Recent Post-Docs and Group Visitors

Dr. Matthew Liberatore, Colorado School of Mines                                                                                                                            Dr. Arup Nandi, GE, India                                                                                                                                                                Dr. Denis Vivares, CEA, France                                                                                                                                                       Dr. Shiyong Liu, University of Science and Technology of China                                                                                                     Hisanori Nakanishi, Tokyo University of Science, Japan                                                                                                                    Maria Stjerndahl, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden                                                                                                
Dr. Gerhard Fritz, Universitaet Graz, Austria
Dr. Puthusserickal A. Hassan, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, India
Dr. Simon Lumsdon, Dupont
Dr. Orlin Velev, North Carolina State University 
Dr. Srinivasa Raghavan, University of Maryland
Dr. Håkan Edlund, Mid Sweden University
Dr. Hans-Peter Hentze, Max-Plank-Institut KGF
Dr. Renko de Vries, Wageningen University
Dr. Martin S. Vethamuthu, Unilever Research
Dr. John Morgan, CSIRO, Australia

Recent Graduate Students

Maïder Labourt-Ibarre, Ph.D. 2005, currently at Unilever
Thesis title: "Micellar Networks in Surfactant Solutions"

Yamaira González, Ph.D. 2005, currently at Dupont
Thesis title: "Templating and Phase Behavior in Mixtures of Surfactants and Hydrotropes"

Kevin Hermanson, Ph.D. 2004, currently at Technische Universität München
Thesis title: "Polymerization in Microemulsions"

Belgin Baser, Ph.D. 2004, currently at Schlumberger
Thesis title: "The Phase Behavior and Microstructure of Alkyl Monoglucoside Solutions"

Beth Schubert, Ph.D. 2003, currently at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Thesis title: "The Microstructure and Rheology of Charged, Wormlike Micelles"                                                

James Silas, Ph.D. 2001, currently at Texas A&M University
Thesis title: "Phase Behavior and Microstructure of Silicone Oil Microemulsions"

Craig McKelvey, Ph.D. 2001, currently at Merck
Thesis title: "Templating in Organized Media"

Carlos Co, Ph.D. 2000, currently at University of Cincinnati
Thesis title: "Microemulsion Polymerization"

Steven Wrenn, Ph.D. 1999, currently at Drexel University
Thesis title: "Studies of Cholesterol Nucleation in Model Bile Systems Using Fluorescence Energy Transfer"

Dan Iampietro, Ph.D. 1999, currently at Merck
Thesis title: "Phase Behavior and Microstructure in Hydrocarbon and Fluorocarbon Surfactant Mixtures"

Henry Ashbaugh, Ph.D. 1998, currently at Princeton University
Thesis title: "The Hydration of Amphiphilic Solutes: A Theoretical and Modeling Perspective"

Larry D. Ryan, Ph.D. 1998, currently at GE Plastics
Thesis title: "Phase Behavior and Microstructure of Alkyl Polyglucoside Microemulsion"

Golchi Salamat, Ph.D. 1998, currently at Schlumberger
Thesis title: "Colloidal Dispersions in Weakly Structured and Anisotropic Surfactant Mixtures"

Graduates prior to 1998