Kevin E. Smith

ksmith@bu.edu

· Professor of Physics

· Professor of Chemistry

· Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

· Visiting Professor, Department of Physics, Uppsala University, Sweden (sabbatical appointment); 2004 - 2005:

· Visiting Researcher, Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, CA; (sabbatical appointment); 2004 - 2005:

· Special Faculty Assistant to the Provost, 2001-2003; 2007 - 2011.

· Academic Director, Boston University Center for Excellence in Teaching, 2001 - 2003.

· Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Yale University

· B.A. in Physics from Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

Awards:

· Fellow, American Physical Society

· Fellow, American Vacuum Society

· Massachusetts Professor of the Year, Carnegie Foundation, 2001

· Honorary Member, Phi Beta Kappa, 2002.

· Metcalf Cup and Prize for Excellence in Teaching, Boston University, 1999.

· National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 1995 - 2001

· Henry Prentiss Becton Prize, Yale University.

· Student Prize, American Vacuum Society.

· Gold Medal (Natural Sciences), Trinity College Dublin.

· Hackett Prize, Trinity College Dublin

· Fitzgerald Medal and Prize, Trinity College Dublin

Dr. Jude Laverock

laverock@bu.edu

· Research Assistant Professor, November 2013 - date

· Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Novel Materials Laboratory,  January, 2010—November 2013.

· Primary area of research: high resolution x-ray emission and photoemission from correlated materials

· Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Bristol, U.K. in 2006.

· BSc in Physics from the University of Bristol, U.K. in 2002

Dr. Jithesh Kuyyilil

jitheshk@bu.edu

· Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Novel Materials Laboratory since April, 2013.

· Primary area of research: spectroscopy studies of the surface chemistry of complex metal oxides.

· Ph.D. in Physics from  JNCASR, Bangalore, India, in 2012.

· BSc in Physics from the University of Calicut, India, in 2007

Professor Anne Matsuura

a_matsuura@yahoo.com

· Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Boston University since 2005

· Presently the Chief Executive, European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility

· In-Q-Tel strategic investment firm - Bio/Nano/Chem Division; 2007-2009

· Air Force Office of Scientific Research - Atomic Physics Program Manager; 2004-2007

· Special Assistant to Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Laboratories and Basic Sciences; 2001-2004 -

· Japan Society for the Promotion of Sciences Fellow, University of Tokyo; 2000-2001

· Postdoctoral Research Associate, Lund University (Sweden); 1998-2000

· Ph.D. in Physics from Stanford University in 1998

· Fulbright Scholar, University of Nagoya (Japan); 1991-1992

· B.S. in Physics and Mathematics from Vanderbilt University in 1991

Bo Chen

bchen727@bu.edu

· Graduate student in the Novel Materials Laboratory since 2009

· M.S. in Condensed Matter Physics from University of Science and Technology of China, 2008

· B.S. in Physics from Jilin University, China, 2000

Dave Newby

dnewby@bu.edu

· Graduate student in the Novel Materials Laboratory since 2010

· B.S. in physics from Drew University in 2008.

Former Postdocs and Ph.D.s from the Novel Materials Laboratory:

Dr. Louis Piper

lfjpiper@binghamton.edu

· Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, State University of New York-Binghamton, 2010—date.

· Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Novel Materials Laboratory, 2006-2010.

· Primary area of research: high resolution x-ray emission and scattering from correlated solids, organic semiconductors, and solid oxide fuel cell cathodes.

· Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Warwick, U.K., 2006

· Winner of 2 Young Scientists Awards from the E-MRS

· BSc in Physics from the University of Warwick, U.K., 2003

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Dr. Sang Wan Cho

dio8027@slac.stanford.edu

· Assistant Professor,  Institute of Physics and Applied Physics, Yonsei University, Korea, 2013 - date.

· Postdoctoral Research Associate at Stanford University, 2011-2013.

· Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Novel Materials Laboratory 2008 - 2011.

· Primary area of research: high resolution x-ray emission and photoemission from organic thin films

· Ph.D. in Physics from the Institute of Physics and Applied Physics, Yonsei University, Korea, 2008

· Research Engineer, MK Electron Co., LTD, Korea, 2003 - 2005

· BSc in Physics from the Institute of Physics and Applied Physics, Yonsei University, Korea, 2000

Dr. Andrew Preston

andrew.preston@gmail.com

· Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Novel Materials Laboratory 2009 - 2011.

· Primary area of research: high resolution x-ray emission and photoemission from correlated materials

· Ph.D. in Physics from the School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, 2009.

· BSc in Physics from the School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, 2005.

 Dr. Cormac McGuinness

cmcguin@tcd.ie

· Lecturer, Department of Pure and Applied Physics, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, 2003 - date.

· Research Assistant Professor of Physics, Department of Physics, Boston University, 2001 - 2003

· Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Novel Materials Laboratory 1999 - 2001

· Staff position in the Department of Physics at University College Dublin, Ireland, 1998 - 1999

· Postdoctoral research associate at Dublin City University, Ireland, 1996 - 1998

· Ph.D. in Physics from University College Dublin, in 1997

· B.S. in Physics from University College Dublin, in 1991.

Dr. James Downes

 jdownes@ics.mq.edu.au

· Lecturer in Physics, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, 2005 - date

· Lecturer in Physics, School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, 2003 - 2005

· Ph.D. in Physics, Boston University, 2003

· Graduate student in the Novel Materials Laboratory 1996-2003

· B.S. in Physics from Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand

Dr. Laurent Duda

laurent.duda@fysik.uu.se

· Scientist, Department of Physics, Uppsala University.

· Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Novel Materials Laboratory from August 1996 - July 1998

· Ph.D. in Physics from Uppsala University in 1996

· B.S. in Physics from the Free University in Berlin, Germany in 1990

Dr. Per-Anders Glans

PAGlans@lbl.gov

· Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2006 - date.

· Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Novel Materials Laboratory 2001-2006

· Ph.D. in Physics from Linköping University, Sweden, 2001

· M.S. in Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering from Linköping University, Sweden, 1996.

Dr. Lukasz Plucinski

l.plucinski@fz-juelich.de

· Presently a senior Postdoctoral Research Associate in Juelich, Germany

· Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of California, Davis, 2005 - 2007

· Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Novel Materials Laboratory, 2003-2005

· Ph.D. in Physics from Hamburg University, Germany, 2002

· M.S. in  Physics from Warsaw University of Technology, Poland, 1999

Dr. Alex DeMasi

ademasi@bu.edu

· Presently a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Boston University

· Graduate student in the Novel Materials Laboratory 2005 -  2010.

· B.S. in physics from  Cornell University, 2004

· Thesis research: organic semiconductors.

Dr. Leyla Colakerol

colakero@bu.edu

· Presently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics, Gebze Institute of Technology, Istanbul, Turkey.

· Ph.D. in Physics, Boston University, 2009

· Graduate student in the Novel Materials Laboratory since 2004

· B.S. in physics from  Bogazici University, Turkey, 2003

· Primary area of research: Thin film nitride semiconductors.

Dr. Yufeng Zhang

zhangy16@unlv.nevada.edu

· Presently an Assistant Professor of Physics, Xiamen University, China.

· Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2007 - 2010.

· Ph.D. in Physics from Boston University, 2007

· Graduate student in the Novel Materials Laboratory 2003-2007

· B.S. in physics from Peking University, 1998

· M.S. in physics from Peking University, 2001

Dr. Timothy Learmonth

tlearmonth@gmail.com

· Presently a Research Scientist for Cellular Bioengineering, Inc., Hawaii.

· Ph.D. in Physics from Boston University, 2007

· Graduate student in the Novel Materials Laboratory since 2001

· Based full time at the Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Summer 2004 - date

· B.A. in physics from Oberlin College, 1997.

Dr. Philip Ryan

pryan@mu.aps.anl.gov

· Presently a Staff Scientist for Ames Laboratory, Iowa State University

· Ph.D in Physics, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland in 2000

· Visiting graduate student in the Novel Materials Laboratory 1998 - 2000

· Funded by the Shannon Fellowship at Boston University.

· B.Sc. in Physics, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland in 1996

Dr. Cristian Stagarescu

· Postdoctoral research associate at the James Frank Institute, University of Chicago, 1999-2002

· Joined the Novel Materials Laboratory in 1994, and graduated with a Ph.D. from Boston University in 1999

· M.S. in Physics from the University of Bucharest, Romania.

Dr. Hae-Kyung Jeong

outron@gmail.com

· Presently an Assistant Professor, Daegu University, South Korea.

· Research Professor, Department of Physics, Sung Kyun Kwan University, Suwon, South Korea, 2006-2009

· Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Novel Materials Laboratory from December, 2004 - March 2006

· Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Nebraska, 2003-2004

· Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Nebraska, 2003

· M.S. in  Physics from Pohang University of Science and Technology, South Korea, 1995

· B.S. in  Physics from ChonBuk National University, 1992

Dr. Zhiguo Ge

zge@bu.edu

· Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Novel Materials Laboratory from November, 2007 to May 2008.

· Primary area of research: rare earth nitrides.

· Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Notre Dame, 2007

· BSc in Physics from Department of Technical Physics, Peking University, 2001

Dr. Shancai Wang

scw@ruc.edu.cn

· Presently an Assistant Professor of Physics at Renmin University of China, Beijing, China

· Postdoctoral Research Associate at Columbia University, 2005 - 2007

· Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Novel Materials Laboratory from March, 2004-December 2005

· Ph.D. in Physics from Boston College, 2004

· M.S. in  Physics from University of Science and Technology of China, 1997

· B.S. in  Physics from University of Science and Technology of China, 1994

Dr. Yu Cheng Chao

· Presently a staff scientist at ABB, in Sweden.

· Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Novel Materials Laboratory 1997 - 1999

· Postdoctoral Research Associate, Linköping University, 1996 - 1997

· Ph.D. in Materials Science, Linköping University, Sweden, 1996

· B.S. in Physics from the National Central University, Taiwan,  in 1987.

Dr. Klaus Breuer

klaus.breuer@ericsson.com

· Presently a Senior Project Manager for Ericsson in Germany

· Formally a postdoctoral research associate at the Institute of Physics, University of Neuchatel

· Joined the Novel Materials Laboratory in 1992, and graduated with a Ph.D. from Boston University in 1995

· B.S. from the University of Aachen, Germany.

Dr. Jinyu Xue

Xue-Jinyun@cooperhealth.edu

· Presently Assistant Professor of Radiologic Physics at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Department of Radiation Oncology, Cooper University Hospital.

· Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Novel Materials Laboratory 1998 - 2000

· Ph.D. in Physics from  La Trobe University, Australia, in 1998

· B.S. in Physics from the Nankai University, China, in 1986.

Dr. Xilin Wu

· Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Novel Materials Laboratory from 1997 to 1998

· Postdoctoral Research Associate at BNL from 1995 - 1997

· Postdoctoral Research Associate at Ames Lab, Iowa State University, 1995

· Ph.D. in Physics from  Iowa State University, December 1994

Dr. Sarnjeet Dhesi

sarnjeet.dhesi@diamond.ac.uk

· Presently a Beamline Scientist at the Diamond Light Source, U.K.

· Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Novel Materials Laboratory from November 1995 to March 1997.

· Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Liverpool in 1993

· B.Sc. in Physics from the University of Liverpool in 1989

James McNulty

mcnultyj@bu.edu

· Presently a graduate student at Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand.

· Graduate student in the Novel Materials Laboratory since 2009-2011

· B.S. in physics from Northeastern University in 2008.