People

Gregory Parsons, PI, Celanese Acetate Professor

Parsons’ research explores chemical reactions on surfaces, particularly for formation of thin films by atomic layer deposition. He joined the faculty at NC State in 1992, after a postdoc position at IBM TJ Watson Research Center. His research interests include: Atomic Layer Deposition and Related Processes; Physics of Electronic Materials and Devices; Polymer Fiber and Film Formation, Coating and Chemical Surface Modification; Metal-Organic-Framework (MOF) Materials and Thin Films; Advanced Energy Storage and Solar Energy Conversion. His expertise also includes: Thin Film Transistor (TFT) and Flat Panel Active Matrix Display (esp. AMLCD) Devices and Manufacturing, Chemical Vapor Deposition, Plasma Enhanced CVD, Plasma Etching and other processes.

Amanda Volk

Hometown: Lake Forest, Illinois
Education: B.S. in Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Alabama 2016
Joined the group: January 2017
Research: Oxidative Molecular Layer Deposition (oMLD).

Leah Granger

Hometown: Flowery Branch, Georgia
Education: B.S. in Chemical Engineering & B.S. in Mathematics, Clarkson University 2016
Joined the group: January, 2018
Research: Co-advised by Dr. Donald Brenner, Leah studies multi-scale modeling of energetics at interfaces.

Rachel Nye

Hometown: Shippensburg, Pennsylvania
Education: B.A. in Chemistry and Spanish, Washington and Jefferson College 2017
Joined the group: January 2018
Research: Rachel focuses on utilizing molecular layer deposition (MLD) to understand the nucleation and growth of polymer thin films.

Rachel’s Bioboard

Jungsik Kim

Hometown: Seoul, South Korea
Education: B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, Tohoku University 2012
M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, Tohoku University 2014
Joined the group: January 2018
Research: Jungsik studies Area-Selective Atomic Layer Deposition (AS-ALD) with cobalt and polymers.

Sarah Morgan

Hometown: Edwardsville, Illinois
Education: B.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Kentucky 2017
B.S. in Materials Engineering, University of Kentucky 2018
Joined the group: December 2018
Research: Sarah will be studying new metal-organic framework (MOF) growth techniques and their use in various applications.

Hwan Oh

Hometown: Seoul, South Korea
Education: B.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Seoul 2017
M.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Seoul 2019
Joined the group: December 2019
Research: Hwan will be using metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) as heterogeneous catalysts in the degradation of chemical warfare agents on fibers.

Landon Keller

Hometown: Berkeley Lake, Georgia
Education: B.S. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology 2020
Joined the group: January 2021
Research: Area selective deposition of metals and dielectrics through ALD

Hannah Margavio

Hometown: Memphis, Tennessee
Education: B.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 2020
Joined the group: January 2021
Research: Low-temperature thermodynamically driven area-selective deposition

Andre Hillsman

Hometown: Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Education: B.S. in Materials Science Engineering, University of Tennessee 2019
M.S. in Materials Science Engineering, University of Tennessee 2020
Joined the group: January 2021
Research: Molecular layer deposition of hybrid thin films

Nick Carroll

Hometown: Jamestown, North Carolina
Education: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Honors Concentration, B.S. Projected 2021
Joined the group: September 2019
Research: Nick works primarily on using advanced analytical techniques to better understand ALD, MLD, and MOF growth and film properties.

Morgan Willis

Hometown: Raleigh, North Carolina
Education: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Nanoscience Concentration, Material Science and Engineering Minor, B.S. Projected 2023
Joined the group: May 2021
Research: Morgan’s research focuses on scaling benign MOF-fiber composite synthesis.