The Chronister Group: Past Group Members
Dr. Bohdan Schatschneider
Graduate Student Researcher (2004-2008)
Research Project: High Resolution Spectroscopy and Molecular Modeling of Molectular Crystals Under Extreme Temperature and Pressure Conditions
Current Position: Post Doctoral Researcher, Bowling Green State University
E-Mail: boschat1@yahoo.com
Dr. Masashi Yamaguchi
Postdoctoral Research Associate (2001-2003)
Research Project:
Vibronic dynamics in molecular solids under extreme conditions
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Physics, Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute
E-Mail:
yamagm@rpi.edu
Olga Gubanova, M.S.
Chemistry Lecturer and Research Associate (2001-2003)
Research Project: Computational
simulations of vibrational dynamics in pure and mixed molecular crystals
E-Mail: olga@bruno.ucr.edu
Dr. Michael McIntire
Graduate Student Researcher (1998-2003), Ph.D. 2003, Post Doctoral Researcher (2003-2005)
Ph.D. Thesis Title: A Photon Echo Study of Low Temperature Optical Dephasing of Amorphous Solids under High Pressure
Biographical Data, Personal Home Page
Current Position: Assistant Professor at UW Green Bay
Department Home Page
E-Mail: MCINTIRM@UWGB.EDU
Dr. Liang Zhao
Graduate Student Researcher (1998-2002), Ph.D. 2002
Ph.D. Thesis Title: Impulsive Stimulated Scattering Studies of Materials and Surfaces under High Pressure
Biographical Data, Personal Home Page
E-Mail:
zhaol@bruno.ucr.edu
Dr. Bruce Baer
Postdoctoral Research Associate (1993-2000)
Research Project:
Surface Acoustic Velocities of Single Crystal Metals by Impulsive Stimulated
Scattering
Current Position: Staff Scientist, High Pressure Physics Group, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Biographical
Data, Personal Home
Page
E-Mail: Baer4@llnl.gov
Dr. Peter Geissinger
Postdoctoral Research Associate (4/1997-6/1998)
Research Project:
High Resolution Spectral Hole Burning Studies of Conjugated Polyenes and Proteins
Current Position: Professor of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee
Biographical
Data, Personal Home
Page
E-Mail: geissinger@bruno.ucr.edu
Dr. Patrick Lloyd
Graduate Student Researcher (1995-2000), Ph.D. 2000
Ph.D. Thesis Title:
Sol-Gel Clad Fiber-Optic Chemical Sensors
Biographical Data, Personal Home Page
E-Mail: patrickl@bruno.ucr.edu
Dr. Vladimir Kondilenko
Postdoctoral Research Associate (1/2001-6/2001)
Research Project:
High Resolution FTIR Spectroscopy of Molecular Solids under High Pressure
Biographical
Data
E-Mail: kondilenko@yahoo.com
Rachelle Enriquez
Stockroom Manager, Machinist's Assistant, Accounting
Assistant
E-Mail: rachelle@bruno.ucr.edu
Dr. Otto Berg
Postdoctoral Research Associate (1997-1999)
Research Project:
High Pressure Photon Echo and Photochemical Studies of Doped Polymer Glasses
Biographical Data, Personal Home Page
E-Mail:
o.berg@chem.leidenuniv.nl
Stephan C. Laperriere, M. Sc.
Visiting Researcher (1995)
Research Project: Energy Transfer in Doped orous Sol-Gel Glasses
Current Position: Staff Researcher, Montreal Proteomics Network, Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, McGill University
E-Mail: stephan.laperriere@mcgill.ca , or stephan_lap@yahoo.ca
James Flores
Graduate Student Researcher (1992-1995), M.S. 1995
M.S. Thesis Title:Spectroscopy of Unique Molecular Solids: Chloroaluminumphthalocyanine Photophysics in a Porous Xerogel Matrix, and Anhharmonic Vibrational Behavior of Organic Polymers Under High Pressure
Biographical Data, Personal Home Page
E-Mail:
tba@tba
Dr. Qian Jun
Postdoctoral Research Associate, 1988-1989 (Supported by the Academy of Sciences of China)
Research Project:
Construction of Ultrafast Coherent Laser Spectrometers for High Pressure Studies
Biographical
Data
E-Mail: jqian@abp.anl.gov
Dr. Drew L'Esperance
Graduate Student Researcher (1987-1993), Ph.D. 1993
Ph.D. Thesis Title:Molecular Dynamics and Optical Energy Transfer in Organically Doped Porous Sol-Gel Glasses
Biographical Data
E-Mail:
dlesperance@metrolaserinc.com
Dr. Robert A. Crowell
Graduate Student Researcher (1987-1992), Ph.D. 1992
Ph.D. Thesis Title:Picosecond Spectroscopy of Vibrational and Electronic Dynamics in High Pressure Molecular Solids
Current Position: Staff Chemist, Radiation and Photochemistry Group, Chemistry Division, Argonne National Laboratory
E-Mail: rob_crowell@anl.gov
Past Undergraduate Research Students
1. Sangita Upadhyay (sophomore) - Fall 1989. Student Minigrant ($350)
"Purification of Organic Solids and Growth of Pure and Doped Single Crystals"
2. John Middleton (senior) - Winter, Spring 1990
"Nanosecond fluorescence anisotropy on doped porous glasses" and "Time-resolved absorption measurements of the bR photocycle intermediates"
3. Leanne Preston (junior) - Spring 1990
"Design and construction of a high speed photodiode switch"
4. Leon Ku (senior) - Fall 1990; Winter, Spring 1991
"Chemical synthesis and characterization of sol-gel glass chemistry"
5. Larry Miller (junior) - Spring 1991
"Construction and characterization of a mode-locked Nd:YAG laser"
6. Joseph Mullens (freshman) - Fall 1994, Winter 1995, Winter 96
"Development of a fiber optic sol-gel clad fiber optic sensor"
7. Marta Olteneau (junior & senior) - Fall 1994 - Spring 1995, Winter 1996. Student Minigrant-Fall 1994 ($200)
"Design and testing of an ultrafast pockels cell for cavity dumping a ps dye laser" and Student Minigrant-Fall 1996 ($300): "Sol-Gel Clad Fiber-Optic Biosensors with Time-Resolved Detection"
8. Shalin Patel (junior - biomedical sciences) - Fall 1995
"Construction and analysis of a femtosecond Ti:Sapphire laser"
9. Kenny T. Luong (junior - biology) - Spring 1996
"Retention of Bacteriorhodopsin activity doped into a dried sol-gel glass"
10. Brian Scanlan (senior - physics) - Spring 1996, Summer 1996, Fall 1996
"Spectroscopy of photochemically generated pentacene dimers isolated in a p-terphenyl matrix"
11. Nathan Shoaf (junior) - Summer 1996, Spring 1997
"Synthesis and Spectroscopic Characterization of Di-Pentacene"
12. Kimberly Dunney (senior) - Summer 1997
"High Pressure Raman Spectroscopy of NTO"
13. Eric Sorin (junior) - Winter 1999
"FTIR Studies of C60-metal complexes at High Pressure"
Spring 1999 "FTIR studies of C60-calixa(4)rene Chemistry at High Pressure and High Temperature"
14. Paul Miller (junior) - Spring 1999
"Confocal Raman Imaging of the Morphology of Minerals and Microdiamonds"
15. Param Dhillon (sophmore, UC Berkeley) - Summer 1999
Doped Sol-Gel Glasses for Optical and Chemical Sensing Applications
16. Andrew P. Rice (junior, CSUSB) - Summer 2003
"Synthesis and Analysis of Novel Energy Efficient VO2 Window Coatings"
17. Alexander Krukau (junior, Univ. of Minsk, Belarus) - Summer SURF student 2003
"Impulsive Stimulated Scattering Study of Material Under Extreme Pressure"
Past High School Research Students
1. Derek Norman (senior, North High) - Summer, Fall 1992
"Isolation and spectroscopy of C60"
2. Joseph Mullens (junior, North High) - Summer-Fall 1993; Winter, Spring, Summer 1994
"Synthesis and optical dynamics of amino acridine doped sol-gel glasses"
3. Jason Shaw (senior, North High) - Winter, Spring 1995
"Investigation of electrolytic conductivity in household fluids: acids, bases, and salts"
4. Rajan Kulkaini (senior, Redlands High) - Summer-Fall 1995
So. Cal. Acad. Sci. research grant recipient (Fall 1995) and National Finalist (Fall 1996).
"The acid-base chemical dynamics of a sol-gel based pH sensor"
5. Param Dhillon (senior, Corona High) - Summer-Fall 1997
"Spectroscopy of Proteins Doped into Sol-Gel Glasses"
6. Howard Lee (senior, Palm Springs High) - Spring-Summer 2003
"Synthesis and Analysis of Novel Energy Efficient VO2 Window Coatings"
7. Zachary Guss (junior/senior, Palm Springs High) Spring 2003 & Fall 2003
"Synthesis and Analysis of Novel Energy Efficient VO2 Window Coatings"
