NMR Personnel
NMR personnel include one staff scientist and two graduate student teaching assistants.
Thomas G. Smith, Ph.D., NMR Laboratory Director
smit3684@umn.edu
- Bachelor of Science (chemistry), Minnesota State University-Mankato, (2010)
- Doctorate (chemistry), University of Nebraska-Lincoln (2016)
Joined facility staff: April 2022
Michael Harris, NMR teaching assistant
harr3081@umn.edu
- Bachelor of Arts (chemistry), Bowdoin College (2020)
- Master's (chemistry), University of Minnesota (2022)
- Doctoral candidate (chemistry), University of Minnesota (2022-present)
Joined facility staff: August 2022
Victoria (Tori) Tafuri, NMR teaching assistant
tafur006@umn.edu
- Bachelor of Science (chemistry), San Jose State University
- Master's (chemistry), University of Minnesota
- Doctoral candidate (chemistry), University of Minnesota
Joined facility staff: January 2023
NMR Oversight Committee
Professor Thomas Hoye
hoye@umn.edu
Lab Alumni
Letitia Yao, Ph.D., NMR Laboratory Director (retired)
yaoxx006@umn.edu
- Bachelor of Arts (chemistry), College of Wooster (1985-1989)
- Doctorate (chemistry), University of Minnesota (1989-1995)
- Post-Doctorate (NMR), University of California, San Francisco (1995-1997)
Joined facility staff: March 1997
Retired: April 2022
Stephen "Steve" Philson, Ph.D., NMR Wizard (retired)
philson@umn.edu
- Artium Baccalaureus (physics), Washington University, St. Louis (1965-1969)
- Master of Science, Doctorate (physics), University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (1969 1977)
- Post-Doctorate (physiology), University of California, Irvine (1977)
- Post-Doctorate (NMR), Carnegie-Mellon University (1978-1981)
Joined facility staff: February 1981
Retired: November 2013