Principal Investigator
George Nazin
- Postdoctoral: Brookhaven National Laboratory, 2007-2010 (Peter W. Sutter)
- Ph.D. Chemistry, UC Irvine, 2007 (Wilson Ho)
- M.S. Physics, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, 1999 (Yu. E. Lozovik)
Honors and Awards:
- NSF CAREER: Atomic-Scale Visualization of Excitonic States in Individual Carbon Nanotubes
- Goldhaber Distinguished Fellowship, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 2008
- E.K.C. Lee Award, UC Irvine, 2005
- Chancellor’s award for academic excellence, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, 1999.
Associate Professor 2010 – Present
Graduate Students
Christian GervasI
Ph.D. Candidate, Joined 2012
B.S. Physics, Southern Oregon University, 2012
B.A. Performing Arts, University of Portland, 1999
Jon Mills
Ph.D. Candidate, Joined 2013
B.S. Chemistry, Texas State University – San Marcos, 2013
Motoaki Honda
Ph.D. Candidate, Joined 2016
M.S. Applied Physics, University of Oregon, 2012
B.S. Physics, University of Northern Colorado, 2010
Ben McDowell
Ph.D. Candidate, Joined 2019
B.S. Chemistry, George Mason, 2018
Under Graduate Students
Jordan Mildon
B.S. Chemistry – Expected 2020
Recent Graduates
Benjamen Taber
Ph.D. Chemistry, 2018
Dissertation: “Real-Space Visualization of Organic Molecular Electronic Structure: Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Spectroscopy”
M.S. Applied Physics, University of Oregon, 2013
B.A. Physics, Colorado College, 2012
Now a Postdoc with Ara Apkarian at UC-Irvine