PhD Alumni of the Department of Physics & Astronomy
Northwestern University

Name Graduated Title Employer Location
Shireen Adenwalla 1989 June Associate Professor University of Nebraska Lincoln, NE
Joe Aumentado 2000 Nov Staff Scientist National Inst of Science & Tech Boulder, CO
Nate Bachman 1999 Nov Senior Physicist Schlumberger, Inc Sugar Land, TX
Stefan Bei der Kellen 1996 June Geschaftsfuhrer Curagita Systemintegration AG Osnabruck, Germany
Thomas Bohanon 1992 Nov Staff Scientist General Atomics San Diego, CA
David Cai 1994 Nov Associate Professor New York University New York, NY
Stefan Cartledge 2002 Nov Visiting Assistant Professor Valparaiso University Valparaiso, IN
Fun-Jou Chen 1997 June Medical Physicist Chinese Medical University Taipei, Taiwan
Xingming Chen 1994 June Programmer Custom Software Chicago, IL
Chen-Jung Chien 1998 Nov Process Engineer Headway Technologies, Inc Milpitas, CA
Sunglae Cho 1997 Nov Associate Professor University of Ulsan Ulsan, Korea
Sang-Kyung Choi 1999 June Senior Research Scientist Korean Inst of Standards & Science Daejeon, Korea
Ping-Jung Chou 1996 June Staff Scientist Synchrotron Radiation Research Center Hsinchu, Taiwan
David Chuss 2002 Nov Astrophysicist NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD
Daniel Claes 1991 Nov Associate Professor University of Nebraska Lincoln, NE
Michael Conover 1994 June Senior Staff Engineer Seagate Technologies Bloomington, MN
Alessandra Continenza 1990 June Professor Universita dell'Aquila L'Aquila, Italy
Yu Ding 2006 June Research Associate Ohio State Medical Center Columbus, OH
Zenong Ding 2002 June Software Engineer Compsyc Chicago, IL
Franco D'Orazio 1990 Nov Research Professor Universita dell'Aquila L'Aquila, Italy
Xu Du 2003 June Postdoctoral Fellow University of Texas Austin, TX
Mary Durbin 1997 Nov Senior Scientist Philips Medical Systems Milpitas, CA
Dipangkar Dutta 1999 June Assistant Professor Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS
Jonghwa Eom 1998 June Assistant Professor Sejong University Seoul, Korea
Damon Fasching 1996 June Software Engineer Gracenote, Inc Emeryville, CA
Marco Fatuzzo 1991 Nov Associate Professor Xavier University Cincinnati, OH
Sean Fleming 1995 Nov Assistant Professor University of Arizona Tucson, AZ
Teresa Fonseca 2005 June CERN Fellow CERN Geneva, Switzerland
Guillaume Gervais 2002 Nov Assistant Professor McGill University Montreal, Quebec
Rajesh Ghaskadvi 1997 June Applications Development Engineer KLA-Tencor San Diego, CA
Camille Ginsburg 1995 Nov Associate Scientist Fermilab Batavia, IL
Liqun Guo 1996 Nov Senior Network Administrator UTStarcom Mount Prospect, IL
Atakan Gurkan 2005 June Marie Curie Fellow University of Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands
Tom Haard 2001 June Physicist U.S. Department of Energy Washington, DC
David Hahn 1998 June Group Manager CVI Laser Corporation Putnam, CT
Peter Hamot 1994 Nov Distinguished Technical Staff Motorola Corporation Schaumburg, IL
Jennifer Heimberg 1995 Nov Physicist Naval Research Lab Washington, DC
Peter Heimberg 1996 Nov Senior Physicist U.S. Department of Energy Washington, DC
Harvey Hensley 1992 June Staff Scientist Fox Chase Cancer Center Philadelphia, PA
Michael Hu 1999 Nov Beamline Scientist Carnegie Institute of Washington Argonne, IL
Jyh-Yuar Jehng 1995 Nov Staff Software Engineer Motorola Corporation Schaumburg, IL
David Joffe 2004 Nov Research Associate Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX
Soon Yung Jun 1997 June Research Associate Carnegie-Mellon University Batavia, IL
Scott Kalbfeld 1994 June EO/IR Systems Engineer Northrop Grumman Corporation Rolling Meadows, IL
Muge Karagoz 2004 Nov Postdoctoral Fellow Oxford University Oxford, UK
Alamgir Karim 1991 Nov Group Leader, Nanostructure Materials National Inst of Science & Tech Gaithersburg, MD
Jason Kasper 2002 June Research Associate Boston University Batavia, IL
Ersin Kececioglu 2005 June Quantitative Research Analyst Quantlab Houston, TX
Grant Kiehne 1999 Nov Product Development Engineer Coherent, Inc Bloomfield, CT
Ajung Kim 1996 Nov Engineer Sansung Electronics Seoul, Korea
Chunglee Kim 2006 June Postdoctoral Fellow Cornell University Ithaca, NY
Gwang-Hee Kim 1992 Nov Professor Sejong University Seoul, Korea
Miyoung Kim 1999 June Research Professor Seoul National University Seoul, Korea
Seong-Soo Kim 2003 June Chip Scientist Lightbit, Inc Mountain View, CA
Yunki Kim 2001 Nov Assistant Professor Kwangwoon University Seoul, Korea
Jan Kmetko 2002 Nov Assistant Professor Kenyon College Gambier, OH
Anton Kryukov 2000 June Software Developer Breakwater Trading, LLC Chicago, IL
Jan Kycia 1997 Nov Assistant Professor University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario
Greg Labanda 1996 Nov Project Manager Schlumberger Corporation Sugar Land, TX
Casey Law 2006 Nov Research Associate University of Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands
Thomas Lecompte 1992 June Physicist Argonne National Laboratory Argonne, IL
Hyong Chol Lee 2001 Nov Senior Software Engineer Univ of Chicago Children's Hospital Chicago, IL
Joo-Hyoung Lee 2005 June Postdoctoral Fellow UC Berkeley/Nanosciences Inst Berkeley, CA
Moohee Lee 1992 June Professor Konkuk University Seoul, Korea
Seong-Jae Lee 1991 Nov Assistant Scientist Iowa State Univ, Ames Lab Ames, IA
Yoonseok Lee 1997 Nov Assistant Professor University of Florida Gainesville, FL
Binhua Lin 1990 June Senior Research Associate University of Chicago Argonne, IL
Chang-Tsung Lin 1999 June Process Engineer Optoplex Corporation Fremont, CA
Yi-Cheng Liu 1996 June Engineer Motorola Corporation Schaumburg, IL
Nie Luo 2001 Nov Research Assistant Professor University of Illinois Urbana, IL
Anita Madan 1997 Nov Advisory Engineer IBM Corporation East Fishkill, NY
Amit Malik 1996 Nov Principal Staff Engineer Motorola Corporation Arlington Heights, IL
David Marasco 2002 Nov Instructor Foothill College Los Altos Hills, CA
Mika Masuzawa 1993 Nov Staff Scientist High-Energy Research Org (KEK) Tsukuba, Japan
John (Drew) Milsom 1996 Nov Lecturer University of Arizona Tucson, AZ
Vesna Mitrovic 2001 Nov Assistant Professor Brown University Providence, RI
Andre Moreau 1991 June Senior Research Officer Industrial Materials Institute Boucherville, Quebec
David Morgan 1998 June VP Corporate Development 1SYNC Chicago, IL
Christie Nelson 1999 Nov Associate Physicist Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton, NY
Brian O'Reilly 1995 Nov Staff Member Laser Gravity Observatory (LIGO) Livingston, LA
Yongsup Park 1994 Nov Proj Leader, Nano-Surface Group Korean Inst of Standards & Science Daejeon, Korea
Todd Pedlar 1999 June Assistant Professor Luther College Decorah, IA
Ivan Phillips 1993 June CEO Pendragon Software Corporation Libertyville, IL
Issam Qattan 2005 Nov Research Associate Indiana University Bloomington, IN
Srinivasan Rajagopalan 1992 Nov Physicist Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton, NY
Fangyi Rao 1997 June Software Engineer Avanti Corporation Sunnyvale, CA
Tom Renbarger 2002 Nov Research Associate UC San Diego La Jolla, CA
Andrew Richter 2000 June Assistant Professor Valparaiso University Valparaiso, IN
Richard Rodrigues 1997 Nov Senior Yield & Process Engr Intel Corporation Santa Clara, CA
William Rodrigues 2000 Nov Principal Engineer ETek Applied Materials Hillsboro, OR
Katherine Roth 1992 Nov Science Fellow Gemini Observatory Hilo, HI
Lev Rozansky 1991 Nov Associate Professor University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC
Paolo Rumerio 2003 June CERN Fellow CERN Geneva, Switzerland
Todd Satogata 1993 June Physicist Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton, NY
Peter Shanahan 1995 June Associate Scientist Fermilab Batavia, IL
Priya Sharma 2003 June Postdoctoral Fellow King's College London, UK
Ming Chih Shih 1992 Nov Associate Professor National Chung Hsing University Taichung, Taiwan
Mincheol Shin 1992 Nov Assistant Professor Information & Communications Univ Daejeon, Korea
Eric Sigmund 2002 Nov Postdoctoral Scientist Schlumberger-Doll Research Ridgefield, CT
Robert Snihur 2000 June Research Associate McGill University Montreal, Quebec
Niels Sondergaard 2001 June Research Associate Lund University Lund, Sweden
Yang Song 1994 Nov Software Engineer Applied Software Inc Austin, TX
Yiqiao Song 1991 Nov Principal Scientist Schlumberger-Doll Research Ridgefield, CT
Linda Spentzouris 1996 Nov Assistant Professor Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL
Panagiotis Spentzouris 1994 Nov Deputy Head/Accelerator Research Fermilab Batavia, IL
Yi Sun 2001 June Optical Fiber Scientist OFS Fitel Norcross, GA
Xiaoping Tang 1996 June Assistant Professor University of Nevada Reno, NV
Christopher Thomas 1997 Nov Design Engineer Intel Corporation Hillsboro, OR
Tracy Thomas 1997 Nov Programmer U.S. Software Hillsboro, OR
Thomas Toellner 1996 June Physicist Argonne National Laboratory Argonne, IL
Mayda Velasco 1995 Nov Associate Professor Northwestern University Evanston, IL
Anton Vorontsov 2004 Nov Postdoctoral Researcher Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA
Gang Wang 2003 June Assistant Professor Indiana Univ-Purdue Univ Fort Wayne, IN
Di Wu 1999 June Postdoctoral Fellow UC San Francisco San Francisco, CA
Dandong Xu 1995 June Programmer E*Trade Financial Services San Francisco, CA
Clifford Yahnke 1995 June Senior Product Manager Tellabs Corporation Bolingbrook, IL
Yi-Ting Yao 1997 June Product Engineer Headway Technologies, Inc Milpitas, CA
Gyu-Chul Yi 1997 Nov Professor Pohang University Pohang, Korea
Rikutaro Yoshida 1990 June Senior Physicist Argonne National Laboratory Argonne, IL
Chungjong Yu 2000 June Research Associate Pohang University Pohang, Korea
Geralyn (Sam) Zeller 2002 June Postdoctoral Fellow Columbia University Batavia, IL
Tongguang Zhang 1993 June Technical Associate Sun Microsystems Chelmsford, MA
Zuyu Zhao 1990 June Applications Engineer Janus Research, Inc Wilmington, MA
Ping Zhou 1993 Nov Engineering Research Assoc Hansen Experimental Physics Lab Stanford, CA
Peter Zweber 2006 June Postdoctoral Fellow University of Minnesota Bloomington, MN