Hla Group

Atom/Molecule Manipulation Laboratory

We are manipulating individual atoms and molecules on surfaces for both fundamental understanding and novel device applications.

 We specialize in nanoscience/nanotechnology research area and our diverse research topics cover atomic and molecular interactions, molecular magnetism, nanobio technology, molecular electronics and molecular machines.  ( Hla group Atom/Molecule Manipulation Laboratory.)

 

 

 

 

 

Principal Investigator

 

Prof. Saw-Wai Hla

 

Affiliations:

Associate Professor of Physics & Astronomy

Ohio University

 

Member of

-Nanoscale & Quantum Phenomena Institute

-Quantitative Biology Institute

-Condensed Matter and Surface Science Program

 

Email: hla@ohio.edu

Web: http://www.phy.ohiou.edu/~hla

Tel: 740-593-1727 (office), 740-593-2951 (lab)

Fax: 740-593-0433

 

 

Group Members

 

Dr. Abdou Hassenien

 

Visiting Scientist (from AIST, Tsukuba, Japan)

 

Research:

STM on molecular charge transfer, carbon nanotubes.

 

 

 

 

 

Kendal Clark

 

Ph.D. Candidate (Electrical Engineering and Computer Science)

 

Research:

STM of wide band gap semiconductor and metal surfaces, Nanobio Electronics.

Email: clark@helios.phy.ohiou.edu

 

 

 

Gayani Perera

 

Ph.D. Candidate (Physics & Astronomy)

 

Research: Single molecule manipulations, molecular Kondo effect, molecular magnetism

Email: perera@helios.phy.ohiou.edu

 

 

 

 

Timur Skeini

 

Ph.D. Candidate (Physics & Astronomy)

 

Research: Manipulation of biological molecules, nanobio physics.

Email: skeini@helios.phy.ohiou.edu

 

Andrew Dilullo

 

Ph.D. Candidate (Physics & Astronomy)

 

Research: Molecular Spintronics.

 

Yuan Zhang

 

Ph.D. Candidate (Physics & Astronomy)

 

Research: Alternative Energy, Molecular Electronic Devices, Atom/Molecule Manipulation .

 

Sajida Khan

 

Ph.D. Candidate (Physics & Astronomy)

 

Research: STM atom/molecule manipulation, Nanobiotechnology.

 

           

Jennifer Drerup

 

Undergraduate Research Student (Physics & Astronomy)

 

Research: SPIRE Project.

 

 

 

 

Ryota Mishima

 

Visiting Ph.D. Candidate (Osaka University, Japan)

 

Research: Magnetic molecules, molecular spintronics.

 

 

 

Heath Kersell

 

Graduate Research Student (Physics & Astronomy)

 

Research: SPIRE Project.

 

 

 

Former Group Members

 Dr. Danda P. Acharya, Ph.D. 2007. (Former PhD student. Currently a postdoc at Brookhaven National Lab.)

 

 Dr. Aparna Deshpande, Ph.D. 2006. (Former PhD student. Currently a postdoc at Univ. of Arizona.)

 

 Dr. Violeta Iancu, Ph.D. 2006. (Former PhD student. Currently a postdoc at Univ. of Tennessee/ORNL.)

Homepage: http://web.utk.edu/~viancu/

 

 Dr. Jessica Jones Benson Ph.D. (Imperial College London, UK).

Former undergraduate student.

 

Greg Babonis

Former MS student.

 

Dr. Kai Felix Braun

Former Research Assistant Professor

Currently at PTB in Braunschweig, Germany.

 

Jack Steiner

Former undergraduate research student.

Currently a Ph.D. candidate at the Harvard University.

 

Joel Vaughn

Former undergraduate student.

Currently a PhD candidate at Ohio University.

 

Thy Vo

Former graduate student.

MA (Physics & Astronomy).

Instructor, Robotic company.

 

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