Todd R. Engstrom / Surface Chemistry and Catalysis
Todd joined the group in 2004 and completed an M.A. in Chemistry in December 2007. Todd is currently the Executive Pastor of Ministries at the Austin Stone Community Church in Austin, TX. Todd's thesis is entitled "Construction of a Surface Science System for the Study of Reactive Ballistic Deposited Thin Films."
Rotimi A. Ojifinni / Surface Chemistry and Catalysis
Rotimi completed his Ph.D. in May 2008 and his dissertation is entitled "The Surface Chemistry of Atomic Oxygen Pre-covered Gold." He then joined Exxon-Mobil as a research scientist where he continues to work.
Minta C. Akin / Studies of Amorphous Solid Water
Minta completed her Ph.D. in May 2008 and her dissertation was entitled "Low-energy Electron Driven Reactions in Layered Methanol/Amorphous Solid Water Films." Minta then joined the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory as a research scientist in the Shock Physics group where her research includes high pressure chemistry and physics.
Jinlong Gong / Surface Chemistry and Catalysis
David W. Flaherty / Catalysis and Surface Chemistry
Nathan T. Hahn / Solar Photocatalysis
Nathan completed the research for his Ph.D. in August 2012 and his thesis was entitled "Synthesis and Characterization of Semiconductor Thin Films for Photoelectrochemical Energy Conversion." He then joined Sandia National Laboratory in New Mexico as a postdoctoral fellow to study battery electrode materials and chemistries.
Son Hoang / Solar Photocatalysis
Son completed his Ph.D. research work in May 2013 and his dissertation was entitled "Nanostructured Materials for Solar Energy Conversion." He then joined the Brookhaven National Laboratory as a postdoctoral fellow working in solar energy.
Ming Pan / Catalysis and Surface Chemistry
Paul R. Abel / Thin Film Battery Electrodes
Paul finished his Ph.D. in 2014 and joined Novacentrix in Austin, Texas in October 2014. Paul's dissertation was entitled "Chemical modification of nanocolumnar semiconductor electrodes for enhanced performance as lithium and sodium-ion battery anode materials. Paul and his wife Chia welcomed their first child, Victoria, into the family in 2014.
Ting Yan / Surface Chemistry and Catalysis
Ting finished her Ph.D. work and graduated in May 2013 with a dissertation entitled "Catalysis Research Using Model Catalysts." She then took a position near Portland, OR with Intel.
