Alumni

    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.

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

    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 Mayeul  d’Avezac. Two have remained at NREL since.

Past and Present Postdoctoral/Sabbatical Scholars Advised by Alex Zunger

1 Ulf LindefeltProfessor, Dept. of Physics, Linkoping University, Linkoping, Sweden.
2 V. J. SinghProfessor, Dept. of Physics, Indian Inst. of Tech., Kanpur, India.
3 John E. JaffeStaff Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Idaho.
4 Adalberto FazzioProfessor, Dept. of Physics, San Paulo University, Brazil.
5 Marilia CaldasProfessor, Dept. of Physics, San Paulo University, Brazil.
6 Hiroshi YoshidaProfessor, Dept. of Physics, Osaka University, Japan.
7 J.L. MartinsProfessor, Dept. of Physics, Inst. Superior Technico, Lisbon, Portugal.
8 David WoodHired as NREL Staff after the post doc, then Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Physics, Colo. School of Mines, Golden, CO.
9 G.P. Srivastava Professor, Dept. of Physics, University of Exeter, U.K.
10 Jim BernardStaff Member, Dept. of Physics, Colo. School of Mines, Golden, CO.
11 Abdul Aziz MbayeCultural Minister, the Republic of Senegal.
12 S.H. WeiHired as NREL Staff after the post doc. Now Research Fellow at NREL.
13 Sverre FroyenHired as NREL Staff after the post doc. Now Software Company, CO.
14 L.G. FerreiraProfessor, Dept. of Physics, Campinas University, Brazil.
15 Z.W. LuStaff Member, University of California, Davis, CA.
16 Robert G. DandreaStaff Scientist, David Sarnoff (previously RCA) Research Labs.
17 Rita MagriResearch Associate, Department of Physics, Univ. of Modena, Italy.
18 Sheng Bai ZhangHired as NREL Staff after the post doc. Now Professor university Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY
19 Roberto OsorioFinancial Business Computer Simulations, CA.
20 David LaksFinancial Business Computer Simulations (Wall Street), New York, NY.
21 Chin-Yu YehTechnical Staff Member, IBM Almaden, CA.
22 Lin Wang WangHired as NREL Staff after the post doc. Now Staff Member, Lawrence Berkeley Nat'l Laboratory, Berkeley, CA.
23 Chris WolvertonHired as NREL Staff after the post doc. Now Professor, Northwestern University
24 Alberto FrancescettiHired as NREL Staff after the post doc. Now retired.
25 Kurt MaderDivision Manager, ELCA Informatik, Zürich, Switzerland.
26 Laurent BellaicheProfessor, Department of Physics, University of Arkansas.
27 Huaxiang FuProfessor, Department of Physics, University of Arkansas.
28 Vidvuds OzolinsProfessor, Department of Materials Science UCLA
29 Jeonim KimStaff, Oak Ridge National Lab
30 Tomy MattilaTechnical Staff Member, VTT National Laboratory, Helsinki, Finland.
31 J. H. ChoProfessor, Dept. of Physics, Hanyang University, Korea 
32 Andrew WilliamsonIntellectual Property startup company
33 Fernando ReboredoStaff Scientist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
34 Stephan MullerProfessor, TUHH Technische Universitat Hamburg, Germany
35 John ShumwayProfessor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Arizona State University, AZ.
36 Kwiseon KimHired as NREL Staff after post doc. Now retired
37 Gus HartProfessor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Brigham Young University
38 Selva NairSenior Researcher, ECAN, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
39 Mahdi SanatyAssociate Professor Physics, Texas Tech University, Lubbock TX
40 Paul KentStaff member, Oak Ridge National Lab.
41 Priya MahadevanS.N. Bose National Centre  Department of Condensed Matter Physics Kolkata, West Bengal, India
42 LigenWangProfessor, State Key University, China
43 Cetin KilicGebze Technical University, Turkey
44 Volker BlumAssistant Professor, Duke University, North Carolina.
45 Gabriel BesterProfessor, Hamburg University, Germany.
46 Marco CalifanoStaff Scientist, University of Leeds, U.K.
47 Class PersonAssistant Professor, Department of Physics University of Oslo, Norway
48 Yu Jun ZhaoProfessor, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
49 Sergey DudiyMaya Heat Transfer Technologies Ltd. Montreal, Quebec,Canada
50 Lixin HeProfessor, Hefei University of Technology, China
51 Gustavo NarvaezScientist, Eclipse Energy Systems, Inc.
52 Sergey BarabashManager, Materials and Device Simulations / Senior Scientist at Intermolecular Inc. San Jose, California
53 Roman ChepulskyyStaff Engineer, Material Modeling at Samsung Semiconductor R&D San Francisco
54 Joonhee AnNanotechnology Professional Los Angeles, California
55 S. LanyHired as NREL Staff after the post doc. Now senior scientist, NREL
56 Giancarlo TrimarchiResearch Associate, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
57 Zhe LiuSenior Lecturer Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Monash University Australia
58 Paulo PiquiniProfessor, Departamento de Fisica, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Brazil
59 Hannes RaebigerProfessor Yokohama National University, faculty of Engineering Science
60 Mayeul d’AvezacTechnical staff, University College of London
61 Voicu PopescuResearcher, Faculty of Physics University Duisburg-Essen Germany
62 Jun-Wei LuoProfessor, Chinese Academy of Science, China
63 Jennifer ChanImperial College, London
64 Koushik BiswasAssistant Professor, Physics Arkansas state university
65 Vladan MlinarSchool of Engineering, Brown University, Providence, USA
66 Xiuwen ZhangAssistant Professor, University of Colorado, Boulder, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute
67 Julien Vidal              Research Engineer at EDF R&D University of Paris
68 Arkady MikhaylushkinProfessor, Chinese Academy of Science, China
69 Tula PaudelResearch Assistant Professor a University of Nebraska-Lincoln
70 Lijun ZhangProfessor, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University Changchun, China
71 Liping YuResearch Associate professor, Temple University
72 Vladan StevanovicAssociate professor, Colorado School of Mines
73Qihang LiuAssociate Professor, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China
74 Yongang YuNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
75 Leonardo Batoni AbdallaUniversidade de São Paulo
76 Gustavo M. DalpianProfessor, Universidade de São Paulo
77 Zhi WangProfessor, Chinese Academy of Science, China
78 Carlos Mera AcostaProfessor, Federal University of ABC, Brazil
79 Xingang ZhaoProfessor, Northeast Normal University, China
80 Xiaoli ZhangProfessor, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
81 Oleksandr MalyiProfessor, ENSEMBLE Centre of Excellence, Wolczynska Warsaw, Poland
82 Linding YuanNorthwestern University
83 Fernando Pereira SabinoDepartment of Materials Engineering, Sao Carlos School of Engineering, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Carlos, Brazil
84 Jia-Xin XiongUniversity of Colorado, Boulder, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute
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Gathering of past post docs in Los Angeles APS meeting 2018

 

Gathering of past post docs in Denver APS meeting 2014