Alumni

Ìý Ìý 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.

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

Ìý Ìý 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 MayeulÌý d’Avezac. Two have remained at NREL since.

Past and Present Postdoctoral/Sabbatical Scholars Advised by Alex Zunger

1ÌýUlf LindefeltProfessor, Dept. of Physics, Linkoping University, Linkoping, Sweden.
2ÌýV. J. SinghProfessor, Dept. of Physics, Indian Inst. of Tech., Kanpur, India.
3ÌýJohn E. JaffeStaff Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Idaho.
4ÌýAdalberto FazzioProfessor, Dept. of Physics, San Paulo University, Brazil.
5ÌýMarilia CaldasProfessor, Dept. of Physics, San Paulo University, Brazil.
6ÌýHiroshi YoshidaProfessor, Dept. of Physics, Osaka University, Japan.
7ÌýJ.L. MartinsProfessor, Dept. of Physics, Inst. Superior Technico, Lisbon, Portugal.
8ÌýDavid WoodHired as NREL Staff after the post doc, then Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Physics, Colo. School of Mines, Golden, CO.
9ÌýG.P. SrivastavaÌýProfessor, Dept. of Physics, University of Exeter, U.K.
10ÌýJim BernardStaff Member, Dept. of Physics, Colo. School of Mines, Golden, CO.
11ÌýAbdul Aziz MbayeCultural Minister, the Republic of Senegal.
12ÌýS.H. WeiHired as NREL Staff after the post doc. Now Research Fellow at NREL.
13ÌýSverre FroyenHired as NREL Staff after the post doc. Now Software Company, CO.
14ÌýL.G. FerreiraProfessor, Dept. of Physics, Campinas University, Brazil.
15ÌýZ.W. LuStaff Member, University of California, Davis, CA.
16ÌýRobert G. DandreaStaff Scientist, David Sarnoff (previously RCA) Research Labs.
17ÌýRita MagriResearch Associate, Department of Physics, Univ. of Modena, Italy.
18ÌýSheng Bai ZhangHired as NREL Staff after the post doc. Now Professor university Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY
19ÌýRoberto OsorioFinancial Business Computer Simulations, CA.
20ÌýDavid LaksFinancial Business Computer Simulations (Wall Street), New York, NY.
21ÌýChin-Yu YehTechnical Staff Member, IBM Almaden, CA.
22ÌýLin Wang WangHired as NREL Staff after the post doc. Now Staff Member, Lawrence Berkeley Nat'l Laboratory, Berkeley, CA.
23ÌýChris WolvertonHired as NREL Staff after the post doc. Now Professor, Northwestern University
24ÌýAlberto FrancescettiHired as NREL Staff after the post doc. Now retired.
25ÌýKurt MaderDivision Manager, ELCA Informatik, Zürich, Switzerland.
26ÌýLaurent BellaicheProfessor, Department of Physics, University of Arkansas.
27ÌýHuaxiang FuProfessor, Department of Physics, University of Arkansas.
28ÌýVidvuds OzolinsProfessor, Department of Materials Science UCLA
29ÌýJeonim KimStaff, Oak Ridge National Lab
30ÌýTomy MattilaTechnical Staff Member, VTT National Laboratory, Helsinki, Finland.
31ÌýJ. H. ChoProfessor, Dept. of Physics, Hanyang University, KoreaÌý
32ÌýAndrew WilliamsonIntellectual Property startup company
33ÌýFernando ReboredoStaff Scientist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
34ÌýStephan MullerProfessor, TUHH Technische Universitat Hamburg, Germany
35ÌýJohn ShumwayProfessor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Arizona State University, AZ.
36ÌýKwiseon KimHired as NREL Staff after post doc. Now retired
37ÌýGus HartProfessor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Brigham Young University
38ÌýSelva NairSenior Researcher, ECAN, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
39ÌýMahdi SanatyAssociate Professor Physics, Texas Tech University, Lubbock TX
40ÌýPaul KentStaff member, Oak Ridge National Lab.
41ÌýPriya MahadevanS.N. Bose National Centre ÌýDepartment of Condensed Matter Physics Kolkata, West Bengal, India
42Ìý³¢¾±²µ±ð²Ô°Â²¹²Ô²µProfessor, State Key University, China
43ÌýCetin KilicGebze Technical University, Turkey
44ÌýVolker BlumAssistant Professor, Duke University, North Carolina.
45ÌýGabriel BesterProfessor, Hamburg University, Germany.
46ÌýMarco CalifanoStaff Scientist, University of Leeds, U.K.
47ÌýClass PersonAssistant Professor, Department of PhysicsÌýUniversity of Oslo, Norway
48ÌýYu Jun ZhaoProfessor, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
49ÌýSergey DudiyMaya Heat Transfer Technologies Ltd. Montreal, Quebec,Canada
50ÌýLixin HeProfessor, Hefei University of Technology, China
51ÌýGustavo NarvaezScientist, Eclipse Energy Systems, Inc.
52ÌýSergey BarabashManager, Materials and Device Simulations / Senior Scientist at Intermolecular Inc. San Jose, California
53ÌýRoman ChepulskyyStaff Engineer, Material Modeling at Samsung Semiconductor R&D San Francisco
54ÌýJoonhee AnNanotechnology Professional Los Angeles, California
55ÌýS. LanyHired as NREL Staff after the post doc. Now senior scientist, NREL
56ÌýGiancarlo TrimarchiResearch Associate, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
57ÌýZhe LiuSenior Lecturer Mechanical andÌýAerospace Engineering Monash University Australia
58ÌýPaulo PiquiniProfessor, Departamento de Fisica, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Brazil
59ÌýHannes RaebigerProfessor Yokohama National University, faculty of Engineering Science
60ÌýMayeul d’AvezacTechnical staff, University College of London
61ÌýVoicu PopescuResearcher, Faculty of Physics University Duisburg-Essen Germany
62ÌýJun-Wei LuoProfessor, Chinese Academy of Science, China
63ÌýJennifer ChanImperial College, London
64ÌýKoushik BiswasAssistant Professor, Physics Arkansas state university
65ÌýVladan MlinarSchool of Engineering, Brown University, Providence, USA
66ÌýXiuwen ZhangAssistant Professor, University of Colorado, ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute
67ÌýJulien VidalÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý ÌýÌýÌýÌýResearch Engineer at EDF R&D University of Paris
68ÌýArkady MikhaylushkinProfessor, Chinese Academy of Science, China
69ÌýTula PaudelResearch Assistant Professor a University of Nebraska-Lincoln
70ÌýLijun ZhangProfessor, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University Changchun, China
71ÌýLiping YuResearch Associate professor, Temple University
72ÌýVladan StevanovicAssociate professor, Colorado School of Mines
73Qihang LiuAssociate Professor, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China
74ÌýYongang YuNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
75ÌýLeonardo Batoni AbdallaUniversidade de São Paulo
76ÌýGustavo M. DalpianProfessor,ÌýUniversidade de São Paulo
77ÌýZhi WangProfessor, Chinese Academy of Science, China
78ÌýCarlos Mera AcostaProfessor, Federal University of ABC, Brazil
79ÌýXingang ZhaoProfessor, Northeast Normal University, China
80ÌýXiaoli ZhangProfessor, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
81ÌýOleksandr MalyiProfessor, ENSEMBLE Centre of Excellence, Wolczynska Warsaw, Poland
82ÌýLinding YuanNorthwestern University
83ÌýFernando Pereira SabinoDepartment of Materials Engineering, Sao Carlos School of Engineering, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Carlos, Brazil
84ÌýJia-Xin XiongUniversity of Colorado, ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute
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Gathering of past post docs in Los Angeles APS meeting 2018

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Gathering of past post docs in Denver APS meeting 2014