MSEE Staff, Postdocs, and Students

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  Kaustubh K. Bawane

  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.

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  Luis Betancourt De Leon

  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.

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  Matthew Emerson

  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.

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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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  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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  Xiaoyang Liu

  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.

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  Yuxiang Peng

  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.

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  Alejandro Ramos-Ballesteross

  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.

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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

  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.

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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

  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.

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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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  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.

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  Lin-Chieh Yu

  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.

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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 unsual systems.