Group Members


Graduate Students

Shraddha Avasthy - MEMS fabrication and sensing

Shih-Han Lo - Electron Microscopy Characterization on Thermoelectric Materials

Yi-Kai Huang - Nanopatterning of functionalized oxides

Aiming Yan - Soft e-beam lithography and nanostructure

Bin Liu - Nanopatterning of funtionalized materials and device fabrication

Mengchun Pan - Structure and characterization of multiferroic tunnel junction

Stan Shihyao Chou - Magnetic Nanostructure Assembly and soft-material sensing


Postdoctoral Fellows and Senior Research Associates

Mrinmoy De - Surface engineering of magnetic nanostructures for application in self assembly and therapeutics.

Soo-Hyun Tark - Biochemical sensing, diagnostics


Affiliated Scientists and Staff

Xinqi Chen, Ph.D.

Jinsong Wu, Ph.D. - Electron Microscopist, EPIC Facility, NUANCE Center: HREM, cryo–EM, e– diffraction

Dr. Gajendra Shekhawat - Manager, NIFTI Facility, NUANCE Center, Advanced SPM, biochemical sensors and systems

Shuyou Li - Electron Microscopist, EPIC Facility, NUANCE Center, Analytical electron microscopy, computational microscopy

Benjamin D. Myers - SEM Manager, EPIC Facility, NUANCE Center, Novel electron beam techniques, lithography and fabrication

Reiner Bleher, Ph.D. - SEM, TEM, STEM, Cryo-EM, and Microanalysis of biological samples

Kai Song, Ph.D. - Advanced S/TEM of nanostructures, implementation of 3-D S/TEM tomography tools, techniques and applications

Eric W. Roth - Research Technologist II, Electron Microscopy Specialist

Jiaqing He - Electron microscopy


Undergraduate Research Interns

Stanley Gutiontov - Applications of magnetic nanostructures (MNS) to therapy and early diagnosis.

Jonathan Lin - in vivo Imaging, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics Using Smart Magnetic Nanostructures

James Sbarboro - in vitro cytotoxicity studies of magnetic nanoparticles

Felix Richter - Bio-sensing and Imaging

Katie Jaycox - Nanofabrication and electron beam lithography

Daniel Charles - Nanopatterning and colloidial self-assembly

Alex Clark Freedman - Layered materials and transition metal dichalcogenides


Visiting Scientists/Scholars

Dr. M. Eswaramoorthy, JNCASR, India, IUSSTF award research collaborations

K.S. Narayan, JNCASR, India: IUSSTF award research collaborations

Dr. S. Sivaram, Director of National Chemical Laboratory, India: Global collaborations

Dr. Surendra Chawla, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Ohio: collaborative alliances

Dr. Crystal Porter ,L'Oreal, USA: Cosmetics application of nanotechnology

Prof. Eric Stach, Purdue University, IN: In-situ EM

Dr. Michael Radler, Dow Chemical Co.: Industrial internship

Dr. Seungbum Hong, Argonne Laboratories, IL: SPM

Dr. Bernd Kabius, Argonne Laboratories, IL: Aberration corrected EM

Dr. Shinichi Tachi, Hitachi High Technologies, CA: NU-Hitachi Hi-Tech Technologies collaborations

Dr. Robert Klie, University of Illinois at Chicago: Advanced EM

Dr. Tsapogas, NSF, Virginia: Global opportunities for students

Dr. S. Yousef, NSF, Virginia: Global opportunities for students

Dr. M. Radler, Dow Chemical Company: Global opportunities for students

Prof. D. Green, Penn State, PA: Ceramics nanotechnology

Dr. N. Price, Birmingham Science City, UK: Global collaborations in nanotechnology

Dr. K. West, Birmingham Science City, UK: Global collaborations in nanotechnology

Prof. M. Adams, University of Birmingham, UK: Global collaborations in nanotechnology

Dr. L. Nagahara, NCI, Maryland: Cancer and nanotechnology

Dr. JY Kempf, L'Oreal, France: Cosmetics application of nanotechnology

Dr. Jain, IIT, Gandhinagar: Global opportunities for students

Dr. Tachi, Hitachi, Japan: Global opportunities for students

Dr. A. Aneja, Reliance Industries, Ltd., India: Polymer nanotechnology

Prof. CNR Rao, Linus Pauling Research Professor and Honorary President of JNCASR

Prof. K. Ramamrithen, IIT, Bombay: Engineering nanotechnology

Prof. S. Mhaisalkar, NTU, Singapore: Collaborative projects, student exchange

Prof. Freddy Boey, NTU, Singapore: Collaborative projects, student exchange

Prof. Hannes Lichte, Tribenberg, Dresden, Germany: Electron holography

Prof. Yoshio Bando, NRIM, Japan: Nanostructures, electron microscopy

C. Raman Suri, IMTECH, India: Biomolecular receptors and assembly

Thomas Thundat, ORNL, TN: Biochem sensors and systems

Tan Lay Poh, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore: Biomaterials

J. Giri, Caltech, CA: Magnetic therapeutics

D. Bahadur, IITB, India: Magnetic nanostructures

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