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Dr. Theodosia Gougousi
Professor Awards: February 2009: NSF CAREER Award, Division of Materials Research 1994-1995 Andrew Mellon Predoctoral Fellow, University of Pittsburgh |
Graduate students:
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Dr. Nina Chowdhary
Ph.D. 2024 January 2020-December 2024 Project: Investigations of the optical properties of nitrogen-seeded ALD metal oxides.
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Dr. Jaron Kropp
Ph.D. 2020 May 2015-May 2020 Project: Investigations of Two-Dimensional Materials for Next-Generation Electronic Devices. Next position: Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi MD. |
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Dr. Alex Henegar
Ph.D. 2015 May 2011-December 2015 Project: Surface Chemistry and Interface Evolution During the Atomic Layer Deposition of High-k Metal Oxides on InAs(100) and GaAs(100) Surfaces. Next position: Enovational |
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Dr. Liwang Ye
Ph.D. 2014 May 2010-December 2014 Project: Surface Reactions During the Atomic Layer Deposition of High-k dielectrics on III-V Semiconductor Surfaces Next position: Amperex Technology Limited (ATL) |
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John Lacis
M.S. 2009 May 2008-December 2009 Project: Atomic Layer Deposition of TiO2 films on Si and GaAs Next position: Schafer Corporation, Washington DC. |
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Dr. Justin Hackley
Ph.D. 2008 September 2004-August 2008 Project: Nucleation and interface properties of ALD HfO2 films Next position: postdoc, Molecular Epitaxy group, Laboratory for Physics Sciences, College Park, MD. |
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Daniel Link
M.S. 2007 September 2006-December 2007 Project: Selective Deposition of Metal-Oxides on Silicon Using Self-Assembled Monolayer Resists Next position: Associate engineer at Orbital Sciences Corporation, Greenbelt MD |
Postdocs
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Dr. Zhiying Chen
November 2005-December 2006 Project: Formation of metal oxide thin films in supercritical carbon dioxide Next position: Postdoctoral fellow, University of Houston. |
Undergraduate students
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Anthony Miller
September 2023-present Project: Characterization of the growth of ALD metal oxide films on MoS2 surfaces. Next position: |
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Jabob Penn
October 2024-present Project: Next position: |
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Taylor Onelli
September 2022-May 2024 Project: Characterization of Quantum Dots using Infrared Spectroscopy. Next position: |
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Phillip Dang
September 2014-May 2015 Project: Diffusion of native oxides during the atomic layer deposition of TiO2 films on GaAs(100) surfaces. Next position: Graduate student, at Cornell University |
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Andy Cook
September 2014-May 2015 Project: Diffusion of native oxides during the atomic layer deposition of TiO2 films on GaAs(100) surfaces. Next position: Staff, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory |
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Dr. Nathan Smith
September 2013-May 2014 Project: Design and assembly of a temperature controller for supercritical fluid deposition. Next position: Graduate student, Penn State University |
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Dan Litwak
September 2012-May 2013 Project: Optical characterization of TiO2 and Ta2O5 films Next position: Graduate student, Ohio State University |
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Simba Marufu
June-July 2011 Project: Si and GaAs Surface Modification Using Self-Assembled Monolayers. Next position: Undergraduate student and McNair scholar at UMBC |
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Zeeshan Muhhamad
June 2010-August 2010 Project: ALD of HfO2 on track etched membranes. Next position: Noyce teacher scholar at UMBC |
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Dr. Brian Grooman
June 2005-July 2006 Project: Formation of thin Pd metal films in supercritical carbon dioxide, physical vapor deposition of thin metal oxide films Next position: Graduate student, University of Maryland College Park |
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Dr. Peter Zhigang Pan
February 2007-June 2007 Project: Formation of opal structures using polystyrene nanoparticles Next position: Graduate student, University of Maryland College Park |