Nanofabrication Research Group Staff

Management

J. Alexander Liddle, Group Leader
J. Alexander Liddle is the Group Leader of the CNST Nanofabrication Research Group. He received his B.A. and D. Phil. degrees in Materials Science from the University of Oxford. more...

Research Staff

Project Leaders

	Vladimir Aksyuk, Project Leader Vladimir Aksyuk is a Project Leader in the CNST Nanofabrication Research Group and an Associate Research Scientist at the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of the University of Maryland. more...
	Rachel Cannara, Project Leader Rachel Cannara is a Project Leader in the Nanofabrication Research Group in the CNST. She received a B.S. in Physics with Highest Honors from the University of California, Santa Cruz, where her scholarship was recognized more...
	Henri Lezec, Project Leader Henri Lezec is a Project Leader in the CNST Nanofabrication Research Group. He received B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. more...
	Renu Sharma, Project Leader Dr. Renu Sharma is a Project Leader in the Nanofabrication Research Group. She received a B.S. and B.Ed. in Physics and Chemistry from Panjab University, India, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Solid State Physics from more...
	Kartik Srinivasan, Project Leader Kartik Srinivasan is a Project Leader in the Nanofabrication Research Group. He received B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Applied Physics from the California Institute of Technology. more...
	Samuel M. Stavis, Project Leader Samuel M. Stavis is a Project Leader in the Nanofabrication Research Group. He received a B.S.E. in Engineering Physics from the University of Michigan and a Ph.D. in Applied Physics more...

Visiting and Adjunct Fellows

	Amit Agrawal, CNST Visiting Fellow Amit Agrawal is a CNST Visiting Fellow in the Nanofabrication Research Group and John E. and Patricia Breyer Professor in Electrical Engineering in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Syracuse University. He received more...
	Brian Dennis, CNST Visiting Fellow Brian Dennis is a CNST Visiting Fellow in the Nanofabrication Research Group and a Research Associate in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Rutgers University. He received a B.S. in Physics and Mathematics more...
	C. Stephen Hellberg, CNST Adjunct Fellow C. Stephen Hellberg is a CNST Adjunct Fellow in the CNST Nanofabrication Research Group and a Research Physicist at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in Washington, DC. Stephen received an A.B. in Physics from Princeton more...
	Paul Morton, CNST Adjunct Fellow Paul Morton is a CNST Adjunct Fellow in the Nanofabrication Research Group. He is CEO, CTO, and founder of Morton Photonics, where he leads research programs on silicon photonics devices and ultra-low-noise lasers more...
	Mihaela Tanase, CNST Visiting Fellow Mihaela Tanase is a CNST Visiting Fellow in the Nanofabrication Research Group, and a Visiting Associate Professor at the Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics of more...
	Minhua Zhao, CNST Visiting Researcher Minhua Zhao is a CNST Visiting Researcher in the Nanofabrication Research Group. He received a B.S. and an M.S. (with honors) in Materials Science and Engineering from Zhejiang University, China and a Ph.D. more...

Postdoctoral Researchers

	Imad Agha, CNST/UMD Postdoctoral Researcher Imad Agha is a CNST/UMD Postdoctoral Researcher in the Nanofabrication Research Group. He received a B.E. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the American University of Beirut, Lebanon and a Ph.D. in more...
	Serkan Ates, CNST/UMD Postdoctoral Researcher Serkan Ates is a CNST/UMD Postdoctoral Researcher in the Nanofabrication Research Group. He received a B. Sc. in Physics from the Izmir Institute of Technology, Turkey and M. Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in more...
	Marcelo Davanço, CNST/Caltech Postdoctoral Researcher Marcelo Davanço is a CNST/Caltech Postdoctoral Researcher in the Nanofabrication Research Group. He received a B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil more...
	Seung-Hyeon (Sarah) Ko, CNST/UMD Postdoctoral Researcher Seung-Hyeon (Sarah) Ko is a CNST/UMD Postdoctoral Researcher in the Nanofabrication Research Group. She received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Chemistry from more...
	John Kohoutek, CNST/UMD Postdoctoral Researcher John Kohoutek is a CNST/UMD Postdoctoral Researcher in the Nanofabrication Research Group. He received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering more...
	Thomas Lam, CNST Postdoctoral Researcher Thomas Lam is a CNST Postdoctoral Researcher in the Nanofabrication Research Group. He received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Ceramic Engineering, as well as a Ph.D. in Ceramics from Alfred University. more...
	Pin Ann Lin, CNST/UMD Postdoctoral Researcher Pin Ann Lin is a CNST/UMD Postdoctoral Researcher in the Nanofabrication Research Group. She received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan more...
	Yuxiang Liu, CNST/UMD Postdoctoral Researcher Yuxiang Liu is a CNST/UMD Postdoctoral Researcher in the Nanofabrication Research Group. He received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Precision Machinery and Instrumentation from the University of Science more...
	Christian Long, CNST/UMD Postdoctoral Researcher Christian Long is a CNST/UMD Postdoctoral Researcher in the Nanofabrication Research Group. He received a B.S. and a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Maryland, College Park more...
	Lamar Mair, CNST/UMD Postdoctoral Researcher Lamar Mair is a CNST/UMD Postdoctoral Researcher in the Nanofabrication Research Group. He received a B. S. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Flordia and a Ph.D. in Applied Sciences and more...
	Matthieu Picher, CNST/UMD Postdoctoral Researcher Matthieu Picher is a CNST/UMD Postdoctoral Researcher in the Nanofabrication Research Group. He received a B.S. in Chemistry from Paul-Verlaine University, France, and a M.S. in Material Science and Ph.D. in Physics more...
	Luca Sapienza, CNST/UMD Postdoctoral Researcher Luca Sapienza is a CNST/UMD Postdoctoral Researcher in the Nanofabrication Research Group. He received a Laurea degree in Materials Science from the University of Padua, Italy and a Ph.D. in Materials Science more...
	Alex Smolyanitsky, CNST/CU Boulder Postdoctoral Researcher Alex (Sasha) Smolyanitsky is a CNST/CU Boulder Postdoctoral Researcher in the Nanofabrication Research Group. He received B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. more...
	Ting Xu, CNST/UMD Postdoctoral Researcher Ting Xu is a CNST/UMD Postdoctoral Researcher in the Nanofabrication Research Group. He received a B.S. in Optical Engineering from Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications more...

Student Researchers

	Sarice Barkley, CNST/UMD Research Assistant Sarice Barkley is a CNST/UMD Research Assistant in the Nanofabrication Research Group. She recently received her B.S. in Physics at St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN. Sarice is working with Rachel Cannara and Fred Sharifi building a catalyst evaporation system for the growth of carbon nanotubes to be used in nanocarbon composites.
	Thomas Michels, Graduate Student Researcher Thomas Michels is a Graduate Student Researcher in the Nanofabrication Research Group, and a doctoral candidate in Physics at the Ilmenau University of Technology, Germany. more...
	Paul Patrone, CNST/UMD Graduate Researcher Paul Patrone is a CNST/UMD Graduate Researcher in the Nanofabrication Research group. He received his B.A. from St. John's College and is currently pursuing his M.S. in Applied Mathematics and Ph.D. in Physics more...
	Boda Song, Undergraduate Researcher Boda (Becky) Song is a Undergraduate Researcher in the Nanofabrication Research Group. She recently graduated from the Magnet International Baccalaureate Program at Richard Montgomery High School, and will attend Vanderbilt University, where she plans on double majoring in Biomedical Engineering and Medicine, Health and Society. Becky is working with Rachel Cannara on constructing an atomic force microscope, as well as programming and performing dielectric constant measurements as a function of temperature.

Support Staff

Administrative

Yeehing Lam, Administrative Support Assistant
Yeehing Lam is the Administrative Support Assistant for the Nanofabrication Research Group. She has a B.S. in Architecture from the University of Maryland. more...