant Project Scientist, Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, UCD

· Dissertation: “Preparation, Reaction mechanism, Fractal growth of Nanomaterials by Gamma-ray Irradiation”. Advisor: Prof. Houwen Xin. Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science & Technology of China (1997).

· Previous Experience:

o 1997-1999 Postdoc. Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, CAS

o 1999-2000 Assoc. Prof. University of Science & Technology of China

o 2001-2002 Postdoc in Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology

o 2003 Postdoc. California State University at Los Angeles

shiwang@ucdavis.edu

Shawna Brown

· M.S. 2005

· Postgraduate Researcher: Summer 2006-March 2008

· Current Position: Founder, High Merit Thermoelectrics, Inc. (http://highmerit.com/)

· Thesis: Thermoelectric investigation of Yb14MSb11 (M = Mn, Zn) and A11Sb10 (A = Ca, Yb)

sbrown@highmerit.com