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SENIC

Southeastern Nanotechnology Infrastructure Corridor

Staff Expertise

SENIC staff scientists and engineers at Georgia Tech and JSNN have a variety of backgrounds and expertise ready to assist our users.

Name Title Location Expertise
Yolande Berta Senior Research Scientist Georgia Tech MCF Characterization of nanoparticles and coatings by scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy; elemental analysis by energy dispersive x-ray spectrometry
Devin Brown Senior Research Engineer Georgia Tech IEN Electron beam lithography; nanofabrication
Hang Chen Senior Research Scientist Georgia Tech IEN Chemical Field-Effect Transistor (ChemFET) sensor design, fabrication, packaging, characterization, application; CMOS/MEMS/NEMS device fabrication; Chemical component/elemental/electrochemical analysis
Steven Crawford Equipment Manager JSNN Cell and molecular biology
Kristen Dellinger Research Associate JSNN Analytical instrumentation and chemical synthesis
David Gottfried Principal Research Scientist Georgia Tech IEN Biomolecule and polymer deposition using ink-jet printing and other technologies; surface functionalization and characterization; nanoparticle characterization; chemical and biological sensor development
Walter Henderson Senior Research Scientist Georgia Tech MCF Imaging and microanalysis of materials and devices using photon-based and eletron-based microscopy, spectroscopy and diffraction; Growth, characterization, and fabrication of compound semiconductor materials and devices.
Thomas Johnson-Avarette Process-Equipment Engineer III Georgia Tech IEN Rockwell Automation programming; facilities monitoring and annunciation; HMI development; process equipment development; metallization processing; dry etch processing; wet etch and fumehood maintenance; photo-lithography; ALD; PECVD; CVD; thermal/anodic bonding; chemical/mechanical polishing; equipment access control; TGMS maintenance/monitoring
Evan Kimbro Research Associate JSNN Material testing
Taylor Mabe Research Associate JSNN Micro- and nano-fabrication
Rathi Monikandan Material Scientist Georgia Tech MCF Material Characterization; Raman Spectroscopy; Surface Probe Techniques (Atomic Force Microscope); X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS); Surface Analysis and Optical characterization techniques
Kyle Nowlin Research Associate JSNN Charged particle and probe microscopy
Tran-Vinh Nguyen Process-Equipment Engineer III Georgia Tech IEN Maintenance, Training, and Process support for all plasma equipment (dry etching and PECVD), photolithography (mask aligners), packaging (wafer bonders), and inspection equipment (high end microscopes and surface scan)
Kristen Rhinehardt Research Associate JSNN Computational Nanotechnology
Richard Shafer Research Technician III Georgia Tech IEN Laser Micromachining; MEMS fabrication; Thermionic Source Manufacturing; Material Characterization
Gary Spinner Senior Assistant Director-Lab Operations Georgia Tech IEN Cleanroom operations management; infrastructure improvements; user services; shared user management system (SUMS); automated training systems and equipment procurement
Charlie Suh Process-Equipment Engineer II Georgia Tech IEN Thin Film Metalization
David Tavakoli Research Scientist II Georgia Tech MCF X-Ray Diffraction (XRD); Materials Characterization; Crystallinity; Texture; Residual Stress; Method Development; Aerosol Chemistry; Liquid Chromotography (LC); Gas Chromotography (GC); Automation
Md Jamal Uddin Research Associate JSNN Analytical chemistry and characterization
Chris Yang Research Engineer II Georgia Tech IEN Device fabrication and process integration; thin films; LPCVD; PVD; RIE; photolithography; metrology (SEM, EDS, XPS, AFM, Indent)

News and Events

  • Spring 2025 Microfabrication Short Course Registration is Now OPEN! February 26, 2025
  • Summer 2025 Internship Program – Applications Now Accepted December 5, 2024
  • Summer 2024 Internship Program – Applications Now Accepted December 13, 2023
  • Fall 2023 Nano@Tech Seminars August 30, 2023
  • SENIC June 2023 Newsletter June 1, 2023

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