Our activities are split between the labs at Stony Brook University (at the Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering) and Brookhaven National Laboratory (at the Department of Chemistry).

BNL Research Group: Structure and Dynamics of Applied Nanomaterials

Group leader: Prof. Anatoly I. Frenkel

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Dr. Elizabeth Happel

Graduate Students:

Ms. Yeji Choi
Mr. Rafat Aunkon
Mr. Weixuan Huang

Visiting Graduate Students:

Mr. George Hollyer (Penn), on DOE SCGSR fellowship

Visiting Scientist:

Dr. Ryuichi Shimogawa (Mitsubishi Chemical Corp., Japan)

Recent Group Alumni

Dr. Kaifeng Zheng (SBU PhD ’25) Scientist at Sinopec
Dr. Shuting Xiang (SBU PhD ’25) Postdoc at Lehigh University
Dr. Haodong Wang (SBU PhD ’23). Scientist in Applied Materials (until untimely passing in 2025)
Dr. Junying Li (SBU PhD ’22)
Dr. Yang Liu (SBU PhD ’22). Data scientist in Meta.
Dr. Nicholas Marcella (SBU PhD ’21).  Scientist at Joint Photon Science Institute, SBU
Dr. Yiyao Tian (SBU PhD ’20). Currently – Scientist at Lam Research
Dr. Amani Ebrahim (SBU PhD ’20). Currently – a beamline scientist in Canadian Light Source
Dr. Jiahao Huang (SBU PhD ’19)
Dr. Prahlad Routh (Postdoc in the group, 2020-2024). Scientist at Amazon
Dr. Yuanyuan Li (Research scientist in the group, 2012-2021). Staff scientist at ORNL
Dr. Erjia Guan (Postdoc in the group. Scientist in Chevron
Dr. Harishchandra Singh (Postdoc in the group). The University of Oulu, Finland
Dr. Janis Timoshenko (Postdoc in the group). Group Leader, Fritz Haber Institute
Dr. Jing Liu (Postdoc in the group). Professor, Manhattan College
Dr. Qi Wang (Research scientist in the group)
Dr. Anitha Patlolla (Postdoc in the group)
Dr. Relja Vasic (Postdoc in the group)
Mr. Mahdin Mahboob (SBU M.Sc. ’23)