Expert Details
Materials Science: Synthesis, Processing, and Structure, and Properties of Metals, Oxides, and Nitrides
ID: 738511
Illinois, USA
Highlights:
• Senior Materials Scientist with an international reputation for performing basic and applied research
• Wide range of expertise, including structural and properties characterization using synchrotron X-ray techniques, synthesis by chemical vapor deposition, atomic layer deposition and other techniques, materials processing in controlled environments, and thermal, mechanical, and electrical properties of oxides, nitrides, semiconductors and metals
Research Interests/Expertise
• In-situ synchrotron X-ray studies of materials
• Materials synthesis, characterization, and properties
• Chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD), atomic layer deposition (ALD), sputter deposition
• Nanostructured/nanocrystalline/nanophase materials
• Epitaxial thin films
• Phase stability
• Defect and transport behavior
• Ferroelectric properties
• Thermal properties
• Mechanical behavior
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1985 | Degree: Ph.D. | Subject: Materials Science | Institution: Cornell University |
| Year: 1982 | Degree: MS | Subject: Metallurgical Engineering | Institution: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Year: 1979 | Degree: BS | Subject: Metallurgical Engineering | Institution: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
|---|---|---|---|
| Years: 1985 to 2022 | Employer: Argonne National Laboratory | Title: Assistant Scientist, Scientist, Senior Scientist | Department: Materials Science Division |
Responsibilities:Performed a wide range of basic and applied research into the synthesis, processing, structure, and properties of materials. Areas of synthesis expertise include thin film synthesis by metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD), atomic layer deposition (ALD), magnetron sputter deposition, as well as synthesis of nanocrystalline (including nanophase and nanostructured) materials by inert gas condensation. Materials processing expertise includes alloy oxidation, hydriding behavior of metal alloys, and environmental effects on grain growth, densification and electrical behavior. Structural expertise includes in-situ studies using synchrotron X-ray scattering techniques. Properties expertise includes ferroelectricity, oxidation, and electrical behavior. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1985 to 1987 | Employer: Max Planck Institut für Metallforschung | Title: Alexander von Humboldt postdoctoral fellow | Department: Institut für Werkstoffwissenschaften |
Responsibilities:Performed basic research characterizing the structure of metal-ceramic interfaces using transmission electron microscopy techniques |
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Career Accomplishments
| Professional Appointments |
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| • 2008-2022: Member, Advanced Photon Source Beamtime Allocation Committee • 2002-2017: Member, Materials Research Society Awards Committee • 3 years: Chair, Materials Research Society Postdoctoral Awards Committee • Meeting Chair, Materials Research Society and Sociedad Mexicana de Materiales A.C. XXV International Materials Research Congress, Cancun, Mexico. • 3 years: Chair, Materials Research Society External Awards Committee • 2002-2009: Member, Materials Research Society Graduate Student Awards Committee (committee chair for 2 years) |
| Awards / Recognition |
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| • University of Chicago-Argonne Board of Governors Distinguished Performance Award • Alexander von Humboldt Post-Doctoral Fellowship (2 years) • Tau Beta Pi, National Engineering Honor Society • Alpha Sigma Mu, National Metallurgical Honor Society |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| 6 granted patents more than 200 scientific publications that, together, have been cited more than 48,000 times to-date in the scientific literature |
Language Skills
| Language | Proficiency |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Intermediate-level (B1) oral and written Spanish |
Fields of Expertise
materials synthesis, powder X-ray diffraction, atomic layer deposition, metal organic chemical vapor deposition, X-ray, X-ray crystallography, X-ray diffraction, X-ray diffraction analysis, X-ray fluorescence, X-ray scattering, nanocrystalline ceramics, nanoparticle, nanopowder, nanomaterial, nanostructure, nanostructured material, magnetron sputtering, ferroelectric, ferroelectric material, ferroelectric thin film, thin film science, transparent conductive thin film, copper oxidation, oxidation, thermal conductivity, electrical impedance, synchrotron radiation