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Bakhru, Hassaram
Head, Nanoscience Constellation; Distinguished Service Professor of Nanoscience
Research areas: nanomaterials, solid state physics, ion beam physics, particle solid state interactions

Begley, Thomas
Associate Professor of Nanobioscience; Associate Vice President and Director of the Systems Toxicology Laboratory
Research areas: genetic toxicology, systems biology, nanobiotechnology, environmental health

Bergkvist, Magnus
Assistant Professor of Nanobioscience
Research areas: nanobiotechnology, bionanofabrication, biological structures, nanoparticle synthesis, surface chemistry, surface characterization, atomic force microscopy

Brainard, Robert
Professor of Nanoscience
Research areas: photoresists, small molecule and polymer synthesis, reaction mechanisms

Brenner, Sara
Assistant Vice President for NanoHealth Initiatives; Assistant Professor of Nanobioscience
Research areas: nanomedicine, nanotoxicology, preventive medicine & public health, occupational health & safety, environmental health, epidemiology

Cady, Nathaniel
Associate Professor of Nanobioscience
Research areas: nanobiotechnology, biosensors, molecular biology

Carpenter, Michael
Associate Professor of Nanoengineering
Research areas: chemical & all-optical sensors, quantum dots, Kelvin probe microanalysis, near field scanning optical microscopy

Castracane, James
Professor and Head, Nanobioscience Constellation
Research areas: MEMS/NEMS, biomedical instrumentation, optoelectronics, interconnects, metrology development

Clow, Lawrence
Instructor
Research areas: 200 & 300mm silicon wafer processing, 3-D interconnects, anodic & thermo compression bonding

Coolbaugh, Douglas
Associate Vice President of CMOS Derivatives Development, Professor

Denbeaux, Gregory
Associate Professor of Nanoengineering
Research areas: microscopy, magnetic materials, lithography

Diebold, Alain
Empire Innovation Professor of Nanoscale Science; Executive Director, Center for Nanoscale Metrology; Executive Director, NC3
Research Areas: materials characterization, metrology and materials science at the nanoscale; semiconductor metrology

Dunn, Kathleen
Associate Professor of Nanoscience
Research areas: electron microscopy, ion microscopy liners, metallization, defects in metals, ultrafine wires

Efstathiadis, Harry
Associate Professor of Nanoengineering
Research areas: thin film deposition and optical characterization, carbon based alloys, photovoltaics, quantum well based thermoelectrics

Eisenbraun, Eric
Associate Professor of Nanoscience
Research areas: thin films, ALD, CVD, metallization, barriers, interconnects, gate stack, metals

Fancher, Michael
CNSE Vice President for Business Development & Economic Outreach; Director, New York State CATN2; Associate Professor of Nanoeconomics
Research areas: technology development models & regional innovation plans

Geer, Robert
CNSE Vice President for Academic Affairs and CNSE Chief Academic Officer; Professor of Nanoscale Science
Research areas: nanomechanical & nano-optical metrology, planarization processing, molecular self-assembly, scanning probe microscopy

Groves, Timothy
Associate Head of the Nanoengineering Constellation; Empire Innovation Professor of Nanoscale Science; Director, Center for Nanolithography Development
Research areas: electron beam physics, particle beam optics, nanoscale electron beam lithography

Haldar, Pradeep
CNSE VP for Clean Energy Programs; Head, Nanoeconomics Constellation; Professor; Director, E2TAC; Executive Director, NENY
Research areas: advanced PV, advanced fuel cells, next generation superconductors, advanced power electronics

Hartley, John
Professor and Head, Nanoengineering Constellation; Director, Advanced Lithography Center
Research areas: electron beam lithography, system engineering

Hirayama, Makoto
CNSE Vice President for Asian and Pacific Rim Strategic Alliances; Professor of Nanoengineering

Hempel, Nadine
Assistant Professor of Nanobioscience
Research areas: cancer cell metastasis, nanobiotechnology, tumor cell migration and invasion, reactive oxygen species and signal transduction, antioxidant enzymes, tumor markers

Huang, Mengbing
Associate Professor of Nanoscience
Research areas: silicon-based optoelectronic and photonic materials/devices, synthesis/modification of nanostructures and novel materials

Kaloyeros, Alain
Senior Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, CNSE; Vice President and Special Advisor to the President, University-wide Economic Innovation and Outreach; Professor of Nanoscience
Research areas: nanoelectronics, nanobiotechnology

LaBella, Vincent
Associate Professor of Nanoscience
Research areas: spintronics, surface science, ballistic transport

Lee, Ji Ung
Empire Innovation Professor of Nanoscale Engineering
Research areas: carbon nanotube electronics, amorphous Si devices, vacuum microelectronics, superconductivity

Levine, Ernest
Professor of Nanoscience
Research areas: Cu and low k BEOL, electromigration, thermal voids

Liehr, Michael
CNSE Executive Vice President of Innovation and Technology; CNSE Vice President for Research; General Manager, Global 450mm Consortium
Research areas: advanced CMOS Integration, 3D / packaging, advanced Equipment and process control, electronic materials and processing

Lifshin, Eric
Professor of Nanoscience; Director, Metrology & Electron Imaging Facilities; Co-Director, Center for Advanced Interconnect Science & Technology (CAIST)
Research areas: scanning electron microscopy, x-ray microanalysis, materials characterization

Lloyd, James
Senior Research Scientist, Professor
Research Areas: reliability science and technology in microelectronics and emerging nano-technologies

Matyi, Richard
Professor of Nanoscience
Research areas: high resolution x-ray diffractometry & reflectometry, ion beam processing & plasma-source ion implantation, molecular beam epitaxy growth

Melendez, J. Andres
Associate Head of the Nanobioscience Constellation; Professor of Nanobioscience
Research areas: free radical biology, cellular and organismal aging biology, matrix remodeling, nanobiotechnology, host & pathogen interactions

Moore, Richard
Manager of Analytical Facilities; Senior Scientist; Instructor
Research areas: vacuum technology, surface analysis, nanoscale metrology, spectroscopy & microscopy, materials characterization

Murray, Thomas
Instructor
Research areas: materials characterization by electron and ion beam methods

Oktyabrsky, Serge
Professor of Nanoscience
Research areas: compound semiconductors, photonics, electronics

Paluh, Janet
Associate Professor of Nanobioscience
Research areas: cell cycle signaling, mitosis and genomic stability, stem cell biology, cell and tissue engineering, nanobiotechnology

Pillai, Unni
Assistant Professor of Nanoeconomics
Research Areas: economics of technological change, macroeconomics

Rane-Fondacaro, Manisha
Instructor
Research areas: synthesis & characterization of magnetic-property nanoparticles, high temperature corrosion studies & themochemistry, fuel cells

Rodriguez, Miguel
Instructor
Research areas: electron & ion microscopy, liners, TEM, SEM, FIB, EELS

Schultz, Laura
Assistant Professor of Nanoeconomics
Research areas: R&D investment, R&D collaborations, intangible capital

Shahedipour-Sandvik, Fatemeh (Shadi)
Associate Professor of Nanoengineering
Research areas: optoelectronics, wide bandgap III-nitride semiconductor materials & devices, metalorganic chemical vapor deposition technique

Sharfstein, Susan
Associate Professor of Nanobioscience
Research areas: mammalian cell biotechnology, bioprocessing, recombinant protein production, high-throughput screening, biomolecular engineering

Tenenbaum, Scott
Associate Professor of Nanobioscience
Research areas: nanobiotechnology, genomics, nanotoxicology, RNA-biology, stem cell biology, bioinformatics

Thiel, Bradley
Professor of Nanoscience
Research areas: low vacuum scanning electron microscopy, critical dimension SEM metrology, ion-solid interactions, protein elastomers

Tokranov, Vadim
Instructor
Research areas: optoelectronics, molecular beam epitaxy & nanotechnology

Tokranova, Natalya
Instructor

Research areas: MEMS, NEMS, optoelectronics, porous & hybrid materials

Trebak, Mohamed
Associate Professor of Nanobioscience
Research areas: calcium signaling, ion channel electrophysiology, nanobiotechnology, vascular biology and disease, and proliferative disease and cancer

Ventrice, Carl
Associate Professor of Nanoscience
Research areas: surface/interface science

Xie, Yubing
Assistant Professor of Nanobioscience
Research areas: nanobiotechnology, stem cell biology, chemical and biomolecular engineering, cellular and tissue engineering

Xue, Yongqiang (Alex)
Associate Professor of Nanoscience
Research areas: theoretical nanoscience & computational nanotechnology

Yu, Bin
Professor of Nanoengineering
Research areas: nanoelectronics; nano-inspired information processing devices; energy harvesting