2012 (L-R): Jiajie Zhu, Xiaoliang Zhong, Dr. Rodrigo Amorim and Saikat Mukhopadhyay
Dr. Miguel Blanco Universidad de Oviedo, Spain
Dr. Blanco received his Ph.D in Solid State Quantum Chemistry from the
University of Oviedo in 1997. He joined Dr. Pandey's group in 1999 as a
Post Doctoral fellow, under the framework of a long term reciprocal
collaboration with the Quantum Chemistry Group of the Universidad de Oviedo.
In 2000, he became a Professor of Physical Chemistry at Oviedo, and now he
is continuing the collaborative research with MTU, funded by NATO and
the Spanish Education Ministry.
Dr. Aurora Costales Universidad de Oviedo, Spain
Dr. Costales received her MS (1995) and Ph.D (1998) in Quantum Chemistry from
the University of Oviedo. She joined Dr. Pandey's group from July to
November of 1999 as a Post Doctoral researcher, and rejoined the group in
July 2001 with a Post Doctoral fellowship awarded to her by the Spanish
Education Ministry. At Oviedo, she is a Research Associate in the
Quantum
Chemistry Group, and she has also served as Associate Professor
during several academic terms in Oviedo.
Dr. Dilip Kanhere University of Pune, India
Dr. Kanhere received his Ph.D (1976) from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur and is the Director
of Center for Modeling and Simulations in Pune University, India.
His doctoral work pertained to band structure calculations of electron
momentum density in some transition metals and was an associate member
of ICTP (1990-97).
Dr. Roberto Orlando University of Torino, Italy
Ab initio study of the electronic structure and properties of perfect
and defective crystals with periodic boundary conditions
includes the implementation of a computer program (CRYSTAL) and the
application of the method to problems of physical and chemical interest
such as the investigation of elastic, dielectric and magnetic properties
of materials, the calculation of vibrational spectra, catalysis and
reactivities.
Dr. Ralph Scheicher University of Uppsala, Sweden
A native of Germany, Dr. Ralph Scheicher received his undergraduate
education in physics from the University of Wuerzburg, Germany, before
transferring to the State University of New York at Albany in 1998. He
received his MS (1999) and PhD (2004) there as a student of Prof. Tara
Prasad Das. In the Fall of 1999 he took a one-semester leave to attend
the Graduate School for Advanced Studies in Tsukuba, Japan and to work
with Prof. Kanetada Nagamine at the KEK research institute. During
Aug 2004 - Aug 2005, he did post doctoral work in the Condensed Matter Theory
group of Prof. Rajeev Ahuja at Uppsala University, Sweden,
funded by the EXC!TING network.
Dr. John Vail University of Manitoba, Canada
Point defects in solids affect or determine technological properties
in many materials. In his research, Dr. Vail aims for predictive accuracy
for optical, mechanical, chemical, electronic, spin resonance and transport
properties in computations and theoretical study in insulators. His
principal current project is for point defect properties in aluminum nitride.
Dr. Loredana Valenzano Michigan Tech University, USA
Dr. Valenzano took her Masters degree in Physics in 1999 at the
University of
Torino and PhD in 2003 from
University
of Southampton
working on the non-adiabatic properties of
H2+ and its isotopomers.
She then worked as a postdoc in the
University
of Leiden (2003 - 2005) and the University of Torino (2005 - 2010).
Dr. Valenzano joined Michigan Tech
in July 2010 to work as Assistant Research Scientist and Instructor and
is involved in the computational studies of energetic materials and
boron nanotubes.
Graduate Students
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Chunhui Liu
Chunhui obtained his M S in Chemistry from Lanzhou University, P. R. China in 2000 and joined Dr. Pandey's group in September 2007. His interests are in understanding the physics of nanoparticle toxicity. -
Saikat Mukhopadhyay
Saikat obtained his M S in Physics from University of Pune, India in 2005. He continued research (quantum chemical calculations of electron transfer probability in organic solids) for a couple years in NCL, India. He joined to Dr. Pandey's group in Fall 2007. His current projects involve studying the electronic structure and properties of metal oxides & metal clusters using ab-initio methods. -
Xiaoliang Zhong
Xiaoliang obtained his M.S in Physics from Lanzhou University, P. R. China in 2007 and joined Dr. Pandey's group in September 2007. His interests are electronic transitons based on first-principle simulations.
Graduates
- Haiying He Ph.D / 2009
Electron Transport In Molecular Systems - Gowtham
Ph.D / 2007
Development of A High Performance Parallel Computing Platform and Its Use in the Study of Nanostructures: Clusters, Sheets and Tubes - Kah Chun Lau Ph.D / 2007
First-Principles Studies of Boron Nanostructures : Clusters, Sheets and Nanotubes - Huitian Jiang Ph.D / 2003
Theoretical Study of Scintillating Flouride Crystals - Methodolgy and Application
- Anil Kandalam Ph.D / 2002
Electronic Structure Calculations of Group III Nitride Clusters - Kai-hua Xiang Ph.D / 1999
A Theoretical Study of Structural and Electronic Properties of H-silsesquioxanes - Suresh Sampath Ph.D / 1998
(Co-Advisor : J. C. Cordaro)
Synthesis and Study of Oxide Spinels - Peter Zapol Ph.D / 1998
Calculations of Bulk and Defect Properties in Binary and Ternary Semiconductors - Manoj Rathor M.S / 1996
(Co-Advisor : M. Krishnamurthy)
Electrical Characterization of MBE Grown Ge1-xCx Thin Films - Michael T Ulmor Ph.D / 1996
(Co-Advisor : D. J. Keeble)
A Positron Annihilation Investigation of Open Volume Defects in GaAs Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy - Sundar Veliah Ph.D / 1996
Density Functional Theory Calculations of Metal Oxide Clusters - Amin Sutjianto Ph.D / 1995
(Co-Advisor : S. W. Tam)
Study of Dissociative Hydrogen Adsorption on Lithium Oxide Terraces and Steps - Upendra Puntambekar M. S / 1995
(Co-Advisor : S. Seidel)
Simulation of Point-Defects in Magnesium Sulfide - Xiaoyang Yang Ph.D / 1993
Structures and Stability of Alkali Fluoride Micro-Clusters - Sanjay Sood M. S / 1992
Ab Initio Hartree-Fock Calculations of Structural and Electronic Properties of Magnesium Sulphide and Magnesium Selenide - Xiaoyang Yang M. S / 1991
Hartree-Fock and Monte Carlo Simulation of Alkali Halide Clusters