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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
 
•           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)
            Email: donald.f.johnson (at) gmail.com
 
•           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)