Education
Ph.D. (Physical Chemistry) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, (1979).
B.S. (Chemistry)   University of Cincinnati, (1974).

Research Areas

Cluster, Nanoparticle, and Nanotube Synthesis and Real Time Characterization

Thin Film Ablation

Plasma Polymerization

Thin Film Growth by Pulsed Laser Deposition

Experience
Guest Scientist (Summer 2005).  Fraunhofer Institute for Nondestructive Testing and Fraunhofer Institute for Beams and Materials, Dresden . 
"Fabrication and Characterization of Nanocomposite Materials".

U.S. Patent, with P.N. Barnes (2004). 
"Method of Depositing Nanoparticles for Flux Pinning into a Superconducting Material”.

National Research Council Summer Faculty Fellow (2002).  Propulsion Directorate, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (OH).  
“Synthesis of YBCO Nanoparticles by Pulsed Laser Ablation for Flux Pinning Applications”.

National Research Council Summer Faculty Fellow (2001).  Space Vehicles Directorate, Hanscom AF Base (MA).    
"Development of a Colloid Thruster for Micro and Nano satellite Propulsion”.

National Research Council Summer Faculty Fellow (2000). Propulsion Directorate, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (OH).    
"Fabrication of YBCO Thin Films for High Power Applications”.

Guest Scientist (1996).  Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Ultrafast Spectroscopy, Berlin.  
"Interactions of Ultra-Short Laser Pulses with C₆₀".

U.S. Patent, with T.W. Haas and M.S. Donley (1991).
"Improved Method for Growth of Solid Lubricant Films by Pulsed Laser Evaporation".

R.A. Welch Postdoctoral Fellow (1980-81). University of Houston (Tx). 
"Ion Beam Interactions with Materials".