Scientific Staff

Scientific experts manage instruments & ancillaries in the Characterization Facility, develop capabilities, provide services (analysis, training, assistance), and formally collaborate with users, when necessary.

Please contact the following staff members with specific technical inquiries (including price quotes when needed). The order of techniques is according to staff member's emphasis:

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Javier Garcia Barriocanal
X-ray Scattering (high angular resol., thin film)
Office
11 Shepherd Labs
Phone
(612) 626-9657
E-mail
javigb@umn.edu
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Nolan Concannon
Spectroscopic ellipsometry
E-mail
conca014@umn.edu
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Greg Haugstad (incl. email)
Scanning probe microscopy (+IR), Ion beam analysis (RBS/PIXE/etc)
Office
201 Shepherd Labs
Phone
(612) 868-4069 (prescheduled)
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Hanseung Lee
Scanning electron microscopy (+cryo)
Office
1-238 Nils Hasselmo Hall
Phone
(612) 626-0341
E-mail
cfac-sem@umn.edu
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Bing Luo
XPS/ESCA, Raman/FTIR, microtensiometry
Office
29B Shepherd Labs
Phone
(612) 625-1841
E-mail
luox0026@umn.edu
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Michael Odlyzko
Transmission Electron Microscopy
Office
55 Shepherd Labs
Phone
612-626-3613
E-mail
odlyz003@umn.edu
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Geoffrey Rojas (Shelburne)
X-ray scattering, UPS, Auger, scanning probe microscopy (STM/KFM)
Office
18 Shepherd Labs
Phone
(612) 626-9803
E-mail
garojas@umn.edu
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Moujhuri Sau
Nanomechanical testing (Hysitron TI980)
E-mail
sau00001@umn.edu
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Nicholas Seaton
Focused ion beam, scanning electron microscopy (EDS/EBSD)
Office
53 Shepherd Labs
Phone
(612) 626-5314
E-mail
seato008@umn.edu
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Guichuan Yu
Data analysis support, imaging analyst and consultant
E-mail
yug@umn.edu
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Wei Zhang
High-res transmission electron microscopy (soft/bio, cryo, 3D)
Office
1-236 Nils Hasselmo Hall
Phone
(612) 624-1522
E-mail
zhangwei@umn.edu
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Fang Zhou
Microtomy (cryo), bio specimen prep, TEM/SEM
Office
1-232 Nils Hasselmo Hall
Phone
(612) 624-4652
E-mail
zhoux341@umn.edu