ALS Postdoctoral Fellowship Highlights

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Since its inception in 2005, the ALS Postdoctoral Fellowship program has supported young scientists in new and ongoing research projects at the ALS. In many cases, the postdoctoral fellows were also supported by collaborating institutions.

These postdoc "highlights" —listed chronologically—feature a description of their projects while at the ALS, resulting publications, and their current positions and research activities.

Name	Year/Beamline	Project	Collaborating Institution(s)	Current Position
Keun Su Kim Ph.D., Physics	2011-present BL 7.0.1 (MAESTRO)	Exploring the complementary aspects of STM and ARPES Read the full highlight.	Fritz Haber Institute, Berlin; Yonsei University, Korea	ALS

L. Andrew Wray Ph.D., Physics	2010-2013 BL 4.0.3 (MERLIN)	Helped to commission Beamline 4.0.3 and developed essential experimental protocols for tasks such as data analysis, minimization of scattering artifacts, and optimal operation of x-ray emission spectrograph. Read the full highlight.	Princeton University	ALS

Padraic C. Shafer Ph.D., Materials Science	2010-2012 BL 4.0.2	A new experimental setup that allows resonant soft x-ray scattering experiments in high magnetic fields for the study of correlated electron systems. Read the full highlight.	UC Berkeley	Beamline Scientist, Advanced Light Source

Christine M. Beavers Ph.D., Chemistry	2009-2012 BL 11.3.1	Fullerene structure determination and high-pressure chemical crystallography. Read the full highlight.	UC Davis	ALS

Chris Jozwiak, Ph.D., Physics	2009-2012 BL 7.0	Development of high resolution spin-ARPES. Read the full highlight.	UC Berkeley	Staff Scientist, Advanced LIght Source

Jessica McChesney PhD., Physics	2007-2010 BL 7.0	Interactions of graphene with adsorbates. Read the full highlight.	Montana State University	Staff Scientist, Advanced Photon Source

Eddie C. Red Ph.D., Physics	2007-2010 BL 10.0.1	Helped develop a low energy photoelectron velocity map imaging spectrometer to measure near-zero kinetic energy photoelectron angular resolved distributions from atoms and molecules. Read the full highlight.	LBNL	Assistant Professor, Morehouse College

Ferenc Borondics Ph.D., Physics	2007-2008 BL 7.0	Very low-temperature optical measurements and optical conductivity of graphene. Read the full highlight.	Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary	Beamline Scientist., Canadian Light Source

Taisuke Ohta Ph.D., Physics	2006-2008 BL 7.0	Synthesis and characterization of graphene. Read the full highlight.	Fritz-Haber Institute	Staff Scientist, Sandia National Laboratory

Aaron Bostick Ph.D, Physics	2005 BL 7.0	Development of NanoARPES technique. Read the full highlight.	Montana State University	Beamline Scientist, Advanced Light Source