SHUG Executive Committee Members
Greg Beaucage
beaucag@uc.edu
Term expires June 2013
Chair: Greg Beaucage
University of Cincinnati
Research interests: Soft condensed matter and polymers, especially quantification of molecular topology using SANS, in the hierarchical structure of ceramic and metallic aggregates, and in the study of protein structure using SAXS.
Dave Belanger
dave@dave.ucsc.edu
Term expires December 2014
Dave Belanger
Professor of Physics
University of California, Santa Cruz
Research Interests: Ordering process in materials, both pure and random.
Yan Gao
gaoy@ge.com
Term expires June 2014
Yan Gao
GE Global Research Center
Research interests: Characterization of industrial materials using various synchrotron and neutron techniques, believing national facilities are of immense importance to industry.
Malcolm Guthrie
mguthrie@ciw.edu
Term expires June 2013
Malcolm Guthrie
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Research interests: characterization of structure and its response to extremes of pressure and temperature using both neutron and synchrotron x-ray diffraction techniques.
Frederick A. Heberle
heberlefa@ornl.gov
Term expires June 2014
Frederick A. Heberle
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Research interests: Soft condensed matter, including the structure of biomembranes, lipid bilayer phase behavior and its relationship to membrane rafts, and lipid and cholesterol transport.
Peter Khalifah
peter.khalifah@sunysb.edu
Term expires June 2013
Peter Khalifah
Stony Brook University
Research interests: Solid-state chemistry, including study of semiconductors for solar photoelectrolysis, novel battery cathode materials, transition metal oxide catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction, and new thermoelectric oxides.
Past Chair: Cora Lind
cora.lind@utoledo.edu
Term expires December 2011
Past Chair: Cora Lind
University of Toledo
Research Interests: Solid-state chemistry, structure-property relationships, negative thermal expansion materials, transition metal sulfides, neutron and x-ray variable temperature, polymer composites, and high pressure diffraction studies.
Antonella Longo
Antonella.Longo@unt.edu
Term expires June 2013
Antonella Longo
North Carolina State University
Research interests: Soft condensed matter (biology) including understanding how transcription factors assembly on the DNA and characterization of nucleoprotein complexes.
Michael Mackay
mem@udel.edu
Term expires June 2014
Michael Mackay
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
University of Delaware
Research interests: The study of the thermodynamics of polymer/nanoparticle systems in bulk and thin films by using different characterization techniques to understand nanostructure-property correlations in thin polymers, including small-angle neutron scattering, neutron reflectivity and parallel x-ray techniques. Nanoparticle segregation in thin films is useful for energy applications, in particular, in the manufacture of organic-based solar cells.
Tyrel McQueen
mcqueen@jhu.edu
Term expires June 2014
Tyrel McQueen
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Johns Hopkins University
Research interests: New solid state chemistry materials design and synthesis techniques; experimental condensed matter physics, quantum magnetism, heat- and light-induced charge separation through strong electron correlations; superconductivity.
Hanno zur Loye
zurloye@mail.chem.sc.edu
Term expires June 2014
Hanno zur Loye
David W. Robinson Palmetto Professor of Chemistry and Associate Dean for Research
University of South Carolina
Research interests: Inorganic materials chemistry; structure-property relationships; crystal growth of oxides - structure determination and investigation of their physical properties; fuel cell materials; synthesis of organic/inorganic framework materials; synthesis of polymer nano composites.
