Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology Staff

Robert Celotta, Director
Robert Celotta is the current and founding Director of NIST’s Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology. He received his B.S. in Physics from the City College of New York, and his Ph.D. in Physics from New York University. more...

Lloyd Whitman, Deputy Director
Lloyd Whitman joined the Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology as the Deputy Director in April 2008. He received a B.S. in Physics from Brown University (with honors, magna cum laude), and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Physics more...

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...

Vincent Luciani, NanoFab Manager
Vincent Luciani is the CNST NanoFab Manager. He joined CNST in November of 2008 with over 30 years of private industry experience. more...

Jabez McClelland, Group Leader
Jabez McClelland is the Group Leader of the CNST Electron Physics Group. He received a B.A. in Physics and Music from Wesleyan University, and M.A. and Ph.D degrees in Physics from the University of Texas at Austin. more...

Nikolai Zhitenev, Group Leader
Nikolai Zhitenev is the Acting Group Leader of the CNST Energy Research Group. He received a M.S. dgree in Physics from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Russia, and a Ph.D. degree in Condensed Matter Physics more...

Andrew Berglund, Project Leader
Andrew Berglund is a Project Leader in the CNST Nanofabrication Research Group. He received an A.B. in Physics with a minor in Mathematics from Dartmouth College, where he was a Barry M. Goldwater scholar, and a Ph.D. in Physics 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...

Gregg Gallatin, Project Leader
Gregg Gallatin is a Project Leader in the CNST Nanofabrication Research Group. He received his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Physics from Penn State. After his Ph.D., he worked in academia for several years 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...

Robert D. McMichael, Project Leader
Robert (Bob) McMichael is a Project Leader in the Electron Physics Group. He received a B.S. in Engineering-Physics from Pacific Lutheran University, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Physics from the Ohio State University. more...

Fred Sharifi, Project Leader
Fred Sharifi is a Project Leader in the Energy Research Group in the CNST. He received a B.S. in Physics (magna cum laude) from the University of Illinois, where he continued his graduate education and received a Ph.D. 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 Chemistry 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...

Mark D. Stiles, Project Leader/NIST Fellow
Mark Stiles is a Project Leader and NIST Fellow in the Electron Physics Group. He received a B.S. in Physics from Yale University, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Physics from Cornell University. more...

Joseph A. Stroscio, Project Leader/NIST Fellow
Dr. Stroscio is a Project Leader and NIST Fellow in the Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology of the National Institute of Standards and Technology. He joined NIST in 1987 after completing a two year post-doctoral appointment more...

Alec Talin, Project Leader
Alec Talin is Research Group. He received a B a Project Leader in the CNST Energy Research Group. He received a B.A. in Chemistry from the University of California at San Diego and more...

John Unguris, Project Leader
John Unguris is a Project Leader in the Electron Physics Research Group. He received a B.S. in Physics from Carnegie Mellon University, and a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Wisconsin. more...

Vladimir Aksyuk, CNST Visiting Fellow
Vladimir Aksyuk is a CNST Visiting Fellow at the CNST Nanofabrication Research Group and an Associate Research Scientist at the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of the University of Maryland. more...

C. Stephen Hellberg, CNST Visiting Fellow
C. Stephen Hellberg is a CNST Visiting Fellow in the CNST Nanofabrication Research Group, on sabbatical leave from the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in Washington, D.C. Stephen received an A.B. in Physics from Princeton more...

Jacques Miltat, CNST Visiting Fellow
 Jacques Miltat is a CNST Visiting Fellow in the Electron Physics Group. Jacques received an Engineering Degree from Ecole des Mines in France and a Ph.D. in Materials Science from Oxford University. He then joined Paris-Sud more...

David R. Penn, CNST Visiting Fellow
David Penn is a CNST Visiting Fellow in the Electron Physics Group. He has been at NIST since 1972. He received a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Chicago more...

Daniel Pierce, CNST Visiting Fellow/NIST Fellow (Emeritus)
Daniel Pierce is a CNST Visiting Fellow working in the Electron Physics Group. He received a B.S. in Physics from Stanford University, a M.A. in Physics from Wesleyan University (CT), and a Ph.D. more...

Ben Shapiro, CNST Visiting Fellow
Ben Shapiro is a CNST Visiting Fellow in the CNST Nanofabrication Research Group and an Associate Professor at the University of Maryland, College Park in the Department of Aerospace Engineering more...

John Weiner, CNST Visiting Fellow
John Weiner is a CNST Visiting Fellow in the Nanofabrication Research Group. He is Professeur Èmèrite from the Université Paul Sabatier in Toulouse, France. more...

Maxim Abashin, CNST/UMD Postdoctoral Researcher
Maxim Abashin is a CNST/UMD Postdoctoral Researcher in the CNST Nanofabrication Research Group. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Applied Physics and Mathematics from the Moscow Institute of more...

Shaffique Adam, NRC Postdoctoral Research Associate
Shaffique Adam is a NRC Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Electron Physics Group. He received a B.S. in Physics from Stanford University, with departmental honors and a university distinction, and more...

Amit Agrawal, CNST/UMD Postdoctoral Researcher
Amit Agrawal is a CNST/UMD Postdoctoral Researcher in the Nanofabrication Research Group. He received a B.E. in Electronics and Telecommunications from the Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University in India, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees more...

Adam Berro, CNST Postdoctoral Researcher
Adam Berro is a CNST Postdoctoral Researcher in the Nanofabrication Research Group. He received a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Michigan and a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the University of more...

Peter Carmichael, CNST Postdoctoral Researcher
Peter Carmichael is a CNST Postdoctoral Researcher in the Nanofabrication Research Group. He received a B.S. in Chemistry from Trinity University, in San Antonio, TX, and a Ph.D. degree in Chemistry and Biochemistry more...

Marcelo Davanco, CNST/UMD Postdoctoral Researcher
Marcelo Davanco is a CNST/UMD 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...

Behrang Hamadani, CNST Postdoctoral Researcher
Behrang Hamadani is a CNST Postdoctoral Researcher in the Energy Research Group. He received a B.S. in Physics from the University of Texas at Dallas, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Physics from Rice University. more...

Paul Haney, NRC Postdoctoral Research Associate
Paul Haney is a NRC Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Electron Physics Group. He received a B.S. in Physics and Mathematics from The Ohio State University, and a Ph.D. in Physics from The University of Texas at Austin. more...

Suyong Jung, CNST/UMD Postdoctoral Researcher
Suyong Jung is a CNST/UMD Postdoctoral Researcher in the Nanofabrication Research Group. He received a B.S. in Physics from Seoul National University(Korea), and Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Texas at Austin. more...

Nikolai Klimov, CNST/UMD Postdoctoral Researcher
Nikolai Klimov is a CNST/UMD Postdoctoral Researcher working jointly in the Electron Physics Group in the CNST and the fundamental Electrical Metrology Group in the EEEL. He recieved B.S. and M.S. degrees in Physics and more...

Brenton Knuffman, CNST Postdoctoral Researcher
Brenton Knuffman is a CNST Postdoctoral Researcher in the Electron Physics Group. He received a B.S. in Physics from Loyola University Chicago and a Ph.D. in Applied Physics 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...

Stephan Koev, CNST/UMD Postdoctoral Researcher
Stephan Koev is a CNST/UMD Postdoctoral Researcher in the CNST Nanofabrication Research Group. He received a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the US Naval Academy more...

Pramod Mathai, CNST/UMD Postdoctoral Researcher
Pramod Mathai is a CNST/UMD Postdoctoral Researcher in the CNST Nanofabrication Research Group. He completed his B. Tech in Aerospace Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India, and his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park. more...

Ben McMorran, CNST Postdoctoral Researcher
Ben McMorran is a CNST Postdoctoral Presearcher in the Electron Physics Group in the CNST. He received a B.S. in Physics from Oregon State University, and a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Arizona. more...

Houxun Miao, CNST/UMD Postdoctoral Researcher
Houzun Miao is a CNST/UMD Postdoctoral Researcher in the Nanofabrication Research Group in the CNST. He received a B.D. in Mechanical Engineering and a M.S. in Optical Engineering from the Tsinghua University, China. more...

Hongki Min, CNST/UMD Postdoctoral Researcher
Hongki Min is a CNST/UMD Postdoctoral Researcher in the Electron Physics Group. He receive a B.S. in physics from Seoul National University, Korea, and a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Texas at Austin more...

Sander Otte, CNST/UMD Postdoctoral Researcher
Sander Otte is a CNST/UMD Postdoctoral Researcher in the Electron Physics Group. He recieved M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Physics from Leiden University, The Netherlands. more...

Sukumar Rajauria, CNST/UMD Postdoctoral Researcher
Sukumar Rajauria is a CNST/UMD Postdoctoral Researcher in the CNST Nanofabrication Research Group. He completed his M. Sc in Physics at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, and his Ph.D. in Physics more...

Matthew Rakher, CNST Postdoctoral Researcher
Matthew Rakher is a CNST Postdoctoral Researcher in the Nanofabrication Research Group in the CNST. He received a B.S. in Physics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign more...

Gregory Rutter, NRC Postdoctoral Research Associate
Gregory Rutter is a NRC Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Electron Physics Group. He received a B.S. in Physics from Bradley University, and is currently working towards his Ph.D. in Physics from the Georgia Institute of Technology. more...

Young Jae Song, CNST/UMD Postdoctoral Researcher
Young Jae Song is a CNST/UMD Postdoctoral Researcher in the Electron Physics Group. He received B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Physics from Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea more...

Adam Steele, CNST Postdoctoral Researcher
Adam Steele is a CNST Postdoctoral Researcher in the Electron Physics Group. He received a B.S. in Physics from Carnige-Mellon University and a Ph.D. in Physics from Georgia Institute of Technology more...

Hua Xu, CNST/UMD Postdoctoral Researcher
Hua Xu is a CNST/UMD Postdoctoral Researcher in the Nanofabrication Research Group. He received his B.S. from the University of Science and Technology of China and a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland, College Park more...

Meng Zhu, CNST/UMD Postdoctoral Researcher
Meng Zhu is a CNST/UMD Postdoctoral Researcher in the Electron Physics Group. He creceived a B.S. in Physics from Nanjing University, China, and a Ph.D. in Physics from the Pennsylvania State University. more...

Laurence Buck, NanoFab Technician
Larry Buck is a NanoFab Technician in the NanoFab Operations Group, where he is responsible for the maintenance and upgrade of all machine tools and laboratory support equipment in the NanoFab. more...

Marc Cangemi, Process Engineer
Marc Cangemi is a Process Engineer in the NanoFab Operations Group, where he is responsible for training and process support for NanoFab users in various nanofabrication areas, including optical photolithography, metrology, more...

Lei Chen, Senior Process Engineer
Lei Chen is a Senior Process Engineer in the NanoFab Operations Group. He received a Ph.D. in Polymer Science and Engineering
from Nanjing University in China, and then joined the university's staff as an Associate Professor.. more...

Russell Hajdaj, Process Engineer
Russell Hajdaj is a Process Engineer in the NanoFab Operations Group, where he provides expert tool training, support and process development for wafer bonding and wafer dicing, and assists with cleanroom maintenance more...

Gerard Henein, Senior Process Engineer
Gerard Henein is a Senior Process Engineer in the NanoFab Operations Group. He received M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Materials Science from Northwestern University. more...

Michael Hernandez, Process Engineer
Mike Hernandez is a Process Engineer in the NanoFab Operations Group. Mike has an A.A. in Electron Microscopy from San Joaquin Delta College, Stockton, CA and a B.S. in Business from the University of Maryland. more...

Richard Kasica, Senior Process Engineer
Richard Kasica is a Senior Process Engineer in the NanoFab Operations Group. Richard received a B.S. in Engineering Physics from the Ohio State University and an M.S. in Applied Physics from SUNY-Binghamton. more...

Ann Smith, NanoFab Technician
Ann Smith is a NanoFab Technician for the CNST NanoFab Operations Group. more...

Eileen Sparks, Process Engineer
Eileen Sparks is a Process Engineer in the CNST Nanofabrication Operations Group. She joined the CNST in February 2009 with over 30 years of experience in semiconductor process development, materials characterization, and contamination control more...

William Young, NanoFab Technician
Bill Young is a NanoFab Technician for the CNST NanoFab Operations Group. Bill has an A.S. degree in Electronics Engineering, and worked for six years for the Department of Defense more...

Donna Lauren, Senior Management Advisor
Donna Lauren is the Senior Management Advisor for CNST. She has a B.S. in Organizational Management from Columbia Union College. Prior to joining CNST, Donna served as a Lead Administrative Officer more...

Robert Rudnitsky, Scientific Advisor
Robert Rudnitsky is the Scientific Advisor for CNST. Robert has a B.A. from Yale University and a Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Stanford University where he was a Hertz Fellow. At Stanford more...

Karen Haugh, Administrative Officer
Karen Haugh is the Administrative Officer for the CNST. She has worked for NIST for 28 years. Prior to joining the CNST, Karen worked for 18 years as the AO for the Electron and Optical Physics Division more...

Amanda Dyson, Group Secretary
Amanda Dyson is the Group Secretary for the CNST Energy Research Group. She attends Frederick Community College and has previously worked at retail organizations. more...

Wade Hall, Group Secretary
Wade Hall is the Group Secretary for the NanoFab Operations Group. He has a B.S. in Information Technology from the University of Phoenix. more...

Monica Hudson, Group Secretary
Monica Hudson is the group secretary for the Nanofabrication Research Group. Prior to joining NIST in 2009, Monica worked for the University of North Carolina-Charlotte and more...

Matthew Gonzales, Administrative Support Assistant
Matthew Gonzales is an Administrative Support Assistant in the CNST. He has a B.S. in Sports Management from Springfield College and an M.S. in Sports Leadership from Duquesne University more...

Grace Kim, Group Secretary
Grace Kim is the Group Secretary for the CNST Electron Physics Group. Prior to working at NIST in 2008, Grace worked as a secretary for the Department of Justice, Antitrust Division in Washington, DC. more...

Jeff Pasternak, User Facility Coordinator
Jeff Pasternak is the User Facility Coordinator at the CNST. He has a B.S. in Business Management from the University of Maryland. Prior to joining NIST, Jeff worked in customer service for private industry more...

Denise Rogers, Executive Assistant
Denise Rogers began her career at NIST as the Group Secretary for the Electron Physics Group in CNST, becoming the Executive Assistant to the Deputy Director of CNST in May 2008. She has a B.A. more...

Joyce Waters, Executive Assistant
Joyce Waters joined the CNST as the Executive Assistant to the Director in September 2007. During most of her 12-year career at NIST she supported the Chief Counsel for Technology and NIST’s legal staff more...

Alan Band, Electronics Engineer
Alan Band is an Electronics Engineer in the Electron Physics Group. He has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, and an Associates degree in Bio-Medical Instrumentation Technology more...

Steve Blankenship, Instrumentation Specialist
Steve Blankenship is an Instrumentation Specialist in the Electron Physics Group. He received a B.S. in Physics from the University of Mary Washington, and a M.S. degree in Physics from Virginia Commonwealth University more...

Barbara Coalmon, IT Specialist
Barbara Coalmon is an IT Specialist in the Electron Physics Group. She has a B.S. in Computer Studies from the University of Maryland University College, College Park, MD. more...

Frank Hess, IT Specialist
Frank Hess is an IT Specialist in the Electron Physics Group in CNST. Frank received a B.S. in Physics from the University of Virginia, and a M.S. in Physics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. more...

Glenn Holland, Instrumentation Specialist
Glenn Holland is an Instrumentation Specialist in the Electron Physics Group. Glenn has a B.A. in Economics from the University of Maryland College Park. Prior to joining the CNST in 2009, Glenn spent 22 years more...

Matthew Manganello, IT Specialist
Matthew Manganello is an IT Specialist in the Electron Physics Group. He has a B.S. in Genetics from Clemson University, Clemson, SC. Matt helps administer the many Windows-based computer systems. more...

David Rutter, Electronics Engineer
David Rutter is an Electronics Engineer in the Electron Physics Group. He has an Associate degree in Electronics and Computer Technology from Electronic Institutes, Middletown, PA. David has over 10 years of experience more...