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Gregory Parsons, PI

Postdocs and Research Staff

Ph.D. Students

M.S. 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.
	Golnaz Dianat, Postdoc Hometown: Tehran, Iran Education: B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Eastern Mediterranean University Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, University of Southern California Joined the group: January 2021 Research: In situ study of nucleation and growth of ALD thin films
	Hyunwoo Yang, Postdoc Hometown: Seoul, South Korea Education: B.S in Material Science & Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University 2015 M.S and Ph.D in Department of Energy Science, Sungkyunkwan University 2021 Joined the group: February 2022 Research: ALD and MLD applications in photoelectrochemistry

Ph.D. Students

	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.
	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: Area-selective deposition (ASD) of polymers and metals via atomic layer deposition (ALD) and molecular layer deposition (MLD)
	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
	Nick Carroll Hometown: Jamestown, North Carolina Education: B.S in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Honors Concentration, North Carolina State University 2021 Joined the group: September 2019 Research: Precise lateral area-selective deposition
	Jimmy Nguyen Hometown: Chantilly, VA Education: B.S. Chemical and Life Science Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University 2021 B.S. in Chemistry, Virginia Commonwealth University 2021 Joined the group: January 2022 Research: Metal-organic framework (MOF) composites using sponge/foam/monofilaments supports structures
	Mai Abdelmigeed Hometown: Cairo, Egypt Education: B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Cairo University 2014 M.S. in Chemical Engineering, Cairo University 2019 Joined the group: January 2022 Research: Benign and bio-based metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and MOF fabric composites
	Stephanie Atkinson Hometown: Bailey, NC Education: B.S. in Polymer and Color Chemistry, Science and Operations Concentration, North Carolina State University 2021 Joined the group: January 2022 Research: Molecular layer deposition (MLD) to understand the nucleation and growth of polymer thin films; in situ analysis techniques for understanding next generation materials
	Jeremy Thelven Hometown: Stockholm, Sweden Education: B.S. in Physics, Rhodes College 2022 B.S. in Chemistry, Rhodes College 2022 Joined the group: January 2023 Research: Multi-layer systems using atomic layer deposition and area selective deposition
	Pragyan Jha Hometown: Ranchi, India Education: B.Tech in Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy 2020 Joined the group: January 2023 Research: Atomic-Scale Surface Modification of Heat Transfer Materials

M.S. Students

Yujin Jang

Hometown: Cheonan, South Korea
Education: Fulbright U.S Student Program in Institution of International Education 2022-2024
B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Hoseo University 2017
Joined the group: January 2023
Research: Area-selective deposition (ASD) of polymers via oxidative molecular layer deposition (oMLD) and chemical vapor deposition (oCVD)

B.S. Students

Nyaan Amin

Hometown: Randolph, New Jersey
Education: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Nanoscience Concentration, B.S. Projected 2023
Joined the group: June 2021
Research: Build and maintain vacuum systems, Fabricated tungsten oxide thin films via ALD and ex situ oxidative annealing, and Ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy for examining valence band structure of tungsten oxides

Carwynn Rivera

Hometown: Holly Springs, North Carolina
Education: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, B.S. Projected 2025
Joined the group: July 2022
Research: Exploring benign, dip-based MOF composite synthesis techniques

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
Andie O’Connell	Devin Junkins	Jimmy Donovan	Morgan Willis

Group Alumni

2022

	Rachel Nye, Ph.D.: Rachel joined Lam Research on the West Coast in August of 2022.		Jungsik Kim, Ph.D.: Jungsik (Justin) joined Lam Research on the West Coast in 2022.
	Ian Winek, M.S.: Ian joined Pfizer working as a Technical Operations Engineer .

2021

	Siyao Wang, Ph.D.: Siyao joined Applied Materials as a R&D Process Engineer in 2021.		Holgar Saare, Ph.D.: Holgar joined Lam Research in 2021.
	Seung Keun Song, Ph.D.: Seung Keun (S.K.) Song joined Intel as a Process Engineer in 2021.

2020

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

Kristian Lausund, Ph.D., Postdoc:
Kristian started working for the Norway Department of Defense in 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 San 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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