Thiel Research Group
Honors Awarded to Members
February 2008
Back: Alex, Baris, Thomas Duguet, Chad
Middle: Yong, Dapeng, Dr. Jenks, Prof. Thiel
Front: Prof. Evans, Mingmin, Selena
October 2009
Group members, family and friends
Dr. Baris Ünal
Dr. Mingmin Shen
Dr. Thomas Duguet
Dr. Dapeng Jing
Selena Russell
Photo by Bob Elbert.
Chad Yuen
Dahai Shao
David Appy
Holly Walen
Emma Kwolek
Ann Lii-Rosales
Yinghui Zhou
Mark Wallingford
Yu Lim Kim
Former Members
Dr. David Appy -- Ph.D. Student 2010 - 2014Lecturer
Iowa State University, Department of Chemistry
1605 Gilman Hall
Ames, IA 50011
E-mail: dvappy@iastate.edu
Dr. Falko Baier -- Postdoctoral Associate 2002 - 2003
Product Development Manager Nanotechnology and Coatings
Voith Turbo GmbH and Co. KG
Alexanderstrasse 2
89522 Heidenheim, Germany
(49) 7321 37 8210
Fax: (48) 7321 37 7616
E-mail: falko.baier@voith.com
Université Claude Bernard, Département de Physique des Matériaux
43 Bd du 11 Novembre 1918
69622 Villeurbanne, France 0472432831
Fredericksburg, VA
E-mail: quasichemist@yahoo.com
Staff Toxicologist
California EPA, Department of Pesticide Regulation, Worker Health and
Safety Branch
P.O. Box 4015
Sacramento, CA 95812-4015
(916) 445-4268
Fax: (916) 445-4280
E-mail: sbeauvais@cdpr.ca.gov
Postdoctoral Associate
Oak Ridge National Lab
Oak Ridge, TN
Pharmacist
Human Behavioral Services, South Dakota State Hospital
Yankton, SD
E-mail: jkbjergaard@jacks.sdstate.edu
Senior Lecturer
Iowa State University, Department of Chemistry
1215 Gilman Hall
Ames, IA 50011
(515) 294-6352
E-mail: joe_b@iastate.edu
Process Engineer
Lam Research Corporation
4650 Cushing Parkway
Fremont, CA 94538
E-mail: tanhong.cai@lamrc.com
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC)
Hsinchu, Taiwan
E-mail: lukechang@aol.com
Process Engineer
Lam Research Corporation
4650 Cushing Parkway
Fremont, CA 94538
E-mail: tanhong.cai@lamrc.com
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Ames Laboratory of US DOE
311 TASF
Ames, IA 50011
(515) 294-2680
E-mail: cedric@iastate.edu
Associate Professor & Associate Chair
Indiana-Purdue University, Department of Chemistry
2101 E. Coliseum Bd.
Fort Wayne, IN 46805
(260) 481-6299
E-mail: columbia@ipfw.edu
Research Scientist
IMRE, 3 Research Link
Singapore 117602
Phone: 68741993
HP:82988073
E-mail: ej-cox@imre.a-star.edu.sg
Senior Scientist
Honeywell Federal, Manufacturing and Technologies
2000 East 95th St.
P.O. Box 419159
Kansas City, MO 64141-6159
(816) 997-5656
Fax: (816) 997-7078
E-mail: acrabtree@kcp.com
Director, Engineering Research
Research Triangle Institute
P.O. Box 12194
3040 Cornwallis Road
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2194
(919) 316-3325
E-mail: ldavis@rti.org
LSG2M, CNRS UMR 7584
Ecole Des Mines de Nancy
Parc de Saurupt
54042 Nancy Cedex, France
E-mail: Valerie.Demange@mines.inpl-nancy.fr
Professor
Dalian University of Technology, School of Materials Science and
Engineering
Key Lab of Materials Modification
Dalian 116024, China
Phone: (86) 411-84708389
E-mail: dong@dlut.edu.cn
Research Scientist
Surface Science Applied to MOCVD Processes
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
France
E-mail: tduguet@ensiacet.fr
E-mail: Thomas.Duguet@ensiacet.fr
Administrative Specialist
Ames Laboratory of US DOE
231 Spedding Hall
Ames, IA 50011
E-mail: mduncalf@sci.ameslab.gov
Scientist
Utah State University Research Foundation, Space Dynamics Lab
1695 N. Research Park Way
N. Logan, UT 84341
(435) 797-4386
E-mail: jim.dyer@sdl.usu.edu
Ridgefield, CT
E-mail: ddsand@snet.net
Institut Jean Lamour, UMR 7198 CNRS-Nancy Université-UPV Metz
Ecole Des Mines de Nancy, Parc de Saurupt
54042 Nancy Cedex, France
(33) 3-83-58-42-14
Fax: (33) 3-83-57-63-00
E-mail: Vincent.Fournee@mines.inpl-nancy.fr
Administrative Specialist
Ames Laboratory of US DOE
142 Spedding Hall
Ames, IA 50011
E-mail: haaland@ameslab.gov
Audit Senior Manager
KPMG LLP
90 S. 7th St.
4200 Wells Fargo Center
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Phone: (612) 305-5000 E-mail: mheinzig@kpmg.com
Joyce Jacobson -- M.S. Student 1991 - 1994
PACE Analytical
St. Paul, MN
E-mail: jajacobson@mmm.com
Assistant Director for Scientific Planning
Ames Laboratory of US DOE
311 TASF
Ames, IA 50011
Phone: (515) 294-8486
Fax: (515) 294-4456 E-mail: cjenks@ameslab.gov
Professor
Concordia College, Department of Chemistry
Moorhead, MN 56562
Phone: (218) 299-3571
E-mail: jensen@cord.edu
Post Doctoral Associate
Laboratory of Astrophysics & Surface Science, Prof. Gianfranco
Vidali
Syracuse University, Department of Physics
B215 Physics Building
Syracuse, NY, 13244
Phone: (315) 443-1801
E-mail: djing@syr.edu
Coordinator
Intellectual Property and Technical Information
Ames Laboratory of US DOE
332 TASF
Ames, IA 50011
Phone: (515) 294-5932
E-mail: joiner@ameslab.gov
Assistant Professor
National University of Singapore, Department of Chemistry
E-mail: chmkhc@nus.edu.sg
201 Spedding Hall
E-mail: Yulim@iastate.edu
Dr. Emma Kwolek--Ph.D. Student
2011-2016
Email: emma.j.kwolek@gmail.com
Bureau of ATF
Prof. Anthony Layson -- Ph.D. Student 1996 - 2001Assistant Professor
Trine University, Department of Science
311 Best Hall Angola, IN 46703
Phone: (260) 655-4584
E-mail: laysont@trine.edu
Senior Staff Engineer
Seagate Technologies, Multi-disc write group
7801 Computer Ave.
Bloomington, MN 55435
Phone: (952) 402-7867
E-mail: pamela.k.gobran@seagate.com
Assistant Scientist
Ames Laboratory of US DOE
213 Asc 1
Ames, IA 50011
Phone: (515) 294-9794
E-mail: wleung@iastate.edu
Postdoctoral Research Associate
University of Colorado, Boulder
E-mail: ann.lii.rosales@gmail.com
Analyst
DGBL Incubator, 3M Display & Graphics Business Laboratory
3M Center Bldg. 235-B-D60
St. Paul, MN 55144
Phone: (612) 737-4997
E-mail: RLLockridge@MMM.com
Administration Specialist
Iowa State University, Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology
251C Bessey Hall
Ames, IA 50011
Phone: (515) 294-3523
E-mail: jmcmaho@iastate.edu
Medical Physicist
Juravinski Cancer Centre, Medical Physics Department
Hamilton Health Sciences
699 Concession Street
Hamilton Ontario L8V 5C2, Canada
Phone: (905) 387-9711 ext. 67011
E-mail: uwe.myler@hrcc.on.ca
Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Institut für Theoretische Physik
Auf der Morgenstelle 14
D-72076 Tuebingen, Germany
E-mail: zorka.papadopolos@uni-tuebingen.de
E-mail: ptipz01@tphys.physik.uni-tuebingen.de
Associate Professor
Graduate School of Energy, Environment, Water and Sustainability
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
N5, 2163, 373-1 Guseong Dong
Yuseong Gu, Daejeon 305-701
Republic of Korea
Phone: 82-42-350-1713
E-mail: jeongypark@kaist.ac.kr
Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Missouri - Columbia
MU Research Reactor (MURR)
W2017 Lafferre Hall
Columbia, MO 65211
Phone: (573) 882-7319
MURR phone: (573) 883-4997
E-mail: PinheroP@missouri.edu
Mallinckrodt, Inc.
P.O. Box 5840
St. Louis, MO 63134
Phone: (314) 654-3942
E-mail: john.polta@mkg.com
Teaching Laboratory Coordinator
Department of Chemistry
Iowa State University
1279 Gilman Hall
Ames, IA 50011-3111
Phone: (515) 294-3991
E-mail: flqin@iastate.edu
Infineon Technologies AG
ATV SC D TD
Am Campeon 1-12
85579 Neubiberg, Germany
Phone: (49) 89-234-65967
E-mail: Wolfgang.Raberg@infineon.com
Senior Systems Engineer
L3 Communications
San Diego, CA
E-mail: vidrishi@hotmail.com
Institute Jean Lamour - Département P2M
Unité UMR CNRS no. 7198
Université Henri Poincaré - Nancy 1
B.P. 239
54506 Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, Cédex, France
Phone: (33) 3-83-68-46-47
Fax: (33) 3-83-27-34-98
E-mail: Didier.Rouxel@lpmi.uhp-nancy.fr
Postdoctoral Fellow
Army Research Laboratory Adelphi, MD Phone: 301.394.0743
E-mail: selena.m.russell@gmail.com
Professor
University of Wisconsin at River Falls, Department of Chemistry
215 Centennial Science Hall
410 South 3rd Street
River Falls, WI 54022-5001
(715) 425-3577
E-mail: barb.s.nielsen@uwrf.edu
Science Instructor
E-mail: kpschmitz@att.net
E-mail: shaodahai@gmail.com
Dr. Mingmin Shen -- Ph.D. Student 2004 - 2009Analytical Chemist
Kashiv Pharma
Bridgewater, NJ 08807
E-mail: Mingmin.Shen@pnl.gov
Vice-President, Director of Research
Mass Consortium Corporation
Phone: (858) 581-0700
E-mail: z1shen@ucsd.edu
Professor
St. Olaf College, Department of Chemistry
1520 St. Olaf Av.
Northfield, MN 55057-1098
(507) 646-3498
Fax: (507) 646-3968
E-mail: walczak@stolaf.edu
Phone: (360) 562-1755
Email: pm.spurgeon92@gmail.com
Nick Spurr -- M.S. Student 1996 - 1999
Instructor
Dept. of Economics
Blinn College - Bryan
2423 Blinn Blvd.
P. O. Box 6030
Bryan, TX 77805
Phone: (979) 209-7401
E-mail: Nicholas.Spurr@blinn.edu
Associate Professor
University of Colorado, Department of Mechanical Engineering
427 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309-0427
Phone: (303) 492-7698
Fax: (303) 492-3498
E-mail: conrad.stoldt@colorado.edu
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Whitesides Research Group
Harvard University
Department of Chemical and Chemical Biology
12 Oxford Street, M-235
Cambridge, MA 02138
E-mail:bunal@gmwgroup.harvard.edu
Dr. Holly Walen--Ph.D. Student 2011-2016
Postdoctoral research associate at RIKEN
Wako, Japan
Email: holly.walen@riken.jp
Mark Wallingford-- Staff Scientist 2011-2016
Service Engineer
MANTIS Depostition Ltd & SIGMA Surface Science GmbH
Denver, Colorado
Email: markcwallingford@gmail.com
Dr. Wendi Wang -- Ph.D. Student 1986 - 1990
President & Founder
Advanced Botanical Consulting & Testing, Inc.
1169 Warner Avenue
Tustin, CA 92780
Phone: (714) 259-7559
E-mail: wendiw@abctestinginc.com
Chief Technology Officer and Vice President
Electron Microscopy & Vacuum Products, Hysitron Inc.
10025 Valley View Road, Suite 190
Minneapolis, MN 55344
Phone: (952) 835-6366
Fax: (952) 835-6166
E-mail: owarren@hysitron.com
Postdoctoral Associate
Prof. R. Fischer, Lehrstuhl für Anorganische Chemie II
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
44780 Bochum, Germany
Engineering Manager
Komag
1710 Automation Parkway
San Jose, CA 95131
(408) 576-2315
E-mail: jianming.wen@komag.com
Science Instructor
Norwalk High School
1201 North Ave.
Norwalk, IA 50211
Phone: (515)-981-9655 ext. 2658
E-mail: SKratzer@norwalk.k12.ia.us
Research Professor of Physics
Center for Advanced Materials
University of Houston
724 Science Research Bldg. 1
Houston, TX 77204
Phone: (713) 743-8230
E-mail: naijwu@uh.edu
Visiting Assistant Professor in Chemistry
Augustana College - Illinois
Rock Island, IL
E-mail: cyuen@iastate.edu
Prof. Chenming "Mike" Zhang -- M.S. Student 1994 - 1996Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Systems Engineering
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
210 Seitz Hall
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Phone: (540) 231-7601
Fax: (540) 231-3199
E-mail: cmzhang@vt.edu
Xiamen University
E-mail: yhzhou@xmu.edu.cn