Participating Host List for Summer 2010
This list is mostly complete for 2011. Hosts with * starred titles have signed on and been updated.
We will be making final changes to the list on Wednesday, Dec. 15.

Name Research Title URL e-mail/phone
California      
Sossina Haile,
California Institute of Technology
Compatibility of carbide and nitride electrodes with solid acid electrolytes for fuel cell applications http://addis.caltech.edu smhaile@caltech.edu
(626) 395-2958
Susan Kauzlarich
University of California, Davis

Synthesis and Characterization of New Thermoelectric Materials

http://chemgroups.ucdavis.edu/~kauzlarich/index.htm

smkauzlarich@ucdavis.edu
(530) 752-4756

Scott Oliver
University of California, Santa Cruz

  1. *Cationic Inorganic Materials for Catalysis and Anion Trapping
  2. *Polymer Templating of Solar and Water Splitting Cells
http://chemistry.ucsc.edu/~soliver soliver@chemistry.ucsc.edu
(831) 459-5448
Richard Kaner
University of California, Los Angeles
  1. *Synthesis of oriented films of conducting polymers and graphene
  2. *Synthesis and characterization of ultra-incompressible, superhard borides
http://www.chem.ucla.edu/dept/Faculty/kaner/

kaner@chem.ucla.edu
(310) 825-5346

Jeff Snyder
California Institute of Technology
*Solid state chemistry and physics of novel thermoelectric materials http://www.thermoelectrics.caltech.edu/ jsnyder@caltech.edu
(626) 395-6220
Colorado      
Eric Toberer
Colorado School of Mines
*Novel semiconductoring materials for photovoltaics and thermoelectrics http://physics.mines.edu/people/phpfiles/toberer.php etoberer@caltech.edu
(541) 913-2721
Delaware      
Svilen Bobev
University of Delaware

*Synthesis and structural characterization of lanthanide-based silicides and germanides

http://www.udel.edu/chem/bobev/ sbobev@mail.chem.udel.edu
(302) 831-8720
Illinois      
James Ibers
Northwestern University
*Adventures in the Solid-State Chemistry of Uranium http://www.chem.northwestern.edu/~ibers/ ibers@chem.northwestern.edu
(847) 491-5449
Mercouri Kanatzidis
Northwestern University
*Synthesis of new materials for energy applications http://chemgroups.northwestern.edu/kanatzidis/ m-kanatzidis@northwestern.edu
(847) 467-1541
Indiana      
Thomas E. Albrecht-Schmitt
University of Notre Dame
*New Materials for Trapping Radioactive Elements http://chemistry.nd.edu/faculty/detail/talbrec1/ Thomas.E.Albrecht-Schmitt.1@nd.edu
(574) 631-1872
Iowa      
Ed Gillan
University of Iowa
*Precursor Routes to Solid State Materials for Catalytic Applications http://www.uiowa.edu/~gillanlb edward-gillan@uiowa.edu
(319) 335-1308
Louisiana      
Julia Chan
Louisiana State University
*Crystal Growth of Novel Materials for Magnetic Applications http://chemistry.lsu.edu/chan jchan@lsu.edu
(225) 578-2695
Michigan      
Stephanie Brock
Wayne
State University
*Nanoscale solid state chemistry of phosphides and chalcogenides: Synthesis, assembly, and properties http://chem.wayne.edu/faculty/brock/index.html sbrock@chem.wayne.edu
(313) 577-3102
Minnesota      
Andreas Stein
University of Minnesota
*Templating of Porous Solids for Energy Applications http://www.chem.umn.edu/groups/stein/ a-stein@umn.edu
(612) 624-1802
Missouri      
Younan Xia
Washington University
*Synthesis of Bimetallic Nanocrystals for Fuel Cell Applications http://www.nanocages.com/ xia@biomed.wustl.edu
(314) 935-8328
Sophia E. Hayes
Washington University

*Solid-state NMR for Materials Science: NMR of protons and C-13, but also Al-27, Cd-113, Ga-71 ... you name it.

http://www.chemistry.wustl.edu/sophia_hayes hayes@wustl.edu
(314) 935-4624
Nebraska      

Wonyoung Choe
University of Nebraska

*Bioinspired Metal-Organic Frameworks http://www.chem.unl.edu/choe/research.shtml

choe2@unlnotes.unl.edu
(402) 472-0751

New York      
Michael Ward
New York University
  1. *Crystallization of Mesoscopic Objects or
  2. *Customized Hydrogen-bonded Molecular Host Frameworks
http://www.nyu.edu/fas/dept/chemistry/wardgroup/ mdw3@nyu.edu
(212) 998-8439
Peter Khalifah
State University of New York at Stony Brook;
Brookhaven Nat'l Lab.
*Improved semiconductor materials for solar water splitting http://www.chem.stonybrook.edu/PGK.html Peter.Khalifah@Stonybrook.edu
(631) 632-7796
North Carolina      
Paul Maggard
North Carolina State University

Flux Syntheses Of Transition-Metal Oxide Particles And Their Photocatalytic Activity

http://www4.ncsu.edu/~pamaggar/ pamaggar@ncsu.edu
(919) 515-3616
Jim Martin
North Carolina State University
  1. Engineering Structure Property Relationships in Inorganic Liquids and Glasses
  2. Probing the Mechanism of Crystal Formation
http://www.ncsu.edu/chemistry/people/jdm.html jdmartin@ncsu.edu
(919) 515-3402
Abdessadek Lachgar
Wake Forest University

*Solid Acid Catalysts for Biofuels production from inexpensive feedstock.

http://www.wfu.edu/chemistry/faculty/AbdessadekLachgarResearch.html lachgar@wfu.edu
(336) 758-4676
Ohio      
Patrick Woodward
Ohio State University
*Exploring the impact of cation ordering on the magnetic properties of double perovskites http://woodward.group.chemistry.ohio-state.edu/ woodward@chemistry.ohio-state.edu
(614) 688-8274
Oregon      
Douglas A. Keszler
Oregon State University
*Maskless Digital Patterning of Solution-Processed Oxide Films http://www.chemistry.oregonstate.edu/personalhomepages/keszler.htm Douglas.Keszler@oregonstate.edu
(541) 737-6736
David C. Johnson
University of Oregon
*Controlling properties through nanolaminates with designed structure http://uoregon.edu/~grnchem/davejohnson.html davej@uoregon.edu
(541) 346-4612
Mas Subramanian
Oregon State University
*Inorganic Functional Materials by Design: Superconductors http://www.chemistry.oregonstate.edu/subramanian/

Mas.Subramanian@oregonstate.edu
(541) 737-8235

Pennsylvania      

Raymond E. Schaak
The Pennsylvania State University

*Chemical Synthesis of New Nanostructured Solid State Materials http://research.chem.psu.edu/resgroup/

schaak@chem.psu.edu
(814) 865-8600

South Carolina      
Hanno zur Loye
University of South Carolina
Crystal Growth of Platinum Group Metal Oxides (Ru, Os, Ir, Rh, Pd, Pt) from Molten Alkali Metal Hydroxide Fluxes http://www.chem.sc.edu/people/facultyStaffDetails.asp?SID=40 zurloye@mail.chem.sc.edu
(803) 777-6916
Shiou-Jyh Hwu
Clemson University
  1. Synthesis of Cathode Materials for Lithium-Ion Battery Applications
  2. Exploratory Synthesis of Quantum Magnetic Solids
http://chemistry.clemson.edu/people/hwu.htm shwu@clemson.edu
(864) 656-5031
Tennessee      
Janice Musfeldt
University of Tennessee
*Optical properties of polar oxides http://web.utk.edu/~musfeldt/ musfeldt@ion.chem.utk.edu
(865) 974-3392
Texas      
Abraham Clearfield
Texas A&M University

*Surface Functionalization of Layered Materials: Reactive Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery and Janus Particle Preparation

http://www.chem.tamu.edu/faculty/faculty_detail.php?ID=36&bc=alpha clearfield@mail.chem.tamu.edu
(979) 845-2936
P. Shiv Halasyamani
University of Houston
*Synthesis and characterization of new oxide materials with piezoelectric properties http://www.chem.uh.edu/Faculty/Halasyamani/
psh@uh.edu
(713) 743-3278
Washington      
Daniel Gamelin
University of Washington
*Inorganic Nanostructures for Spintronics and Energy Conversion http://depts.washington.edu/gmrg Gamelin@chem.washington.edu
(206) 685-0901
Washington D.C.      
Christopher Cahill
George Washington University
*Synthesis, structural characterization and spectroscopy of f-element hybrid materials http://www.gwu.edu/~cahill cahill@gwu.edu
(202) 994-6959