Previous Grad Students
Tal Sharf, Jan 2010 to Sept 2014 PhD thesis: "Liquid-Gated Carbon Nanotube Transistor Noise Sources and Sensitivity Limits", pdf - Now a postdoc with Ken Kosik at UCSB. | |
Tristan Deborde, June 2007 - January 2014 PhD Thesis: "Scanning Photocurrent Microscopy Study of Photovoltaic and Thermoelectric Effects in Individual Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes" pdf - Now at Intel, Hillsboro, OR | |
Grant Saltzgaber, Sept 2011 - Sept 2012 Masters Thesis: "Comparison of carbon nanotube and graphene field-effect transistor biosensors" (pdf) - First to Jireh Semiconductor (Hillsboro, Oregon). - Now at medical school, University of Nebraska Medical Center. | |
Pete Wojcik, Jan 2012 - Aug 2012 Masters Project: "Fabrication and Characterization of a Label Free Graphene Field Effect Transistor Biosensor" (pdf) - Now at University of Idaho, Physics Graduate Program | |
Landon Prisbrey, Sept 2007 - Nov 2011 PhD Thesis: "Carbon Nanotube Devices Engineered by Atomic Force Microscopy" (pdf) - Now at Accelerate Diagnostics (Tuscon, AZ) | |
Matt Leyden, Mar 2007 - Jun 2011 PhD Thesis: "Label-free Biosensing with Carbon Nanotube Transistors", (pdf) - to a post-doctoral position in Japan |
Previous Sabbatical visitors
Prof. Michael Crosser, Linfield College, OR. | |
Prof. Kerstin Blank, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Germany | |
Prof. JiYong Park, Department of Physics, Ajou University, Korea |
Previous Undergrad Researchers
Jenna Wardini, Sept '10 - Sept '13 Thesis project: Graphene synthesis and characterization, 2012 URISC Award - Went on the Electron Microscopy Masters Program at UO. | |
Heather Wilson, Sept '11 - August 2013 Thesis project: Real-time monitoring of individual chemical reactions, 2012 URISC Award | |
Caleb Joiner, 2007 - 2008 Thesis project: Carbon nanotube antennas, 2008 URISC Award | |
Will Gibson, June 2011 - June 2012 Project: Conjugation of proteins to carbon nanotubes - Now at Rockefeller University working in Nina Papavasiliou's lab. | |
Canan Schuman (Pharmacy) Project: CNT functionalization chemistry - Currently in the Pharmacy PhD Program at OSU | |
Rachel Burton, Jan 2010 - Aug 2010 Project: Chemical vapor deposition growth of carbon nanotubes - Currently at researching Berry Pathology and Small Fruit Horticulture at Washington State University. | |
Josh Kevek, Jan 2008 - Aug 2011 Project: Aligned growth and transfer of carbon nanotubes. Photolithography processing. Instrumentation. - Currently at Intel, Hillsboro, OR | |
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Michael Paul, Sept 2008 - June 2009 Project: "Scanning laser microscopy for nanometrology" - Went on to study THz Physics OSU - Now at Intel, Hillsboro, OR. |
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Colin Podelnyk, Sept 2008 - June 2009 Project: "Single molecule fluorescence techniques for studying biological systems" - Went on to study nuclear engineering for the Navy. |
Ramsi Hawkins, Sept 2008 - June 2009 Project: "Development of nanophysics activities for introductory physics" | |
Jörg Bochterle Sept 2007 - May 2008 Project: "Fabricating graphene devices by scanning probe lithography" - Oregon/Baden-Wurttemberg exchange program. -Now a Physics PhD Candidate at University of Heidelberg. | |
Daniel Harada Sept 2007 - Sept 2008 Project: "1/f noise in liquid-gated CNT FET biosensors", URISC 2008 Award. -Masters in Physics from Prof. Janet Tate's group at OSU. - Went on to become a process engineer at WaferTech, Camas, WA. |
Previous Senior Thesis Projects
- Abigail Merkel, 2015
- Heather Wilson, 2013
- Jenna Wardini, 2013
- Reed Coffman, 2013
- Michael Paul, 2009
- Colin Podelnyk, 2009
- Ramsi Hawkins, 2009
- Daniel Harada, 2008