Idaho National Laboratory
Postdoctoral Research Associate
kaustubh.bawane@inl.gov
Understanding molten salt corrosion mechanisms by analyzing salt-metal interfaces using advanced electron microscopy techniques including STEM-EDS, electron energy loss spectroscopy, precision electron diffraction, etc.
Brookhaven National Laboratory
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.
University of Iowa
Graduate Student
matthew-emerson@uiowa.edu
Using molecular dynamics, including polarizable force fields, to investigate the structures and transport properties of molten salts with an emphasis on scattering.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Graduate Student
phalsten@vols.utk.edu
Synthesizing, purifying, and characterizing molten salts.
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.
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.
Stony Brook University
Graduate Student
xiaoyang.liu.1@stonybrook.edu
Studying the effect of impurities on the metal and molten salt interaction using in situ synchrotron X-ray techniques including imaging, spectroscopy, and diffraction.
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Postdoctoral Research Associate
ypeng@bnl.gov
(631) 344-8367
Performing in-situ studies on interfacial and corrosion processes in molten salts using high temperature electrochemical cells coupled with synchrotron-based multi-modal X-ray techniques.
University of Notre Dame
Postdoctoral Research Associate
aramosb2@nd.edu
Solid-State Radiolysis. Steady-state electron irradiation of molten salts. Optical and magnetic properties of radiation-induced species.
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.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
R & D 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.
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.
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Associate Scientist
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.
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.
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.
Stony Brook University
Graduate Student
linchieh.yu@stonybrook.edu
Performing studies of porous structure evolution during molten salt corrosion on alloys using X-ray synchrotron techniques.
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 unsual systems.