Members
Principal Investigator
Professor Jacob Jones is a Kobe Steel Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Director and Principal Investigator of the Science and Technologies for Phosphorus Sustainability (STEPS) Center, Director and Principal Investigator of the Research Triangle Nanotechnology Network (RTNN), former Director of the Analytical Instrumentation Facility, and a University Faculty Scholar.
More details about Jones are available at this site:
https://www.mse.ncsu.edu/jones/
Phone: 919-515-4557
Email: jacobjones@ncsu.edu
Office Location: PSB 3128
Current Group Members
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| Thomas Rowe | Postdoc | tmrowe@ncsu.edu | ||
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Darrell Harry | PhD Student | diharry@ncsu.edu | The study of metal cations for phosphorus recovery through batch equilibrium experiments of metal-cation-containing materials in water matrices containing ortho-phosphate, and characterizing these materials and water systems before, during, and after immersion.
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| Andre Hillsman | PhD Student | adhillsm@ncsu.edu | ||
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Alex Hsain | PhD Student | hahsain@ncsu.edu | Investigating effects of mechanical clamping on ferroelectric and piezoelectric properties of hafnium-based (HZO) material systems using analytical techniques.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexhsain Academic Twitter: @alexhsain |
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Britney Rickman | PhD Student | bcrickma@ncsu.edu | Her research involves the synthesis of new materials for phosphate adsorption. |
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Elizabeth Trubchaninov | PhD Student | eotrubch@ncsu.edu | Her research is a part of STEPS and focused on standardizing phosphorus analytics utilizing the following characterization techniques: EELS, EDS, XRD, XPS, Tof-SIMS, Raman Spectroscopy, and XANES. |
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Nadia Chapple | Undergraduate Student | nfchappl@ncsu.edu | Research focuses on nanomaterials. She is working with both the Jones Research Group and STEPS.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nadia-chapple-93a401201
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| Grace Kiel | Undergraduate Student | gskiel@ncsu.edu | ||
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Vedika Shah | Undergraduate Student | vshah4@ncsu.edu | |
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Carolyn Szemprunch | Undergraduate Student | ciszempr@ncsu.edu | Identifying potential metal cations for phosphorus recovery, with a focus on removing these metals from wastewater systems so that they may be captured and then redistributed into the environment.
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Our PhD and Postdoc Alumni |
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| Name | Completion Date | Link | Current Affiliation | |
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| Mesut Varlioglu PhD | 2009 | https://www.linkedin.com/in/mesut-varlioglu-0093948a | Senior Materials Engineer at Hewlett-Packard Author of “Idea to Product: DIY Invention Commercialization |
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| Abhijit Pramanick, PhD | 2009 | https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=gFnlk-gAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao | Department of Physics and Materials Science City University of Hong Kong | |
| Christopher Fell PhD | 2012 | https://www.linkedin.com/in/ufellc | Sr. Research Engineer at Tesla Motors | |
| Elena Aksel PhD | 2012 | https://www.linkedin.com/in/elena-aksel-b3016076 | Project Manager at SCHOTT | |
| Anderson Prewitt, PhD | 2012 | https://www.linkedin.com/in/dradprewitt | Prewitt Solutions – Founder | |
| Krishna Nittala PhD | 2012 | https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ehyaPM8AAAAJ&hl=en | Applied Materials | |
| Shruti Seshadri PhD | 2012 | https://www.linkedin.com/in/shruti-seshadri-24793961 | Lead – Corporate Security Management at Sutherland Global Services | |
| Sungwook Mhin PhD | 2013 | https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=qc-SRqYAAAAJ&hl=en | Professor at Korea Institute of Industrial Technology | |
| Tedi-Marie Usher-Ditzian PhD | 2016 | https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Jv85EUwAAAAJ&hl=en | Postdoctoral Research Associate at Oak Ridge National | |
| Thanakorn Iamsasri PhD | 2016 | https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=wYcY3UEAAAAJ&hl=en | King Monkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok | |
| Jennifer Forrester PhD | 2013 | https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=wcrEX_QAAAAJ&hl=en | University of Leeds | |
| Chris Fancher PhD | 2016 | https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=xJjhSQQAAAAJ&hl=en | Postdoctoral Researcher at Oak Ridge National Laboratory | |
| Dipankar Ghosh PhD | 2009 | https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=up7hF7EAAAAJ&hl=en | Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Old Dominion University | |
| Goknur Tutuncu PhD | 2012 | https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=f0VTlNkAAAAJ&hl=en | No current affiliation | |
| Stephen Podowitz-Thomas PhD | 2016 | https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=GA06TgQAAAAJ&hl=en | Faculty at Haverford College | |
| Ching-Chang Chung, Ph.D. | 2018 | https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Ju2Xcx0AAAAJ&hl=en | X-Ray Diffraction Laboratory Manager (NCSU) | |
| Giovanni Esteves, PhD, | 2017 | https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ONHUsmsAAAAJ&hl=en | Post-Doctoral Researcher at Sandia National Lab | |
| Dong Hou, PhD | 2017 | https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Aa_5ftsAAAAJ&hl | Postdoctoral Researcher at NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology | |
| Deepika Saini, PhD | 2018 | https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=lsz5ydYAAAAJ&hl=en | Eastman Chemical Company | |
| Brienne Johnson, PhD | 2018 | https://www.linkedin.com/in/brienne-johnson-bb5169a8/ | Northrop Grumman | |
| Hanhan Zhou, PhD | 2019 | Postdoctoral Researcher at the Analytical Instrumentation Facility at NC State University | Sr. Electrical Failure Analysis/Package Failure Analysis Engineer at GLOBALFOUNDRIES |
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| Alisa Paterson, PhD | 2019 | Postdoctoral Associate at University of Calgary | Development of analyses for diffraction data from ferroelectric materials | |
| Alexandria Cruz | 2021 | acruz2@ncsu.edu | PhD Student | |
| Jianwei Zhao | 2021 | jzhao25@ncsu.edu | PhD Student | |
| Younghwan Lee | 2021 | ylee22@ncsu.edu | PhD Student | |
| Alexandra Henriques | 2021 | https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=IC8Z9g4AAAAJ&authuser=1 | PhD Student | |
| Alexis Payne | 2021 | alpayne2@ncsu.edu | PhD Student | |
| Josh Harris, PhD | 2023 | https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-simon-harris/ | ||
| Ryan Newell, PhD | 2023 | https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-newell-phd/ | Temposonics Materials Engineer | |
| Rachel Broughton, PhD | 2023 | https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachel-broughton-a5abb925a/ | ||
| Corrado Harper, PhD | 2023 | https://www.linkedin.com/in/corradojw/ |
Jones Research Group – 2022
