PROGRAM CHAIR:
Mohan Sankaran
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
mohan_sankaran@avs.org
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2D MATERIALS
- Topic Co-Chair: Batzill, Matthias, University of South Florida
- Topic Co-Chair: Gunlycke, Daniel, Naval Research Laboratory
- Topic Co-Chair: Katoch, Jyoti, Carnegie Mellon University
- Mannix, Andrew, Stanford Univ.
- Raja, Archana, Lawrence Berkeley Lab
- Kotakoski, Jani, University of Vienna, Austria
- Liu, Xiaolong, University of Notre Dame
- Mo, Sung-Kwan, Lawrence Berkeley
- Lab, University of California, Berkeley
- Schwingenschloegl, Udo, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia
- Whitener, Keith, Naval Research Lab
ACTINIDES AND RARE EARTHS
- Topic Co-Chair: Shuh, David, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
- Topic Co-Chair: Tobin, James G., University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
- Denecke, Melissa, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria
- Durakiewicz, Tomasz, National Science Foundation
- Geeson, David, AWE, UK
- Gofryk, Krzysztof, Idaho National Lab
- Havela, Ladislav, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Petit, Leon, Daresbury Lab, UK - Pugmire, Alison, LANL
- Tereshina-Chitrova, Evgeniya, Charles University, Czech Republic
- Zwicknagl, Gertrud, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany
ADVANCED ION MICROSCOPY AND ION BEAM NANO-ENGINEERING
- Topic Co-Chair: Tan, Shida, Intel Corp.
- Topic Co-Chair: Wolff, Lena, Caltech
ADVANCED SURFACE ENGINEERING
- Topic Chair: Lin, Jianliang, Southwest Research Institute
- Topic Co-Chair: Kodambaka, Suneel, Univ. of California Los Angeles
- Lee, Jyh-Wei, Ming Chi University of Technology, Taiwan
- Mangolini, Filippo, The University of Texas at Austin
- Matjaz, Panjan, Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia
APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
- Topic Chair: Engelhard, Mark, EMSL, Environmental Molecular Sciences Lab
- Topic Co-Chair: Ventrice, Jr., Carl A., SUNY Polytechnic Institute
- Consiglio, Steve, Tokyo Electron
- Counsell, Jonathan, Kratos Analytical Limited, UK
- Fisher, Gregory L., Physical Electronics
- Grzeskowiak, Jody, Tokyo Electron
- Harrison, Elisa, Ford Motor Company
- Lerach, Jordan, ImaBiotech Corp.
- Piao, Hong, FUJIFILM Electronic Materials USA., Inc.
- Robinson, Zachary, SUNY Brockport
- Rosenberg, Samantha, Sandia National Laboratories
- Shard, Alexander, National Physical Laboratory, UK
- Thevuthasan, Theva, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- Zakel, Julia, IONTOF GmbH, Germany
ATOMIC SCALE PROCESSING
- Topic Chair: Joseph, Eric A., IBM Research Division, T.J. Watson
Research Center
- Agarwal, Sumit, Colorado School of Mines
- Altman, Eric, Yale University
- Barry, Seán, Carleton University, Canada
- Chang, Jane, University of California Los Angeles
- Chen, Donna, University of South Carolina
- Clendenning, Scott B., Intel Corp.
- Creatore, Adriana, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
- deMarneffe, Jean-Francois, IMEC, Belgium
- Dendooven, Jolien, Ghent Univ., Belgium
- Detavernier, Christophe, Ghent University, Belgium
- Engelmann, Sebastian, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
- George, Steven M., University of Colorado at Boulder
- Hamaguchi, S., Kyoto University, Japan
- Hilton, Jessica, SPECS-TII, Inc.Hofmann, Tino, University of North
Carolina at Charlotte - Huffman, Craig, Micron
- Kachian, Jessica, Intel Corporation
- Kanarik, Keren J., Lam Research Corp.
- Kessels, Erwin, TU / Eindhoven, Netherlands
- King, Sean W., Intel Corporation
- Lill, Thorsten, Lam Research Corporation
- Myers-Ward, Rachael L., U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
- Paquette, Michelle M., University of Missouri-Kansas City
- Parsons, Gregory N., North Carolina State University
- Poodt, Paul, SALDtech B.V., Netherlands
- Reinke, Petra, University of Virginia
- Walker, Amy, University of Texas at Dallas
- Wheeler, Virginia, U.S. Naval Research Lab
- Yanguas-Gil, Angel, Argonne National Lab
BIOMATERIAL INTERFACES
- Topic Chair: Valtiner, Markus, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
- Topic Co-Chair: Jarvis, Karyn, Swinburne Univ. of Technology, Australia
- Fears, Kenan, U.S. Naval Research Lab
- Goacher, Robyn E., Niagara University
- Graham, Dan, University of Washington
- Hanley, Luke, University of Illinois at Chicago
- Howell, Caitlin, University of Maine
- Lerach, Jordan, ImaBiotech Corp.
- Parekh, Sapun, University of Texas at Austin
BIOMATERIALS PLENARY SESSION
- Topic Chair: Valtiner, Markus, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS AND IMAGING INTERFACES
- Topic Co-Chair: Kolmakov, Andrei, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
- Topic Co-Chair: Yu, Xiao-Ying, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
ELECTRONIC MATERIALS & PHOTONICS
- Topic Chair: Douglas, Erica, Sandia National Laboratories
- Cleveland, Dr. Erin, University of Maryland
- Henry, Dr. Michael David, Sandia National Laboratories
- Kawasaki, Prof. Jason, University of Wisconsin – Madison
- King, Dr. Sean W., Intel Corporation
- McDonnell, Stephen, Univ. of Virginia
- Myers-Ward, Dr. Rachael L., U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
- Paquette, Prof. Michelle M., University of Missouri-Kansas City
- Rockett, Prof. Angus, Colorado School of Mines
- Wiggins, Bryan, Intel Corporation
FUNDAMENTAL DISCOVERIES IN HETEROGENEOUS CATALYSIS
- Topic Co-Chair: Árnadóttir, Líney, Oregon State University
- Topic Co-Chair: Baber, Ashleigh, James Madison University
- Topic Co-Chair: Killelea, Dan, Loyola University Chicago
- Farber, Rachel, University of Chicago
MAGNETIC INTERFACES AND NANOSTRUCTURES
- Topic Chair: Lauter, Valeria, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Donath, Markus, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany
- Enders, Axel, University of Bayreuth, Germany
- Gai, Zheng, Oak Ridge National Lab
- Holcomb, Mikel B., West Virginia Univ.
- Kaspar, Tiffany, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- Kelber, Jeffry, Univ. of North Texas
- Mankey, Gary, University of Alabama
- Ohldag, Hendrik, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Szulczewski, Greg, The University of Alabama
MANUFACTURING SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
- Topic Co-Chair: Diebold, Alain C., SUNY College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering
- Topic Co-Chair: Kaarsberg, Tina, Department of Energy
- Joseph, Eric A., IBM Research Division, T.J. Watson Research Center
- Rogers, Bridget, Vanderbilt University
- Rubloff, Gary, University of Maryland, College Park
- Svedberg, Erik, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
MEMS & NEMS
- Topic Co-Chair: Qian, Zhenyun, Northeastern University
- Topic Co-Chair: Wang, Max Zenghui, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
- Topic Co-Chair: Zheng, Xuqian, University of Florida
MINI SYMPOSIUM ON 2D MATERIALS SYNTHESIS
- Topic Co-Chair: Batzill, Matthias, University of South Florida
- Topic Co-Chair: Czaplewski, David, Argonne National Laboratory
- Topic Co-Chair: Douglas, Erica, Sandia National Laboratories
- Ebrahimi, Maryam, Lakehead University, Canada
- Gunlycke, Daniel, Naval Research Lab
MINI SYMPOSIUM ON 2D MATERIALS SYNTHESIS (CONT’D)
- Katoch, Jyoti, Carnegie Mellon Univ.
- Kawasaki, Jason, University of Wisconsin – Madison
- McCreary, Kathleen, Naval Research Lab
- McDonnell, Stephen, Univ. of Virginia
- Myers-Ward, Rachael L., U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
NANOSCALE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
- Topic Chair: Czaplewski, David, Argonne National Laboratory
- Burnham, Nancy, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
- Ebrahimi, Maryam, Lakehead University, Canada
- Fantner, Georg Ernest, École Polytechnique Fédéral de Lausanne, Switzerland
- Hanbicki, Aubrey, Naval Research Lab
- Jariwala, Deep, Univ. of Pennsylvania
- Klimov, Nikolai, National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Ko, Wonhee, oak Ridge National Lab
- Liu, Xiaolong, Northwestern University
- Luican-Mayer, Adina, University of Ottawa, Canada
- McCreary, Kathleen, Naval Research Laboratory
- Tu, Qing, Texas A&M University
NANOSCALE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY PLENARY
- Topic Chair: Czaplewski, David, Argonne National Laboratory
NEW TRENDS IN STRUCTURAL ELECTRONIC CHARACTERIZATION OF MATERIALS, INTERFACES, AND SURFACES USING SYNCHROTRON AND FEL BASED RADIATION SOURCES
- Topic Co-Chair: Castro, Germán Rafael, Spanich CRG BM25-SpLine Beamline at the ESRF, France
- Topic Co-Chair: McChesney, Jessica, Argonne National Laboratory
- Topic Co-Chair: Nemsak, Slavomir, Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
PLASMA SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
- Topic Chair: Engelmann, Sebastian, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
- Topic Co-Chair: Wang, Mingmei, Lam Research Corporation
- Agarwal, Sumit, Colorado School of Mines
- Arnold, John, IBM Research Division, Albany, NY
- Bezard, Philippe, IMEC, Belgium
- Darnon, Maxime, CNRS/Université de Sherbrooke, Canada
- Gordon, Michael, University of California at Santa Barbara
- Hayashi, Hisataka, Daikin Industries, Japan
- Ishikawa, Kenji, Nagoya Univ., Japan
- Kessels, W.M.M. (Erwin), Eindhoven Univ. of Technology, Netherlands
- Lishan, David, Plasma-Therm LLC
- Luan, Pingshan, TEL Technology Center, America, LLC
- Maeda, Kenji, Hitachi High Technologies, Japan Mededovic
- Thagard, Selma, Clarkson Univ.
- Odunuga, Samson, Intel Corporation
- Pargon, Erwine, CNRS-LTM, Université Grenoble Alpes, France
- Raley, Angelique, TEL US
- Reniers, Francois, Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
- Sankaran, Mohan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Tatsumi, Etsuya, Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Japan
- Tian, Wei, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.
- van de Sanden, Richard M.C.M., Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
- Vitale, Steven, MIT Lincoln Lab
- Walton, Scott, Naval Research Lab
QUANTUM INFORMATION SCIENCE
- Topic Co-Chair: Adiga, Vivekananda, IBM, T.J. Watson Research Center
- Topic Co-Chair: Pappas, David, Rigetti Computing
- Bal, Mustafa, Fermi lab
- Bouyer, Philippe, CNRS, France
- Bylander, Jonas, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
- Chen, Yong P., Purdue University
- Kok, Pieter, University of Sheffield, UK
- Lake, Russell , Bluefors
- Rae, Corey, National Institute for Science and Technology (NIST)
- Richardson, Christopher, Laboratory for Physical Sciences
- Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina, University of Queensland, Australia
- Silver, Richard, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
- Yoder, Jonilyn, MIT Lincoln Lab
RADIATION EFFECTS ON MATERIALS
- Topic Co-Chair: Dubowsky, Scott, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Topic Co-Chair: Jaramillo, Camilo, Penn State University
SMART MULTIFUNCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR NANOMEDICINE
- Topic Co-Chair: Reniers, Francois, Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
- Topic Co-Chair: Satriano, Cristina, University of Catania, Italy
SPECTROSCOPIC ELLIPSOMETRY
- Topic Chair: Hofmann, Tino, Univ. of North Carolina at Charlotte
- Topic Co-Chair: Darakchieva, Vanya, Linkoping University, Sweden
- Topic Co-Chair: Diebold, Alain C., SUNY College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering
SURFACE SCIENCE
- Topic Chair: Altman, Eric, Yale University
- Anderson, Scott, University of Utah
- Bluhm, Dr. Hendrik, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Germany
- Calaza, Florencia, UNL-Conicet, Argentina
- Chen, Dr. Donna, University of South Carolina
- Dohnalek, Dr. Zdenek, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- Groot, Dr. Irene, Leiden University, Netherlands
- Iski, Prof. Erin, University of Tulsa
- Schauermann, Prof. Dr. Swetlana, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, Germany
- Utz, Prof. Arthur, Tufts University
- Zhang, Zhenrong, Baylor University
THIN FILMS
- Topic Chair: Vallee, Christophe, SUNY POLY, Albany
- Akyildiz, Halil, Uludag Univ., Turkey
- Banerjee, Parag, Univ. of Central Florida
- Becker, Joe, Kurt J. Lesker Company
- Conley, Jr., John, Oregon State University
- Creatore, Adriana, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
- Fitz-Gerald, James, University of Virginia
- Grubbs, Robert, IMEC, Belgium
- Guisinger, Nathan, Argonne National Laboratory
- Gupta, Subhadra, University of Alabama
- Jewell, April, NASA
- Jur, Jesse, North Carolina State Univ.
- Kachian, Jessica, Intel Corporation
- Li, Dawen, University of Alabama
- Losego, Mark, Georgia Institute of Technology
- Mackus, Adrie, Eindhoven University, Netherlands
- Nejati, Siamak, University of Nebraska- Lincoln
- Park, Jin-Seong, Hanyang Univ., Korea
- Peng, Qing, University of Alabama
- Poodt, Paul, Holst Centre / TNO, Netherlands
- Stiff-Roberts, Adrienne, Duke University
- Vanfleet, Richard, Brigham Young Univ.
- Wang, Xinwei, Shenzhen Graduate School, Peking University, China
- Wheeler, Virginia, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
- Yanguas-Gil, Angel, Argonne National Laboratory
- Yu, Cunjiang, University of Houston
- Zhao, Junjie, Zhejiang Univ., China
UNDERGRADUATE POSTER SESSION
- Topic Co-Chair: Árnadóttir, Líney, Oregon State University
- Topic Co-Chair: Baber, Ashleigh, James Madison University
- Topic Co-Chair: Iski, Erin, Univ. of Tulsa
VACUUM TECHNOLOGY
- Topic Chair: Carter, Jason, Argonne National Laboratory
- Topic Co-Chair: Lushtak, Yevgeniy, Lawrence Berkeley Lab
- Alfrey, Jason, Vacuum Technology, Inc
- Bagge-Hansen, Michael, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- Brucker, Gerardo, MKS Instruments, Inc., Pressure and Vacuum
Measurement Group - Fedchak, James A., National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
- Heinbuch, Scott, MKS Instruments, Inc.
- Hendricks, Jay, National Institute of Science and Technology
- Lanza, Giulia, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- Li, Yulin, Cornell University
- Molkenboer, Freek, TNO Science and Industry, Netherlands
- Omolayo, Sol, Lawrence Berkeley Lab, University of California, Berkeley
- Ricker, Jacob, NIST
- Romel, Chandra, California Institute of Technology
- Scherschligt, Julia, National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Stutzman, Marcy, Jefferson Lab
- Van Drie, Alan, TAE Technologies
- Wüest, Martin, INFICON Ltd., Liechtenstein