The Hersam Group

Caption: Hersam research group photograph taken December 14, 2007.


Contact Information:

NOTE: Group members can often be found in the labs:

1113 Cook Hall, Ph: 847-491-2605
1117 Cook Hall, Ph: 847-491-3964
1119A Cook Hall, Ph: 847-467-6524
4082 Cook Hall, Ph: 847-491-7434

Principal Investigator

Prof. Mark Hersam, Ph: 847-491-2696, Fax: 847-491-7820, Room 1017A Cook Hall

Program Assistant

Molli Connell, Ph: 847-491-7787, Fax: 847-491-7820, Room 2036 Cook Hall

Postdoctoral Research Associates

Dr. Edward Foley, Ph: 847-491-5874, Room 1057 Cook Hall
Dr. Nathan Guisinger, Ph: 630-252-6540, Argonne National Laboratory
Dr. John Ireland, Ph: 847-467-7659, Room 4081 Cook Hall
Dr. Gordana Ostojic, Ph: 847-467-7659, Room 4081 Cook Hall
Dr. Nathan Yoder, Ph: 847-491-5882, Room 1055 Cook Hall

Graduate Students

Justice Alaboson, Ph: 847-491-7677, Room 1153A Cook Hall
Steven Christensen, Ph: 847-491-7677, Room 1153A Cook Hall
David Comstock, Ph: 847-491-5882, Room 1055 Cook Hall
Norma Cortes, Ph: 847-491-5882, Room 1055 Cook Hall
Matthew Duch, Ph: 847-491-5882, Room 1055 Cook Hall
Alex Green, Ph: 847-467-0080, Room 1061 Cook Hall
Hunter Karmel, Ph: 847-491-5882, Room 1055 Cook Hall
Josh Kellar, Ph: 847-467-0080, Room 1061 Cook Hall
Benjamin Leever, Ph: 847-467-0080, Room 1061 Cook Hall
Albert Lipson, Ph: 847-491-5882, Room 1055 Cook Hall
Timothy Tyler, Ph: 847-491-5882, Room 1055 Cook Hall
Michael Walsh, Ph: 847-467-0080, Room 1061 Cook Hall
Qing Hua Wang, Ph: 847-467-0080, Room 1061 Cook Hall

Undergraduate Students

Jesse Benck (Chemistry, Northwestern University)
Christopher Chen (Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University)
James Fakonas (Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University)
Ryan Ginder
(Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University)
Alexandra "Sasha" Ladik (Emory University)
Christopher Liman (Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University)
Nicole Mahan (Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University)
Jungwoo "Ted" Seo (Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University)

Alumni

Steve Akuamoah (Chemical Engineering, Northwestern University)
Dr. Michael Arnold (Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, December, 2006)
Andrew Baluch (M.S., Materials Science and Engineering, December, 2004)
Jon Barr (B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, June, 2004)
Dr. Rajiv Basu (Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, December, 2006)
Meghan Campbell (Biochemistry, Northwestern University)
Dr. Lixin Cao (Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Maryjoy Carnate (Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Shih-Yao (Stan) Chou (B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, June, 2001)
Jenny Collins (Materials Science and Engineering, Michigan Tech)
Jack Cosgrove (B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University)
Samantha Cruz (B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, June, 2006)
Frank Du (B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, December, 2007)
Leah Edelman (B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, June, 2005)
Shaun Elder (B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, June, 2006)
Dr. Elizabeth Fabbroni (Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, June, 2003)
Will Gathright (B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, June, 2005)
Dr. Mark Greene (Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, December, 2005)
Dr. Nathan Guisinger (Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, December, 2005)
Cinthia Herrera (B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, June, 2001)
Christopher Horst (Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University)
Judy Huang (B.S., Integrated Sciences Program, June, 2003)
John Joo (B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, June, 2005)
Dr. C. Reagan Kinser (Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, December, 2005)
Dr. Donald Kramer (Smith & Nephew)
Jae-Hyeok Lee (Ajou University)
Joe Lee (M.S., Materials Science and Engineering, June, 2008)
Sai-Pong Leung (Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University)
Shengyao Li (Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University)
Dr. Alexander Manasson (NanoIntegris)
Dr. Adam McFarland (Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota)
Molly Melhem (Electrical Engineering, Cornell University)
Dr. Paolo Messina (Argonne National Laboratory)
Dr. Liam Pingree (Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, December, 2006)
Wasut (Khun) Pornpatcharapong (Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University)
Kyle Ritter (Chemistry, University of Southern Indiana)
Neil Schmidgall (Glenbrook South High School)
Matthew Schmitz (M.S., Materials Science and Engineering, December, 2007)
Samuel Spencer (Chemical Engineering, Northwestern University)
Matthew Such (M.S., Materials Science and Engineering, December, 2002)
Jin Suntivich (B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, June, 2006)
Jenny Thomson (Chemistry, Kalamazoo College)
Dr. J. D. Tovar (Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University )
Christian Valley (Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University)
Auste Vygantas ( Oakton Community College )
Zhiyang (Alec) Wei (B.S., Electrical & Computer Engineering, June, 2006)
Kristen Weiss (Chemistry, Central Methodist College )
Miguel Wong (Chemistry, University of Michigan)
Jamie Wright (Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University)
Dr. Nathan Yoder (Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, December, 2007)