Current Research Group Members

Peter A. Rock Thermochemistry Laboratory, UC Davis

Michael Aizenshtein

Work Phone:
(530) 752-1869

Email:
 maizenshtein@ucdavis.edu
Position:
visiting scientist 		Country of Origin:
Israel
Research:
  • Energetics of thorium, lanthanum and uranium oxides
  • Energetics of rare-earth oxides
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    Shushu Chen

    Work Phone:
    (530) 752-1869

    Email:
     nachen@ucdavis.edu
    		Position:
    postdoc     		Country of Origin:
    China
    Research:
  • Interface and surface energy of yittria-stablized-zirconia and zirconia
  • Mg2SiO4 nanoparticle energetics

    • Gustavo Costa

    Work Phone:
    (530) 754-2132

    Email:
     gccosta@ucdavis.edu
    		Position:
    postdoc     		Country of Origin:
    Brazil
    Research:
  • Zirconia based systems
  • Relaxor ferroelectrics
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    Tori Forbes

    Work Phone:
    (530) 752-1869

    Email:
     tmforbes@ucdavis.edu
    		Position:
    postdoc     		Country of Origin:
    USA
    Research:
  • Metal organic frameworks
  • Carbonates
  • X-ray diffraction
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    Ben Hanken

    Work Phone:
    (530) 754-2132

    Email:
     behanken@ucdavis.edu
    		Position:
    Ph.D. student     		Country of Origin:
    USA
    Research:
  • UO2 - CeO2 solid solutions
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    Jim Hughes

    Work Phone:
    (530) 754-2132

    Email:
     jthughes@ucdavis.edu
    		Position:
    Ph.D. Student    		 Country of Origin:
    USA
    Research:
  • Metal organic frameworks
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    Seyedeh Mahboobeh Hosseini

    Work Phone:
    (530) 752-1869

    Email:
     shosseini@ucdavis.edu
    		Position:
    Ph.D. student     		Country of Origin:
    Iran
    Research:
  • Apatite-based ionic conductors
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    Nihan Kemik

    Work Phone:
    (530) 754-2132

    Email:
     nkemik@ucdavis.edu
    		Position:
    Ph.D. student     		Country of Origin:
    Turkey
    Research:
  • Bulk and thin film La(Sr)FeO3 and La(Sr)MnO3 perovskites
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    Kristina Lilova

    Work Phone:
    (530) 752-1869

    Email:
     kililova@ucdavis.edu
    		Position:
    postdoc    		 Country of Origin:
    Bulgaria
    Research:
  • Spinels
  • Iron oxide-containing minerals
  • Ultra-high T calorimetry
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    Yuanyuan Ma

    Work Phone:
    (530) 754-2132

    Email:
     quma@ucdavis.edu
    		Position:
    Ph.D. student     		Country of Origin:
    China
    Research:
  • SnO2-TiO2 bulk and nanophases
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    Chengcheng Ma

    Work Phone:
    (530) 752-1869

    Email:
     cchma@ucdavis.edu
    		Position:
    Ph.D. student     		Country of Origin:
    China
    Research:
  • Co-Zn-O nanomaterials
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    Hongwei Ma

    Work Phone:
    (530) 754-2132

    Email:
     hwma@ucdavis.edu
    		Position:
    postdoc     		Country of Origin:
    China
    Research:
  • Manganese and iron oxide nanomaterials
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    Nissim Navi

    Work Phone:
    (530) 752-1869

    Email:
     nunavi@ucdavis.edu
    		Position:
    visiting scientist    		 Country of Origin:
    Israel
    Research:
  • perovskites and other phases in CaO-SrO-BaO-TiO2-Y2O3 systems
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    Tae-Jin Park

    Work Phone:
    (530) 754-2132

    Email:
     etjpark@ucdavis.edu
    		Position:
    postdoc     		Country of Origin:
    Korea
    Research:
  • Cs, Cr, Ba silicotitanates for nuclear waste remedation
  • Energetics of TiO2 nanostructures with different morphologies
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    Tatiana Shvareva

    Work Phone:
    (530) 754-5863

    Email:
     tyshvareva@ucdavis.edu
    		Position:
    postdoc    		 Country of Origin:
    Russia
    Research:
  • Actinide thermochemistry
  • Melilite oxide ion conductors
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    Olga Trofymluk

    Work Phone:
    (530) 752-1869

    Email:
     otrofymluk@ucdavis.edu
    		Position:
    postdoc    		 Country of Origin:
    Ukraine
    Research:
  • Energetics of mesoporous and zeolite materials
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    Sergey Ushakov

    Work Phone:
    (530) 754-5863

    Email:
     svushakov@ucdavis.edu
    		Position:
    Staff Research Associate     		Country of Origin:
    Russia
    Research:
  • development of new high temperature instrumentation
  • calorimetry above 1500 C
  • thin films and multilayers
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    Radha Venkataramana

    Work Phone:
    (530) 752-1869

    Email:
     ravenkat@ucdavis.edu
    		Position:
    postdoc    		 Country of Origin:
    India
    Research:
  • Amorphous CaCO3
  • Lanthanum zirconate
  • layered double hydroxides
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    Di Wu

    Work Phone:
    (530) 754-2132

    Email:
     diwu@ucdavis.edu
    		Position:
    Ph.D. Student    		 Country of Origin:
    China
    Research:
  • Zeolite-water-SDA interactions
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    Fen Xu

    Work Phone:
    (530) 754-5863

    Email:
     fenxu@ucdavis.edu
    		Position:
    postdoc    		 Country of Origin:
    China
    Research:
  • sulfide thermochemistry
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    Wei Zhou

    Work Phone:
    (530) 752-1869

    Email:
     wezhou@ucdavis.edu
    		Position:
    Ph.D. student     		Country of Origin:
    China
    Research:
  • Hafnia-based thin films and nanoparticles
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    Sabrina Martinet

    Work Phone:
    (530) 752-1869

    Email:
     sabmartinez@ucdavis.edu

    Not
    Available

    		Position:
    visiting student    		 Country of Origin:
    France
    Research:
  • calcium phosphate apatites
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