The Paul Weiss Lab is an interdisciplinary group of scientists, engineers, and clinicians with broad interests and collaborations around the world. Our goal is to research the ultimate limits of miniaturization to develop new chemical understanding of the physical and biological world. Welcome!
Left to Right: Jason Belling, Isaura Frost, Amir Nasajpour,Samantha T. Mensah, Matthew SungYun Ji, Lisa Kawakami, Erin Avery, Wenfei Liu, Yao Gong, Wenfei Liu, Diana Yugay, Kristopher Barr, Tianxing Man, Steven Jonas, Chuanzhen Zhao, Thomas Young, Dominic Goronzy, Paul Weiss, Kyle Chiang, Gail Vinnacombe, Leonardo Scarabelli, Kevin Cheung, Logan Stewart, Xiaobin Xu, Natcha Wattanatorn, Dominik Stemer, Jae Park, Jun Shen, Shan Zhang, and Hon Hoang
Faculty |
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Prof. Paul Weiss
UC Presidential Chair Distinguished Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Bioengineering, and Materials ACS Nano, Editor-in-Chief |
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Dr. Steven Jonas Pediatric Oncology Clinical Instructor (sjonas >at< ucla.edu) |
Senior Staff & Post-Doctoral Fellows |
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Dr. Maryam Badv (badvm>at< g.ucla.edu) |
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Dr. Naihao Chiang (naihaochiang2012 >at< u.northwestern.edu) |
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Dr. Mahdi Hasani UCLA Bioengineering (mahdi.hasani >at< gmail.com) |
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Dr. Jae Park (jaep0827 >at< ucla.edu) |
Graduate Students |
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Erin Avery (erin.avery1 >at< gmail.com) |
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Kris Barr (Kristopher.Barr >at< gmail.com) |
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Jason Belling UCLA (jasonbelling >at< gmail.com) |
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Isaura Frost (IFrost >at< mednet.ucla.edu) |
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Yao Gong (echogy1900 >at< gmail.com) |
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Liv Heidenreich (lheiden >at< ucla.edu) |
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Lisa Kawakami (lmkawakami>at<chem.ucla.edu) |
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Wenfei Liu (wenfei95 >at< gmail.com) |
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Melina Mastrodimos (mbmastrodimos >at< gmail.com) |
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Samantha T. Mensah (mensah >at< ucla.edu) |
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Hossein Montazerian (hmontazerian >at< g.ucla.edu) |
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Amir Nasajpour (anasa >at< ucla.com) |
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Jun Shen (junshen >at< ucla.edu) |
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Dominik Stemer (dstemer >at< ucla.edu) |
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Gail Vinnacombe (gavinnacombe >at< ucla.edu) |
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Lingbo Xing Peking University (1401110255 >at< pku.edu.cn) |
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Thomas Young (thomasdylanyoung >at< live.com) |
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Shan Zhang (zhangshan_9303>at<163.com) |
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Chuanzhen Zhao (chuanzhenzhao >at< gmail.com) |
Undergraduate Students |
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Rashed Alkhlaifat (abukhlief >at< ucla.edu) |
Staff |
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Holly Bunje ACS Nano Journal Assistant (holly.bunje >at< ucla.edu) |
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Chris DeSantis ACS Nano Managing Editor Assistant (managing.editor >at< nano.acs.org) |
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Hon Hoang UCLA Chemistry and BioChemistry Administrative Assistant (hon >at< cnsi.ucla.edu) |
Visitors |
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Prof. Xiaobin Xu Tongji University (xxu.uta >at< gmail.com) |
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Prof. Yingwei Yang Jilin University (ywyang >at< jlu.edu.cn) |
Graduate Student Alumni |
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Prof. Beth Anderson Then at Samford University. Now at Furman University (maryelizabeth.anderson>at< furman.edu) |
| N/A | Jamie Arnold Penn State (jja5 >at< psu.edu) |
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Taylor Aubry (tayloraubry >at< ucla.edu) |
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Prof. Heidi Bednar College of the Canyons (heidirenate >at< gmail.com) |
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Dr. Meaghan Blake Dow Chemical (ladyblakey >at< hotmail.com) |
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Dr. Huan Cao UC Merced (serotonin >at< ucla.edu) |
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Dr. Lyndon F. Charles (jahprofile >at< hotmail.com) |
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Prof. Prof. Sarawut Cheunkar King Mongkut University of Technology (sarawut.che >at< kmutt.ac.th) |
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Dr. Michael Cygan (mcygan >at< erols.com) |
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Dr. Arrelaine Dameron Pneumaticoat (arrelaine >at< gmail.com) |
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Daniel Dewey |
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Prof. Zachary Donhauser Department of Chemistry Vassar College (zadonhauser >at< vassar.edu) |
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Dr. Terry D’Onofrio Edgewood Research, Development, and Engineering Center (terrence.donofrio >at< us.army.mil) |
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Prof. Leyla Esfandiari (lesfandiari >at< ucla.edu) University of Cincinnati |
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Chunru Fan (cfan >at< chem.ucla.edu) |
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Dr. Jim Ferris (jimsan >at< ComCAT.COM) |
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Dr. Dan Fuchs (dan_fuchs_4 >at< hotmail.com) |
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Prof. Andrea Giordano (ang143 >at< psu.edu) |
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Dominic Goronzy (goronzy.dominic >at< gmail.com) |
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Tracy Graham Waters Corp. (tracybelle >at< comcast.net) |
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Andrew Guttentag (N/A) |
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Patrick Han (N/A) |
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Dr. Julia Heetderks (juliaheetderks >at< msn.com) |
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Dr. Nate Hohman Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (hohmanjn >at< stanford.edu) |
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Dr. Justin Ingram |
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Dr. Jennifer Jackiw (jjjackiw >at< yahoo.com) |
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Jennifer Johnson (jenjohnson >at< erols.com) |
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Dr. Marilyn Kamna Intel (marilyn_kamna >at< ccm.sc.intel.com) |
| Vasilis M. Kostakis | |
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Dr. Kyle Krom (Kyle.Krom >at< merial.com) |
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Dr. Ajeet Kumar National Physical Laboratory (NPL), New Delhi, India (go4ajeet >at< gmail.com) |
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Dr. Adam Kurland (adam.kurland >at< gmail.com) |
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Dr. James Kushmerick NIST (james.kushmerick >at< nist.gov) |
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Jeff Lawrence NIST (jlawrenc2 >at< gmail.com) |
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Dr. Penelope Lewis American Chemical Society (p_lewis >at< acs.org) |
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Dr. Brent Mantooth Edgewood Research, Development, and Engineering Center (bmantooth >at< gmail.com) |
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Prof. Greg McCarty University of North Carolina and North Carolina State University (gmccarty >at< email.unc.edu) |
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Dr. Alexandra Mendoza Cedars Sinai (alexandra.mendoza05>at<gmail.com) |
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Dr. Jason Monnell University of Pittsburgh (jmonnell >at< engr.pitt.edu) |
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Dr. Amanda Moore Intel (amanda.m.moore >at< intel.com) |
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Prof. TJ Mullen University of North Florida (mullen.tj >at< gmail.com) |
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Dr. Sanjini Nanayakkara NREL (Sanjini.Nanayakkara >at< nrel.gov) |
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Dr. Balakrishna Pathem Hitachi GST (bala.pathem >at< gmail.com) |
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Dr. Hector Saavedra Intel (hmsaavedra >at< gmail.com) |
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Dr. Jeffrey Schwartz Intel (schwartz >at< physics.ucla.edu) |
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Dr. Andrew Serino Lam Research (andrew.serino >at< gmail.com) |
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Dr. Mitchell Shuster Intel (mitchell.shuster >at< gmail.com) |
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Miles Silverman College of the Canyons (miles.silverman >at< gmail.com) |
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Dr. Rachel Smith Life Technologies (rachel.smitty >at< gmail.com) |
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Dr. Charan Srinivasan Apple (charan.s >at< gmail.com) |
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Dr. Stephan J. Stranick NIST (stephan.stranick >at< nist.gov) |
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Dr. John C. Thomas Intel (jct197 >at< ucla.edu) |
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Dr. Amit Vaish Amgen (amitfrompsu2009 >at< gmail.com) |
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Garrett Wadsworth Air Products (garrettwadsworth >at< gmail.com) |
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Shenkai Wang (shenkaiwang >at< ucla.edu) |
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Dr. Natcha Wattanatorn (natcha >at< chem.ucla.edu) |
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Rong Zhang (christine_rzhang >at< hotmail.com) |
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Dr. Yuxi Zhao Apple (seesea.zhao >at< gmail.com) |
Post-doctoral Fellows and Staff Alumni |
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Dr. John Abendroth (jmabendroth >at< ucla.edu) |
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Lola Belsito Former Staff |
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Dr. Joanne Bevilacqua Former ACS Nano Staff |
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Steve Bumbarger Former Staff (sxb10 >at< psu.edu) |
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Prof. Lloyd A. Bumm University of Oklahoma (bumm >at< nhn.ou.edu) |
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Prof. Ann-Sofie Cans Chalmers University (cans >at< chalmers.se) |
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Dr. Kevin Cheung (cheung.m.kevin >at< gmail.com) |
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George Chriss Former Staff (gschriss >at< gmail.com) |
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Prof. Shelley Claridge Purdue University (claridge >at< purdue.edu) |
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(anne.counterman >at< gmail.com) |
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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) |
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Prof. Susan Gillmor National Institutes of Health (sdgillmor >at< gmail.com) |
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Dr. Andrew Greenberg University of Wisconsin (greenberg >at< chem.wisc.edu) |
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Prof. Jennifer Hampton Department of Physics Hope College (hampton >at< hope.edu) |
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Prof. Patrick Han Assistant Professor Tohoku University (RISINGSUN262 >at< yahoo.com) |
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Dr. Anat Hatzor De Picciotto Former Post-Doc and National Area Expert in Chemical Advances in Nanolithography: (AnatD >at< pczlaw.com>) |
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Dr. Nate Hohman Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (jnhohman >at< lbl.gov) |
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Prof. Xu Hou Xiamen University (houx >at< xmu.edu.cn) |
| Emily Indriolo Former Staff Scientist: (eyi101 >at< psu.edu) |
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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) |
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Prof. Kevin Kelly Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Rice University(kkelly >at< rice.edu) |
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Dr. Jaemyung Kim Merck (jmyungkim >at< gmail.com) |
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Dr. Moonhee Kim IBM Almaden Research Center and Stanford University (moon219 >at< gmail.com) |
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Dr. Nina Kovtyukhova |
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Dr. Dongbo Li Hitachi GST (Dongbo.Li >at< hgst.com) |
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Dr. Li Shao Chun Department of Physics Nanjing University (scli >at< nju.edu.cn or shaochun.li.stm >at< gmail.com) |
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Prof. Wei-Ssu Liao Department of Chemistry National Taiwan University (wsliaochem >at< ntu.edu.tw) |
| Dr. Joe Meyer (meyerja >at< aol.com) |
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Former Staff Scientist: Dr. Morgan Mihok |
| Kareem Morris Administrative Assistant and ACS Nano Journal Assistant(kareem >at< cnsi.ucla.edu) |
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Dr. Nako Nakatsuka ETH Zürich (nakatsuka >at<biomed.ee.ethz.ch) |
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Dr. Thomas P. Pearl |
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Dr. Sherman Ponder |
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Dr. Sara Rahimnejad (sara.rahimnejad >at< gmail.com) |
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Matt Sandel University of Washington (mattsandel >at< yahoo.com) |
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Dr. Leonardo Scarabelli (lscarabelli >at< ucla.edu) |
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Dr. Erica Schulmann Kane (ens >at< ix.netcom.com) |
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Dr. Ram Rao (ramrao >at< ucla.edu) |
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Dr. Liane Slaughter Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (slaughter>at<ust.hk) |
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Prof. Charlie Sykes Department of Chemistry Tufts University (Charles.Sykes >at< tufts.edu) |
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Dr. Logan Stewart (logan.yah >at< gmail.com) |
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Former Staff Scientist: Jackie Lim-Piu Tan |
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Prof. Hirofumi Tanaka Kyushu Institute of Technology (tanaka >at< brain.kyutech.ac.jp) |
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Former Staff Scientist: Amy Whelpley |
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Prof. Wei Xu Department of Physics Tongji University (xuwei >at< tongji.edu.cn) |
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Dr. Qing Yang (qingyang1205 >at< gmail.com) |
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Prof. Tao Ye University of California, Merced (tao.ye >at< ucmerced.edu) |
| Dr. Michael G. Yoshikawa Youngquist (mgy >at< alumni.caltech.edu) |
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Dr. Diana Yugay (yugay >at< chem.ucla.edu) |
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Prof. Peng Peng Zhang Department of Physics Michigan State University (zhang >at< pa.msu.edu) |
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Dr. Yuxi Zhao Apple (seesea.zhao >at< gmail.com) |
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Prof. Yuebing Zheng Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Texas at Austin (yzz113 >at< gmail.com) |
Undergraduate Student Alumni |
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| Michael J. Abrams | ||
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Victor Aiello | |
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Matthew Allen (matthew.allen15 >at< imperial.ac.uk) Imperial College London |
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Prof. Beth Anderson Then at Samford University. Now at Furman University (maryelizabeth.anderson>at< furman.edu) |
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Esteban Bautista (ebautista.elac >at< gmail.com) California State University Northridge |
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Jason Belling University of California, Berkeley (jasonbelling >at< gmial.com)(Jason is back for grad school! See above.) |
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| Ivan Baxter | ||
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Priya Bhatia (pbhatia >at< rice.edu) |
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Chris Binns Ithaca College |
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Aimee Bross (Price) Ohio State University (price.798 >at< osu.edu) |
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Lafone Brown | |
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Kevin Bui | |
| Erin Carter | ||
| Phil Cerami | ||
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Lyndon F. Charles (jahprofile >at< hotmail.com) |
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| Sandy Chen (sandych3n >at< gmail.com) |
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George Chriss | |
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Mercedes Cornelius (mercedes_cornelius >at< yahoo.com) |
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Jacob Fauman University of California, Santa Barbara |
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Xin Gao (xin.gao.97 >at< outlook.com) Nanjing University |
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Dr. Matt Gethers Caltech (mattgethers >at< gmail.com) |
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Dr. Ashley Gibb (ashleygibb >at< gmail.com) |
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Megan Gilbert | |
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Molly P. Heyer Cambridge University (mph29 >at< hermes.cam.ac.uk) |
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| Emily Hiers (eah012 >at< latech.edu) |
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Jennifer Hinds (jhinds >at< ncsu.edu) |
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Hannah Lee Hinton (hhinton >at< ucla.edu) |
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Olivia Irving (olivia.rae.irving >at< gmail.com) |
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| Renée M. Itle | ||
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Matthew SungYun Ji (matthewji12345 >at< ucla.edu) |
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| Lee Katrincic | ||
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David Kes California State University, Long Beach (davidkes >at< live.com) |
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Read Langlois | |
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Dr. Mya LeThai (lethaitramy >at< gmail.com) |
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Xi Li (lixi >at< smail.nju.edu.cn) |
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Xiaotong Li Nankai University (ulanda1994 >at< yahoo.com) |
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Xiaohan Liu (hanwan127 >at< gmail.com) |
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Prof. J. Christopher Love MIT (clove >at< mit..edu) |
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| Tarah Lubinski (tarah_lubs >at< hotmail.com) |
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| Jason Lurie (lurie >at< fas.harvard.edu) |
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Michael Mellody (mmellody >at< ucla.edu) |
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Michelle Martinez-Rivera (michelle.martinez.pr >at< gmail.com) |
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Patrick McClanahan (pdmcclanahan >at< gmail.com) |
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| Tanvir Mahmud | ||
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Brandon Matthews (brandon.matthews.92 >at< gmail.com) |
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| Kelly McElhinny (kmm726 >at< lulu.acns.nwu.edu) |
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Dr. John McManigle | |
| Abner J. Mintz (Abner.Mintz >at< montgomerycollege.edu) |
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Liz Morin (eim106 >at< psu.edu) |
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| Dr. Elizabeth Muth | ||
| Ryan Nevin | ||
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Roya Nezarati (rmnezara >at< ncsu.edu) |
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| Michael G. Pirrello | ||
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Chris Pochas | |
| Marian Popescu | ||
| Sue Prueksaritanond | ||
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Yifeng Qi University of Science and Technology of China, now MIT (qiyf >at< mit.edu) |
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Rodrigo Rios (riosno_40 >at< hotmail.com) |
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Ohio State University |
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| Mark Schlegel (stmks03 >at< moravian.edu) |
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| Nicole Shedlock (sxp207 >at< psu.edu) |
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| Jared Swart | ||
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River Sween (riverswn1 >at< gmail.com) |
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Dr. Chris Thompson (cmthompson >at< northwestern.edu) |
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Leticia Torres University of San Francisco |
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| Marta Ventura (mxv176 >at< psu.edu) |
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Angelo Vergnetti (vergnetti.angelo >at< gmail.com) Santa Monica College |
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Garrett Wadsworth (garrettwadsworth >at< gmail.com) |
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Roger Wang Lam Research |
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Dr. Lane Weaver (laneW >at< aol.com) |
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Dr. Alex Wissner-Gross Massachusetts Institute of Technology (alexwg >at< physics.harvard.edu) |
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Jeremy L. Weeden Juniata College |
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| Fujun Wu (fxw126 >at< psu.edu) |
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Matthew Ye (matthewye >at< ucla.edu) |
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Sumana Kaluvai (sumanakaluvai >at< gmail.com) |
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Chuanzhen Zhao Beijing Institute of Technology (chuanzhenzhao >at< gmail.com) |
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Sichen Ludwig Zhao (luxwig >at< ucla.edu) |
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Hua Zheng (belljayzh >at< gmail.com) |
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Former Visiting Scientists |
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| Tae Kyung Ahn Hanyang University Department of Chemistry |
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Prof. Beth Anderson Then at Samford University. Now at Furman University (maryelizabeth.anderson>at< furman.edu) |
| Dr. Boaz Alperson Department of Chemistry Weizmann Institute of Science (cpboaz >at< weizmann.weizmann.ac.il) |
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Prof. Tomas Base The Czech Academy of Sciences (tbase >at<iic.cas.cz) |
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Prof. Heidi Bednar College of the Canyons (heidirenate >at< gmail.com) |
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Prof. Chris Barrett McGill University Fulbright Canada Chair (chris.barrett >at< mcgill.ca) |
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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) |
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Dr. Yanyan Chen (yychen2006 >at< sinano.ac.cn) |
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Prof. Fangyi Cheng Nankai University (fycheng >at< nankai.edu.cn>) |
| Dr. Marguerite Ciolkosz State College Area High School |
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Prof. Dr. Jochen Feldmann (feldmann >at< lmu.de) |
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Prof. Luis C. Fernandez-Torres (lcfernandez >at< cayey.upr.edu) |
| Prof. Dr. Johan Hofkens KU Leuven (johan.hofkens >at< chem.kuleuven.be) |
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Prof. Atsushi Ikai Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama |
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Dr. Takao Ishida (t-ishida >at< aist.go.jp) |
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Prof. Shana Kelley University of Toronto Special Fulbright Canada Chair (shana.kelley >at< utoronto.ca) |
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Prof. Kevin Kelly Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Rice University(kkelly >at< rice.edu) |
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Sander S. Kommeren (a.s.kommeren >at< student.utwente.nl) |
| Sang Min Kim Hanyang University Department of Chemistry |
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Prof. Haiwon Lee (haiwon >at< hanyang.ac.kr) Hanyang University Department of Chemistry |
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Prof. L. Andrew Lyon Chapmam University (lyon>at<chapman.edu) |
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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) |
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Dr. Hans Peter Rust Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft |
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Prof. Federico Rosei INRS EMT Canada Fulbright Chair (rosei >at< emt.inrs.ca) |
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Research Institute of Electronics, Shizuoka University (sakaguchi >at< rie.shizuoka.ac.jp) |
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Prof. Ted Sargent University of Toronto Fulbright Canada Chair (ted.sargent >at< utoronto.ca) |
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Dr. Tomo Takami (hgg03601 >at< nifty.com) VisionArts SpinLab and Dongkuk University, now Hiroshima University |
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Dr. Gary Taylor |
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Prof. Jyh-Ming Wu National Tsing Hua University (wujm>at<mx.nthu.edu.tw) |
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Dr. Roger van Zee NIST |
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Wouter J. C. Vijselaar (w.j.c.vijselaar-1 >at< student.utwente.nl) |
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Prof. Glenn Vogel Department of Chemistry Ithaca College (vogel >at< ithaca.edu) |
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Prof. Marcus Weck Department of Chemistry New York University (marcus.weck >at< nyu.edu) |
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Prof. Jiansheng Xu Institute of Electrical Engineering Chinese Academy of Sciences (jsxu >at< mail.iee.ac.cn) |
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Ken-Tye Yong NTU (ktyong>at<ntu.edu.sg) |
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Yasuyuki Yokota Osaka University (yyokota >at< chem.es.osaka-u.ac.jp) |
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Prof. Francisco Zaera University of California, Riverside (zaera >at< ucr.edu) |
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Prof. Darin Zimmerman Department of Physics Penn State Altoona (dtz1 >at< psu.edu) |