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2004 - 2005 Visiting Scholar Directory
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Barbero Briones, Sergio
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Vision and Physiological Optics, Spanish Council for Scientific Research, Madrid, Spain
Research: Using Intensity Wavefront Sensing to Evaluate the Optical Quality of Tear Film in the Human Eye
Indiana University--Bloomington, School of Optometry, Visual Optics Laboratory, Bloomington, IN, c/o Dr. Larry N. Thibos
October 2004 - June 2006

Blixt, Erik Marten
Research Scientist, Auroral Observatory, Department of Physics, University of Tromso, Tromso, Norway
Research: Synthesis of Radar and Optical Measurements of Auroral Ion Upflows
Boston University, College of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston, MA, c/o Dr. Joshua Semeter
September 2004 - August 2005

Brujan, Emil
Assistant Professor, Department of Hydraulics, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
Research: Luminescence Characteristics of Laser-Induced Bubbles in Opposite Pressure Gradients
University of California--Los Angeles, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Los Angeles, CA, c/o Dr. Gary A. Williams
August 2004 - November 2004

Carrasco Rodriguez, Silvia
Research Assistant, Faculty of Telecommunication Engineering, Department of Physics, Polytechnical University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain
Research: Engineering of Spectrally- and Spatially-Entangled Two-Photon States Using Quasi Phase-Matched Nonlinear Structures
Boston University, College of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston, MA, c/o Dr. Alexander Sergienko
Harvard University, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cambridge, MA, c/o Dr. X. Sunney Xie
September 2004 - July 2006

Carvajal Marti, Joan
Researcher, Department of Chemical Physics and Inorganics, The Public University of Tarragona, Tarragona, Spain
Research: Crystal Growth and Characterization of Bulk GaN Single Crystals From High Temperature Solution-Melts
SUNY--Stony Brook University, College of Engineering and Applied Science, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stony Brook, NY, c/o Dr. Juan Carlos Rojo
October 2004 - September 2006

Casanova Fernandez, Felix
Associate Research Scientist, Department of Fundamental Physics, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Research: Fabrication of Ordered Magnetic Nanostructures With Technological Applications
University of California--San Diego, Deparment of Physics, La Jolla, CA, c/o Prof. Ivan K. Schuller
March 2005 - March 2007

Chetty, Nithayanathan
Senior Lecturer, School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, University of Kwazulu-Natal--Pietermaritzburg Campus, Scottsville, South Africa
Research: Computational Material Science
University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign, Department of Physics, Champaign, IL, c/o Prof. Richard M. Martin
August 2004 - January 2005

Fittschen, Christa
Researcher, Department of Engineering, University of Human Sciences, Letters and Arts--Charles De Gaulle (Lille III), Villeneuve d'Aseg, France
Research: Methods to Measure OH Radical Concentrations in the Troposphere
Indiana University--Bloomington, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Environmental Science Research Center, Bloomington, IN, c/o Dr. Philip S. Stevens
July 2004 - October 2004

Hassan, Zainuriah
Lecturer, School of Physics, Science University of Malaysia (USM), Penang, Malaysia
Research: III-V Nitrides (GaN and Related Alloys) Fabrication and Characterization for Optoelectronic or Novel Device Applications
University of Minnesota--Twin Cities, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Minneapolis, MN, c/o Dr. P. Paul Ruden
December 2004 - March 2005

Heras Gomez, Jose
Professor, School of Physics and Mathematics, National Polytechnic Institute, Zacatenco, Mexico City, Mexico
Research: The Radiation Reaction on an Electron
Louisiana State University--Baton Rouge, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Baton Rouge, LA, c/o Dr. Robert O' Connell
July 2004 - July 2005

Jaqaman, Henry
Professor, Department of Physics, Bethlehem University, Bethlehem, West Bank
Research: Cytoskeletal Dynamics and Cell Motility
Scripps Research Institute, Laboratory for Computational Cell Biology, Department of Cell Biology, La Jolla, CA, c/o Dr. Gaudenz Danuser
September 2004 - June 2005

Larios Forte, Francisco
Professor, Department of Applied Physics, Center for Research and Advanced Studies-IPN (CINVESTAV), Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
Research: Top Quark and Higgs Physics
Michigan State University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, East Lansing, MI, c/o Dr. Chien-Peng Yuan
September 2004 - August 2005

Longa, Lech
Professor, Institute of Physics, Department of Statistical Physics, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
Research: Liquid Crystalline Structures of Broken Chiral Symmetry
Kent State University, Liquid Crystal Institute, Department of Physics, Kent, OH, c/o Dr. David Allender
November 2004 - July 2005

Muminov, Hikmat
Professor, Department of Physics, Tajik State National University, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Research: Generalized Spin Coherent States and Their Application to the Quantum Information Theory
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Cambridge, MA, c/o Dr. David Cory
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Cambridge, MA, c/o Dr. Timothy Havel
April 2005 - October 2005

Pereira Carmelo, Jose
Professor, School of Sciences, Department of Physics, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
Research: Electronic Correlations and Dimensionality Effects in the Spectral and Dynamical Properties of Complex Materials
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Physics, Cambridge, MA, c/o Dr. Patrick A. Lee
September 2004 - September 2005

Poyato Galan, Rosalia
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Physics, Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Research: Processing and Mechanical Properties of Nanoceramics and Nanocomposites
University of Connecticut, School of Engineering, Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Storrs, CT, c/o Dr. Nitin P. Padture
Ohio State University--Columbus, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Columbus, OH, c/o Dr. Nitin Padture
September 2004 - August 2006

Ruiz Cembranos, Jose
Assistant Professor, Department of Statistical and Operative Research III, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Research: New Developments in High-Energy Theoretical Physics
University of California--Irvine, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Irvine, CA, c/o Dr. Jonathan L. Feng
October 2004 - September 2006

Saif, Farhan
Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
Research: Quantum Coherence in Bose-Einstein Condensates in the Presence of External Forces
University of Arizona, Department of Quantum Optics, Tucson, AZ, c/o Dr. Pierre Meystre
September 2005 - August 2006

Sene, Cheikh
Associate Professor, Faculty of Sciences and Techniques, Department of Physics, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar-Fann, Senegal
Research: Polycrystalline Absorber Layers for Use in Highly Efficient Photovoltaic (PV) Cells
University of Delaware, Institute of Energy Conversion, Newark, DE, c/o Dr. Robert W. Birkmire
November 2004 - August 2005

Sirghi, Lucel
Lecturer, Faculty of Physics, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Iasi, Romania
Lecturing and Research: Quantitative Atomic Force Microscopy Measurements of Friction and Adhesive Forces Between Chemically Functionalized Surfaces in Air and Liquids
Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Physics, Atlanta, GA, c/o Dr. Elisa Riedo
September 2004 - March 2005

Vagner, Pavel
Researcher, Insitute of Electrical Engineering, Department of Semiconductor Nanostructures, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Research: Many-Body Computational Methods for Quantum Transport in Mesoscopic Conductors
North Carolina State University, Department of Physics, Raleigh, NC, c/o Prof. Lubos Mitas
October 2004 - March 2005

Yeghikyan, Ararat
Scientist, Byurakan Astrophysicial Observatory, Byurakan, Armenia
Research: Energetic Particle Induced Polycondensation of Hydrocarbons and Other Species in the Solar Nebula
University of Hawaii--Manoa, Department of Chemistry, Honolulu, HI, c/o Dr. R.I. Kaiser
September 2004 - June 2005

Zaanen, Johannes
Professor, Lorentz Institute for Theoretical Physics, Department of Physics, University of Leiden, Leiden, Netherlands
Lecturing and Research: Theories of Quantum Matter
Stanford University, Department of Physics, Stanford, CA, c/o Dr. Shoucheng Zhang
September 2004 - August 2005

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