People

Undergraduate Students

• Jasper Swift
• Rashard Hawkins
• Alivia Thomas
• Eric Jackson

Post-Doctoral Alumni

• Terry McAfee Ph.D. (b. 1987 – d. 2024)
  Post-Doc Work: Instrumentation Development for liquid in-situ/in-operando structural measurements of organic materials using Resonant Soft X-ray Scattering
  Former: Senior Scientific Engineering Associate, APXPS and Chemical Sciences, Photon Science Operations at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)
• Prabodh Dhakal Ph.D.
  Post-Doc Work: Developing structure-property relationships in organic solar cell active layers by combining advanced resonant X-ray nanoprobes with optoelectronic characterization on the exact same devices

Graduate Alumni

• Devin Grabner Ph.D. (2025)
  Thesis: “Development of Liquid Phase Resonant Soft X-ray Scattering Techniques for Spatiochemical Characterization of Self-Assembled Polymeric Nanostructures”
  NOW: Analyst at Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division (NSWCCD)
• Tanner Melody M.S. (2025)
  Thesis: “Thermodynamics of Mixing in Organic Photovoltaic Systems: Experimental Determination of Phase Separation Behavior for Organic Photovoltaic (OPV) Materials Using Contact Angle and X-ray Spectroscopy”
  NOW: Ph.D. Candidate at Washington State University Physics & Astronomy under Dr. Qingze Guan
• Harlan Heilman M.S. (2024)
  Thesis: “Combining DFT based optical models with resonant X-ray reflectivity to measure orientation at buried interfaces​”
  NOW: Ph.D. Candidate at Washington State University Physics & Astronomy
• Acacia Patterson M.S. (2023)
  Thesis: “Morphology-driven comprehensive charge loss analysis of organic photovoltaics processed with non-halogenated solvents​”
  NOW: Ph.D. Candidate at Washington State University Material Science and Engineering
• Obaid Alqahtani Ph.D. (2023)
  Thesis: “Structure-Property Correlations in Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells Across Material Systems via Synchrotron X-ray Techniques”
  NOW: Professor of Physics at Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University
• Victor Murcia Ph.D. (2022)
  Thesis: “Development of tensor-based building block models with density functional theory calculations and clustering algorithms for a quantitative description of molecular orientation using near edge x-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy of small molecule and polymeric thin films”
  NOW: Lead AI Engineer at Datacor Inc.
• Fred Woodall M.S. (2022)
  Thesis: “Characterization and Optimization of Zinc Phthalocyanine Thin Films in Organic Solar Cells”
  NOW: Process Development Engineer at Corning Inc.
• Awwad Alotaibi Ph.D. (2022)
  Thesis: “Accurate Measurement of Charge Generation at Interfaces of Organic Solar Cell Devices Printed from Non-Halogenated Solvents”
• Tamanna Khan Ph.D. (2022)
  Thesis: “Controlling Ion Transport Pathways in Polymer Mixed Ion/Electron Conducting Devices”
  NOW: Quality and Reliability Engineer at Intel
• Devin Grabner M.S. (2022)
  Thesis: “Label-Free Characterization of aPS50 Nanostructure, Chemistry, and Dynamics via In-Situ Resonant Soft X-Ray Scattering (RsoXS)”
  NOW: Signature Decomposition Analyst at Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division
• Grant Thurman M.S. (2021)
  Thesis: “Building DFT Model for Y11.”
  NOW: Algorithm developer at Trace Soccer
• Thomas Ferron Ph.D. (2019)
  Thesis: “Spectral model of resonant soft X-ray scattering to resolve molecule-specific organization in 3D organic nanostructures.”
  NOW: Beamline Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory – Advanced LIght Source – BL 11.0.1.2
• David Buckley M.S. (2017)
  Thesis: “Computational Modeling to Determine Molecular Orientation at Buried Interfaces in Polymer Thin Films”
  NOW: Physics Professor – Lab Specialist at Gonzaga University
• Michael Pope M.S. (2017)
  Thesis: “Using resonant X-ray scattering to determine how structure controls the charge generation process in PCPDTBT:PC70BM solar cells.”
  NOW: Lead Model Validation Specialist at Discover Financial Services
• Obaid Alqahtani, M.S. (2016)
  Thesis: “Probing nanostructure of organic films and photovoltaics via synchrotron X-ray techniques.”
  NOW: Ph.D. Candidate at Washington State University Materials Science and Engineering
• Qun Lu, M.S. (2016)
  Thesis: “Calibration and automation of AAA solar simulator and external quantum efficiency measurement of organic photovoltaic devices.”

Undergraduate Alumni

• Elijah Allen B.S. (2024)
• Chandler Ketelsen B.S. (2024)
• Chris Lum B.S. (2023)
• Emma Speight B.S. (2023)
  NOW: Applied Physics MS Program at the University of Oregon
• Derrick Adams B.S. (2023)
  NOW: Nuclear Engineer at the Naval Nuclear Laboratory
• Hunter Gedicke B.S. (2022)
• Catherine Martin B.S. (2022)
  NOW: Chemical Process Engineer with British Petroleum
• Sierra Ray B.S. (2021)
• Cameron Bennett B.S. (2020)
• Jacob Hastings B.S. (2020)
  NOW: Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Connecticut Physics
• Kyle Norbert, B.S. (2020)
  NOW: Military Officer for the United States Space Force
• Zachary Croft, B.S. (2018)
  NOW: DOE SULI Researcher at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Michael Anderson, B.S. (2018)
  NOW: Ph.D. Candidate at University of Arizona Materials Science and Engineering
• Keith Hillaire, B.S. (2017)
  NOW: Ph.D. Candidate at North Carolina State University Physics Department
• Matthew Waldrip, B.S. (2017)
  NOW: Ph.D. Candidate: Wake Forest University Physics Department
• Eric Beier, B.S. (2015)
  NOW: US Navy