Sebnem is Foundry industry user and works as Senior Scientist at Nano Hydrophobics. She first became the Molecular Foundry user as a postdoc under the guidance of Prof. Balsara. Her postdoc research involved designing polymeric materials for artificial solar fuel generation with JCAP,bio-fuel production with EBI, advanced thermal insulators with Dow Chemicals and polymer electrolytes for lithium ion […]
Read More »Archives for March 2016
Jon Sack
March 4, 2016 by
The Sack laboratory researches the dynamics of biological ion channels, and develops new means to observe and control their behavior. As a User at the Molecular Foundry, his laboratory synthesizes chemical tools for ion channel study that combine biological molecules with optical reporters and nanoparticles.
Read More »Katherine Inzani
March 4, 2016 by
Dr. Katherine Inzani is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the University of Nottingham. She completed a Masters in Materials Science at the University of Oxford, followed by a Ph.D. at NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology and postdoctoral research in the Theory Facility at the Molecular Foundry and Materials Sciences Division at Berkeley […]
Read More »Alex Noy
March 4, 2016 by
Adjunct Professor, School of Natural Sciences, UC Merced Senior Research Scientist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Alex Noy is a staff scientist LLNL where his research group works in the areas of bionanomaterials and studies nanofluidics phenomena in confined 1D and 2DS channels. Noy group also develops innovative solutions for precision separations and fast molecular transport.
Read More »Tara Mishra
March 4, 2016 by
Tara Mishra is a postdoctoral scholar at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, working with Prof. Gerbrand Ceder. He completed his Ph.D. at the National University of Singapore, as part of the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology fellowship. His Ph.D. research focused on the atomistic characterization and computational modeling of III-V semiconductor LEDs on Si substrates. Currently, […]
Read More »Boyce Chang
March 4, 2016 by
Boyce Chang is an assistant professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Iowa State University where he also earned his PhD. He did his postdoc at the Molecular Foundry with Dr. Ricardo Ruiz. His research interest includes block copolymer and nanocomposite self-assembly, pattern transfer, and polymer coatings.
Read More »Emma Xu
March 4, 2016 by
Emma is a PhD candidate in the mechanical engineering department at Columbia University. She has worked on multiple user projects at the Molecular Foundry, including a 10-month onsite collaboration effort that spanned the imaging and manipulation, inorganic, and nano-bio facilities. At Prof. Schuck’s lab at Columbia, she works on the optical characterization of lanthanide-based upconverting nanoparticles. She […]
Read More »Corinne Allen
March 4, 2016 by
As a six month multi-facility user, I have become well acquainted with the people and dynamics on three of six floors at the Molecular Foundry. This has allowed me to observe the ongoings and talk to a variety of people about their experiences at the Foundry. Additionally, as a part of the new Cyclotron Road […]
Read More »Jason Cooper
March 4, 2016 by
Jason K. Cooper is a research scientist at LBNL in the Chemical Sciences Division working at the Liquid Sunlight Alliance (LiSA) and the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis (JCAP). His research investigates light-initiated energy transformation processes in emerging semiconductor and plasmonic systems and couples them to catalytic reactions. His approach spans materials fabrication, characterization, and test-bed […]
Read More »Kristen Aramthanapon
March 4, 2016 by
Kristen Aramthanapon was a User at the Molecular Foundry from 2014-2015, and will continue to be one from 2015-2016. As Chief Technology Officer of Sylvatex Inc. and the principal investigator on both of the user proposals, Kristen has been actively engaged with TMF’s user facilities, and recognizes how valuable it has been to the development […]
Read More »