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Gillan Group Alumni Members |
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Graduate Students, Postdoctoral Associates, and Visiting Scientists |
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Dr. Dale R. Miller graduate student and postdoctoral associate |
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student 2000 - 2004 postdoc 2004 - 2006 |
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Educational Background:
Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry (2004), University of Iowa
B.A. in Chemistry and Biology (1998), Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, Illinois
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Research Projects:
Rapid synthesis of high-nitrogen content carbon nitrides including metal-doped systems; synthesis of triazine-based molecular precursors to C3N4 materials including bulk powders and thin films.
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Current: Dr. Miller is a postdoctoral researcher at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D. C. |
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Dr. Jianjun Wang postdoctoral associate |
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from 2000 - 2002 |
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Educational Background:
B.Eng. (1988), M.S. (1993), and Ph.D. (1997) in Materials Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology, Beijing, China
Joined the group after postdoctoral research with Prof. Bica de Moraes at the State University of Campinas in Brazil. |
Research Projects:
Characterization of nanoscale metal nitrides, synthesis and characterization of carbon nitride powders and films.
Dr. Wang was a visiting scientist working with Prof. Holloway in the Applied Sciences Department at the College of William and Mary from 2004 - 2006. |
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Current: Dr. Wang is now a CVD process engineer at Intel Corp. in Chandler, AZ |
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Dr. Luke Grocholl postdoctoral associate |
E-mail: lgrocholl@sial.com |
from 2000 - 2002 |
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Educational Background:
A.S. (1991) Rock Valley College, Rock Valley, Illinois
B.S. in Chemistry (1994) Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois
Ph.D. in Chemistry (2000) with Prof. Stahl, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota
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Research Projects:
Solvothermal synthesis of metal nitrides, synthesis of metal nanoparticles, organometallic synthesis of gallium amides and hydrides
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Current: Dr. Grocholl worked on nanomaterials product development and now is involved with analytical chemical services at Aldrich Co. in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. |
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Professor Dean Katahira
visiting scientist in Fall 2000
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E-mail: KatahiraD@Ripon.EDU
Prof. Katahira worked in Gillan group during a sabbatical from Ripon College (Ripon, Wisconsin). |
Research projects:
Solvothermal precursor decomposition routes to Group 14 nitrides and synthesis of Ge and Sn hydrazines. |
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Scott Cullison
graduate student
M.S. Chemistry degree in May 2000 |
B.S. and M.S. from Ball State University
Joined group in January 1998. |
Research projects:
Air-sensitive organometallic synthesis of dimeric gallium amido systems and gallium hydrides. |
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Undergraduates |
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Randy Pho went to UI Pharmacy School |
rejoined group in spring 2006 |
MOX synthetic studies |
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Nadiya Zelenski went to UI Pharmacy School |
spring 2004 - fall 2005 |
TiO2 and MOX synthesis and photocatalytic studies |
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Zach Rhoades now at Genentech (CA) |
fall 2004 - spring 2005 |
solubility and stability of various metal halides in non-aqueous solutions |
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Jennifer Heinrichs
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2001 |
metal incorporation into and reduction of carbon nitrides |
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Bruce Dumser went to UI Medical School |
1999 - 2001 Currently in University of Iowa Medical School |
metal encapsulated silica sol-gel materials; ammonolysis of gallium amides |
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Curt Dettman |
1998 |
sol-gel silica synthesis |
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High School Students |
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Research projects |
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Randy Pho |
summer 2003 (currently a University of Iowa undergraduate with pre-Pharmacy interests) |
thermochemistry of carbon nitride extended solids |
