MSEE Staff, Postdocs, and Students

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  Matthew Emerson

  University of Iowa

  Graduate Student

  matthew-emerson@uiowa.edu

   

  Synthesizing, purifying, and characterizingUsing molecular dynamics, including polarizable force fields, to investigate the structures and transport properties of molten salts with an emphasis on scattering.

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  Phillip Halstenberg

  Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  Graduate Student

  phalsten@vols.utk.edu

   

  Synthesizing, purifying, and characterizing molten salts.

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  Alexander Ivanov

  Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  ORNL Research Scientist I

  ivanova@ornl.gov

  (865) 576-1753

  Developing and applying theoretical methods and X-ray/neutron scattering techniques to model and investigate ion pairing and coordination in molten salt systems.

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  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.

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  Bobby Layne

  Brookhaven National Laboratory

  Sr. Technical Specialist

  blayne@bnl.gov

  (631) 344-8367

  Designing and constructing elegant solutions to challenging molten salt sample containment problems in support of our synchrotron, electrochemical and pulse radiolysis experiments.

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  William Phillips

  Idaho National Laboratory

  Postgraduate Research Associate

  william.phillips@inl.gov

   

  Studying the electronic and molecular structure of transition metal and lanthanide halides dissolved in molten salts using in-situ optical spectroscopic techniques.

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  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. 

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  Santanu Roy

  Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  Postdoctoral Research Associate

  roys@ornl.gov

  (865) 576-1753

  Performing ab initio molecular dynamics simulations of molten salts to investigate their structural and dynamical properties in bulk and at interfaces, including the development and applications of reaction rate theory to examine ion-pairing and ion-exchange processes in molten salts.

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  Shobha Sharma

  University of Iowa

  Postdoctoral Research Associate

  shobha-sharma@uiowa.edu

   

  Using molecular dynamics, including polarizable force fields to investigate the structures and transport properties of molten salts with an emphasis on scattering.

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  Mehmet Topsakal

  Brookhaven National Laboratory

  Scientific Associate III

  mtopsakal@bnl.gov

  (631) 344-5162

  Developing and employing advanced data analysis, machine learning techniques and first-principles simulations of core-level spectroscopy (XAS, XES, EELS) for the interpretation of complex ex-situ, in-situ, and operando measurements.

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  Haimeng Wang

  University of Notre Dame

  Graduate Student

  hwang22@nd.edu

   

  Performing classical molecular dynamics simulations of molten salts to predict their structural, thermodynamic and dynamic properties.

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  Fei Wu

  University of Iowa

  Graduate Student

  fei-wu@uiowa.edu

  Using molecular dynamics, including polarizable force fields, to investigate the structures and transport properties of molten salts with an emphasis on scattering. Exploring the fate of excess electrons in molten salts using ab initio molecular dynamics techniques.

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  Yi Xie

  Idaho National Laboratory

  Seaborg Disting'd Postdoc. Research Assoc.

  yi.xie@inl.gov

  Performing studies of irradiated metals using advanced microscope techniques to understand the radiation effects.

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  Yong Zhang

  University of Notre Dame

  Senior Scientist

  Yong.Zhang.142@nd.edu

  Performing molecular dynamics studies of molten salts using classical force fields and developing and validating new force fields for these unusual systems.