Dr. Steven R. Spurgeon is a senior research scientist in the Energy and Environment Directorate at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, where he serves as thrust lead for the laboratory’s Chemical Dynamics Initiative. He also holds affiliate appointment as an Associate Professor of Physics at the University of Washington. His research is focused on data-driven approaches […]

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 […]

Gözde Barim is a postdoctoral fellow at Berkeley Lab. Her work focuses on the development of functional materials for energy applications. In 2018, Gözde obtained her Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Southern California. Prior to doctoral studies, she received her M.S. and B.S. degrees in Chemistry from Bilkent University. In 2017, she has […]

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 […]

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.

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.

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]