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Gregory Parsons, PI

Postdocs and Research Staff

Ph.D. Students

B.S. Students

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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.

Postdocs and Research Staff

Chris Oldham, Senior Researcher

Hometown: Apex, NC via Federal Way, WA
Education: B.S. Chemical Engineering, Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering, North Carolina State University
Joined the group: September 2009
Research: Chris’ research interests focus on using vapor phase processes including ALD to develop novel nanoscale coatings for fiber based material systems. Within this area of research we are investigating new methods for scaling the ALD technology to meet demands of high throughput manufacturing required by industries where advanced textile products are routinely produced. Through his startup VaporPulse Technologies, he works to commercialize technology developed in our lab.

Bruce Ash, Senior Researcher

Hometown: Apex, NC
Education: B.S. in Electrical Engineering, West Virginia University 1985
M.S. in Electrical Engineering, North Carolina State University 1989
Joined the group: March 2019
Research: Bruce is working on using ALD coatings as protective barrier layers on polymer substrates.

Kristian Lausund, Postdoctoral Researcher

Hometown: Oslo, Norway
Education: B.S. in Materials, Energy and Nanotechnology, University of Oslo 2012
M.S. in Materials, Energy and Nanotechnology, University of Oslo 2014
Ph.D. in Materials Science, University of Oslo 2019
Joined the group: October 2019
Research: Kristian is working on developing a new optical analytical technique to be used in situ in the ALD reactors.

Ph.D. Students

	Seung Keun Song Hometown: Yeongjiu, South Korea Education: B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Material Science, Chung-Ang University 2014 M.S. in Chemical Engineering and Material Science, Chung-Ang University 2016 Joined the group: January 2017 Research: Metal and metal oxide selective deposition.
	Siyao Wang Hometown: Henan Province, China Education: B.S. in Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University Joined the group: January 2017 Research: Siyao focuses on fiber forming of a new class of high surface area nonwovens, named polymers of intrinsic microporosity (PIMs). Siyao is co-advised by Dr. Saad Khan.
	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).
	Holger Saare Hometown: Tartu, Estonia Education: B.S. in Physics, University of Tartu 2015 Joined the group: August, 2017 Research: Building and operating an integrated UHV surface analysis/ALD reactor system to study area-selective ALD and atomic layer etching processes.
	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 Smith 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.
	Xuebin Hou Hometown: Wuxi, China Education: B.S. in Textile Engineering, Jiangnan University 2015 Joined the group: October 2019 Research: Xuebin is a visiting PhD student working with MOF growth and applications in catalysis.
	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.

B.S. Students

	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.
	Andie O’Connell Hometown: Holly Springs, North Carolina Education: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, B.S. Projected 2022 Joined the group: September 2019 Research: Andie explores different ways of producing and optimizing metal organic frameworks (MOFs) in order to absorb various types of blistering and other chemical warfare agents.
	Devin Junkins Hometown: Round Rock, Texas Education: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Nanoscience Concentration, Minor in Materials Science and Business Administration, B.S. Projected Fall 2020 Joined the group: September 2019 Research: Devin works on improving and building ALD reactors with in situ analysis capabilities.
	Jimmy Donovan Hometown: Cary, North Carolina Education: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, B.S. Projected 2020 Joined the group: September 2019 Research: Jimmy is working on debugging and upgrading control software for the ALD reactors.

Former Students:

Billy Nunn	Trent Blevins	Cailean Pritchard	Hannah Gotsch	Saif Hassan
Neal Lewis	Allie Cox	Brent White	Michael Hinkson	Kraig Turner
Ian Woodward	Grant Hill	Jared Goldman	Antoine Gremaud	Sara Bartczak
Jovenal Jamir	Ali Davis	Alex Lerner	Chris Downs	Omar Alam

Group Alumni

2020

Heather Barton, Ph.D.:
Heather joined Micross in Durham, NC in March of 2020.

2019

	Michael Fusco, Ph.D., Postdoc: Michael joined Wolfspeed in Durham, NC in February of 2019.		Maryam Khazaee, Ph.D., Postdoc: Maryam joined Intel in Phoenix, AZ in May of 2019.
	Dennis Lee, Ph.D.: Dennis began a postdoc position at Johns Hopkins University in May of 2019.		Wenyi Xie, Ph.D.: Wenyi is helping out with the group as lab manager for a few months before starting a job.
	Zijian Dai, Visiting Ph.D.: Zijian will complete his doctorate program in Chemical Engineering at Donghua University in China before seeking a postdoc position in the Fall of 2020.

2018

	Eric Stevens, Ph.D.: Eric joined ASM in Phoeniz, AZ in June of 2018.		Ian Woodward, B.S.: Ian is pursuing his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at the University of Delaware starting in the Fall of 2018.
	Jennifer Ovental, Ph.D.: Jenny joined Micross in Research Triangle Park, NC in June of 2018.		Mariah King, Ph.D.: Mariah began teaching computational chemistry at the North Carolina School of Science and Math in August of 2018.

2017

	James Daubert, Ph.D.: James joined Northrop Grumman in Baltimore, MD in July of 2017.		Paul Lemaire, Ph.D.: Paul joined Lam Research Corporation in Tualatin, OR in June of 2017.
	Zach Mundy, Ph.D.: Zach joined the BASF Leadership Development Rotational Program in July of 2017.		Cheng Cheng, Ph.D.: Cheng joined Applied Materials in Sane Jose, CA in May of 2017.

2016

	Junjie Zhao, Ph.D.: Junjie will join Karen Gleason’s group at MIT as a postdoc in Fall 2016		Erinn Needham, Ph.D.: Erinn will join Intel in Portland, OR in Fall 2016
	Alex Brozena, Ph.D.: Alex will focus on building up her technical editing business (www.advancedenglishediting.com)		Mike Mantini: Mike joined the Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at NC State University in June 2016

2015

	Moataz Mousa, Ph.D.: Moataz joined ASM in Phoenix, AZ in November 2015		Berc Kalanyan, Ph.D.: Berc joined NIST in Gaithersburg, MD in August 2015
	Sarah Atanasov, Ph.D.: Sarah joined Intel in Portland, OR in July 2015		Phil Williams, Postdoc: Phil joined BASF in Detroit, MI in February 2015

2014

William Sweet, Ph.D.:
Will joined Northrup Grumman in Baltimore, MD in June 2014

Mark Losego, Research Assistant Professor:
Mark joined Georgia Tech as an Assistant Professor
in Materials Science in August 2014
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