CAER News Archive: September 2007
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Chris Swartz, formerly a postdoctoral researcher in the Carbon Materials Group, has become a fulltime scientist. His research consists of synthesis, purification, and characterization of organic semiconductors; device fabrication; and synthesis and electrochemical characterization of cathode materials for primary and secondary batteries, fuel cells, and electrochemical double layer capacitors.Posted by Marybeth McAlister [Link]
Thursday, September 6, 2007
Recently, three people who have 'done' their time as students and post docs at CAER, became full-fledged employees of the lab. Rajesh Khatri moved from the position of postdoctoral research to become an Engineering Associate in the Clean Fuels and Chemicals Group. Joining this move in the Carbon Materials Group is Brock Marrs (who recently became 'Dr.' Marrs). Finally, former Biosystems and Agriculture Engineering graduate student, Courtney Fisk, became an Engineer Associate in the Biofuels and Environmental Catalysis group.Posted by Marybeth McAlister [Link]
In addition to the folks who have recently moved from being students to professionals at CAER, there are also some fresh faces. Muthu Kumaran comes to us as a Post Doctoral Researcher in the Clean Fuels and Chemicals Group. Karen Petty is an Engineer Technician in the Carbon Materials Group. And Dong Li is an Engineer Associate in the Environmental and Coal Technologies Group.Posted by Marybeth McAlister [Link]
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Dr. Irena Jordanova Kostova, from the Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" (Bulgaria), will be on sabbatical at the CAER for five months (September 2007 - January 2008) as a visiting scientist in the Coal Petrology Laboratory. She is here as a Fulbright Scholar, the first geologist from Bulgaria, and has a Ph.D. in Mineralogy and Geology, from the Institute of Applied Mineralogy , Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.Posted by Marybeth McAlister [Link]
