Argonne National Laboratory Center for Nanoscale Materials U.S. Department of Energy

Nanofabrication & Devices Staff

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Derrick Mancini, Associate Division Director, Group Leader
Bldg 440 - Room A215, Phone: 630.252.0147, Fax: 630.252.6866, E-mail: mancini@anl.gov

  • Ph.D., Uppsala University
  • 30 years experience in synchrotron radiation research and advanced lithographic technologies
  • current research interests are in the areas of advanced nanofabrication techniques, nanofluid and nanogels, and the applications of synchrotron radiation to nanotechnology

Orlando Auciello, Senior Physicist Bldg 440 - Room A124, Phone: 630.252.4408, Fax: 630.252.5739, E-mail: auciello@msd.anl.gov

  • Ph.D., Atomic Energy Commission and National University of Cuyo, Argentina
  • Research focuses on multidisciplinary fields on fundamental and applied science of multifunctional thin films and technological application to multifunctional devices

Srinath Balanchandran, Postdoc (Supervisor Derrick Mancini)

David Czaplewski, Assistant Scientist
Bldg 440 - Room A137, Phone: 630.252.3258, Fax: 630.252.5739, E-mail: dczaplewski@anl.gov

  • Ph.D., Cornell University
  • Research interests include the design, layout, fabrication,and testing of micromechanical and nanomechanical devices; characterization of the materials properties of devices at this scale; characterization of the catalytic behavior, mechanical, and environmental interaction at the interface between two metal-contacting surfaces; and developing novel methods to realize nanoscale devices for use as sensors and actuators.

Ralu Divan, Support Chemist
Bldg 440 - Room A128, Phone: 630.252.0146, Fax: 630.252.5739, E-mail: divan@aps.anl.gov

  • Ph..D., University of Bucharest, Romania
  • Research interests are in the lithographic properties and chemistry of materials, characterizing interfacial and compatibility properties of materials used in MEMS and NEMS, nanogels, and metal nanoparticles synthesis

Alexandra Imre, Assistant Scientist
Bldg 440 - Room A132A, Phone: 630.252.4583, Fax: 630.252.5739, E-mail: imre@anl.gov

  • Ph.D., University of Notre Dame
  • Currently working in plasmonics and nanoscale magnetism, and specializing in materials characterization and nanofabrication with special emphasis on focused ion-beam based techniques

Vishwanath Joshi, Postdoc (Supervisor Derrick Mancini)

Il Woong Jung, Postdoc (Supervisor, Daniel Lopez)
Bldg. 440 - Room A142B, Phone: 630.252.4807, Fax: 630.252.5739

Valentina Kutepova, Cleanroom Manager
Bldg 440 - Room A134, Phone: 630.252.4290, Fax: 630.252.5739, E-mail: kutepova@anl.gov

Omar Daniel Lopez, Scientist
Bldg 440 - Room A130, Phone: 630.252.3419, Fax: 630.252.5739, E-mail: dlopez@cnm.anl.gov

Suzanne Miller, Engineering Specialist Senior
Bldg 440 - Room A136, Phone: 630.252.6790, Fax: 630.252.5739, E-mail: csmiller@anl.gov

Leo Ocola, Physicist
Bldg 440 - Room A129, Phone: 630.252.6613, Fax: 630.252.5739, E-mail: ocola@anl.gov

  • Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Novel nanofabrication techniques, micro- and nanofluidics, plasmonic optical devices, transparent capacitors, templated self-assembly, NEMS, electron-matter interactions, single molecule spectroscopy

Anirudha Sumant, Assistant Materials Scientist
Bldg 440 - Room A124, Phone: 630.252.4854, Fax: 630.252.5739, E-mail: sumant@anl.gov

  • Ph.D., University of Pune, India
  • Research work is focused on the integration of ultrananocrystalline diamond/PZT for the fabrication of piezoacuated resonators and nanoscale switches to develop CMOS-compatible diamond-based NEMS

David Xinpeng Wang, Graduate Student
Bldg 440 - Room A120D, Phone: 630.252.5309, Fax: 630.252.5739, E-mail: dxwang@anl.gov

Katherine Becker, Senior Secretary
Bldg 440 - Room A131, Phone: 630.252.495, Fax: 630.252.5739, E-mail: kmbecker@anl.gov

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