This post is from Alison Hatt, Director of the User Program Late in 2017, the Molecular Foundry User Office compiled the results of our annual User Satisfaction Survey. Thank you to the several hundred users who took the time to complete the survey, providing critical feedback that helps the Foundry best support our users. The […]
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Matthew Seraydarian
February 9, 2018 by
Matthew Seraydarian is a PhD candidate in the chemistry department at New York University (NYU). He works under Dr. Kent Kirshenbaum developing synthetic methods for preparing sequence-defined peptoid polymers. Matthew worked at the Molecular Foundry from July to November 2024 and returned in July 2025 to spend the 2025-2026 academic year continuing his work in the Biological Nanostructures facility. […]
Read More »John Vinson
February 9, 2018 by
John Vinson is a physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. He completed his PhD at the University of Washington in Seattle. His research interests focus on first-principles electronic structure and spectroscopy calculations, with a focus on near-edge x-ray absorption and emission. He is the main developer of the OCEAN spectroscopy code.
Read More »Arkadeep Kumar
February 9, 2018 by
Arkadeep Kumar is a Research Scientist at Applied Materials Research and Development Center at Santa Clara, USA. He currently works on nano-scale manufacturing of state-of-the-art semiconductors pushing the limits of materials engineering. Prior to Applied Materials, he was an ITRI (Industrial Technology Research Institute)-Rosenfeld Postdoctoral Fellow at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (LBNL) and University of California Berkeley (UCB). He conducted research […]
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