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) |