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Bedzyk Group Members

 

David and Supriyo look on as Tien-Lin Lee works on a complex metal instrument with many tubes and wires
August 2023 at Diamond I09: David Garcia and Supriyo Majumder working with Tien-Lin Lee
Professor Bedzyk and Joey shake hands. Bedzyk has just handed Joey a small box containing a swiss army knife.
July 2023 near Prof. Bedzyk's house: Joey receives his graduation gift
Roger and Professor Bedzyk smile side by side. Roger holds up a framed certificate.
May 2023 at Northwestern: Roger wins 3rd place at the Hilliard Symposium
Members of the Bedzyk group and significant others standing on Professor Bedzyk's back porch
April 2023 at Prof. Bedzyk's house
Professor Bedzyk hands Elise a small wrapped box
April 2023 at Prof. Bedzyk's house: Elise receives her graduation gift
Bedzyk group members hanging out on Professor Bedzyk's front porch with drinks

Kathy and Professor Bedzyk outside of Tech, both wearing sunglasses. Kathy holds a paper graduation cap on a stick up to her head.
February 2021 at Northwestern
Zoom screenshot of many current and former Bedzyk group members in a grid with text titled On Occasion of Prof Bedzyk's Birthday, a spectacular Bedzyk Group reunion

Zoom screenshot of a virtual Bedzyk Group meeting
July 2020 via Zoom
Three people working together on a complex instrument with a metallic dome on top of it
January 2020 in Cook 1008: Anusheela, Yanna and Achari setting up for atomic-resolution AFM
Prof Bedzyk, Tien-Lin, and Anusheela standing in front of complex equipment and instruments
October 2019: Mike Bedzyk and Anusheela Das working at Tien-Lin Lee's Diamond Light Source I09 XSW-XPS station
The Bedzyk group stands in front of a whiteboard with purple and white balloons
May 2019 at Northwestern University Starting from left: Guena, Achari, Mike, Anusheela, Kathy, Roger, Elise, Bruce, Joey, Rachel, Carlos, Sumit, Yanna, Anthony, Jerry
The Bedzyk group stands outside of Prof Bedzyk's house
April 2019 at Prof. Bedzyk's house
Bedzyk group members playing pool
April 2019 at Prof. Bedzyk's house
Bedzyk group members playing pool
April 2019 at Prof. Bedzyk's house
Bedzyk group members playing pool
April 2019 at Prof. Bedzyk's house
Bedzyk group members playing pool
April 2019 at Prof. Bedzyk's house
Bedzyk group members standing on Prof Bedzyk's back porch eating and drinking
April 2019 at Prof. Bedzyk's house
2019 Silicon Valley Reunion

2019 Silicon Valley Reunion

Group photo in Mount Everest restaurant
February 2018 at Mt. Everest Restaurant, Evanston: Celebrating Prof. Bedzyk's birthday and Gavin's farewell
Bedzyk group photo
October 2017 at Northwestern
Bedzyk group photo
Bedzyk group reunion at SLAC for the HAXPES 2017 conference
Bedzyk group photo
November 2016 at Northwestern
Bedzyk group photo
June 2016 at Northwestern
Bedzyk group photo
2015 at Northwestern
Bedzyk group photo
February 2014 at Northwestern
The Bedzyk group at a group party sitting at a long wooden table under a chandelier
April 2013 at Prof. Bedzyk's house Clockwise from lower-left: Sven Stolz, Xiao Chen, Sumit Kewalramani, Curtis Leung, Martin McBriarty, Liane Moreau, Sudeshna Chattopadhyay, Parasmani Rajput, Li Zeng, Bor-Rong Chen, Gavin Campbell, Mike Bedzyk, Jon Emery, I-Cheng Tung, Zhenxing Feng
Bedzyk group photo
May 2012 at Northwestern
Bedzyk group photo in front of the lakefill
March 2012 at Northwestern Lake Shore
Bedzyk group photo
Summer 2010
On the left: Prof Bedzyk speaking at a podium. On the right: three students wearing name tags standing together, Jon Emery is giving a thumbs up
July 2010 at Northwestern: International Conference on Surface X-ray and Neutron Scattering (SXNS 2010) Left: Prof. Bedzyk giving a speech at the banquet
Right: Curtis Leung, Jon Emery and Marie Zarrouati at the banquet
Two men in glasses and lanyards in front of an instrument with many cables and tubes everywhere
February 2006 at APS 12ID-D: Phillip Lin and Chang-Yong Kim setting up an experiment
The Bedzyk group at a group party at a long table with a gold chandelier above them
December 2004 at Prof. Bedzyk's house
Blurry Bedzyk group photo outside Cook Hall
June 2004 at Northwestern
Bedzyk group photo outside Cook hall in front of some trees
December 2000 at Northwestern Starting on the left: Duane Goodner, Jerry Carsello, Brad Tinkham, David Marasco, Don Walko, John Okasinski, Mike Bedzyk, Yongseung Choi, Anthony Escuadro, Chang-Yong Kim, Mae Kobsiriphat, Alexander Kazimirov
Old grainy Bedzyk group photo
c.a. 1998

Current Members

Principle Investigator
Headshot of Prof. Bedzyk lit from the left side with a window in the background

Prof. Michael J. Bedzyk

Professor of Materials Science & Engineering
(by courtesy) Co-Director of the Northwestern Synchroton Research Center
Office: Cook Hall Room 1139
Phone: (847) 491-3570
Fax: (847) 467-2269
bedzyk@northwestern.edu
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Research Assistant Professor

Headshot of Sumit smiling with a corkboard and tan wall in the background

Dr. Sumit Kewalramani

Research Assistant Professor
Manager of the J.B. Cohen X-ray Diffraction Facility
Materials Science & Engineering
Office: Cook 1155A
Phone: (847) 491-7677
 s-kewalramani@northwestern.edu

Research Associates and Postdoctoral Fellows

Guena outdoors wearing cap, backpack, and shoulder bag containing a chihuahua with its head popping out

Dr. Guennadi A Evmenenko

Research Associate
Materials Science & Engineering
Office: Cook 1155A
Phone: (847) 491-7677
 g-evmenenko@northwestern.edu 		Headshot of Supriyo slightly smiling looking slighty to the left with greenery in the background

Dr. Supriyo Majumder

Postdoctoral Fellow
Materials Science & Engineering
Office: Cook 1155
Phone: (847) 491-7677
 supriyo.majumder@northwestern.edu




PhD Students

Headshot of Carlos looking straight forward slightly smiling with a plain tan background

Carlos G. Torres

Materials Science & Engineering
Office: Cook 1155
Phone: (847) 491-7677
 carlostorres2023@u.northwestern.edu
Headshot of Roger with a small smile with a white and glass building in the background

Roger Reinertsen

Materials Science & Engineering
Office: Cook 1155
Phone: (847) 491-7677
 RogerReinertsen2023@u.northwestern.edu


Headshot of David outdoors

David Garcia-Wetten

Materials Science & Engineering
Office: Cook 1155
Phone: (847) 491-7677
 davidgarcia2025@u.northwestern.edu
Headshot of William in front of The Bean (Cloud Gate) in Chicago

William Mah

Materials Science & Engineering
Office: Cook 1155
Phone: (847) 491-7677
 william.mah@northwestern.edu

Headshot of Sophia in front of foliage

Sophia Chen

Materials Science & Engineering
Office: Cook 1155
Phone: (847) 491-7677
 sophiachen2028@u.northwestern.edu
Headshot of Noah in front of a tree

Noah Welke

Applied Physics
Office: Cook 1155
Phone: (847) 491-7677
 noahwelke2028@u.northwestern.edu

Master's Students

Haotian Wu

Materials Science & Engineering
Office: Cook 1155
Phone: (847) 491-7677
 haotianwu2023@u.northwestern.edu

Undergraduate Students

Zahra

Materials Science & Engineering

Alumni

Graduate Students

Joseph McCourt, Ph.D Physics & Astronomy, Jun. 2023 (Current position: Postdoctoral Appointee, Argonne National Laboratory, IL)

Elise Goldfine, Ph.D Materials Science & Engineering, Apr. 2023 (Current position: Fellow, Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E), DC)

Anusheela Das, Ph.D Materials Science & Engineering, Jan. 2022 (Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, CA)

Katherine Harmon, Ph.D Applied Physics, Feb. 2021 (Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Argonne National Laboratory, IL)

Liyang Zheng, M.S. Materials Science & Engineering, April. 2019 (Current position: PhD Student, University of Toronto, Canada)

Kurinji Krishnamoorthy, Ph.D Applied Physics, Dec. 2018 (Current position: Scientist, The Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Leiden, Netherlands)

Ruifeng Zhang (Kevin), M.S. Materials Science & Engineering, Dec. 2018

Changrui Gao, Ph.D Materials Science & Engineering, May. 2018 (Current position: Process Engineer IV, LAM Research, Fremont, CA)

Boris Harutyunyan, Ph.D Physics and Astronomy, Apr. 2018 (Current position: Structurer, BP Energy, New York, NY)

Gavin Campbell, Ph.D Materials Science & Engineering, Feb. 2018 (Current position: Engineer, Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, OR)

Xiao Chen, Ph.D Applied Physics, Nov. 2017 (Current position: Scientist, Applied Materials Inc., Santa Clara, CA)

Li Zeng, Ph.D Applied Physics, Sept. 2017 (Current position: Consultant, Boston Consulting Group (BCG), TX)

Liane Moreau, Ph.D Materials Science & Engineering, Sept. 2017 (Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, WA)

Janak Thapa, M.S. Materials Science & Engineering, Aug. 2017 (Current position: Actuarial Assistant, The Hartford, CT)

Stephanie Moffitt, Ph.D Materials Science & Engineering, Jun. 2017 (Staff Scientist/Physicist, National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST), MD)

Bor-Rong Chen, Ph.D Materials Science & Engineering, Feb. 2017 (Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Idaho National Laboratory (INL), ID)

I-Cheng Tung, Ph.D Materials Science & Engineering, Oct. 2014 (Current position: Components Research Engineer at Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, OR)

Martin McBriaty, Ph.D Materials Science & Engineering, Aug. 2014 (Current position: Scientist, Intermolecular Inc., San Jose, CA)

Curtis Leung, Ph.D Physics & Astronomy, Aug. 2013 (Current position: Associate Director, CMC Formulations and Manufacturing, Agios Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, MA)

Jon Emery, Ph.D Materials Science & Engineering, May. 2013 (Current position: Assistant Professor of Instruction, Northwestern University, IL)

Zhenxing Feng, Ph.D Materials Science & Engineering, Jun. 2011 (Current position: Assistant Professor, School of Chemical, Biological, and Environmental Eng., Ohio State University, OH)

Jeffrey Klug, Ph.D Physics & Astronomy, Dec. 2009 (Current position: Assistant Physicist, X-ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, IL)

Jui-Ching (Phillip) Lin, Ph.D Materials Science & Engineering, Dec. 2009 (Current position: Manager, TSMC, Taiwan)

Vaibhav Kohli, Ph.D Materials Science & Engineering, Dec. 2009

Yuan-Chieh Tseng, Ph.D Materials Science & Engineering, Jun. 2009 (Current position: Professor, Materials Science & Engineering, National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan)

Steven Christensen, Ph.D Materials Science & Engineering, Dec. 2008 (Current position: Technology Assessment & Planning Manager, Xcel Energy, Denver, CO)

Anthony Escuadro, Ph.D Materials Science & Engineering, Dec. 2005 (Current position: Professor, Department of Physics, Harold Washington College, Chicago, IL)

Duane Goodner, Ph.D Materials Science & Engineering, Dec. 2005 (Current position: Master's Student, Computer Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, IL)

Yongseung Choi, Ph.D Materials Science & Engineering, June 2005 (Current position: Assistant Physicist, X-ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, IL)

Joseph Libera, Ph.D Materials Science & Engineering, June 2005 (Current position: Materials Scientist, Argonne National Laboratory, IL)

John Okasinski, Ph.D Materials Science & Engineering, June 2004 (Current position: Materials Scientist, X-ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, IL)

Zhan Zhang, Ph.D Materials Science & Engineering, June 2004 (Current position: Material Scientist, X-ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, IL)

David Marasco, Ph.D Physics & Astronomy, Dec. 2002 (Current position: Professor, Department of Physics, Engineering, and Astronomy, Foothill College, Los Altos, CA)

Bradley Tinkham, Ph.D Materials Science & Engineering, Dec. 2002 (Current position: Manufacturing Engineering Manager at II-VI EpiWorks, CA)

William Rodrigues, Ph.D Physics & Astronomy, Dec. 2000 (Current position: Principal Engineer at ETek Applied Materials, Hillsboro, OR)

Tien-Lin Lee, Ph.D Materials Science & Engineering, Dec. 1999 (Current position: Principal Beamline Scientist on I09, Diamond Light Source (DLS))

Likwan Cheng, Ph.D Materials Science & Engineering, Dec. 1998 (Current position: Lecturer, Harry S. Truman College, Chicago, IL)

Holly Hutchason, M.S. Materials Science & Engineering, 1997 (Current position: Executive Director, Pacific NW CSA Coalition, Portland, OR)

Yonglin Qian, Ph.D Materials Science & Engineering, Dec. 1995 (Current position: Proprietor, Network Systems Consulting)


Postdoctoral Fellows and Senior Research Associates
Dr. V.L.V. Narayanachari Kondapalli (Research Scientist, Corning Incorporated) Dr. Yanna Chen (Beamline Scientist, Canadian Light Source, Argonne National Laboratory)
Dr. Sven Stoltz (Assistant Professor, Malmö University, Sweden) Dr. Hua Jin
Dr. Chang-Yong Kim (Senior Scientist, Canadian Light Source, Saskatoon) Dr. Bo-Hong Liu (Postdoctoral Researcher, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, CA)
Dr. Dipak Goswami (Professor, Department of Physics, IIT Kharagpur, India) Dr. Leiming Li (Senior Scientist, Shell, Houston, TX)
Dr. Lixin Cao (Professor, Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Bejing) Dr. Kai Zhang (Principal Diamond Scientist, CNPC USA, Houston, TX)
Dr. Parasmani Rajput (Beamline Scientist, Indus 2, Atomic & Molecular Physics Division, BARC, India) Dr. Donald Walko (Lead scientist of APS beamline 7ID, Argonne National Laboratory, IL)
Dr. Osami Sakata (Station Director Spring-8, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan) Dr. Alexander Kazimirov (Passed away in 2011)
Dr. Mary Keeffe (Associate Professor of Engineering, Carroll College, MT) Dr. Paul Lyman (Professor of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI)
Dr. Sudeshna Chattopadhyay (Associate Professor, Metallurgical Engineering & Materials Sciences, IIT Indore, India) Dr. Jeff Terry (Professor of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL)