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Hourly Students, Visiting Students, IREAP Personnel at NIST

Faculty
Name Title E-mail Bldg./Room Telephone
Antonsen, Thomas Professor antonsen at umd.edu AVW/3339 (301)405-1635
Bernal, Santiago Asso.Res.Sci. sabern at umd.edu ERF/1202D (301)405-8920
Boyd, Derek Professor dboyd at umd.edu ERF/1201L (301)405-5007
DeSilva, Alan Professor Emeritus
Sr.Res.Sci. 		desilva at umd.edu ERF/1201G (301)405-4958
Dorland, William Professor bdorland at umd.edu 1113 Anne Arundel Hall (301)405-6771
Drake, James Professor drake at glue.umd.edu AVW/3311 (301)405-1471
Ellis, Richard Professor rfellis at umd.edu ERF/1202K (301)405-7369
Elton, Raymond Sr.Res.Sci. elton at umd.edu ERF/1202W (301)405-5020
Fiorito, Ralph Sr.Res.Fac. rfiorito at umd.edu ERF/1202E (301)405-5583
Fuhrer, Michael Professor mfuhrer at physics.umd.edu 2308 Physics Bldg. (301)405-6143
Girvan, Michelle Asst. Professor girvan at umd.edu AVW/3327 (301)405-1610
Granatstein, Victor Professor vlg at umd.edu ERF/1201E (301)405-4956
Griem, Hans Professor Emeritus
Sr.Res.Sci. 		griem at umd.edu ERF/1201F (301)405-4981
Guzdar, Parvez Sr.Res.Sci. guzdar at umd.edu AVW/3317 (301)405-1590
Hassam, Adil Professor hassam at umd.edu AVW/3307 (301)405-1417
Kim, Ki-Yong Asst. Professor kykim at umd.edu ERF/1202J (301)405-4993
Kishek, Rami Res.Asso.Prof. ramiak at umd.edu ERF/1202G (301)405-5012
Lathrop, Daniel Professor and
Director 		lathrop at umd.edu ERF/0300 (301)405-7986
Losert, Wolfgang Asso. Professor wlosert at umd.edu AVW/3359 (301)405-0629
Melngailis, John Professor melng at umd.edu ERF/1202P (301)405-4916
Milchberg, Howard Professor milch at ipst.umd.edu IPST/2122
ERF/0139 		(301)405-4816
Murphy, Thomas E. Asso. Prof. tem at ece.umd.edu Kim Bldg./2130 (301)405-3602
Nusinovich, Gregory Sr.Res.Sci. gregoryn at umd.edu ERF/1202M (301)405-4917
O'Shea, Patrick Professor poshea at umd.edu ERF/1201N (301)405-4960
Oehrlein, Gottlieb Professor oehrlein at umd.edu Mat. Nucl. Eng. (301)405-8931
Ott, Edward Professor edott at umd.edu AVW/3329 (301)405-5033
Rabin, Oded Asst. Professor oded at umd.edu 1110B Chem. Nucl. Eng. (301)405-3382
Reiser, Martin Professor Emeritus
Sr.Res.Sci. 		mreiser at umd.edu ERF/1201N (301)405-4960
Rodgers, John Asso.Res.Sci. Rodgers at glue.umd.edu ERF/1201P (301)405-4957
Romero Talamás, Carlos A. Asst.Res.Sci. romero at umd.edu ERF/1202R (301)405-5026
Rosfjord, Kristine Asst. Professor rosfjord at umd.edu Kim Bldg./1130 (301)405-1770
Roy, Rajarshi Professor rroy at umd.edu AVW/3347 (301)405-1636
Rubloff, Gary Professor rubloff at umd.edu Kim/1128 (301)405-2949
Shkvarunets, Anatoly Sr.Res.Sci. shkvar at umd.edu ERF/1202Q (301)405-5023
Sinitsyn, Oleksandr Asst.Res.Sci. sinits at umd.edu ERF/1201C --
Swisdak, Marc Asso.Res.Sci. swisdak at umd.edu AVW/3313 (301)405-1495
Tatsuno, Tomoya Asst.Res.Sci. tatsuno at umd.edu AVW/3337 (301)405-1632
Waks, Edo Asst. Professor edowaks at umd.edu ERF/1202H (301)405-5022

Visiting Faculty
Name Title Email Bldg./Room Telephone
Biedron, Sandra Vis.Sr.Res.Sci. -- -- --
Cornacchia, Massimo Vis.Sr.Res.Sci. mcornacc at umd.edu ERF/1202V (301)405-5029
Freund, Henry Vis.Sr.Res.Sci. hfreund at umd.edu ERF/1202V (301)405-5029
Godlove, Terry Vis.Sr.Res.Sci. terrydot at comcast.net -- --
Haber, Irving Vis.Sr.Res.Sci. haber at umd.edu ERF/1201A (301)405-4962
Jacobs, Verne Vis.Res.Asso. jacobs at dave.nrl.navy.mil ERF/1202W (301)405-5023
Jensen, Kevin L. Vis.Sr.Res.Sci. kjensen at umd.edu ERF/1201S (301)405-8484
Nissen, Edward Vis.Fac.Res.Asst. enissen at umd.edu -- --
Schwartz, Ira Vis.Sr.Res.Sci. ibschwar at umd.edu -- --
Sorrentino, Francesco Res.Asso. fsorrent at umd.edu AVW/3351 (301)405-4982
Sutter, Dave Vis.Sr.Res.Sci. accelphys at aol.com ERF/1202V (301)405-5029
Urbach, Jeffrey Vis.Prof. urbach at umd.edu AVW/3359 (301)405-0629
Vlasov, Sasha Vis.Asso.Res.Sci. vlasov at umd.edu AVW/3335 (301)405-1627
Wahlstrand, Jared Vis.Asso.Res.Sci. wahlstrj@umd.edu ERF/0139 (301)314-2681

Research Associates in IREAP
Name E-mail Bldg./Room Telephone
Bose, Ranojoy rbose at umd.edu ERF/1202A (301)405-5010
Fiuza, Karen kfiuza at umd.edu ERF/1201U (301)405-4952
Kleva, Robert kleva at umd.edu AVW/3315 (301)405-1498
Koeth, Tim koeth at umd.edu ERF/1201U (301)405-4952
Koss, Brian bak3.14159 at gmail.com AVW/3359 (301)405-0629
Lai, Li Chung llai at umd.edu Kim Bldg./1234 (301)405-0541
Numata, Ryusuke rnumata at umd.edu AVW/3319 (301)405-1608
Papadopoulos, Christos papadopc at umd.edu ERF/1201R (301)405-2700
Rericha, Erin erericha at umd.edu AVW/3353 (301)405-8317
Teodorescu, Catalin cteodore at umd.edu ERF/1202B (301)405-5014
York, Andrew york at umd.edu ERF/0141 --

IREAP Personnel at NIST
Name Title Email Telephone
Abashin, Maxim Res.Asso. maxim.abashin at nist.gov (301)975-4643
Agrawal, Amit Res.Asso. amit.agrawal at nist.gov (301)975-2779
Davanco, Marcelo Res.Asso. marcelo.davanco at nist.gov (301)975-3089
Jung, Suyong Res.Asso. suyong.jung at nist.gov (301)975-8830
Klimov, Nikolai Res.Asso. nikolai.klimov at nist.gov (301)975-3517
Ko, Seung-Hyeon Res.Asso. sarahko at nist.gov --
Koev, Stephan Res.Asso. stephan.koev at nist.gov (301)975-3847
Miao, Houxun Res.Asso. houxun.miao at nist.gov (301)975-8499
Min, Hongki Res.Asso. hongki.min at nist.gov (301)975-4328
Motayed, Abhishek Asst.Res.Sci. abhishek.motayed at nist.gov (301)975-6159
Otte, Alexander Res.Asso. alexander.otte at nist.gov (301)975-4397
Rajauria, Sukumar Res.Asso. sukumar.rajauria at nist.gov (301)975-2160
Song, Young Jae Res.Asso. youngjae.song at nist.gov (301)975-8117
Tsvetkov, Denis Res.Asso. denis.tsvetkov at nist.gov (301)975-5766
Weiner, John Vis.Sr.Res.Sci. john.weiner at nist.gov (301)975-4034
Wheeler, Daniel Res.Asso. daniel.wheeler at nist.gov (301)975-8358
Xu, Hua Res.Asso. hua.xu at nist.gov (301)975-4523
Zhu, Meng Res.Asso. mengzhu at umd.edu (301)975-8462

Faculty Research Assistants
Name E-mail Bldg./Room Telephone
Abrahams, John jabrah at umd.edu Kim Bldg./2304 (301)405-6664
Beaudoin, Brian beaudoin at umd.edu ERF/0136 (301)405-5023
Condon, Edward econdon at umd.edu ERF/1202V (301)405-8724
Hummel, Jon jhummel1 at umd.edu Kim Bldg./2304 (301)405-5017
Loughran, Tom tcl at umd.edu Kim Bldg./2304 (301)405-3642
Mobaidin, Alice mobaidin at umd.edu Kim/1119 (301)405-6047

Staff
Name E-mail Bldg./Room Telephone
Bellamy, Carol cbellamy at umd.edu ERF/1201V (301)405-4953
Boone, Nancy nboone at umd.edu ERF/1203B (301)405-5039
Brosius, Dorothea dbrosius at umd.edu ERF/1202Y (301)405-4955
Chiou, Wen-An wachiou at umd.edu Kim Bldg./1234 (301)405-0541
Cleveland, Ernie eclevela at umd.edu Kim/1119 (301)405-0028
Feldman, Donald dfeldman at umd.edu ERF/1201S (301)405-8484
Hess, Margaret mhess at umd.edu ERF/1201B (301)405-4950
Kaul, Mohini mohini at umd.edu AVW/3321 (301)405-1714
Martin, Donald dmartin47 at verizon.net ERF/0300
ERF/0137 		(301)405-7986
(301)405-3841
O'Connor, James joconnor at umd.edu Kim Bldg./2212 (301)405-5018
Pyle, Jay jpyle at umd.edu ERF/0121
ERF/0105 		(301)405-4991
(301)405-4986
Quinn, Bryan bquinn at umd.edu AVW/1411 (301)785-3928
Schoonover, Janice lsjan at umd.edu ERF/1201H (301)405-4951

Graduate Students
Name Affiliation Supervisor E-mail Bldg./Room Telephone
Adams, Matthew Physics D. Lathrop madams13 at umd.edu ERF/0300 (301)405-7986
Bagaipo, Jupiter Physics A. Hassam jbagaipo at umd.edu AVW/3352 (301)405-1657
Barlev, Gilad Physics E. Ott barlevg at umd.edu AVW/3329 (301)405-5033
Bruce, Robert ECE G. Oehrlein rlbruce at umd.edu ERF/0113 (301)405-5005
Burrola, Beatriz Physics W. Losert burrola at umd.edu ERF/0205 (301)405-6759
Chauhan, Sanjeev Physics E. Ott / M. Girvan sanjeevk@umd.edu AVW/3356 (301)405-7836
Chen, Yu-Hsin Physics H. Milchberg yhchen at umd.edu ERF/0112 (301)405-4869
Cheng, Yu-Hsiang ECE K. Rosfjord yuhsiang at umd.edu Kim Bldg./2243 (301)405-0613
Cohen, Adam Physics R. Roy abcohen at umd.edu ERF/0205A (301)405-7470
Cornett, Jane Engineering O. Rabin jcornett at umd.edu ERF/0143 (301)405-8168
Dao, Hien T. Physics Rodgers, Roy, Murphy hiendao at umd.edu ERF/0205A (301)405-7470
Despain, Kate Physics W. Dorland kdespain at glue.umd.edu AVW/3324 (301)405-1596
Driscoll, Meghan Physics W. Losert mkd at umd.edu ERF/0205 (301)405-6759
Elle, Jennifer Physics H. Milchberg elle1270 at umd.edu ERF/0112 (301)405-4869
Fallahkhair, Arman Physics H. Milchberg abfallah at umd.edu ERF/0112 (301)405-4869
Fermo, Raymond Physics J. Drake rfermo at umd.edu AVW/3356 (301)405-7836
Fonda, Enrico Physics D. Lathrop efonda at umd.edu ERF/0300 (301)405-7986
Gaff, Kristina Physics D. Lathrop gaffk at umd.edu ERF/0300 (301)405-7986
Galloway, Kevin MNE E. Williams kgallow1 at umd.edu -- (301)405-6596
Glass, Kimberly ECE E. Ott / M. Girvan kimbie at umd.edu AVW/3330 (301)405-4923
Goyal, Shilpi ECE E. Waks shilpi at umd.edu ERF/1202A (301)405-5010
Gustafson, Kyle Physics W. Dorland kgustaf at umd.edu AVW/3324 (301)405-1596
Herrera, Mark Physics W. Losert mherrer1 at umd.edu AVW --
Holloway, Michael ECE P. O'Shea mholl at wam.umd.edu ERF/0221 (301)405-5027
Hung, Ching Pui Physics A. Hassam chung1 at umd.edu AVW/3352 (301)405-1657
Johnson, Luke Physics P. O'Shea johnsonl at umd.edu ERF/1201R (301)405-2700
Joshi, Kaveri Physics D. Lathrop kaveri at umd.edu ERF/0300 (301)405-7986
Kanekar, Anjor Physics W. Dorland anjor at umd.edu AVW/3326 (301)405-1596
Kashyn, Dmytro ECE V. Granatstein dmk42 at umd.edu ERF/1202C (301)405-5038
Ku, Wai Lim Physics E. Ott wlku at umd.edu AVW/3336A (301)405-8492
Kuo, Ming-Shu MNE G. Oehrlein mskuo at umd.edu ERF/0113 (301)405-5005
Lang, Garrett ECE E. Waks glang7 at mail.umd.edu ERF/1202A (301)405-5010
Larsen, Paul ECE T. Antonsen pblarsen at umd.edu AVW/3352 (301)405-1657
Layer, Brian Physics H. Milchberg layerbd at wam.umd.edu ERF/0112 (301)405-4869
Lee, Ming-Jer Physics E. Ott leemj at umd.edu AVW --
Lee, Seung Yong MSE O. Rabin ppatra at umd.edu ERF/0143 (301)405-8168
Lee, Wai Shing ECE E. Ott wslee at umd.edu AVW/3330 (301)405-4923
Li, Tak Chu Physics J. Drake tcli at umd.edu AVW/3326 (301)405-7843
Lin, Tsung-Chen ECE G. Oehrlein tclin401 at umd.edu ERF/0113 (301)405-5005
Liu, Yi-Hsin Physics J. Drake yhliu10 at umd.edu AVW/3356 (301)405-7836
Lyon, Nicholas ECE G. Oehrlein nlyon at umd.edu ERF/0113 (301)405-5005
Mahmud, Meem Physics W. Dorland mmahmud at umd.edu AVW/3324 (301)405-1596
McCann, Colin Physics W. Losert -- ERF/0300 (301)405-7986
Mecholsky, Nicholas Physics E. Ott nmech at umd.edu AVW/3336A (301)405-8492
Montgomery, Eric Physics P. O'Shea ejm1 at umd.edu ERF/1201T (301)405-0552
Oh, Taek-Il ECE K.-Y. Kim ohtaek at umd.edu Kim Bldg./2243 (301)405-0613
Pan, Zhigang (Peter) ECE P. O'Shea zpan at umd.edu ERF/0204A (301)405-4961
Paoletti, Matthew Physics D. Lathrop paoletti at umd.edu ERF/0300 (301)405-7986
Pearson, Andrew Physics T. Antonsen ajpearso at umd.edu AVW/3326 (301)405-7843
Platig, John Physics E. Ott jplatig at umd.edu AVW/3330 (301)405-4923
Ravoori, Bhargava Physics R. Roy varoorib at umd.edu ERF/0205A (301)405-7470
Reid, Remington Physics A. Hassam rreid1 at umd.edu ERF/1201T (301)405-0552
Ropp, Chad ECE E. Waks cropp at mail.umd.edu ERF/1202A (301)405-5010
Rorai, Cecilia Physics D. Lathrop crorai at umd.edu ERF/0300 (301)405-7986
Schmitt, Karl Physics R. Roy pelonza at umd.edu ERF/0205A / CSS/4326 (301)405-5065
Schoeffler, Kevin Physics J. Drake kschoeff at umd.edu AVW/3356 (301)405-7836
Setty, Venkat Anurag Physics E. Ott svanurag at umd.edu AVW/3336A (301)405-8492
Slotterback, Steven Physics W. Losert scsumd at umd.edu ERF/0300 (301)405-7986
Sperling, Jonathan Physics E. Ott jsperlin at umd.edu AVW/3336B (301)405-7240
Sridharan, Deepak ECE E. Waks sdeepak at umd.edu ERF/1202A (301)405-5010
Taddese, Biniyam Physics E. Ott bini01 at mail.umd.edu Physics/0352 (301)405-7670
Tadjer, Marko ECE J. Melngailis marko.tadjer at gmail.com NRL --
Triana, Santiago Physics D. Lathrop triana at umd.edu ERF/0300 (301)405-7986
Varma, Sanjay Physics H. Milchberg srv at mail.umd.edu ERF/0112 (301)405-4869
Voorhies, Eric Physics R. Kishek eric2505 at umd.edu -- (301)405-2700
Wang, Yi Physics H. Milchberg ywang123 at umd.edu ERF/0112 (301)405-4869
Wardlow, Kyle Physics H. Milchberg kwardlow at umd.edu ERF/0112 (301)405-4869
Weilnboeck, Florian ECE G. Oehrlein florian.weilnboeck at gmx.de ERF/0113 (301)405-5005
Williams, Caitlin Physics R. Roy willcrs at umd.edu -- --
Yoon, Sung-Jun Physics H. Milchberg grace355 at umd.edu ERF/0112 (301)405-4869
Yoon, Young-Noh Physics E. Ott mystyle at umd.edu AVW/3336A (301)405-8492
You, Yong Sing Physics K. Kim asliman at gmail.com ERF/0130 --
Young, William Physics A. Hassam wcyoung at umd.edu ERF/0151 (301)314-2682
Yu, Jiao ECE T. Antonsen yujiao at umd.edu AVW/3352 (301)405-1657
Zhang, Hao ECE R. Kishek -- -- --
Zhou, Hernan Physics W. Losert hernanzh at umd.edu ERF/0205 (301)405-6759
Zhu, Wenxi Physics T. Antonsen jasmine at umd.edu AVW/3326 (301)405-7843
Zimmerman, Daniel Physics D. Lathrop dsz at umd.edu ERF/0300 (301)405-7986

Hourly Students
Name Supervisor E-mail
Achian, Yoav (Joe) K. Rosfjord yoavac at umd.edu
Adams, Matthew J. K. Kim iotman22 at umd.edu
Addissie, Bisrat J. Rodgers addissie at umd.edu
Berardi, Chris W. Losert saistout at gmail.com
Bohannon, Nicole K. Rosfjord nbohanno at umd.edu
Graves, Matt K.-Y. Kim vaniver at umd.edu
Jamarillo, Jorge R. Kishek --
Jun, Mi Jung J. Rodgers --
Kennedy, Colin H. Milchberg kennedyc at umd.edu
Koo, Bum Mo W. Chiou bkoo at mail.umd.edu
Kopace, Rael W. Losert rael at umd.edu
Lee, Dongyoul K.-Y. Kim dongkln at umd.edu
Luo, George E. Waks luog at umd.edu
Park, Myung D. Lathrop mhpark at umd.edu
Parsons, Yvonne H. Milchberg yparsons at umd.edu
Pu, Ruifeng V. Granatstein ruipu at umd.edu
Rosenthal, Eric H. Milchberg erosent5 at umd.edu
Shaya, Benjamin H. Milchberg bshaya at umd.edu
Smolyanivov, Alexei E. Waks --
Sohr, Erin H. Milchberg esohr at umd.edu
Strother, Mark J. Rodgers mcstro at umd.edu
Taylor, Graham C. Romero-Talamas gtaylor at umd.edu
Tuley, Kaitlyn D. Lathrop ektuley at umd.edu
Updegraff, William W. Losert wupdegra at umd.edu

Laboratories
Laboratory Contacts Bldg./Room Telephone
Plasma Theory Group Personnel Third Floor, AVW Bldg. --
Diagnostics Development Ralph Fiorito ERF/0138 (301)405-4985
Ion Beam Research and Applications John Melngailis ERF/0202 (301)405-2933
Intense Laser Matter Interactions Howard Milchberg ERF/0112 (301)405-4816
Machine Shop Jay Pyle ERF/0105 (301)405-4986
Maryland Centrifugal Experiment (MCX) Richard Ellis
Adil Hassam 		ERF/0151 (301)314-2682
Nonlinear Dynamics

• Nonlinear Dynamics in Optical Systems
• Optical Biophysics
• Nonlinear Dynamics Geodynamo


• Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Granular Flow Dynamics

Raj Roy
Wolfgang Losert
Dan Lathrop



Dan Lathrop
Wolfgang Losert

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ERF/0205
ERF/0206A



ERF/0300
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Maryland NanoCenter
 Gary Rubloff
Jim O'Connor 		Kim Bldg. (301)405-2949
(301)405-5018
Materials and Interface Nanotechnology Oded Rabin ERF/0145 (301)405-4979
Nano Materials and Structures Kristine Rosfjord ERF/0210 --
Nanophotonics and Quantum Information Edo Waks ERF/0101 (301)405-8369
Nonlinear Microwave Systems Vic Granatstein
John Rodgers 		ERF/0221 (301)405-5027
Photocathode Research Patrick O'Shea
Ralph Fiorito
Eric Montgomery 		ERF/0138 (301)405-4985
Pasotron Research Anatoly Shkvarunets ERF/0131 (301)405-4976
Plasma Processing of Materials Gottlieb Oehrlein ERF/0113 (301)405-6900
Strongly Coupled Plasmas Alan DeSilva ERF/0124 (301)405-0841
University of Maryland Electron Ring (UMER)
 Martin Reiser
Patrick O'Shea
Rami Kishek 		ERF/0204A (301)405-4961
-- Anatoly Shkvarunets
John Rodgers 		ERF/0204D --
Ultra Fast Optical Science (UFOs) Ki-Yong Kim ERF/0130 --

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