Alumni
Luis Betancourt De Leon
BASF
Postdoctoral Research Associate
betancourt@bnl.gov
Using synchrotron tools to unravel short, intermediate and long-range structure environment in the speciation of metals in molten salts.
Ryan DeFever
Phillips 66
Associate Scientist
Used molecular dynamics simulations with polarizable models to predict structural, thermodynamic, and transport properties of molten salt systems and their mixtures. Developed and applied methods to compute phase equilibria such as melting points and solubilities.
Elaine T. Dias
Goa University
Assistant Professor
elaine@unigoa.ac.inp
Investigated metal ion and metal nanoparticle speciation in molten salts and their structural and electronic properties using in situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy. Developed X-ray scattering techniques to investigate structural dynamics at metal-salt interface in molten salt environment.
Bonita Goh
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Grad Student
bgoh@wisc.edu
Using high-throughput experiments, coupled with machine learning validation and physics-based sample characterization for exploring high-temperature corrosion phenomena.
Ellery Hendrix
University of Michigan
Grad Student
joyhen@umich.edu
Investigating microstructure evolution at alloy-molten salt interface using phase-field modeling
Kazuhiro Iwamatsu
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Postdoctoral Research Associate
iwamatsu@bnl.gov
(631) 344-8367
Conducting pulse radiolysis kinetics measurements of reactions in molten salts, including the yields of primary radiolytic transients and their reactions with metal ion solutes, reactions between intermediate product species and the kinetics and redox energetics of nanoparticle formation.
Waruni V. Karunaratne
Northeastern University
warunivindhya-hapuarachchigedona@uiowa.edu
Used molecular dynamics simulations in conjunction with theoretical methods to provide microscopic level insight into the structural and dynamical processes that take place in molten salts in bulk liquid phase and at interfaces.
Xiaoyang Liu
Northwestern University
Graduate Student
xiaoyang.liu.1@stonybrook.edu
Studied the effect of impurities on the metal and molten salt interaction using in situ synchrotron X-ray techniques including imaging, spectroscopy, and diffraction.
Yang Liu
Meta
Meta
Used X-ray absorption spectroscopy to understand the structure and phase change of the molten salts.
William Phillips
Idaho National Laboratory
Research Scientist
william.phillips@inl.gov
Studied the electronic and molecular structure of transition metal and lanthanide halides dissolved in molten salts using in-situ optical spectroscopic techniques.
Arthur Ronne
Stony Brook University
PhD Student
arthur.ronne@stonybrook.edu
Characterizing metal and molten salt interfaces using synchrotron x-ray imaging, microscopy and spectroscopy and diffraction techniques, with special attention payed to role of impurities at this interface.
Shobha Sharma
Los Alamos National Lab
Postdoctoral Research Associate
shobha-sharma@uiowa.edu
Used molecular dynamics, including polarizable force fields to investigate the structures and transport properties of molten salts with an emphasis on scattering.
Haimeng Wang
Argonne National Lab
Graduate Student
hwang22@nd.edu
Performed classical molecular dynamics simulations of molten salts to predict their structural, thermodynamic and dynamic properties.
Michael E. Woods
Idaho National Laboratory
Postdoctoral Research Associate
michael.woods@inl.gov
Performing spectroscopy and electrochemistry experiments to study the electronic and molecular structure of lanthanides and transition metals in molten salts.
Fei Wu
Lanzhou University
Young Researcher
fei-wu@uiowa.edu
Used molecular dynamics, including polarizable force fields, to investigate the structures and transport properties of molten salts with an emphasis on scattering. Explored the fate of excess electrons in molten salts using ab initio molecular dynamics techniques.
Yi Xie
Purdue University
Assistant Professor
xie90@purdue.edu
Performed studies of irradiated metals using advanced microscope techniques to understand the radiation effects.
Lin-Chieh Yu
University of Wisconsin
Graduate Student
linchieh.yu@stonybrook.edu
Performing studies of porous structure evolution during molten salt corrosion on alloys using X-ray synchrotron techniques.
Kaifeng Zheng
Stony Brook University
Grad Student
Kaifeng.zhang@stonybrook.edu
Studying the structure and coordination states of metal ions dissolved in molten salts using synchrotron X-ray absorption spectroscopy and accompanying machine learning methods.
