Group Members

John A. Marohn

• Email: jam99 at cornell dot edu
• Professor, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology; Member, Field of Materials Science and Engineering; Cornell University (Ithaca, New York)
• (1996 - 1999) National Research Council Research Associate, U.S. Army Research Laboratory (Adelphi, Maryland) and The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (Laurel, Maryland)
• (1996) Ph.D., Chemistry; California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, California)
• (1989) B.S., Chemistry, magna cum laude, with highest distinction; University of Rochester (Rochester, New York)
• (1989) B.A., Physics, magna cum laude; University of Rochester, (Rochester, New York)

Michael Boucher

• Email: mcb344 at cornell dot edu
• (2014 - current) Graduate Research Associate, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University (Ithaca, New York)
• (2014) B.A., Chemistry; Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri)
• Magnetic resonance force microscopy

Peter Sun

• Email: hs859 at cornell dot edu
• (2016 - current) Graduate Research Associate, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University (Ithaca, New York)
• (2015) B.A., Chemistry, minor in Applied Mathematics; Franklin and Marshall College (Lancaster, Pennsylvania)
• Magnetic resonance force microscopy

Rachael Cohn

• Email: rc784 at cornell dot edu
• (2017 - current) Graduate Research Associate, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University (Ithaca, New York)
• Penn State
• Electric force microscopy of organic semiconductors

Virginia McGhee

• Email: vem26 at cornell dot edu
• (2019 - current) Graduate Research Associate, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University (Ithaca, New York)
• (2019) Washington and Lee University B.S. Chemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology Magna Cum Laude
• Electric force microscopy of organic semiconductors

Sai Prashant

• Email: mp2225 at cornell dot edu
• (2019 - current) Graduate Research Associate, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University (Ithaca, New York)
• 2019. National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli (India)
• Electric force microscopy of lead-halide perovskite semiconductors

Leon Lee

• Email: lll78 at cornell dot edu
• (2019 - current) Undergraduate Research Associate, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University (Ithaca, New York)
• Electric force microscopy of organic semiconductors

Syed Ali Moeed Tirmzi

• Email: st759 at cornell dot edu
• (2014 - 2020) Graduate Research Associate, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University (Ithaca, New York)
• (2014) B.S., Chemistry; Lahore University of Management Sciences (Lahore, Pakistan)
• Inorganic semiconductor nanostructures, scanning Kelvin probe force microscopy

Hoang Long Nguyen

• Email: hn269 at cornell dot edu
• (2012 - current) Graduate Research Associate, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University (Ithaca, New York)
• (2011) B.S., Chemistry and B.A., Economics, Summa Cum Laude, Honors College; Adelphi University (Garden City, New York)
• Image reconstruction in nano-MRI, Markov chain Monte Carlo methods, magnetic resonance force microscopy, spin-labeled imaging of macromolecules

Corinne Isaac (Kingsley)

• Email: cek222 at cornell dot edu
• (2012 - current) Graduate Research Associate, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University (Ithaca, New York)
• (2012) B.S., Chemistry with Physics minor; St. John Fisher College (Rochester, New York)
• Molecular structure determination, dynamic nuclear polarization, micron-scale microwave waveguides, magnetic resonance force microscopy

Jacelyn Greenwald

• Email: jrg335 at cornell dot edu
• (2017 - current) Undergraduate Research Associate, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University (Ithaca, New York)
• Magnetic resonance force microscopy, macromolecule flourescent and spin labeling

Ryan Dwyer

• Email: rpd78 at cornell dot edu
• (2011 - 2017) Graduate Research Associate, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University (Ithaca, New York)
• (2017) Ph.D., Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University (Ithaca, New York)
• (2011) B.S., Chemistry and Theology; University of Notre Dame (Notre Dame, Indiana)
• Dielectric fluctuations, charge trapping and mobility in organic transistors, scanning Kelvin probe force microscopy

Elizabeth Curley

• Email: eac274 at cornell dot edu
• (2013 - 2017) Graduate Research Associate, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University (Ithaca, New York)
• (2016) M.S., Chemistry and Chemical Biology; Cornell University (Ithaca, New York)
• (2013) B.A., Chemistry and Spanish, minor in Physics, Cum Laude; Coe College (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)
• Organic semiconductors, magnetic resonance force microscopy

Paméla Nasr

• Email: ptn29 at cornell dot edu
• (2011 - 2017) Graduate Research Associate, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University (Ithaca, New York)
• (2011) B.S., Chemistry with Economics minor, with high distinction; American University of Beirut (Beirut, Lebanon)
• Nanomagnetism, ultrasensitive force measurements, magnetic resonance force microscopy

Louisa Smieska (Brown)

• Email: lmb327 at cornell dot edu
• (2009 - 2015) Graduate Research Associate, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University (Ithaca, New York)
• (2015) Ph.D., Chemistry and Chemical Biology; Cornell University (Ithaca, New York)
• (2009) B.S., Chemistry with concentration in Fine Arts; Hamilton College (Hamilton, New York)
• Charge trapping and charge injection in organic transistors, organic photovoltaics, scanning Kelvin probe force microscopy

Sarah Nathan

• Email: srn57 at cornell dot edu
• (2012 - current) Graduate Research Associate, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University (Ithaca, New York)
• (2012) B.S., Chemistry and Biochemistry; Idaho State University (Pocatello, Idaho)
• Organic photovoltaics, inorganic photovoltaics, scanning Kelvin probe force microscopy

Samuel Young

• Email: sdy8 at cornell dot edu
• (2012 - 2016) Undergraduate Research Associate, Department of and Chemical Biology, Cornell University (Ithaca, New York)
• (2016) B.S., Chemical Engineering; Cornell University (Ithaca, New York)
• Conductive-probe atomic force microscopy

Xueying (Sherry) Li

• Email: xl264 at cornell dot edu
• (2013 - 2015) Undergraduate Research Associate, Department of and Chemical Biology, Cornell University (Ithaca, New York)
• 2015. B.A., Chemistry; Cornell University (Ithaca, New York)
• Organic photovoltaics, electrochemistry, nanofabrication