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Abdel Rahman, Ahmed Mohamed
Lecturer, Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt
Research: Surface Improvement of TiAl and TiAlNb Intermetallic Alloys Using Plasma and Magnetron Sputtering Techniques
Southwest Research Institute, Mechanical and Materials Engineering Division, Surface Engineering Group, San Antonio, TX, c/o Dr. Kent Coulter
April 2008 - January 2009

Abdelrahman, Alaa Ibrahim
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
Research: Neutron Stars at the Crossroads of Fundamental Physics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, Cambridge, MA, c/o Dr. Edmund Bertschinger
July 2008 - April 2009

Bodoor, Khaled
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
Research: Physically Motivated Techniques for Structure-based Drug Design Targeting RNA
Louisiana State University--Baton Rouge, Department of Biological Sciences, Baton Rouge, LA, c/o Dr. Fareed Aboul-ela
September 2007 - May 2008

Boffetta, Guido
Associate Professor, Department of General Physics, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
Research: Statistics of Two-Dimensional Turbulence
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Center for Nonlinear Studies, Los Alamos, NM, c/o Dr. Robert E. Ecke
September 2007 - March 2008

Castro Riglos, Maria
Doctoral Candidate, Metals Physics Group, Bariloche Atomic Center, National Atomic Energy Commission, Bariloche, Argentina
Research: Microstructual Characterization With Transmission Electron Microscopy of Microalloyed Al-Cu Based Alloys
University of California--Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, National Center for Electron Microscopy, Berkeley, CA, c/o Dr. Velimir Radmilovic
March 2008 - May 2008

El Euch, Hichem
Associate Professor, National Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology, Tunis, Tunisia
Research: Theoretical Study of Physical Quantum Gates and Quantum Networks
Texas A&M University--College Station, Center for Quantum Studies, College of Science, Department of Physics, College Station, TX, c/o Dr. Suhail Zubairy
January 2008 - April 2008

Gama, Sergio
Associate Professor, Department of Applied Physics, Gleb Wataghin Physics Institute, State University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
Lecturing and Research: Study of the Magnetic, Structural and Magnetocaloric Properties of MnAs Doped With Co and Cr: The Magnetocaloric Effect and Magnetic Refrigeration
Northern Illinois University, Department of Physics, DeKalb, IL, c/o Dr. Dennis E. Brown
September 2007 - December 2007

Garcia Garcia, Carlos
Researcher, Department of Applied Physics I, University of the Basque Country, Leoia, Spain
Research: Application of Nanomagnets to Magnetic Random Access Memories and Other Magnetoelectronic Devices
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cambridge, MA, c/o Dr. Caroline Ross
April 2008 - March 2010

Giribet, Gaston
Assistant Researcher, Department of Physics, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Research: Dualities in Two-Dimensional Conformal Field Theory and Their Interpretation Within the Context of String Theory
New York University, Department of Physics, New York, NY, c/o Dr. Massimo Porrati
October 2007 - December 2007

Gomba, Juan
Assistant Researcher, Department of Physics, University of the Center of the Province of Buenos Aires, Tandil, Argentina
Research: Morphological Transitions in Nonwetting Fluids
University of California--Santa Barbara, Department of Mechanical and Environmental Engineering, Santa Barbara, CA, c/o Dr. George M. Homsy
October 2007 - January 2008

Hadziselimovic, Esad
Professor, Department of Physics, University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Research: Learning the Modern Computer Codes in Fire Protection and Their Application
University of Nevada--Reno, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Reno, NV, c/o Dr. Miles Greiner
September 2007 - May 2008

Hammad, Talat
Associate Professor, Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University of Gaza, Gaza, Gaza
Research: Nanocrystal Synthesis and Control of Surface States of Cadmium selenide (CdSe) Nanoparticles
Brigham Young University, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Provo, UT, c/o Dr. Roger G. Harrison
July 2008 - May 2009

Hickey, Mark Callaghan
Researcher, Department of Condensed Matter, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Research: Electrical Spin Injection Into a Two-Dimensional Electron Gas for Spin Field-effect Transistor Applications
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory, Cambridge, MA, c/o Dr. Jagadeesh Moodera
April 2008 - April 2009

Machavariani, Zaal
Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia
Research: The Study of Inelastic Processes by the Variation Method in the Electron-Atomic Collision Reactions
University of Missouri--Rolla, Laboratory for Atomic, Molecular and Optical Research, Rolla, MO, c/o Dr. Michael Schulz
January 2008 - October 2008

Maharjan, Nanda
Associate Professor, Central Department of Physics, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Nepal
Research: Investigation of Electronic Properties of Nanomaterials and Biomaterials
SUNY--University at Albany, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Physics, Albany, NY, c/o Dr. Tara Prasad Das
September 2007 - March 2008

Molnar, Mihaly
Research Fellow, Department of Earth and Environmental Studies, Institute of Nuclear Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Debrecen, Hungary
Research: Sample Preparation Techniques Used in Accelerator Mass Spectrometry
University of Arizona, Department of Physics, Tucson, AZ, c/o Dr. A. J. Timothy Jull
February 2008 - May 2008

Mulligan, Francis Joseph
Senior Lecturer, Department of Experimental Physics, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Maynooth, Ireland
Research: Seasonal Behavior of the Earth's Atmosphere at Mesopause Altitudes Using Hydroxyl Data in the CEDAR Data System
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, CO, c/o Dr. Art Richmond
June 2007 - October 2007

Nguyen, Hoang Yen
Research Scientist, National Center for Technical Progress, Hanoi, Vietnam
Research: Studying Spin Transfer in Double Spin Filter Structures With Perpendicular Second Fixed Layers
University of California--Irvine, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Irvine, CA, c/o Dr. Ilya Krivorotov
September 2007 - August 2008

Padilla, Frederic
Research Associate, Laboratory of Parametric Imagery, University of Pierre and Marie Curie (Paris VI), Paris, France
Research: Acoustic Shockwaves for the Promotion of Bone Healing
Boston University, Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, Boston, MA, c/o Dr. Robin O. Cleveland
January 2008 - June 2008

Patsis, Panagiotis
Research Director, Research Center for Astronomy, Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece
Research: Dynamics at the Corotation Region in Barred Spiral Galaxies
Southwest Research Institute, Department of Space Studies, San Antonio, TX, c/o Dr. David E. Kaufmann
April 2008 - June 2008

Picon Ponce, Moises
Research Assistant, Department of Physics "Galileo Galilei", University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Research: M-Theory, Twistor Superstrings and MHV-Amplitudes
SUNY--Stony Brook University, C.N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics, Stony Brook, NY, c/o Dr. Martin Rocek
May 2008 - April 2010

Pronsato, Maria
Teaching Assistant and Researcher, Department of Physics, University of the South, Bahia Blanca, Argentina
Research: Nanowires on Stepped Metal Surfaces
Harvard University, Department of Physics, Cambridge, MA, c/o Dr. Efthimios Kaxiras
September 2007 - November 2007

Satta, Alessandra
Research Associate, Sardinian Laboratory for Computational Materials Science, Institute for the Physics of Matter and National Research Council, University of Cagliari, Monserrato, Italy
Research: Biomineralization of Calcium Carbonate: A First Principles Study
Princeton University, Department of Chemistry, Princeton, NJ, c/o Dr. Annabella Selloni
March 2008 - September 2008

Sloutskin, Eliyahu
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Physics, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
Research: Structural Studies of Biological Systems at Nanometer Scales: Phases and Phase Transitions in Nano-Size Systems
Harvard University, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Department of Physics, Cambridge, MA, c/o Dr. David Weitz
October 2007 - October 2008

Van Riet, Thomas
Researcher, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Research: String Theory and the Evolution of Our Universe
University of Wisconsin--Madison, Department of Physics, Madison, WI, c/o Dr. Gary Shiu
January 2008 - April 2008

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