Meet the Weiss Group!



The Weiss Group in front of CNSI, 2017

Left to Right: Alex Kim, Melina Mastrodimos, Shreya Patel, Jing Xu, Lisa Kawakami, Nan Song, Jason Belling, Wenfei Liu, Sara Rahimnejad, Shenkai Wang, Dominik Stemer, Kris Barr, Qing Yang, Nako Nakatsuka, Steven J. Jonas, Paul S. Weiss, John Abendroth, Mercedes Brianna Cornelius, Liv Heidenreich, Leonardo Scarabelli, Dominic Goronzy, Kevin Cheung, Thomas Young, Natcha Wattanatorn, Alexandra Mendoza, Naihao Chiang, Diana Yugay, Mahdi Hasani, Xiaobin Xu, Logan Stewart, and Isaura Frost.

Not pictured: Rachel Acree, Erin Avery, Matt Gethers, Matthew Ji, Michael Mellody, Miles Silverman, Gail Vinnacombe, Matthew Ye, and Chuanzhen Zhao

Graduate Students
	John Abendroth (jmabendroth >at< ucla.edu)
	Rachel V. Acree (RAcree >at< mednet.ucla.edu)
	Erin Avery (erin.avery1 >at< gmail.com)
	Kris Barr (Kristopher.Barr >at< gmail.com)
	Jason Belling UCLA (jasonbelling >at< gmail.com)
	Kevin Cheung (cheung.m.kevin >at< gmail.com)
	Matt Gethers Caltech (mattgethers >at< gmail.com)
	Dominic Goronzy (goronzy.dominic >at< gmail.com)
	Liv Heidenreich (lheiden >at< ucla.edu)
	Lisa Kawakami (lkawakami94 >at< ucla.edu)
	Alex J. Kim (alexjkim >at< me.com)
	Wenfei Liu (wenfei95 >at< gmail.com)
	Samantha Mensah (s.mensah >at< chem.ucla.edu)
	Melina Mastrodimos (mbmastrodimos >at< gmail.com)
	Alexandra Mendoza (alexandra.mendoza05 >at< gmail.com)
	Shreya Patel (skpatel121 >at< chem.ucla.edu)
	Dominik Stemer (dstemer >at< ucla.edu)
	Logan Stewart (logan.yah >at< gmail.com)
	Gail Vinnacombe (gavinnacombe >at< ucla.edu)
	Shenkai Wang (shenkaiwang >at< ucla.edu)
	Natcha Wattanatorn (natcha >at< chem.ucla.edu)
	Lingbo Xing Peking University (1401110255 >at< pku.edu.cn)
	Qing Yang (qingyang1205 >at< gmail.com)
	Thomas Young (thomasdylanyoung >at< live.com)
	Diana Yugay (yugay >at< chem.ucla.edu)
	Chuanzhen Zhao (chuanzhenzhao >at< gmail.com)
Senior Staff
	Dr. Naihao Chiang (naihaochiang2012 >at< u.northwestern.edu)
	Dr. Mahdi Hasani Georgia Tech (mahdi.hasani >at< gmail.com)
	Dr. Steven Jonas Pediatric Oncology (sjonas >at< ucla.edu)
	Nako Nakatsuka (nnakatsuka >at< chem.ucla.edu)
	Dr. Sara Rahimnejad (sara.rahimnejad >at< gmail.com)
	Dr. Leonardo Scarabelli (lscarabelli >at< ucla.edu)
	Dr. Xiaobin Xu (xxu.uta >at< gmail.com)
Undergraduate Students
Sandy Chen (sandych3n >at< gmail.com)
	Mercedes Cornelius (mercedes_cornelius >at< yahoo.com)
	Matthew SungYun Ji (matthewji12345 >at< ucla.edu)
	Sumana Kaluvai (sumanakaluvai >at< gmail.com)
	Michael Mellody (mmellody >at< ucla.edu)
	River Sween (riverswn1 >at< gmail.com)
	Matthew Ye (matthewye >at< ucla.edu)
Visitors
	Prof. Federico Rosei INRS EMT Canada Fulbright Chair (rosei >at< emt.inrs.ca)
	Prof. Francisco Zaera University of California, Riverside (zaera >at< ucr.edu)
Staff
	Bea Becerra ACS Nano Journal Assistant (bea >at< cnsi.ucla.edu)
	Holly Bunje ACS Nano Journal Assistant (holly.bunje >at< ucla.edu)
Paul
	Paul S. Weiss (psw >at< cnsi.ucla.edu)

Coming (or Back) Soon
	Prof. Beth Anderson Hope College (meanderson >at< hope.edu)
	TBA

Alumni

Graduate Student Alumni
	Prof. Beth Anderson Hope College (meanderson >at< hope.edu)
Jamie Arnold (jja5 >at< psu.edu)
	Taylor Aubry (tayloraubry >at< ucla.edu)
	Prof. Heidi Bednar College of the Canyons (heidirenate >at< gmail.com)
	Dr. Meaghan Blake Dow Chemical (ladyblakey >at< hotmail.com)
	Dr. Huan Cao UC Merced (serotonin >at< ucla.edu)
	Dr. Lyndon F. Charles (jahprofile >at< hotmail.com)
	Prof. Prof. Sarawut Cheunkar King Mongkut University of Technology (sarawut.che >at< kmutt.ac.th)
	Dr. Michael Cygan (mcygan >at< erols.com)
	Dr. Arrelaine Dameron Pneumaticoat (arrelaine >at< gmail.com)
	Daniel Dewey (dcd162 >at< psu.edu)
	Prof. Zachary Donhauser Department of Chemistry Vassar College (zadonhauser >at< vassar.edu)
	Dr. Terry D'Onofrio Edgewood Research, Development, and Engineering Center (terrence.donofrio >at< us.army.mil)
	Prof. Leyla Esfandiari (lesfandiari >at< ucla.edu)
	Chunru Fan (cfan >at< chem.ucla.edu)
	Dr. Jim Ferris (jimsan >at< ComCAT.COM)
	Dr. Dan Fuchs (dan_fuchs_4 >at< hotmail.com)
	Prof. Andrea Giordano (ang143 >at< psu.edu)
	Tracy Graham Waters Corp. (tracybelle >at< comcast.net)
	Andrew Guttentag (aguttentag >at< ucla.edu)
	Prof. Patrick Han Tohoku University Advanced Institute for Materials Research (pxh >at< wpi-aimr.tohoku.ac.jp)
	Dr. Julia Heetderks (juliaheetderks >at< msn.com)
	Dr. Nate Hohman Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (hohmanjn >at< stanford.edu)
	Dr. Justin Ingram (jui >at< psu.edu)
	Dr. Jennifer Jackiw (jjjackiw >at< yahoo.com)
	Jennifer Johnson (jenjohnson >at< erols.com)
	Dr. Marilyn Kamna Intel (marilyn_kamna >at< ccm.sc.intel.com)
	Dr. Moonhee Kim Google (moon219 >at< gmail.com)
Vasilis M. Kostakis (vmk105 >at< psu.edu)
	Dr. Kyle Krom (Kyle.Krom >at< merial.com)
	Dr. Ajeet Kumar National Physical Laboratory (NPL), New Delhi, India (go4ajeet >at< gmail.com)
	Dr. Adam Kurland (adam.kurland >at< gmail.com)
	Dr. James Kushmerick NIST (james.kushmerick >at< nist.gov)
	Jeff Lawrence NIST (jlawrenc2 >at< gmail.com)
	Dr. Penelope Lewis American Chemical Society (p_lewis >at< acs.org)
	Dr. Brent Mantooth Edgewood Research, Development, and Engineering Center (bmantooth >at< gmail.com)
	Prof. Greg McCarty University of North Carolina and North Carolina State University (gmccarty >at< email.unc.edu)
	Dr. Jason Monnell University of Pittsburgh (jmonnell >at< engr.pitt.edu)
	Dr. Amanda Moore Intel (amanda.m.moore >at< intel.com)
	Prof. TJ Mullen University of North Florida (mullen.tj >at< gmail.com)
	Nako Nakatsuka UCLA (nnakatsuka >at< chem.ucla.edu)
	Dr. Sanjini Nanayakkara NREL (Sanjini.Nanayakkara >at< nrel.gov)
	Dr. Balakrishna Pathem Hitachi GST (bala.pathem >at< gmail.com)
	Dr. Hector Saavedra Intel (hmsaavedra >at< gmail.com)
	Dr. Jeffrey Schwartz Intel (schwartz >at< physics.ucla.edu)
	Dr. Andrew Serino Lam Research (andrew.serino >at< gmail.com)
	Dr. Mitchell Shuster Intel (mitchell.shuster >at< gmail.com)
	Miles Silverman (miles.silverman >at< gmail.com)
	Dr. Rachel Smith Life Technologies (rachel.smitty >at< gmail.com)
	Dr. Charan Srinivasan Apple (charan.s >at< gmail.com)
	Dr. Stephan J. Stranick NIST (stephan.stranick >at< nist.gov)
	Dr. John C. Thomas Intel (jct197 >at< ucla.edu)
	Dr. Amit Vaish Amgen (amitfrompsu2009 >at< gmail.com)
	Garrett Wadsworth Air Products (garrettwadsworth >at< gmail.com)
	Rong Zhang (christine_rzhang >at< hotmail.com)
	Dr. Yuxi Zhao Apple (seesea.zhao >at< gmail.com)
Who's Next?
Postdoctoral and Staff Alumni
	Lola Belsito Former Staff
	Dr. Joanne Bevilacqua Former ACS Nano Staff (jmb >at< chem.psu.edu)
	Steve Bumbarger Former Staff (sxb10 >at< psu.edu)
	Prof. Lloyd A. Bumm University of Oklahoma (bumm >at< nhn.ou.edu)
	Prof. Ann-Sofie Cans Chalmers University (cans >at< chalmers.se)
	George Chriss Former Staff (gschriss >at< gmail.com)
	Prof. Shelley Claridge Purdue University (claridge >at< purdue.edu)
	Dr. Anne Counterman (anne.counterman >at< gmail.com)
	Prof. Luis C. Fernandez-Torres Notre Dame University (lcfcayey >at< yahoo.com)
Deepee Gerringer Administrative Assistant and ACS Nano Journal Assistant (deepee >at< cnsi.ucla.edu)
	Prof. Susan Gillmor National Institutes of Health (sdgillmor >at< gmail.com)
	Dr. Andrew Greenberg Universtiy of Wisconsin (greenberg >at< chem.wisc.edu)
	Prof. Jennifer Hampton Department of Physics Hope College (hampton >at< hope.edu)
	Prof. Patrick Han Assistant Professor Tohoku University (RISINGSUN262 >at< yahoo.com)
	Dr. Anat Hatzor De Picciotto Former Post-Doc and National Area Expert in Chemical Advances in Nanolithography: (AnatD >at< pczlaw.com>)
	Dr. Nate Hohman Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (jnhohman >at< lbl.gov)
	Prof. Xu Hou Xiamen University (houx >at< xmu.edu.cn)
Emily Indriolo Former Staff Scientist: (eyi101 >at< psu.edu)
	Prof. S. Alex Kandel Department of Chemistry Notre Dame University (S.A.Kandel.1 >at< nd.edu)
	Prof. Chris Dolan Keating Department of Chemistry Penn State University (keating >at< chem.psu.edu)
	Prof. Kevin Kelly Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Rice University
	Dr. Jaemyung Kim Merck (jmyungkim >at< gmail.com)
	Dr. Moonhee Kim IBM Almaden Research Center and Stanford University (moon219 >at< gmail.com)
	Dr. Nina Kovtyukhova (nina >at< chem.psu.edu)
	Dr. Dongbo Li Hitachi GST (Dongbo.Li >at< hgst.com)
	Dr. Li Shao Chun Department of Physics Nanjing University (scli >at< nju.edu.cn or shaochun.li.stm >at< gmail.com)
	Prof. Wei-Ssu Liao Department of Chemistry National Taiwan University (wsliaochem >at< ntu.edu.tw)
Dr. Joe Meyer (meyerja >at< aol.com)
	Former Staff Scientist: Morgan Mihok
Kareem Morris Administrative Assistant and ACS Nano Journal Assistant (kareem >at< cnsi.ucla.edu)
	Dr. Thomas P. Pearl (tppearl >at< ncsu.edu)
	Dr. Sherman Ponder
	Former Staff Scientist: Matt Sandel University of Washington (mattsandel >at< yahoo.com)
	Dr. Erica Schulmann Kane (ens >at< ix.netcom.com)
	Dr. Liane Slaughter Merkin Family Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow (slaughter >at< chem.ucla.edu)
	Prof. Charlie Sykes Department of Chemistry Tufts University (Charles.Sykes >at< tufts.edu)
	Former Staff Scientist: Jackie Lim-Piu Tan (lxt139 >at< psu.edu)
	Prof. Hirofumi Tanaka Kyushu Institute of Technology (tanaka >at< chem.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp)
(photo @UIUC)	Former Staff Scientist: Amy Whelpley (whelpley >at< uiuc.edu)
	Prof. Wei Xu Department of Physics Tongji University (xuwei >at< tongji.edu.cn)
	Prof. Tao Ye University of California, Merced (tao.ye >at< ucmerced.edu)
Dr. Michael G. Yoshikawa Youngquist (mgy >at< alumni.caltech.edu)
	Prof. Peng Peng Zhang Department of Physics Michigan State University (zhang >at< pa.msu.edu)
	Dr. Yuxi Zhao Apple (seesea.zhao >at< gmail.com)
	Prof. Yuebing Zheng Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Texas at Austin (yzz113 >at< gmail.com)
Undergraduate Student Alumni
Michael J. Abrams
	Victor Aiello (vja5003 >at< psu.edu)
	Prof. Beth Anderson Then at Samford University (meanderson >at< hope.edu) (Beth was back for grad school and now is back for a sabbatical! See above.)
	Jason Belling University of California, Berkeley (jasonbelling >at< gmial.com) (Jason is back for grad school! See above.)
Ivan Baxter
	Priya Bhatia (pbhatia >at< rice.edu)
	Chris Binns Ithaca College (cbinns1 >at< ic3.ithaca.edu)
	Aimee Bross (Price) Ohio State University (price.798 >at< osu.edu)
	Lafone Brown (ltb122 >at< psu.edu)
	Kevin Bui
Erin Carter (emc199 >at< psu.edu)
Phil Cerami (pjc5000 >at< psu.edu)
	Lyndon F. Charles (jahprofile >at< hotmail.com)
	George Chriss (GChriss >at< psu.edu)
	Jacob Fauman University of California, Santa Barbara
	Ashley Gibb (ashleygibb >at< gmail.com)
	Megan Gilbert (mlg5060 >at< psu.edu)
	Molly P. Heyer Cambridge University (mph29 >at< hermes.cam.ac.uk)
Emily Hiers (eah012 >at< latech.edu)
	Jennifer Hinds (jhinds >at< ncsu.edu)
	Hannah Lee Hinton (hhinton >at< ucla.edu)
	Olivia Irving (olivia.rae.irving >at< gmail.com)
Renée M. Itle
Lee Katrincic (lmk137 >at< psu.edu)
	Lisa Kawakami (lkawakami94 >at< ucla.edu)
	David Kes California State University, Long Beach (davidkes >at< live.com)
	Read Langlois (rtl117 >at< psu.edu)
	Mya LeThai (lethaitramy >at< gmail.com)
	Xiaotong Li Nankai University (ulanda1994 >at< yahoo.com)
	Xiaohan Liu (hanwan127 >at< gmail.com)
	Prof. J. Christopher Love MIT (clove >at< mit..edu)
Tarah Lubinski (tarah_lubs >at< hotmail.com)
Jason Lurie (lurie >at< fas.harvard.edu)
	Michelle Martinez-Rivera (michelle.martinez.pr >at< gmail.com)
	Patrick McClanahan (pdmcclanahan >at< gmail.com)
Tanvir Mahmud
	Brandon Matthews (brandon.matthews.92 >at< gmail.com)
Kelly McElhinny (kmm726 >at< lulu.acns.nwu.edu)
	John McManigle (jem443 >at< psu.edu)
	Morgan Mihok (Later came back on staff!)
Abner J. Mintz (Abner.Mintz >at< montgomerycollege.edu)
	Liz Morin (eim106 >at< psu.edu)
Elizabeth Muth (ehm109 >at< psu.edu)
Ryan Nevin
	Roya Nezarati (rmnezara >at< ncsu.edu)
Michael G. Pirrello (pirre001 >at< mc.duke.edu)
	Chris Pochas (cmp294 >at< psu.edu)
Marian Popescu (mxp171 >at< psu.edu)
Sue Prueksaritanond
	Yifeng Qi University of Science and Technology of China, now MIT (qiyf >at< mit.edu)
	Rodrigo Rios (riosno_40 >at< hotmail.com)
Dr. Nancy Santagata Ohio State University
Mark Schlegel (stmks03 >at< moravian.edu)
	Andrew Serino (andrew.serino >at< gmail.com)
Nicole Shedlock (sxp207 >at< psu.edu)
Jared Swart
	Chris Thompson (cmthompson >at< northwestern.edu)
	Leticia Torres University of San Francisco
	Marta Ventura (mxv176 >at< psu.edu)
	Garrett Wadsworth (garrettwadsworth >at< gmail.com)
	Roger Wang Lam Research (ryw100 >at< psu.edu)
	Lane Weaver (BlaneW >at< aol.com)
	Dr. Alex Wissner-Gross Massachusetts Institute of Technology (alexwg >at< physics.harvard.edu)
	Jeremy L. Weeden Juniata College (WEEDEJL1 >at< juniata.edu)
Fujun Wu (fxw126 >at< psu.edu)
	Chuanzhen Zhao Beijing Institute of Technology (chuanzhenzhao >at< gmail.com)
	Sichen Ludwig Zhao (luxwig >at< ucla.edu)
	Hua Zheng (belljayzh >at< gmail.com)

Tae Kyung Ahn Hanyang University Department of Chemistry
Dr. Boaz Alperson Department of Chemistry Weizmann Institute of Science (cpboaz >at< weizmann.weizmann.ac.il)
	Prof. Heidi Bednar College of the Canyons (heidirenate >at< gmail.com)
	Prof. Chris Barrett McGill University Fulbright Canada Chair (chris.barrett >at< mcgill.ca)
	Prof. Dr. Tomas Base Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (tbase >at< iic.cas.cz)
Dr. Chris Carlisle Department of Chemistry University of Cambridge (cic1001 >at< cus.cam.ac.uk)
	Dr. Yanyan Chen (yychen2006 >at< sinano.ac.cn)
	Prof. Fangyi Cheng Nankai University (fycheng >at< nankai.edu.cn>)
Dr. Marguerite Ciolkosz State College Area High School
	Prof. Dr. Jochen Feldmann (feldmann >at< lmu.de)
	Prof. Luis C. Fernandez-Torres (lcfernandez >at< cayey.upr.edu)
	Prof. Dr. Johan Hofkens KU Leuven (johan.hofkens >at< chem.kuleuven.be)
	Prof. Atsushi Ikai Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama
	Dr. Takao Ishida (t-ishida >at< aist.go.jp)
	Prof. Shana Kelley University of Toronto Special Fulbright Canada Chair (shana.kelley >at< utoronto.ca)
	Prof. Kevin Kelly Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Rice University
	Sander S. Kommeren (a.s.kommeren >at< student.utwente.nl)
Sang Min Kim Hanyang University Department of Chemistry
	Prof. Haiwon Lee (haiwon >at< hanyang.ac.kr) Hanyang University Department of Chemistry
	Prof. L. Andrew Lyon Georgia Tech (lyon >at< chemistry.gatech.edu)
	David McMillan Department of Biomedical Engineering Purdue University (dgmc >at< cnsi.ucla.edu)
Kazunori Ohashi Nagoya University Department of Chemistry (kazunori >at< nano.chem.nagoya-u.ac.jp)
	Dr. Hans Peter Rust  Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft . (rust >at< fhi-berlin.mpg.de)
	Prof. Hiroshi Sakaguchi Research Institute of Electronics, Shizuoka University (sakaguchi >at< rie.shizuoka.ac.jp)
	Prof. Ted Sargent University of Toronto Fulbright Canada Chair (ted.sargent >at< utoronto.ca)
	Dr. Tomo Takami (hgg03601 >at< nifty.com) VisionArts SpinLab and Dongkuk University, now Hiroshima University
	Dr. Gary Taylor (gnt1 >at< psu.edu)
	Dr. Roger van Zee NIST
	Wouter J. C. Vijselaar (w.j.c.vijselaar-1 >at< student.utwente.nl)
	Prof. Glenn Vogel  Department of Chemistry Ithaca College  (vogel >at< ithaca.edu)
	Prof. Marcus Weck Department of Chemistry New York University (marcus.weck >at< nyu.edu)
	Prof. Jiansheng Xu Institute of Electrical Engineering Chinese Academy of Sciences (jsxu >at< mail.iee.ac.cn)
	Yasuyuki Yokota Osaka University (yyokota >at< chem.es.osaka-u.ac.jp)
	Prof. Darin Zimmerman Department of Physics Penn State Altoona (dtz1 >at< psu.edu)

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