Since its inception in 2005, the ALS Postdoctoral Fellowship program has supported young scientists in new and ongoing research projects at the ALS. In many cases, the postdoctoral fellows were also supported by collaborating institutions.
These postdoc “highlights” —listed chronologically—feature a description of their projects while at the ALS, resulting publications, and their current positions and research activities.
Name | Year/ Beamline |
Project | Collaborating Institution(s) |
Current Position |
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Shrawan Mishra |
2012 BL 12.0.2.2 |
Development of new soft x-ray based coherent scattering methods | University of Oregon | Postdoc Fellow, ALS | ||||
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2011 BL 10.0.1 |
Development of molecular- beam epitaxy (MBE) thin film growth capability | Stanford University | Postdoc Fellow, ALS | ||||
Keun Su Kim |
2011 BL 7.0.1
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Exploring the complementary aspects of STM and ARPES | Fritz Haber Institute, Berlin; Yonsei University, Korea |
Staff Scientist, ALS | ||||
L. Andrew Wray |
2010-2013 BL 4.0.3 (MERLIN) |
Helped to commission Beamline 4.0.3 and developed essential experimental protocols for tasks such as data analysis, minimization of scattering artifacts, and optimal operation of x-ray emission spectrograph. Read the full highlight. |
Princeton University | SLAC | ||||
Padraic C. Shafer |
2010-2012 BL 4.0.2 |
A new experimental setup that allows resonant soft x-ray scattering experiments in high magnetic fields for the study of correlated electron systems. | UC Berkeley | Staff Scientist, ALS | ||||
Christine M. Beavers |
2009-2012
BL 11.3.1 |
Fullerene structure determination and high-pressure chemical crystallography. | UC Davis | Staff Scientist, ALS | ||||
Chris Jozwiak, |
2009-2012 BL 7.0 |
Development of high resolution spin-ARPES. | UC Berkeley | Staff Scientist, ALS | ||||
Jessica McChesney |
2007-2010 BL 7.0 |
Interactions of graphene with adsorbates. | Montana State University | Staff Scientist, Advanced Photon Source | ||||
Eddie C. Red |
2007-2010 BL 10.0.1 |
Helped develop a low energy photoelectron velocity map imaging spectrometer to measure near-zero kinetic energy photoelectron angular resolved distributions from atoms and molecules. | LBNL | Assistant Professor, Morehouse College | ||||
Ferenc Borondics |
2007-2008 BL 7.0 |
Very low-temperature optical measurements and optical conductivity of graphene. | Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary | Beamline Scientist, Canadian Light Source | ||||
Taisuke Ohta |
2006-2008 BL 7.0 |
Synthesis and characterization of graphene. | Fritz-Haber Institute | Staff Scientist, Sandia National Laboratory | ||||
Aaron Bostwick |
2005 BL 7.0 |
Development of NanoARPES technique. | Montana State University | Staff Scientist, ALS |