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Current Members Alumni

Name Role Dates Location Position
Griffin Barbula Graduate Student 2005-2011  
Doug Kuramoto Research Associate 2004-2010  
Maria Dulay Research Associate 1993-2010  
Bor-han Chueh Postdoc 2008-2010 Taipei, Taiwan  
Cheuk-Wing Li Postdoc 2008-2009 Hong Kong, China  
Kenji Sueyoshi Postdoc 2008 Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan Assistant Professor
Jailakshmi Krishnamurthy Postdoc 2007-2008 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA Env. Energy Tech.
Vijay Surla Postdoc 2007-2008 University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL Postdoc
David Altman Postdoc 2006-2009 Willamette University, Salem, OR Assistant Professor
Songyun Xu Postdoc 2006-2009 OrbusNeich, Shenzhen, China Senior Scientist
Jianyang Zhang Postdoc 2006-2009 Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Dalian, China Assistant Professor
Dan Miller Graduate Student 2006-2008 Stanford University, Stanford, CA Graduate Student
Erzsi Szilágyi Graduate Student 2005-2007 Stanford University, Stanford, CA Graduate Student
Han Nim Choi Postdoc 2005-2006 Samsung, Seoul, Korea  
Fang Yu Postdoc 2005-2007 Zyomyx, Hayward, CA  
Matt Robbins Graduate Student 2004-2009 McKinsey & Company, Houston, TX Consultant
Tiffany Tainter Graduate Student 2004-2007 WWMR, Inc., San Mateo, CA Market Res. Analyst
Konrad Koszinowski Postdoc 2004-2006 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München, Germany  
Noah Goldberg Graduate Student 2003-2009 Agilent Technologies, Santa Clara, CA Postdoc
Samuel Kim Graduate Student 2003-2009 Postech, Pohang, South Korea Postdoc
Yiqi Luo Graduate Student 2003-2008 Bio-Rad Laboratories, Hercules, CA Tech. Support Consultant
Maegan Spencer Graduate Student 2003-2008 Sawtooth Laboratories, Redwood City, CA Systems Engineer
Soonwoo Chah Postdoc 2002-2005 Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, OR Sr. Process Engineer
Davida Brown Graduate Student 2002-2007 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR Postdoc
Matt Hammond Graduate Student 2002-2008 Bio-Rad Laboratories, Hercules, CA Scientist
Ryan McGlothlin Graduate Student 2002-2003 United States Marine Corps (deceased)  
Evan Pearce Graduate Student 2002-2008 Los Angeles, CA  
Oh Kyu Yoon Graduate Student 2002-2008 University of California, Berkeley, CA Postdoc
Ignacio Zuleta Graduate Student 2002-2008 University of California, San Francisco, CA Postdoc
Hongkai Wu Postdoc 2002-2005 Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China Assistant Professor
Florian Ausfelder Postdoc 2002-2004 DECHEMA (Society for Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology), Frankfurt, Germany Project Officer
Heather Rypkema Postdoc 2002-2004 University of Louisville, Louisville, KY Assistant Professor
Gabrielle Trapp Postdoc 2002-2004 Heidelberg, Germany  
Oliver Trapp Postdoc 2002-2004 Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany Professor Doctor
Thorsten Wohland Postdoc 2002 National University of Singapore, Singapore Associate Professor
Bo Huang Graduate Student 2001-2006 University of California, San Francisco Assistant Professor
Fuping Li Graduate Student 2001-2006 Brion Technologies, Santa Clara, CA Developer
Marion Martin Graduate Student 2001-2007 Furman University, Greenville, SC Assistant Professor
Andrew Leach Postdoc 2001-2003 GE Global Research Center, Niskayuna, NY  
Fiona Plows Postdoc 2001-2004 Bio-Rad Laboratories, Hercules, CA R&D Manager
Jose Vadillo Postdoc 2001 Universidad de Málaga, Málaga, Spain Permanent Professor
Mark Wallace Postdoc 2001-2002 Oxford University, Oxford, UK Lecturer
Thomas Perroud Graduate Student 2000-2006 Illumina, Hayward, CA Senior Engineer
Jon Camden Graduate Student 2000-2005 University of Tennessee at Knoxville Assistant Professor
Dirk Aderhold Postdoc 2000 Atomising Systems Limited  
Facundo Fernandez Postdoc 2000-2001 Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA Associate Professor
Manish Gupta Postdoc 2000-2001 Los Gatos Research, Mountain View, CA  
Junichi Matsumoto Postdoc 2000-2001 Kyushu University, Japan  
Joselito Quirino Postdoc 2000-2001 University of Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia Senior Lecturer
Garth Simpson Postdoc 2000-2001 Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN Associate Professor
Azer Yalin Postdoc 2000-2002 Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO Assistant Professor
Hans Bechtel Graduate Student 1999-2004 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA Sen. Sci. Eng. Assoc.
Elena Berman Graduate Student 1999-2004 Los Gatos Research, Mountain View, CA Senior Scientist
Jamie Elsila Graduate Student 1999-2004 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD Space Scientist
Theresa Hannon Graduate Student 1999-2005 Archbishop Mitty High School, San Jose, CA Teacher
Joel Kimmel Graduate Student 1999-2004 Tofwerk AG, Boulder, CO Project Manager
Andrew Pomerantz Graduate Student 1999-2005 Schlumberger, Ridgefield, CT  
Masaru Kato Postdoc 1999-2000 University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan Associate Professor
Uwe Lommatzsch Postdoc 1999-2001 Institute Fertigungstechnik Materialforschung, Bremen, Germany  
Andrew Shaw Postdoc 1999-2001 University of Exeter, Exeter, UK Associate Professor
James Ayers Graduate Student 1998-2003 Mesa State College, Grand Junction, CO Assistant Professor
Kate Bechtel Graduate Student 1998-2004 Triple Ring Technologies, Newark, CA Senior Scientist
Zee Hwan Kim Graduate Student 1998-2002 Korea University, Seoul, Korea Assistant Professor
Andrew Alexander Postdoc 1998-2000 University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK Senior Lecturer
Frank Balzer Postdoc 1998-2000 University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark Associate Professor
Charles Harb Postdoc 1998-1999 University of New South Wales, Canberra, Australia Associate Professor
Keisuke Morishima Postdoc 1998-2001 Tokyo University of Agriculture and Tech., Tokyo, Japan Associate Professor
Gadi Peleg Postdoc 1998-2001 Soreq NRC, Israel  
Rebecca Whelan Graduate Student 1997-2003 Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH Assistant Professor
Jonathan Flad Graduate Student 1997-2004 Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute, Wooster, OH Assistant Professor
Runchuan Zhao Graduate Student 1997-2004 KLA-Tencor, Milpitas, CA Engineer
Aaron Wheeler Graduate Student 1997-2003 University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada Assistant Professor
Alexander Hallock Graduate Student 1997-2002 SRI, Menlo Park, CA Research Engineer
J. C. Poutsma Postdoc 1997-1999 William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA Associate Professor
Thomas Spence Postdoc 1997-1999 Loyola University, New Orleans, LA Associate Professor
Tania Mahajan Graduate Student 1996-2002 Fibrogen, South San Francisco, CA Research Scientist
Clyde Wilson Graduate Student 1996-2002 Sports Medicine Institute, Palo Alto, CA Director
Ansgar Brock Postdoc 1996-1999 Genomics Inst. of the Novartis Res. Foundation, San Diego, CA Sr. Res. Investigator
Sheri Lillard Postdoc 1996-1998 California State University, Northridge, CA Assistant Professor
Brian Bean Graduate Student 1995-2000 Michael Best & Friedrich, Madison, WI Attorney
Jing Chen Graduate Student 1995-2000 Johnson and Johnson, Mountain View, CA  
John Sebastian Gillette Graduate Student 1995-2000 Air Force Institute for Operational Health, San Antonio, TX Deputy Lab. Director
Ian Konen Graduate Student 1995-2002 Physical Sciences Inc., Andover, MA Principal Scientist
Xavier Chillier Postdoc 1995-1997 University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland Lecturer
Russell Low Postdoc 1995-1997 Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates (VSEA), Gloucester, MA Director of Technology
Juergen Martin Postdoc 1995-1997    
Daniel Chiu Graduate Student 1994-1998 University of Washington, Seattle, WA Professor
Julie Evans Graduate Student 1994-1996    
Michael Everest Graduate Student 1994-1999 George Fox University, Newberg, OR Professor
Felix Fernandez-Alonso Graduate Student 1994-1999 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, UK Professor
Topaz Lev-On Graduate Student 1994-1996 Santa Clara, CA Psychiatrist
Nestor Rodriguez Graduate Student 1994-1999 BD Medical & Surgical Systems, Franklin Lakes, NJ Principal Scientist
Alan Furlan Postdoc 1994-1995 University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland Privatdozent
Stefano Falcinelli Postdoc 1994-1995 Università di Perugia, Perugia, Italy  
Betty Lin Postdoc 1994 San Diego, CA  
Daniel Hughes Graduate Student 1993-1995 deceased  
Alexander Kandel Graduate Student 1993-1999 University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN Associate Professor
Yeming Ma Graduate Student 1993-1997 State University of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook, NY Res. Associate Professor
Carl Matthews Graduate Student 1993-2000 Intel Corp., Santa Clara, CA  
Barbara Paldus Graduate Student 1993-1998 Skymoon Ventures, Santa Clara, CA General Partner
Hui Zhao Graduate Student 1993-1999    
Albert Heck Postdoc 1993-1995 Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht, The Netherlands Professor Doctor
Chao Yan Postdoc 1993-1996 Unimicro Technologies, Inc., Pleasanton, CA President
Piotr Zalicki Postdoc 1993-1995 KLA-Tencor Technologies Corp., Sunnyvale, CA  
Bernie Luger Graduate Student 1992-1995 Joker's Wild, Henderson, NV  
T. Peter Rakitzis Graduate Student 1992-1997 University of Crete, Greece Assistant Professor
Jake Roberts Graduate Student 1992-1993 KLA-Tencor, San Jose, CA  
Shuming Nie Postdoc 1992-1994 Georgia Tech and Emory University, Atlanta, GA Professor
Hongkun Park Graduate Student 1991-1995 Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Professor
Hao Xu Graduate Student 1991-1998    
Luis Colón Postdoc 1991-1993 University at Buffalo SUNY, Buffalo, NY Professor
David Green Postdoc 1991    
Andrew Orr-Ewing Postdoc 1991-1994 University of Bristol, Bristol, UK Professor
Koji Otsuka Postdoc 1991-1992 Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan Professor
Ruth Shear Postdoc 1991-1993 University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX Senior Lecturer
Neil Shafer-Ray Postdoc 1991-1995 University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK Associate Professor
Simon Clemett Graduate Student 1990-1995 NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX  
Rajeev Dadoo Graduate Student 1990-1994 SR-One, West Conshohocken, PA Partner
Mark Ellison Graduate Student 1990-1997 Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA Associate Professor
Liling Fang Graduate Student 1990-1995 Shimadzu Corp., Fremont, CA  
Harvey Fishman Graduate Student 1990-1995 Private medical practice, Santa Cruz and Palo Alto, CA Opthalmologist
Richard Green Graduate Student 1990-1997 US Army Dugway Proving Ground, Dugway, UT  
Kostas Kalogerakis Graduate Student 1990-1996 SRI, Menlo Park, CA Laboratory Staff
Laurie Kovalenko Postdoc 1990-1991 Tectonics Observatory at Caltech, Pasadena, CA Outreach Program Manager
Christine Leach Postdoc 1990-1992 UK  
Katharine Reid Postdoc 1990-1992 University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK Professor
David Adelman Graduate Student 1989-1993 University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ Associate Professor
Rob Bucenell Graduate Student 1989-1990 Thermo Fisher Scientific, Redwood City, CA Human Resources Director
Glenn Jones Graduate Student 1989-1995    
Rick Maechling Graduate Student 1989-1995 Chicago, IL  
Jason Shear Graduate Student 1989-1995 University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX Professor
Bill Simpson Graduate Student 1989-1995 University of Alaska Fairbanks, AK Professor
Lynmarie Posey Postdoc 1989-1991 Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI Associate Professor
Jonathan Sweedler Postdoc 1989-1991 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL Professor
Horst-Günter Rubahn Postdoc 1989 University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark Professor
Wim van der Zande Postdoc 1989-1990 Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, the Netherlands Professor Doctor
Evan Williams Postdoc 1989-1991 University of California, Berkeley, CA Professor
Skip Williams Graduate Student 1988-1993 AFRL, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, OH Princ. Res. Physicist
Rob Guettler Graduate Student 1988-1995 Excellin Life Sciences, Inc., Menlo Park, CA  
Nick Kirchner Postdoc 1988-1991    
Jean-Michel Phillipoz Postdoc 1988-1990 du Pont, Prangins, Switzerland  
Stacey Bent Graduate Student 1987-1992 Stanford University, Stanford, CA Professor
Mark Buntine Graduate Student 1987-1992 University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia Professor
Jim Campbell Graduate Student 1987-1992 El Paso, TX  
David Leahy Graduate Student 1987-1992 Stanford University, Stanford, CA Lab Manager
Thanos Tsekouras Graduate Student 1987-1992 University of Athens, Athens, Greece Assistant Professor
John Black Postdoc 1987-1990 Sawtooth Labs, Redwood City, CA Vice President
Beat Keller Postdoc 1987-1989 EMPA, Dübendorf, Switzerland  
Steve Pentoney Postdoc 1987-1989 Beckman Coulter Inc., Fullerton, CA Director
Wim Ubachs Postdoc 1987-1988 Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands Professor
Mike Bronikowski Graduate Student 1986-1992 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA  
Dahv Kliner Graduate Student 1986-1991 JDS Uniphase, Milpitas, CA Senior Optical Scientist
Jinchun Xie Graduate Student 1986-1992    
Renato Zenobi Graduate Student 1986-1990 ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland Professor Doctor
Dean Burgi Postdoc 1986-1987 Molecular Dynamics  
Wolfgang Ernst Postdoc 1986-1988 Technical University of Graz, Graz, Austria Head, Exp. Physics
Eckart Hasselbrink Postdoc 1986-1987 Universität Duisburg-Essen, Duisberg, Germany Professor
Ken McKendrick Postdoc 1986-1987 Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK Professor
Teng-ke Joseph Pang Postdoc 1986 deceased  
Mark Roach Postdoc 1986-1987    
Tim Softley Postdoc 1986-1987 Oxford University, Oxford, CA Professor
Patrick Vaccaro Postdoc 1986-1990 Yale University, New Haven, CT Professor
Jonathon Gutow Graduate Student 1985-1991 University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI Associate Professor
Jong Hoon Hahn Graduate Student 1985-1988 Pohang University of Science and Technology, Kyoungbuk, Korea Associate Professor
Kurt Kolasinski Graduate Student 1985-1991 West Chester University, West Chester, PA Assistant Professor
Hope Michelsen Graduate Student 1985-1993 Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA Technical Staff
Karen Nakashima Graduate Student 1985-1987    
Lynn Tashiro Graduate Student 1985-1990 California State University, Sacramento, CA Professor
Rong Zhang Graduate Student 1985-1990 Huawei Technologies USA, Santa Clara, CA  
Daqing Zhao Graduate Student 1985-1991 Exponential, Emeryville, CA  
Philippe Gozel Postdoc 1985-1987 Novartis Consumer Health, Nyon, Switzerland Principal Scientist
David Klenerman Postdoc 1985-1987 Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK Professor
Melissa Hines Graduate Student 1984-1991 Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Professor
Xiaohua Huang Graduate Student 1984-1988 Siometrix, Menlo Park, CA Senior Scientist
Klaus-Dieter Rinnen Graduate Student 1984-1990 Gartner Group, Portland, OR  
Takayuki Ebata Postdoc 1984-1987 Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan Professor
Ernst Gassman Postdoc 1984-1986 Syngenta Crop Protection A.G., Basel, Switzerland  
Hellmut Joswig Postdoc 1984-1986 Siemens A.G., Munich, Germany  
Roy Mead Postdoc 1984-1985 Aculite Corporation, Bothell, WA  
Thomas Stephenson Postdoc 1984-1986 Swarthmore College, Swearthmore, PA Professor
Sarah Allendorf Graduate Student 1983-1990 Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA Manager
David Rakestraw Graduate Student 1983-1988 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA Deputy Division Leader
David Scholl Graduate Student 1983-1985    
Janet Waldeck Graduate Student 1983-1989 South Fayette High School, McDonald, PA Teacher
Jim Baggott Postdoc 1983-1985 Reading, UK Consultant
Frank Bartoszek Postdoc 1983 Kinectrics, Inc., Toronto, Canada  
Franz Mascarello Postdoc 1983-1984 DSM Nutritional Products, Sisseln, Switzerland  
Victoria McGuffin Postdoc 1983-1985 Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI Professor
Deanne Snavely Postdoc 1983-1985 Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH Prof., Assoc. Dean
Richard Blake Graduate Student 1982-1988 San Francisco, CA Management Consultant
Bill Conaway Graduate Student 1982-1987 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA Deputy Division Leader
Dennis Jacobs Graduate Student 1982-1988 University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN Prof., Assoc. Provost
Andrew Kummel Graduate Student 1982-1988 University of California, San Diego, CA Professor
Jeff Segall Graduate Student 1982-1988 Mountain View, CA  
James DeHaven Postdoc 1982-1985 D'Youville College, Buffalo, NY Associate Professor
Chris Greene Postdoc 1982-1983 University of Colorado and JILA, Boulder, CO Professor
Jerry Hurst Postdoc 1982-1983    
Ernesto Marinero Postdoc 1982-1984 Hitachi, San Jose, CA Res. Staff Member
Richard Morrison Postdoc 1982-1984 Monash University, Melbourne, Australia Associate Professor
Meicheng Chuang Graduate Student 1981-1986 Taiwan  
John Kuo Graduate Student 1981-1985 Isotec, Sigma-Aldrich and Wright State University, Dayton, OH  
Chifuru Noda Graduate Student 1981-1988 Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA Assistant Professor
Greg Sitz Graduate Student 1981-1987 University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX Professor
Scott Anderson Postdoc 1981-1983 University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT Professor
Gary McClelland Postdoc 1981-1983 IBM Almaden, San Jose, CA  
Kristin Milby Postdoc 1981-1983    
Detlef Proch Postdoc 1981-1983 MPI für QuantenOptik, Garching, Germany  
Charles Rettner Postdoc 1981-1984 IBM Almaden, San Jose, CA  
Ram Vasudev Research Associate 1981-1983 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA Research Scientist
John McKillop Graduate Student 1980-1987 JDS Uniphase, Research Triangle Park, NC  
Michael Prisant Graduate Student 1980-1985    
David Chandler Postdoc 1980-1982 Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA Senior Scientist
David Rider Postdoc 1980-1982 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA Principal Scientist
Ludger Wöste Postdoc 1980-1981 Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany Professor
Robert Altkorn Graduate Student 1979-1984 Intertek, Oak Brook, IL  
Philip Brucat Graduate Student 1979-1984 University of Florida, Gainesville, FL Associate Professor
Joe Durant Graduate Student 1979-1984    
Joyce Guest Graduate Student 1979-1984 University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada BiopSys Network Manager
Glenn Kubiak Graduate Student 1979-1984 Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA Director
Hank Rennagel Graduate Student 1979-1981 Hermosa Beach, CA Retired
Chris Webster Postdoc 1979-1981 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA Sr. Res. Scientist
Maureen O'Halloran Graduate Student 1978-1986 University of Alaska Southeast, Sitka, AK Instructor of Mathematics
John Allison Postdoc 1978-1979 The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ Professor
Javed Husain Postdoc 1978-1980    
Totaro Imasaka Postdoc 1978-1979 Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan Professor
Ziv Karny Postdoc 1978    
Keith Jackson Graduate Student 1977-1982 Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, Florida Vice President
Mark Johnson Graduate Student 1977-1983 Yale University, New Haven, CT Professor
Ron Naaman Postdoc 1977-1979 Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel Professor
David Perry Postdoc 1977-1979 University of Akron, Akron, OH Professor
Arunava Gupta Graduate Student 1976-1980 University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL Professor
Steve Lidofsky Graduate Student 1976-1982 University of Vermont, Burlington, VT Professor
Gerard Diebold Postdoc 1976-1978 Brown University, Providence, RI Professor
Jim Estler Postdoc 1976-1978 Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO Professor
David Lubman Graduate Student 1975-1979 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Professor
Teddy Kiang Graduate Student 1975-1980    
Charles Miller Graduate Student 1975-1980    
Saswati Datta Graduate Student 1973-1978 Proctor & Gamble, Cincinnati, OH  
Diane Feldman Eisenstat Graduate Student 1972-1977 Standard & Poors, New York, NY Vice President
Paul Dagdigian Postdoc 1972-1974 Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD Professor
Denise Caldwell Graduate Student 1971-1976 National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA Executive Officer
Richard Oldenborg Graduate Student 1970-1975 Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM  
Mahadeva Sinha Graduate Student 1970-1974 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA PMTS
Charles Stevens Graduate Student 1970-1975 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA Staff Scientist
James Mills Postdoc 1968-1969 Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO Professor Emeritus

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