Goldhaber Fellows to Give Symposium Thursday

February 27, 2008

To learn about the research of some of BNL's younger scientists, all are invited to a symposium on Thursday,February 28, 2-5 p.m., in the Hamilton Seminar Room, Bldg. 555, where current BNL Goldhaber Distinguished Fellows will talk about their work and future plans.

Awarded to candidates with exceptional talent and credentials who have a strong desire for independent research at the frontiers of their fields, the Gertrude and Maurice Goldhaber Distinguished Fellowships are now in their seventh year, with funding from Brookhaven Science Associates. Candidates are no more than three years past receipt of their Ph.D. at the time of their application. The intention of the program is to select individuals who will qualify for scientific staff positions at BNL upon completion of their appointment. Goldhaber appointees work in close collaboration with a member of the BNL Scientific staff who serves as their mentor.

Introducing the Speakers

Milov

Alexander Milov, physicist, who joined BNL 5/05, specializes in studies of light mesons decays in heavy ion collisions at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), detector construction. Mentors: Michael Tannenbaum and Craig Woody.

Maye

Mathew Maye, materials scientist, who joined BNL 9/05, specializes in expertise in fundamental synthesis, self-assembly, and characterization of novel nanostructures. Mentor: Oleg Gang.

Paul Sorensen, physicist, who joined BNL 10/05, specializes in measurements of identified particles in heavy-ion collisions. Mentor: Tim Hallman.

Jason Olfert, mechanical engineer, who joined BNL in 9/06, designs, builds and deploys instruments for measuring aerosol properties. Mentor: Jian Wang.

Gearba

Ioana Raluca Gearba, materials scientist, who joined BNL 12/06, studies the role of specific interactions, molecular architecture and lateral chains conformation on mesophase formation and the role of mesophases on crystallization of polymers. Mentor: Ronald Pindak.

Hooker

Jacob Hooker, organic chemist, who joined BNL 6/07, specializes in diverse training in areas ranging from polymer science to protein reaction development to biomolecular nanomaterials and beyond. Mentor: Joanna Fowler.

Ruan

Lijuan Ruan, physicist, who joined BNL 6/07, specializes in measurements of identified particles in heavy-ion collisions, detector construction. Mentor: Zhangbu Xu.

Nam

Chang-Yong Nam, materials scientist, who joined BNL 6/07, specializes in studies of structureproperty relationships in low dimension materials and their applications for novel energy conversion devices. Mentor: Charles Black.

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