Zaera Research Group

Past Members

• Graduate Students

  Name	Period	Last Known Position
  Mohammed Alam	October 3, 2018 - September 15, 2024	Intel
  Zihao Wang	September 15, 2018 - June 30, 2023	Postdoc, Argonne National Laboratory
  Tongxin Han	September 22, 2017 - March 30, 2023	Postdoc, UC Santa Barbara
  Barnali Sutradhar	October 1, 2019 - December 31, 2021	UCR Graduate Student
  Minhaj Tahsin Ahmed	February 14, 2020 - December 31, 2021	PTD System Engineer, Intel
  Wang Ke	October 1, 2016 - December 31, 2020	Process Engineer, Xi'an Aeronautics Computing Technique Research Institute
  Tianyi Yu	September 21, 2015 - December 31, 2020	Researcher, Wuxi Apptec
  Yang Xu	September 21, 2015 - February 1, 2020	Founder, ShiniTek
  Miranda Vinay	July 25, 2018 - August 15, 2019	Graduate Student, UCR
  Clinton Lien	July 15, 2013 - December 31, 2018	Process Engineer, Micron, Taiwan
  Yufei Ni	September 1st 2013 - December 16, 2018	Anji Microelectronics, Shanghai, China
  Seungjin Lee	June 3, 2016 - December 12, 2017	Graduate Student, UCR
  Gardenia Rodriguez	October 1, 2014 - December 31, 2016	Graduate Student, UCR
  Juan Pablo Simonovis	September 15, 2011 - December 31, 2015	Postdoc, Brookhaven National Laboratory
  Alejandro Negrete	June 1, 2014 - December 31, 2015	Graduate Student, UCR
  Lei Guo	September 15, 2010 - March 15, 2015	Process Engineer, Applied Materials
  Yang Li	September 15, 2010 - September 30, 2014	Graduate Student, UCR, History
  Huaxing Sun	September 15, 2008 - December 31, 2013	Process Engineer, Applied Materials
  Shinji Kaneko	September 28, 2006 - December 31, 2011	Musician
  Xin Yang	September 20, 2007 - June 30, 2011	Engineer, State Grid, China
  Qiang Ma	September 29, 2005 - December 15, 2010	Process Engineer, Applied Materials
  Svetlana Borukhova	September 15, 2009 - May 20, 2010	Graduate Student, Eindhoven Inst. Technol.
  Xiao Xiao	September 15, 2008 - October 1, 2010	Unknown
  Christopher Clark	September 29, 2005 - December 15, 2007	Chemical Engineer, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Corona, CA
  Ricardo Morales	September 25, 2003 - December 1, 2007	Professor, La Verne University
  Min Shen	September 25, 2002 - March 31, 2008	Sr. Staff Engineer, Applied Materials
  Zhen Ma	September 25, 2001 - April 15, 2006	Professor, Fudan University
  Amir Yasseri	September 1, 1999 - October 20, 2004	Sr. Process Engineer, Lam Research Corp., CA
  Olivera Zivkovic	January 1, 200 - April 30, 2001	Graduate Student, George Washington Univ.
  Ali H. Ali	September 15, 1997 - September 1, 2002	Professor, University of Baharain
  Jefferson Flowers	April 1, 1998 -  September 30, 2000	Artist
  Mansour Aryafar	September 15, 1995 -  June 30, 1997	Researcher, Intel, AZ
  Sariwan Tjandra	September 15, 1989 -  June 30, 1994	Professor, Chaffey Community College
  Trent Nordmeyer	September 15, 1989 -  August 31, 1992	Professor, University  of Wisconsin, Stout

• Postdoctoral Research Fellows

  Name	Period	Last Known Position
  Zihao Wang	July 1, 2023 - January 31, 2024	Argonne National Laboratory
  Alex Sandre Kilian	December 1, 2022 - November 30, 2023	Universidade Federal de Jatai
  Tongxin Han	April 1, 2023 - September 30, 2023	Postdoc, UC Santa Barbara
  Tilan Nayakasinghe	October 1, 2019 - July 6, 2022	Device Engineer, Intel
  Md Abdul Motin	February 1, 2019 - October 3, 2022	MBE Engineer, PsiQuantum
  Clinton Lien	January 1, 2019 - May 31, 2019	Process Engineer, Micron, Taiwan
  Bo Chen	November 1, 2014 - October 31, 2018	Postdoc, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  Xiangdong Qin	March 1, 2009 - August 15, 2018	Researcher, ASM
  Juan Pablo Simonovis	January 1, 2016 - April 20, 2017	Postdoc, Brookhaven National Laboratory
  Yujung Dong	June 1, 2013 - December 31, 2016	Lecturer, La Verne & Cal Poly Pomona
  Yoon Jae Lee	December 1, 2013 - December 14, 2015	Scientist, LG Chemicals
  Anirban Das	August 15, 2014 - October 15, 2015	Postdoc, Wayne State University
  Zhihuan Weng	April 1, 2011 - January 9, 2015	Professor, Dalian University of Technology
  Stavros Karakalos	june 1, 2011 - December 30, 2014	Research Professor, University of South Carolina
  Huaxing Sun	January 1, 2014 - August 15, 2014	Postdoc, University of Colorado, Boulder
  Yunxi Yao	July 1, 2012 - March 15 2014	Postdoc, Dept. Chemical Engineering, Caltech
  Ji Bong Joo	November 15, 2009 - December 31, 2013	Scientist, Korea Institute of Energy research
  Carlos Guzman Gonzalez	August 1, 2012 - July 31, 2013	Professor, Instituto Técnologico de Monterrey
  Maryam Ebrahimi	February 1, 2011 - July 31, 2013	Research Associate, Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Montreal
  Alexander D. Gordon	September 20, 2011 - November 16, 2012	Postdoc, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  Taeseung Kim	September 1, 2009 - July 31, 2012	Process Engineer, Lam Research
  Aashani Tillekaratne	May 10, 2010 - June 7, 2012	Faculty, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
  Lanxia Cheng	February 1, 2011 - March 15, 2012	Research Scientist, Univ. of Texas, Dallas
  Qiang Ma	December 16, 2010 - August 31, 2011	Process Engineer, Nanosys
  Timothy Leftwich	November 10, 2009 - January 31, 2011	Professor, Gogebic Community College
  Md. Golam Moula	March 1, 2010 - January 31, 2011	Researcher, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada
  Yurii Larichev	October 15, 2008 - October 1, 2009	Researcher, Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, Novosibirsk, Russia
  Byung-Chan Kang	September 28, 2007 - September 30, 2008	Researcher, DC Chemical Co. Ltd., Korea
  Manuel Arroyo	October 15, 2006 - October 31, 2008	Researcher, University of Morelia, Mexico
  Hugo Tiznado	November 1, 2003 - January 15, 2008	Associate Researcher, UNAM Ensenada, Mexico
  Egor Podgornov	February 1, 2003 - January 31, 2007	Product Engineer, ESPI Inc.
  Jarod Wilson	March 1, 2005 - February 28, 2006	Analytical Scientist, LanzaTech, New Zealand
  Hansheng Guo	May 1, 2001 - July 31, 2005	Product Developer, Janis Research Co.
  Xi Liu	November 1, 2004 - April 30, 2005	Researcher. NASA Ames Research Center
  Lorena Alvarez	November 1st, 2003 - October 31, 2004	Investigador Titular, CIMAV Chihuahua, Mexico
  Dennis Syomin	September 20, 2003 - August 27, 2004	Researcher, KLA Tencor
  Guangming Liu	December 1, 2002 - February 29, 2004	Postdoc, University of Delaware
  Qing Zhao	October 15, 2001 - November 15, 2003	Professor, Beijing  Institute of Technology
  Lora Shorthouse	January 1, 2001 - December 31, 2001	Staff, Pilkington, UK
  Stefan Wehner	June, 2000 -  September, 2001	Professor, Universitat  Bayreuth
  Nathan Havercroft	May 15, 2000 -  May 31, 2001	Staff, ION-TOF, New York
  Jun Kubota	May 1, 2000 -  January 31, 2001	Professor, Fukuoka University, Japan
  Victor Bondzie	February 15, 2000 - June 30, 2001	Professor, Valencia Community College, FL
  Kathryn Kitching	November 1, 2000 -  January 22, 2001	Researcher, Medtronic, MN
  Demetrius Chrysostomou	July 15, 1997 -  November 8, 2000	Director of Tehcnology, TePla, Corona, CA
  Jeffrey Guevremont	October 1, 1998 -  December 31, 1999	Principal Scientist, American Refining Group, Inc.
  Gopinath Chinnakonda	July 1, 1997 -  February 29, 2000	Scientist, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India
  Jiang Xiang	July 1, 1998 -  January 31, 1999	Staff, PDF Solutions, Inc., San Jose, CA
  Christopher French	January 1, 1997 -  August 31, 1998	R&D Manager, Johnson&Johnson, CA
  Beate Klingenberg	August 15, 1996 -  October 31, 1997	Professor, Marist Collge, Poughkeepsie, NY
  Nancy Gleason	February 1, 1995 -  December 15, 1996	Quality Engineer, Atrium Medical/Maquet Getinge Group
  Helmut Ofner	April 1, 1995 -  August 31, 1996	Researcher, Rodel Europe
  Ton Janssens	June 1, 1994 -  August 31, 1996	Research Scientist, Haldor  Topsoe, Denmark
  Mingde Xu	July 15, 1991 -  September 30, 1995	Programmer, Household Credit Service, CA
  Helmuth Hoffmann	May 1, 1987 -  April 30, 1989	Professor, Technical  University of Vienna

• Visiting Scholars, Others

  Name	Period	Position
  Ilkeun Lee	September 1, 2007 - August 31, 2024	Academic Coordinator II, NEMF, UCR
  Philipp Haugg	April 1, 2023 - September 30, 2023	Graduate Student, University of Kiel
  Elisabete Moreira Assaf	February 1, 2022 - April 25, 2022	Professor, University of São Paulo
  Leticia Fernanda Rasteiro	March 1, 2020 - November 30, 2020	Visiting Student,  University of São Paulo
  Stan Sheldon	November 1, 1994 - March 31, 2020	Retired (Technician)
  Sjoerd Telkamp	November 18, 2019 - March 17, 2020	Visiting Student, Eindhoven University of Technology
  Xinhe Zheng	March 1, 2019 - May 12, 2020	Professor, University of Science and Technology Beijing
  Noboru Takeuchi	October 15, 2017 - June 30, 2019	Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechonology, UNAM Mexico-Ensenada
  Jinghuan Chen	September 28, 2017 - October 15, 2018	Asst. Prof., Zhejiang University of Technology
  Yueqiang Cao	September 28, 2017 - October 15, 2018	East China University of Science and Technology
  Limei Chen	January 23, 2018 - July 9, 2018
  Weili Jiang	March 1, 2016 - February 28, 2017	China University of Petroleum
  Tongxin Han	August 29, 2016 - December 8 2016	Graduate Student, UCR
  Luka Suhadolnik	September 25, 2015 - May 31, 2016	JoÏef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
  Zhihui Chen	February 1, 2014 - January 30, 2015	Changzhou University, Jiangsu Province
  Juosed Bastida	November 15, 2014 - December 15, 2014	Universidad Jearez Autonma de Tabasco
  Oscar Fernando Plascencia	June 1, 2013 - September 30, 2013	National Polytechnic Institute of Mexico
  Benjamin Groven	April 25, 2013 - July 31, 2013	Eindhoven University of Technology
  Dries Vanhemel	April 25, 2013 - July 31, 2013	Eindhoven University of Technology
  Clarimar Camacho	January 13, 2013 - July 31, 2013	Professor, Central University of Venezuela
  Menno Bouman	January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2012	Scientist, Filmetrics, Inc.
  Yujun Zhu	September 15, 2011 - September 14, 2012	Professor, Dept. Chemistry, Heilongjiang University
  Jie Li	September 15, 2011 - September 14, 2012	Student, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai
  Ricardo Morales	June 18, 2012 - August 31, 2012	Professor, University of La Verne
  Xiaoliang Liang	September 15, 2010 - September 14, 2011	Postdoc, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  Alejandro Gutiérrez	June 1, 2011 - August 31, 2011	Senior Lecturer, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
  Francisca Lopez Fagundez	June 1, 2011 - August 31, 2011	Senior Scientist, ICMM-CSIC Madrid
  Wenyu Huang	May 15, 2011 - June 1, 2011	Professor, Chemistry, Iowa State University
  Trevor Ewers	May 15, 2011 - June 1, 2011	Senior Chemist, Dow Chemical
  Dan (Renee) Liang	November 1, 2009 - July 25, 2010	Graduate Student, Zhejiang University, China
  Luiz Carlos Alves de Oliveira	January 1, 2009 - August 31, 2009	Adjunct Professor, Federal University of Lavras, Brazil
  Menno Bouman	March 1, 2008 - July 30, 2008	Applications Engineer, Filmetrics, Inc
  Larry M. Mink	July 1, 2003 - September 15, 2006	Professor, California State University, San Bernardino
  Manuel Arroyo	September 1, 2005 - August 30, 2006	Researcher, CIMAV, Chihuahua Mexico
  Menno Bouman	April 1, 2006 - August 30, 2006	Scientist, Filmetrics, Inc.
  Susan Gallardo	January 17, 2006 - June 16, 2006	Professor, De la Salle University, Manila, Philippines
  ByungChang Kang	November 1, 2005 - April 30, 2006	Researcher, DC Chemical Co. Ltd., Korea
  Paragranjita Bhowmik	September 7, 2004 - April 30, 2005	Unknown
  Alexey Salanov	February 1, 2003 - July 15, 2003	Scientist, Boreskov Institute of  Catalysis, Russia
  Vladimir Gorodetskii	December 1, 2002 - April 30, 2003	Scientist, Boreskov Institute of  Catalysis, Russia
  Felipe Castillon	February 1, 2002 - July 31, 2003	Researcher, UNAM Ensenada, Mexico
  Hugo Tiznado	May 1, 2001 - September 30, 2002	Associate Researcher, UNAM Ensenada, Mexico
  Awad Ahmed	November 11, 2000 - February 10, 2001	Professor, Mansoura University, Egypt
  Vladimir Gorodetskii	September 1, 2000 - November 30, 2000	Scientist, Boreskov Institute of  Catalysis, Russia
  Maura Hebling Jordao	May 15, 2000 -  November 15, 2000	Federal University  of Sao Carlos, Brazil
  Sergio Gonzalez	June 1, 1997 -  September 30, 1997	Aggregate Professor, Universidad de los Andes, Venezuela
  Alfonso Loaiza	June 1, 1994 - May 31, 1995	Professor, Univesidad de los Andes, Venezuela
  Jinyao Liu	March 1, 1993 -  June 15, 1994	Professor, Tsinhua University, Beijing, China
  Juan Carlos de Jesus	October 1, 1993 -  April 1, 1994	Researcher, Intevep, Venezuela
  Magali Peraza	July 1, 1993  November 30, 1993	Unknown
  Cynthia Jenks	November 15, 1991 -  March 15, 1992	Division Director, Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory

• Undergraduate Students

  Name	Period
  Erin Yip	November 15, 2021 - August 22, 2024
  Sierra Rupp	May 1, 2023 - May 31, 2024
  Colin Smith	January 1, 2023 - July 31, 2023
  Eugene Kwon	January 1, 2023 - June 16, 2023
  Jacob Gover	June 13, 2022 - August 22, 2022
  Myungbo Kim	August 15, 2021 - May 1, 2022
  Yovanny Vazquez	June 26, 2017 - August 25, 2017
  Florisa Tanicala	March 7, 2012 - May 1, 2013
  Kliment Bozhilov	November 20, 2012 - March 1, 2013
  Vananh Doan	January 15, 2012 - June 30, 2012
  Saehui (Leanna) Kim	September 15, 2010 - March 15, 2012
  Joshua Rezkalla	September 15, 2010 - May 31, 2011
  Bunnasorn Chinkulkitnivat	January 10, 2010 - June 30, 2011
  Nancy Taing	April 1, 2008 - Jun 15, 2009
  Ryan Pedigo	August 1, 2005 - July 31, 2008
  Chris Darakjian	September 26, 2007 - June 30, 2008
  Latia Tyson	January 2, 2007 - July 1, 2007
  Sherron Wiggins	October 15, 2006 - December 3, 2006
  Joseph T. Allison	June 19, 2006 - August 28. 2006
  Nicha Chartuprayoon	December 1, 2004 - September 30, 2005
  Christopher Anderton	June 1, 2004 - August 8, 2004
  Brett Hamilton	July 1, 2003 - September 30, 2003
  Dragos Seghete	May 19, 2003 - July 31, 2003
  Cherrie Velante	November 1, 2001 - March 31, 2002
  Eunicia Reburiano	April 1, 2001 - March 31, 2002
  Rasmey Long	July 1, 2000 - September 30, 2001
  Arthur Chou	January 1, 1998 -  December 31, 1999
  Manisha Lal	January 1, 1997 -  March 30, 1997
  Richard Weiss	April 1, 1990 -  June 30, 1991