Information
About
Former Students
1.
Hamad
Al-Brithen,
Ph.D.
2004:
Assistant Professor, Physics &
Astronomy Department, Department,, 2005 –
present. Hamad Al-Brithen obtained his Ph.D. in fall 2004 with
the thesis "Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Investigation of Rock-salt
and Zinc-blende Nitrides Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy" and
went directly into a tenure track assistant professor position at,
Saudia
Arabia,
in
the
Physics & Astronomy Department there.
Hamad is active in the nanoscience efforts at King Saud and is
working to build up research efforts there. Hamad has returned toin three consecutive summers
beginning in 2006, to continue some research activities here and to
attend the international nanoscience conference hosted by the NQPI
group inin July 2008. During 2008, Hamad also took up a mini sabbatical
post at.
2. Costel Constantin, Ph.D. 2005:
Assistant Professor, Physics Department,, 2007 –
present. Costel obtained his Ph.D. in fall 2005 with the thesis
"Growth, Structure, Electronic and Optical Characterization of Nitride
Semiconductors Grown by rf-Plasma Molecular Beam Epitaxy." He
took a
postdoctoral position with Professor Randy Feenstra atat the end of 2005, where he stayed for one year. After that,
Costel began a tenure track assistant professor position at, beginning in Fall 2007.
Costel continues to be interested in research and is setting up
his own lab at Seton Hall. Besides this, he is also continuing
some collaborations withon selected topics.
3.
Muhammad
B.
Haider,
Ph.D.
2005, Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institute
of Nanotechnology/Physics,of,, 2006 –
present. Muhammad received his Ph.D. in fall 2005 with the thesis "
Surface and Bulk Properties of Magnetically Doped GaN and Their
Dependence on the Growth Conditions." Following
graduation, Muhammad took a postdoctoral position at theof,,
working
in
the
group
of Professor Robert Wolkow, internationally
recognized expert in scanning tunneling microscopy and Chair in
Nanoscale Information and Communication Technologies.
4.
Rong
Yang,
Ph.D. 2006: Associate Professor,for Nanoscience and Technology,,
2008
–
present.
Rong
Yang graduated with her Ph.D. in summer 2006
with the thesis "Atomic-scale and Spin Structure Investigations of
Manganese Nitride and Related Magnetic Hybrid Structures Prepared by
Molecular Beam Epitaxy" and went right away to work as a Postdoctoral
Associate in the group of
Professor Chris Palmstrom, at the,
within
the
Chemical
Engineering
and Materials Science Department.
One year later, Rong and her family moved to.
In
early
2008,
Rong
was appointed to a faculty position within thefor Nanoscience and Technology in, where she is currently
employed.
