Background

• Postdoctoral Research Associate, Argonne National Laboratory, 2001-2004
• Ph.D. Applied Physics, Harvard University, 2001
• S.M. Applied Physics, Harvard University, 1996
• B.S. Materials Science & Engineering, Northwestern University, 1994

Activities

• Co-Organizer, 2011 Users Meeting at Argonne National Laboratory
• Chair, User Executive Committee, Center for Nanoscale Materials
• Co-Organizer, Symposium on Advanced Imaging and Scattering Techniques for In-situ Studies, Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, 2010
• Chair, Focus Topic on Dielectric, Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Oxides, American Physical Society March Meeting 2009

Interests

• Oxide heterostructure synthesis
• Catalytic, ionic, ferroelectric properties of oxide heterostructures
• In situ x-ray scattering

Honors

• Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers - 2009
• National Nanotechnology Initiative Scholarship - 2005