Former Group Members
Former Sabbatical Visitors
• Alfredo Juan
Professor, Department of Theoretical Physics
Universidad Nacional del Sur
Argentina
Email: cajuan (at) uns.edu.ar
• Enrico Smargiassi
Professor, Department of Theoretical Physics
University of Trieste
Email: smargiassi (at) ts.infn.it
• Alessandro Fortunelli
Institute for Chemical-Physical Processes, CNR
Pisa, Italy
Email: alessandro.fortunelli (at) cnr.it
• G. Barney Ellison
Professor of Chemistry
University of Colorado, Boulder
Email: barney (at) jila.colorado.edu
• Christopher R. Anderson
Professor of Mathematics
UCLA
Email: Anderson (at) math.ucla.edu
• Hsiu-Yao Cheng
Professor of Chemistry
Tunghai University
Taiwan
Former Postdoctoral Fellows
• Florian Libisch
University Assistant, Institute for Theoretical Physics
Vienna University of Technology
Email: florian.libisch (at) tuwien.ac.at
• Maytal Toroker
Senior Researcher
Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
Haifa, Israel
Email: maytalc (at) tx.technion.ac.il
• Ana Belen Muñoz-García
Assistant Professor of Physical Chemistry
Department of Chemical Sciences
University of Naples, Italy
Email: anna.isolde (at) gmail.com
• Michele Pavone
Assistant Professor of Physical Chemistry
Department of Chemical Sciences
University of Naples, Italy
Email: mipavone (at) unina.it
Email: mipavone (at) unina.it
• Doron Naveh
Senior Lecturer, Bar-Ilan University
Ramat-Gan, Israel
Email: doron.naveh (at) biu.ac.il
• Ashwin Ramasubramaniam
Assistant Professor in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Email: ashwin.ramasubramaniam (at) gmail.com
• Ivan Milas
Research Investigator, Dupont
Email: ivanmilas (at) usa.dupont.com
• Nicholas Mosey
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, Queens University
Ontario, Canada
Email: nicholas.mosey (at) chem.queensu.ca
• Patrick Huang
Physicist, Lawrence Livermore National Lab
Livermore, CA
Email: huang26 (at) llnl.gov
• Berit Hinnemann
Business Development Manager, Haldor Topsoe A/S
Lyngby, Denmark
Email: berit (at) berithinnemann.com
• Karin Carling
Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Engineering
Karlstad University
Sweden
Email: karin.carling (at) kau.se
• Kyle Caspersen
Limited Term Staff Member, Lawrence Livermore National Lab
Livermore, CA
Email: caspersen3 (at) llnl.gov
• Arun Venkathanathan
Assistant Professor, Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research
Pashan Pune, India
Email: arun (at) iiserpune.ac.in
• Ashok Arya
Scientific Officer 'H', Materials Science Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Center
Professor, Chemical Sciences, Homi Bhabha National Institute
Mumbai, India
Email: aarya (at) barc.gov.in
• Yan Alexander Wang
Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Email: yawang (at) chem.ubc.ca
• Frank Starrost
Project Manager, PMP, T-Systems GEI GmbH
Hamburg, Germany
Email: frank.starrost (at) t-systems.com
• Thorsten Klüner
University of Oldenburg
Oldenburg, Germany
Email: Thorsten.kluener (at) uni-oldenburg.de
• Niranjan Govind
Senior Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Richland, WA
Email: niri.govind (at) pnl.gov
• Stuart C. Watson
• Asbjorn Christensen
Project Researcher
Danish Institute of Fisheries Research
Charlottenlund, Denmark
Email: asc (at) difres.dk
• Eyal Fattal
Senior Scientist, Israel Institute for Biological Research
Ness-Ziona, Israel
Email: eyalf (at) iibr.gov.il
• Antonio J. R. da Silva
Professor of Physics, Departamento de Materais e Mecanica
Instituto de Fisica – Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil
Email: ajrsilva (at) macbeth.if.usp.br
• Irina V. Ionova
Senior Programmer, Countrywide Home Loans
Westlake Village, CA
• Zhihua Liu
• Tsun-Mei Chang
Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Parkside
Kenosha, WI
Email: tsun-mei.chang (at) uwp.edu
• Bernd Hartke
Professor für Theoretische Chemie
Institut für Physikalische Chemie
Kiel, Germany
Email: hartke (at) phc.uni-kiel.de
• Barry C. Bolding
Vice President, Scalable Systems
Email: bbolding (at) cray.com
Former Graduate Students
• Peilin Liao (Ph.D. ’12)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Columbia University
New York, NY
Email: peilin.lpl (at) gmail.com
• Chen Huang (Ph.D. ’11)
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Los Alamos National Lab
Los Alamos, NM
Email: chenh (at) lanl.gov
• Linda Hung (Ph.D. ’11)
Postdocotoral Fellow, Ecole Polytechnique
Palaiseau, France
Email: linda.hung (at) polytechnique.edu
• Tsz S. Chwee (Ph.D. ’10)
Research Engineer, Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Singapore
Email: chweetsj (at) ihpc.a-star.edu.sg
• Kristen Marino (Ph.D. ’09)
Research Fellow, University College London
London, England
Email: k.marino (at) ucl.ac.uk
• Donald Johnson (Ph.D. ’09)
• Sahar Sharifzadeh (Ph.D. ’09)
Project Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Berkeley, CA
Email: ssharifzadeh (at) lbl.gov
• Vincent Ligneres (Ph.D. ’08)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
Email: ligneres (at) pha.jhu.edu
• Greg Ho (Ph.D. ’08)
Senior Computer Vision Scientist, SRI International-Sarnoff
Email: gregho (at) cal.berkeley.edu
• Andrew Szilva (Ph.D. ’06)
Senior Associate, Princeton Consulting
Email: aszilva (at) princeton.com
• Keith Niedfeldt (Ph.D. ’06)
Quant Researcher, Tudor Investment Corp.
Greenwich, CT
Email: keith.niedfeldt (at) tudor.com
• De-en Jiang (Ph.D. ’05)
R&D Associate, Oak Ridge National Lab
Oak Ridge, TN
Email: jiangd (at) ornl.gov
• Baojing Zhou (Ph.D. ’04)
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry
Nanjing University of Science and Technology
Nanjing, China
Email: bzhouster (at) gmail.com
• Robin L. Hayes (Ph.D. ’04)
Interdisciplinary Physical Scientist/Chemist, DOE-BES
Email: robin.hayes (at) science.doe.gov
• Vincent Cocula (Ph.D. ’04)
Co-Founder and CTO, Kivalia
Email: vcocula (at) gmail.com
• Amity Andersen (Ph.D. ’04)
Research Scientist, Molecular Science Computing
Richland, WA
Email: amity.andersen (at) pnl.gov
• Derek Walter (Ph.D. ’03)
Litigation Associate, Weil, Gotshal and Manges LLP
Email: derek.walter (at) gmail.com
• Emily Asche Jarvis (Ph.D. ’02)
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, CA
Email: emily.jarvis (at) lmu.edu
• Claudine C. Tazartes (Ph.D. ’97)
Research Scientist
Raytheon
• Gregg Reynolds (Ph.D. ’97)
Director of Software Development
4MyCommunity
Email: greggr (at) hotmail.com
• Doug A. DeMoss (Gibson) (Ph.D. ’96)
Systems Administrator, O’Neil Relocation, Inc.
Tustin, CA
Email: demoss (at) stanfordalumni.org
• Michelle R. Radeke (Ph.D. ’96)
CEO, Flexbiz.com
Email: michelle (at) flexbiz.com
• Larry E. Carter (Ph.D. ’95)
Associate, Shook, Hardy and Bacon
Ocean City, CA
Email: lecarter@shb.com
• Todd J. Martinez (Ph.D. ’94)
Professor of Chemistry, Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Email: todd.martinez (at) stanford.edu
• Christine J. Wu (Ph.D. ’93)
Career Physicist, Lawrence Livermore National Lab
Livermore, CA
Email: wu5 (at) llnl.gov
• Paul C. Weakliem (Ph.D. ’92)
Information Technology Director, California NanoSystems Institute, UCSB
Santa Barbara, CA
Email: weakliem (at) cnsi.ucsb.edu
• Hua Wang (MS ’91)
Chemist, Novartis
• Harold (Tracy) Wadleigh
Postdoctoral Fellow, UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
Email: wadleigh (at) chem.ucla.edu
• Anne Yu
Email: Anne.Yu (at) pomona.edu
• Wun Chiou
Teacher, HighTech LA Charter High School
Email: wun (at) wunchiou.com
• Yi Qin (G89; MS91)
Phoenix College, Chemistry Department
Phoenix, AZ
Email: qin (at) pc.maricopa.edu
• Todd M. Tamura (G88; MS90)
QEP, Tamura Environmental, Inc.
Email: todd (at) tamuraenv.com
Former Visiting Graduate Students
• David Garcia-Aldea
Departmento de Fisica Fundamental, UNED
Madrid, Spain
Email: dgaldea (at) fisfun.uned.es
• Jerome Dabin
Email: dabin.jerome (at) wanadoo.fr
Former Undergraduate and High School Students
• Rajiv Uttamchandani (U07)
Physics Department
Cal-State (Northridge)
Email: rawisraj316 (at) hotmail.com
• Mitchell Ong (B.S. ’03)
Postdoctoral Associate, Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Email: mitchong (at) stanford.edu
• Marat Nepomnyashy (U98)
Senior Developer
System Administrator (C++/Java/SQL)
Email: marat07 (at) hotmail.com
• Kathy L. Sorge (B.S. ’95)
• Shervin Khodabandeh (B.S. ’93; Ph.D. Caltech)
Executive Director, Opera Solutions
• Benjamin C. Hitz (U91; BS92)
• David A. Blank (B.S. ’92; Ph.D. UCB)
Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
Email: blank (at) umn.edu
• Aseem Mehta (B.S. ’91; Ph.D. Caltech)