Losert Lab Members

		Room	Phone
	Erin Rericha	0205	x5-6759	erericha at umd.edu

GRADUATE STUDENTS

	Room	Phone
Beatriz Burrola	0205	x5-6759	burrola at umd.edu
Matt Ferguson	NIH	301-594-0953	ferguson at physics.umd.edu
Sejin Han	NIH	x5-6759	sejinhan at glue.umd.edu
Colin McCann	0205	5-6759	wyzard at umd.edu
Andrew Pomerance	0205	x5-6759/x5-0382	pomeranc at wam.umd.edu
Cory Poole	0205	x5-6759	cpoole at physics.umd.edu
Steve Slotterback	0300	5-6368	scsumd at umd.edu

VISITING STUDENTS

		Room	Phone
	Krisztian Ronaszegi	0300	x5-6368	(starts 2/2007)

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

	Room	Phone
Chris Berardi	0205	x5-6759	berardi at umd.edu
Victoria Fuller	0205	x5-6759	vfuller at umd.edu
Len Geoff	0300	x5-6368	lgoff at umd.edu
Matt Wilkerson	0205	x5-6759	lobopuro at aol.com
Joi Logan	0205	x5-0382	High school intern

GRADUATES

Kyuyong Lee	kyuyong at wam.umd.edu	Korea
Michael Newey	mknwewy at hotmail.com	Industry
Ron Skupsky	skup at helix.nih.gov	Berkeley
Justin Stambaugh	jstam at glue.umd.edu	Lincoln Labs
Masahiro Toiya	mtoiya at physics.umd.edu	Brandeis

Collaborators in past 5 years

S. Akamatsu and G. Faivre, University of Paris, France – control of Eutectic patterns through holographic laser tweezers

R. Delanney and P. Richard. University of Rennes, France; – Aging in dense granular matter

C.S. O’Hern, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Yale University – Aging in dense granular matter

J.F. Douglas, Polymers Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology –Theory of polymer self-assembly

J. Glueckstaed, Riso National Laboratory, Denmark – A new spatial light modlulator technique;

W. Goldburg, University of Pittsburgh – Differential Pressure sensor

A. Karma, Department of Physics, Northeastern University – Control of crystal growth patterns

S. Leikin, Laboratory of Physical and Structural Biology, NIH – Dynamics and Control of Collagen Self-Assembly

R. Nossal, Chief, and D. Sackett, Laboratory of Integrative and Medical Biophysics, NIH – Cellular biophysics

J. Galanis, Laboratory of Integrative and Medical Biophysics, NIH – rod patterns

C. Parent, National Cancer Institute, NIH – Dictyostelium Dynamics

P. Randazzo, National Cancer Institute, NIH - Arf-GAP

L. Staudt, National Cancer Institute, NIH - Gene networks

J. Urbach, Department of Physics, Georgetown University – Non-equilibrium Actin polymerization dynamics

J.A. Warren, Director, Center for theoretical and computational Materials Science, NIST – Phase field models of grain boundary coarsening

Former Students and Visitors

Former Visiting Students

1. Sander Van der Meer (2/2002 – 5/2002) Masters student from Univ. of Twente, Holland.

2. Nicolas Taberlet (5/2002-7/2005; , two visits to UMD for 8 months total) Ph.D. Student of the University of Rennes, jointly advised with R. Delanney, Univ. of Rennes, France. Since 1/2007 Staff Scientist/Lecturer at Ecole Normal Superieure, Lyon.

3. Sascha Pfisterer (2/2005-8/2005) Masters student from FH Mannheim, Germany.

4. Jacco Hettinga (4/2005 – 7/2005) Masters student from the Univ. of Twente, Holland.

5. Justine Malafosse (5/2005– 7/2005) Ecole Nationale Superieure de Techniques Avancees, Paris, France.

6. Martin Weber (8/2005-2/2006) Masters student from FH Mannheim, Germany.

7. Silvie Grossmann (4/2006-8/2006) University of Heidelberg, Germany

8. Dominik Wildanger (4/2006-8/2006) University of Heidelberg, Germany

Fomer Undergraduate Students

1. Debra Friedman (1/2006-summer 2006)

2. Elisheva Bresler (9/2005-summer 2006)

3. Justin Senseny (9/2005-12/2005)

4. Kenneth Desmond (RPI, TREND-REU Summer 2005)

5. Joe Meszaroz (1/2005 – current)

6. Kumar Saleh (1/2005 – current) Banneker/Key Scholar – Chemistry Major

7. Jacqueline Owens (12/2004 – 12/2005)

8. Matt Kelley (5/2003 – 12/2004 – BS)

9. Andrew Porter (5/2004 – 12/2004)

10. Dave Jones (11/2003-8/2004),

11. Ricardo Pizarro (5/2002-12/2003 and 9/2004 – 12/2004 –BS, Monroe Martin Prize),

12. Ryan Smith (Physics, Illinois Wesleyan Univ) TREND REU Summer 2004

13. Katherine Newhall (RPI. TREND-REU Summer 2004),

14. Calli Vance (MRSEC-REU Summer 2004),

15. Zachary Smith (Physics, Colorado School of Mines) TREND-REU Summer 2003,

16. Andrew Pomerance – (Physics) Spring 2003 – graduate physics student since F 2003,

17. Nicole Harrison (Materials Science) MRSEC-REU Summer 2003,

18. Paul Freese (Materials Science) TREND-REU Summer 2003,

19. Rachel Headley (5/2003-12/2003, B.S., honors, graduate school geophysics at Berkeley),

20. Dominic Britti (B.S., Summer 2004, graduate school in Materials Science at UMD),

21. Sulima Elemam (Spring and Summer 2002),

22. Lucy Karpen (Spring 2002),

23. Elisabeth Schemm, (Summer 2001, Harvard Univ.),

24. Gene Kwon (8/2000 – 5/2002),

updated 12/6/2006