Alumni

Ìý Ìý Post docs trained in the group who proceeded to become Principle Investigators on major USA proposals/centers of Office of Science (DOE) and NSF proposals include S.B. Zhang, Lin Wang Wang, Chris Wolveron, Laurent Bellaiche, Vidvuds Ozolins, Fernano Redoredo, Gus Hart, Paul Kent, and Stephan Lany.

Ìý Ìý 25 of the post docs trained in the group became later professors in various universities.

Ìý Ìý Post doc trained in the group that were later hired into different positions at the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) include: David Wood, S.H.Wei, Sverre Froyen, Sheng Bai Zhang, Lin Wang Wang, Chris Wolverton, Alberto Franceschetti, Kwiseon Kim, Stephan Lany, and MayeulÌý d’Avezac. Two have remained at NREL since.

Past and Present Postdoctoral/Sabbatical Scholars Advised by Alex Zunger

1ÌýUlf LindefeltProfessor, Dept. of Physics, Linkoping ³Ô¹ÏÍø, Linkoping, Sweden.
2ÌýV. J. SinghProfessor, Dept. of Physics, Indian Inst. of Tech., Kanpur, India.
3ÌýJohn E. JaffeStaff Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Idaho.
4ÌýAdalberto FazzioProfessor, Dept. of Physics, San Paulo ³Ô¹ÏÍø, Brazil.
5ÌýMarilia CaldasProfessor, Dept. of Physics, San Paulo ³Ô¹ÏÍø, Brazil.
6ÌýHiroshi YoshidaProfessor, Dept. of Physics, Osaka ³Ô¹ÏÍø, Japan.
7ÌýJ.L. MartinsProfessor, Dept. of Physics, Inst. Superior Technico, Lisbon, Portugal.
8ÌýDavid WoodHired as NREL Staff after the post doc, then Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Physics, Colo. School of Mines, Golden, CO.
9ÌýG.P. SrivastavaÌýProfessor, Dept. of Physics, ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Exeter, U.K.
10ÌýJim BernardStaff Member, Dept. of Physics, Colo. School of Mines, Golden, CO.
11ÌýAbdul Aziz MbayeCultural Minister, the Republic of Senegal.
12ÌýS.H. WeiHired as NREL Staff after the post doc. Now Research Fellow at NREL.
13ÌýSverre FroyenHired as NREL Staff after the post doc. Now Software Company, CO.
14ÌýL.G. FerreiraProfessor, Dept. of Physics, Campinas ³Ô¹ÏÍø, Brazil.
15ÌýZ.W. LuStaff Member, ³Ô¹ÏÍø of California, Davis, CA.
16ÌýRobert G. DandreaStaff Scientist, David Sarnoff (previously RCA) Research Labs.
17ÌýRita MagriResearch Associate, Department of Physics, Univ. of Modena, Italy.
18ÌýSheng Bai ZhangHired as NREL Staff after the post doc. Now Professor university Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY
19ÌýRoberto OsorioFinancial Business Computer Simulations, CA.
20ÌýDavid LaksFinancial Business Computer Simulations (Wall Street), New York, NY.
21ÌýChin-Yu YehTechnical Staff Member, IBM Almaden, CA.
22ÌýLin Wang WangHired as NREL Staff after the post doc. Now Staff Member, Lawrence Berkeley Nat'l Laboratory, Berkeley, CA.
23ÌýChris WolvertonHired as NREL Staff after the post doc. Now Professor, Northwestern ³Ô¹ÏÍø
24ÌýAlberto FrancescettiHired as NREL Staff after the post doc. Now retired.
25ÌýKurt MaderDivision Manager, ELCA Informatik, Zürich, Switzerland.
26ÌýLaurent BellaicheProfessor, Department of Physics, ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Arkansas.
27ÌýHuaxiang FuProfessor, Department of Physics, ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Arkansas.
28ÌýVidvuds OzolinsProfessor, Department of Materials Science UCLA
29ÌýJeonim KimStaff, Oak Ridge National Lab
30ÌýTomy MattilaTechnical Staff Member, VTT National Laboratory, Helsinki, Finland.
31ÌýJ. H. ChoProfessor, Dept. of Physics, Hanyang ³Ô¹ÏÍø, KoreaÌý
32ÌýAndrew WilliamsonIntellectual Property startup company
33ÌýFernando ReboredoStaff Scientist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
34ÌýStephan MullerProfessor, TUHH Technische Universitat Hamburg, Germany
35ÌýJohn ShumwayProfessor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Arizona State ³Ô¹ÏÍø, AZ.
36ÌýKwiseon KimHired as NREL Staff after post doc. Now retired
37ÌýGus HartProfessor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Brigham Young ³Ô¹ÏÍø
38ÌýSelva NairSenior Researcher, ECAN, ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
39ÌýMahdi SanatyAssociate Professor Physics, Texas Tech ³Ô¹ÏÍø, Lubbock TX
40ÌýPaul KentStaff member, Oak Ridge National Lab.
41ÌýPriya MahadevanS.N. Bose National Centre ÌýDepartment of Condensed Matter Physics Kolkata, West Bengal, India
42Ìý³¢¾±²µ±ð²Ô°Â²¹²Ô²µProfessor, State Key ³Ô¹ÏÍø, China
43ÌýCetin KilicGebze Technical ³Ô¹ÏÍø, Turkey
44ÌýVolker BlumAssistant Professor, Duke ³Ô¹ÏÍø, North Carolina.
45ÌýGabriel BesterProfessor, Hamburg ³Ô¹ÏÍø, Germany.
46ÌýMarco CalifanoStaff Scientist, ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Leeds, U.K.
47ÌýClass PersonAssistant Professor, Department of PhysicsÌý³Ô¹ÏÍø of Oslo, Norway
48ÌýYu Jun ZhaoProfessor, South China ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Technology, Guangzhou, China
49ÌýSergey DudiyMaya Heat Transfer Technologies Ltd. Montreal, Quebec,Canada
50ÌýLixin HeProfessor, Hefei ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Technology, China
51ÌýGustavo NarvaezScientist, Eclipse Energy Systems, Inc.
52ÌýSergey BarabashManager, Materials and Device Simulations / Senior Scientist at Intermolecular Inc. San Jose, California
53ÌýRoman ChepulskyyStaff Engineer, Material Modeling at Samsung Semiconductor R&D San Francisco
54ÌýJoonhee AnNanotechnology Professional Los Angeles, California
55ÌýS. LanyHired as NREL Staff after the post doc. Now senior scientist, NREL
56ÌýGiancarlo TrimarchiResearch Associate, Northwestern ³Ô¹ÏÍø, Evanston, IL, USA
57ÌýZhe LiuSenior Lecturer Mechanical andÌýAerospace Engineering Monash ³Ô¹ÏÍø Australia
58ÌýPaulo PiquiniProfessor, Departamento de Fisica, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Brazil
59ÌýHannes RaebigerProfessor Yokohama National ³Ô¹ÏÍø, faculty of Engineering Science
60ÌýMayeul d’AvezacTechnical staff, ³Ô¹ÏÍø College of London
61ÌýVoicu PopescuResearcher, Faculty of Physics ³Ô¹ÏÍø Duisburg-Essen Germany
62ÌýJun-Wei LuoProfessor, Chinese Academy of Science, China
63ÌýJennifer ChanImperial College, London
64ÌýKoushik BiswasAssistant Professor, Physics Arkansas state university
65ÌýVladan MlinarSchool of Engineering, Brown ³Ô¹ÏÍø, Providence, USA
66ÌýXiuwen ZhangAssistant Professor, ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Colorado, Boulder, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute
67ÌýJulien VidalÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý ÌýÌýÌýÌýResearch Engineer at EDF R&D ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Paris
68ÌýArkady MikhaylushkinProfessor, Chinese Academy of Science, China
69ÌýTula PaudelResearch Assistant Professor a ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Nebraska-Lincoln
70ÌýLijun ZhangProfessor, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin ³Ô¹ÏÍø Changchun, China
71ÌýLiping YuResearch Associate professor, Temple ³Ô¹ÏÍø
72ÌýVladan StevanovicAssociate professor, Colorado School of Mines
73Qihang LiuAssociate Professor, Southern ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China
74ÌýYongang YuNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
75ÌýLeonardo Batoni AbdallaUniversidade de São Paulo
76ÌýGustavo M. DalpianProfessor,ÌýUniversidade de São Paulo
77ÌýZhi WangProfessor, Chinese Academy of Science, China
78ÌýCarlos Mera AcostaProfessor, Federal ³Ô¹ÏÍø of ABC, Brazil
79ÌýXingang ZhaoProfessor, Northeast Normal ³Ô¹ÏÍø, China
80ÌýXiaoli ZhangProfessor, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
81ÌýOleksandr MalyiProfessor, ENSEMBLE Centre of Excellence, Wolczynska Warsaw, Poland
82ÌýLinding YuanNorthwestern ³Ô¹ÏÍø
83ÌýFernando Pereira SabinoDepartment of Materials Engineering, Sao Carlos School of Engineering, ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Sao Paulo, Sao Carlos, Brazil
84ÌýJia-Xin Xiong³Ô¹ÏÍø of Colorado, Boulder, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute
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Gathering of past post docs in Los Angeles APS meeting 2018

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Gathering of past post docs in Denver APS meeting 2014