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Recent Past Group Members-UC Davis

Peng Zhang

Initial Post Group Appointment:
postdoc at UC Santa Barbara

Current Post Group Appoinment:
same
Position with Group:
Graduate Student 		Appointment Ended :
December 2007
Degree Obtained Under Group Appointment:
Ph.D. (Chemistry)


Group Research:
ZnO and Y2O3 oxide nanomaterials.


Tamas Varga, PhD

Initial Post Group Appointment:
postdoc, Argonne National Lab

Current Post Group Appoinment:
same
Position with Group:
Postdoctoral Research Associate 		Appointment Ended :
March 2007
Degree Obtained Under Group Appointment:
N/A

Group Research:
Thermochemistry of Si-C-O polymer derived ceramics, negative thermal expansion ceramics


Pingping Sun

Initial Post Group Appointment:
postdoc, UC-Berkeley

Current Post Group Appoinment:
same
Position with Group:
Graduate Student 		Appointment Ended :
September 2007
Degree Obtained Under Group Appointment:
Ph.D. (Chemical Engineering)

Group Research:
Thermochemistry, formation and hydration of zeolites.


Riham Michelle Morcos

Initial Post Group Appointment:
Staff, Chevron-Texaco

Current Post Group Appoinment:
same
Position with Group:
Graduate Student 		Appointment Ended :
August 2007
Degree Obtained Under Group Appointment:
Ph.D. (Chemical Engineering)

Group Research:
thermochemistry of functional glasses and related materials


Kailash Mogare

Initial Post Group Appointment:
postdoc, Switzerland

Current Post Group Appoinment:
same
Position with Group:
Postdoctoral Research Associate 		Appointment Ended :
October 2007
Degree Obtained Under Group Appointment:
N/A

Group Research:
thermodynamics of perovskites


Lena Mazeina

Initial Post Group Appointment:
postdoc, Naval Research Lab

Current Post Group Appoinment:
same
Position with Group:
Postdoctoral Research Associate 		Appointment Ended :
August 2007
Degree Obtained Under Group Appointment:
N/A

Group Research:
uranium minerals and iron oxides


So-Nhu Le

Initial Post Group Appointment:
faculty position, Vietnam

Current Post Group Appoinment:
same
Position with Group:
Graduate Student
(Chemistry) 		Appointment Ended :
September 2007
Degree Obtained Under Group Appointment:
Ph.D.

Group Research:
Metal phosphate microporous materials


Gyoung Gug Jang

Initial Post Group Appointment:
returned to Korea

Current Post Group Appoinment:
same

Position with Group:
Graduate Student
(Materials Science)

Appointment Ended :
December 2006
Degree Obtained Under Group Appointment:
none

Group Research:
thermodynamics of nanophase solid electrolytes.

Suraj Deore

Initial Post Group Appointment:
Staff, Intel Corp.

Current Post Group Appoinment:
same

Position with Group:
Graduate Student 		Appointment Ended :
December 2006
Degree Obtained Under Group Appointment:
Ph.D. (Materials Science)

Group Research:
thermochemistry of sulfides.

Petra Simoncic, PhD

Initial Post Group Appointment:
postdoc, UC Santa Barbara

Current Post Group Appoinment:
Dow Chemical Co.

Position with Group:
Postdoctoral Research Associate 		 Appointment Ended :
January 2007
Degree Obtained Under Group Appointment:
N/A

Group Research:
Thermochemistry and structures of rare earth-doped hafnia solid solutions. Energetics of phase transitions in rare earth oxides.

Weiqun Chen

Initial Post Group Appointment:
postdoc, Cal Tech

Current Post Group Appoinment:
postdoc, Cal Tech

Position with Group:
Graduate Student 		Appointment Ended :
January, 2006
Degree Obtained Under Group Appointment:
Ph.D. (Materials Science)

Group Research:
cerium containing solid electrolytes.

Ratnasabapathy "RG" Iyer

Initial Post Group Appointment:
faculty, Claflin University

Current Post Group Appoinment:
same
Position with Group:
postdoc		 Appointment Ended :
2006
Degree Obtained Under Group Appointment:
N/A

Group Research:
thermochemistry of ceramics

Masha Dorogova

Initial Post Group Appointment:
returned to Poland

Current Post Group Appoinment:
same

Position with Group:
postdoc		 Appointment Ended :
2006
Degree Obtained Under Group Appointment:
N/A

Group Research:
calorimetry of rare earth vanadates.

Hank Eng

Initial Post Group Appointment:
teaching position, Northern Arizona University

Current Post Group Appoinment:
same
Position with Group:
postdoc		 Appointment Ended :
2006
Degree Obtained Under Group Appointment:
N/A

Group Research:
synthesis, crystallography and calorimetry of oxides

Qingyuan Liu

Initial Post Group Appointment:
postdoc, Brigham Young University

Current Post Group Appoinment:
staff, Mega Diamond Inc.

Position with Group:
postdoc		 Appointment Ended :
2006
Degree Obtained Under Group Appointment:
N/A

Group Research:
synthesis and thermochemistry of nitrate cancrinite

Ferenc Forray, PhD

Initial Post Group Appointment:
Faculty, Cluj Napoca University, Hungary

Current Post Group Appoinment:
same
Position with Group:
postdoc		 Appointment Ended :
2006
Degree Obtained Under Group Appointment:
N/A

Group Research:
thermochemistry of acid mine drainage related minerals (jarosite, alunite, arsenic minerals).









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Past Group Members with Faculty Positions and Permanent Positions in National Labs



Ricardo Castro

Initial Post Group Appointment:
PhD Candidate at University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Current Post Group Appoinment:
Professor of Materials Engineering at Centro Universitario FEI, São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil.

Position with Group:
Visitor
Appointment Ended :
2004
Degree Obtained Under Group Appointment:
visiting Ph.D. student from Brazil

Group Research:
nanophase doped aluminas.

Kathleen Helean

Initial Post Group Appointment:
Research Staff at Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico (2004)

Current Post Group Appoinment:
same
Picture Unavailable :(
Position with Group:
Ph.D. student and postdoc
Appointment Ended :
2004
Degree Obtained Under Group Appointment:
Ph.D., Materials Science

Group Research:
pyrochlore, zirconolite, and fluorite materials related to nuclear waste disposal

Michael Pitcher

Initial Post Group Appointment:
Assistant Professor in the Chemistry Department at Shasta College, Shasta, CA (2003)

Current Post Group Appoinment:
England
Picture Unavailable :(
Position with Group:
postdoc
Appointment Ended :
2003
Degree Obtained Under Group Appointment:
N/A

Group Research:
ZrO2

Hongwu Xu

Initial Post Group Appointment:
Director's Fellow, Los Alamos National Lab, NM (2004)

Current Post Group Appoinment:
Staff Scientist, Los Alamos National Lab, NM
Position with Group:
Staff Research Associate
Appointment Ended :
2004
Degree Obtained Under Group Appointment:
N/A

Group Research:
Crystal chemistry and thermodynamics of silicates, titanates and niobates related to nuclear waste disposal, low thermal expansion ceramics and other applications

Christophe Drouet

Initial Post Group Appointment:
Research faculty with ENSIACET, Cirimat-Equipe Physico Chimie des Phosphates, Toulovse, France (2003)

Current Post Group Appoinment:
same
Position with Group:
postdoc
Appointment Ended :
2003
Degree Obtained Under Group Appointment:
N/A

Group Research:
energetics of jarosites, alunites, sulfate solid solutions.

Juraj Majzlan

Initial Post Group Appointment:
Harry Hess Postdoctoral Research Associate with Prof. Satish Myneni at Princeton University, New Jersey (2002)

Current Post Group Appoinment:
Faculty position in Mineralogy at Freiburg University, Germany
Picture Unavailable :(
Position with Group:
 postdoc
Appointment Ended :
2002
Degree Obtained Under Group Appointment:
PhD-Geology

Group Research:
iron and aluminum oxides and oxyhydroxides

Clare Fialips

Initial Post Group Appointment:
Postdoctoral Research Associate at Los Alamos National Lab., New Mexico

Current Post Group Appoinment:
Faculty position at the University of Newcastle, England

Picture Unavailable :(
Position with Group:
 postdoc
Appointment Ended :
2000
Degree Obtained Under Group Appointment:
N/A

Group Research:
clay mineral thermochemistry.

Zheng-rong Tian

Initial Post Group Appoinment:
Postdoctoral Researcher at Sandia National Lab., NM

Current Post Group Appoinment:
Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of Arkansas

Picture Unavailable :(
Position with Group:
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Appointment Ended :
2000
Degree Obtained Under Group Appointment:
N/A

Group Research:
 manganese oxides and zeolites

Robert Putnam

Initial Post Group Appointment:
Postdoctoral Researcher at Los Alamos National Lab, NM (1999)

Current Post Group Appoinment:
Staff Member at Los Alamos National Lab, NM
Picture Unavailable :(
Position with Group:
Graduate Student
Appointment Ended :
1999
Degree Obtained Under Group Appointment:
PhD

Group Research:
 nuclear waste disposal ceramics

Franck Tessier, PhD

Current Post Group Appoinment:
CNRS Researcher, Université de Rennes 1, France
Position with Group:
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Appointment Ended :
1998
Degree Obtained Under Group Appointment:
N/A

Group Research:
 nitride thermodynamics

Corine Gérardin

Current Post Group Appoinment:
Faculty member at University of Strasbourg, France
Picture Unavailable :(
Position with Group:
postdoc
Appointment Ended :
1997
Degree Obtained Under Group Appointment:
N/A

Group Research:
zeolites

Sophie Guillemet-Fritsch

Current Post Group Appoinment:
Faculty member at Université de Toulouse, France
Picture Unavailable :(
Position with Group:
postdoc
Appointment Ended :
1996
Degree Obtained Under Group Appointment:
N/A

Group Research:
 manganese oxides

Debra Dooley

Current Post Group Appoinment:
Professor of Geology, Piedmont College
Picture Unavailable :(
Position with Group:
postdoc
Appointment Ended :
1996
Degree Obtained Under Group Appointment:
N/A

Group Research:
 carbonates

Mark Rodriguez

Current Post Group Appoinment:
staff member, Sandia National Lab
Picture Unavailable :(
Position with Group:
postdoc
Appointment Ended :
1995
Degree Obtained Under Group Appointment:
N/A

Group Research:
 oxide superconductors

Pamela Burnley

Current Post Group Appoinment:
Professor, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Picture Unavailable :(
Position with Group:
postdoc
Appointment Ended :
1995
Degree Obtained Under Group Appointment:
N/A

Group Research:
high pressure minerals

Irina Kiseleva, PhD

Current Post Group Appoinment:
Professor at Moscow State University, Russia
Picture Unavailable :(
Position with Group:
postdoc
Appointment Ended :
1995
Degree Obtained Under Group Appointment:
N/A

Group Research:
 zeolites

George Rossetti

Initial Post Group Appoinment:
Staff member at Continuum Control Co., MA

Current Post Group Appoinment:
Research Faculty at Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ
Picture Unavailable :(
Position with Group:
postdoc
Appointment Ended :
1994
Degree Obtained Under Group Appointment:
N/A

Group Research:
 PbTiO3 - PbZ5O3

Apurva Mehta

Current Post Group Appoinment:
Staff member, Stanford Synchrotron Light Source
Picture Unavailable :(
Position with Group:
postdoc
Appointment Ended :
1994
Degree Obtained Under Group Appointment:
N/A

Group Research:
 oxide superconductors

Christel Laberty-Robert, PhD

Current Post Group Appoinment:
Associate Professor at Université de Toulouse, France (1998)
Position with Group:
postdoc
Appointment Ended :
1998, Princeton
Degree Obtained Under Group Appointment:
N/A

Group Research:
She worked on iron oxides

TRS Prasanna

Current Post Group Appoinment:
Professor IIT, Bombay, India
Picture Unavailable :(
Position with Group:
postdoc
Appointment Ended :
1994
Degree Obtained Under Group Appointment:
N/A

Group Research:
transition metal oxides

Vincent Lamberti

Current Post Group Appoinment:
Staff member at Y-12 Site, Oak Ridge, TN
Picture Unavailable :(
Position with Group:
postdoc
Appointment Ended :
1994
Degree Obtained Under Group Appointment:
N/A

Group Research:
He worked on oxide superconductors

Rebecca Lange, PhD

Current Post Group Appoinment:
Professor of Geology, University of Michigan
Picture Unavailable :(
Position with Group:
postdoc
Appointment Ended :
1993
Degree Obtained Under Group Appointment:
N/A

Group Research:
 silicate melts

James De Yoreo

Current Post Group Appoinment:
Staff Position at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Picture Unavailable :(
Position with Group:
postdoc
Appointment Ended :
1992
Degree Obtained Under Group Appointment:
N/A

Group Research:
 silicate melts

Joseph Bularzik

Current Post Group Appoinment:
Professor, University of Indiana
Picture Unavailable :(
Position with Group:
postdoc
Appointment Ended :
1990
Degree Obtained Under Group Appointment:
N/A

Group Research:
oxide superconductors

Nancy Ross, PhD

Initial Post Group Appointment:
Postdoctoral Researcher at SUNY Stony Brook, NY (1985)

Current Post Group Appoinment:
Professor of Geology at Virginia Tech, VA

Picture Unavailable :(
Position with Group:
Graduate Student
Appointment Ended :
1985
Degree Obtained Under Group Appointment:
PhD
Group Research:
high pressure phases

Peter Davies

Initial Post Group Appointment:
Assistant Professor of Materials Science, University of Pennsylvania, PA

Current Post Group Appoinment:
Professor & Department Chair Materials Science & Engineering University of Pennsylvania, PA

Picture Unavailable :(
Position with Group:
Graduate Student
Appointment Ended :
1981
Degree Obtained Under Group Appointment:
PhD

Group Research:
oxides and solid solutions



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