Joined the Neutron Scattering Group in 2003. Born in Bronx, NY. B. Sc. from the University of Connecticut (1991). Ph. D. from the University of Pennsylvania (1996). Postdoc at Los Alamos National Laboratory (1996-1998). Visiting Scientist, Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, California Institute Of Technology Technical (summer 1998). Staff Member at Los Alamos National Laboratory (1998-2003). Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Iowa State University. Associate Scientist, Ames Laboratory.

David Vaknin
Senior Scientist
Adjunct Professor
vaknin@ameslab.gov

Joined the Group in 1991. B.Sc., Physics & Mathematics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel (1978). M.Sc., Physics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel (1981). Ph.D., Physics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel (1987). Postdoctoral Fellow - University of Pennsylvania & Exxon (1987 - 1989). Postdoctoral Fellow - Risų National Lab, Denmark (1990 - 1991). Postdoctoral fellow, University of Pennsylvania (1987 - 1990). Visiting Scientist Physics - Risų National Lab, Denmark (1992 summer & 1993 summer). Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Iowa State University. Scientist, Ames Laboratory .

Tan Lizhi
Graduate Student
lizhitan@iastate.edu

Joined the X-ray Scattering Group in 2002. Born in Zhengzhou, China. B.S. from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China (2001). Currently a Ph.D. student at Iowa State University.

Jiaqiang Yan

Post-Doc

jqyan@ameslab.gov

Joined the group in January 2005. Born in Shandong, China. PhD from University of Texas at Austin (2004). Postdoc at the University of Texas (2004 to 2005).

Shibabrata Nandi
Graduate Student
nandi@iastate.edu

Currently a Ph.D student at Iowa State University.

Wei Tian
Post-Doc
tianwn@ornl.gov

Joined the group in October, 2006. Born in Shngqiu, Henan Province, China. Ph.D. from University of Tennessee (2006). HB1A instrument scientist at the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR), Oak Ridge, TN.

Wei Bu
Graduate Student
weibu@iastate.edu

Joined the surface x-ray group in March 2004. Born in Jiangsu, China. M.S. from Nanjing University, Nanjing, China (2002). Currently a Ph.D. student at Iowa State University.

Souleymane Omar-Diallo
Post-Doc
sdiallo@ameslab.gov

Joined the group in February 2008. Born in Niamey, Niger. B.Sc. in Physics from the Univerisity of Marrakech (1999). PhD. in Physics from the University of Delaware (2007). Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Delaware (April 2007 - January 2008).

Ma Jie
Graduate Student
jiema@iastate.edu

Joined the group in June 2004. Born in Xi'an, China. Graduated from University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China (2003), currently a Ph.D. student at Iowa State University.

Yingzhou Du
Graduate Student
yzdu@iastate.edu

Joned the group in the Summer of 2004 with a B.S. from University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China (2003). Currently a Ph.D student at Iowa State University.

Daniel Pratt
Graduate Student
dkpratt@iastate.edu

Joined the group in June 2006. Graduated from Western Illinois University (2001) with a B.S. in Physics. Joined U.S. Navy and served on U.S.S. Gettysburg in the radar division. Graduated from Western Illinois University (2005) with an M.S. in Physics, and is currently a Ph.D student at Iowa State University.