Research Group Summer 2021 Left to right: (front) Mike Duncan, Ian Webster, Joshua Marks, Anna Batchelor, Conner Blais, Wade Stratton, Jack Nesley, Elisa Sacchetti, Brandon Rittgers, Nathan Dynak, DJ Kellar, Dylan Orr, Jason Colley. Current Members: Michael A. Duncan maduncan@uga.edu Hometown, Greenville, SC Office: 706-542-1998 Brandon Rittgers Hometown: Ringgold, GA Undergraduate Institute: University of West Georgia Main project: Selected ion photofragment imaging bmrittgers@uga.edu 423-544-0328 Jason Colley Hometown: Thomaston, GA Undergraduate Institute: Troy University Main project: Selected ion photodissociation spectroscopy of carbon cation clusters. jason.colley@uga.edu 706-601-6307 Dylan Orr Hometown: Braselton, GA Undergraduate Institute: University of Georgia Main project: Selected ion photodissociation spectroscopy of cation-pi complexes. dorr@uga.edu Ian Webster Hometown: Johns Creek, GA Undergraduate Institution: University of Georgia Main Project: Photopolymerization and spectroscopy of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon dimers osko751@uga.edu Wade Stratton Hometown: Griffin, GA Undergraduate Institution: University of Mississippi Main Project: Infrared spectroscopy of actinide ion-molecule complexes. Anna Batchelor Hometown: Monroe, GA Undergraduate Institution: University of Georgia Main Project: Infrared spectroscopy of metal ion-acetylene complexes Nathan Dynak Hometown: Howell, NJ Undergraduate Institution: Rutgers University Main Project: Photofragment imaging of carbon cluster cations Former Members of the Duncan Research Group Scott Akin, Ph.D. 2016 Senior Field Service Engineer Spectra Physics Lasers, Division of Newport Corporation Santa Clara, CA scakin86@gmail.com Jurgen Agreiter, Postdoc, 1998-1999 Manager Analytics Subsidiary of RWE and E.ON Juelich, Germany jagreiter@gmx.de Draemannsmuehle 17 D-52353 Dueren Germany Chantelle Anfuso-Cleary, Undergraduate research, 2005-2006 Associate Professor of Chemistry and Interim Chair of Studies Georgia Gwinnett College 1000 University Center Lane Lawrenceville, GA 30043 chantelleanfuso@yahoo.com Shaun Ard, Postdoc, 2009-2011 Staff Scientist Air Force Research Labs Space Vehicle Directorate Kirtland AFB Albuquerque, NM 87117 505-853-3254 Shaun.Ard.ctr@kirtland.af.mil Timothy Ayers, Ph.D., 2006 District Manager RH2O Engineering www.rh2oeng.com Carrollton, GA 30118 Phone: 770-328-5905 tim.ayers@rh2oeng.com Tim and Elizabeth 159 Wrenwood Ln Carrollton, GA 30117-2273 770-328-5905 Biswajit Bandyopadhyay, Ph.D. 2012 Laser Engineer Xerox Printhead R&D Division Xerox Corporation Wilsonville, OR Biswajit, Anandi and Zeke 171 SE 30th Avenue Hillsboro, OR 97123. biswajit.spec@gmail.com 706-380-4249 Ken Berry, 1991-1996 High School Teacher Lumpkin County High School Dahlonega, GA Ken and Gina (Adam) 4705 Tomacheche Trail Gainesville, GA 30506 Phone: 770-536-6766 kberry@cadet.com Jessie Bishop, Undergrad Research, 1998-99. Organic Chemist-Discovery Chemistry Research Eli Lilly & Co. Indianapolis, IN 317-277-2035 1235 N. Delaware St. Indianapolis, IN 46202-2543 317-244-3674 Muriel Bishop, Visiting Professor, Clemson University (deceased) Antonio Brathwaite, Ph.D. 2013 Senior Instructor Department of Chemistry Emory University Atlanta, GA 30322 antonio.brathwaite@emory.edu Antonio and Tamika Brathwaite 1824 Stoney Creek Drive, SE Atlanta, GA 30316 antoniobrathwaite@gmail.com Lori Brock, Ph.D. 1996 Site Director Innovation Center Rogers Corporation 141 South Bedford Street Burlington, MA 01803 Lori and Warren 29 Ocean Drive Ipswich, MA 01938-1421 978-283-5163 (H) lrbrock@aol.com John Buchanan, M.S. 1998 Chief Chemist Materials Bureau Department of Transportation State of Montana 2701 Prospect Avenue Helena, MT 59620 John B. and Tammy Jenkins 3300 Morning Star Drive Helena, MT 59602 276-393-4603 Prosser Carnegie, Ph.D. 2008 VP of Operations Gossett Concrete Pipe Company 900 West Lee Road Taylors, SC 29687 Prosser and Currie 318 Jones Ave. Greenville, SC 29605 prosser.carnegie@gmail.com Angela Carroll Scott, M.S. 2006 Law Degree, Kent Kent School of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology, 2006 Patent Examiner U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Alexandria, VA Angela and Dax 6100 Gardenia Court Alexandria, VA 22310 571-481-4739 angela@daxscottfamily.com Cell: 630-528-0888 Po-Yuan (James) Cheng, Ph.D. 1990 Professor Department of Chemistry National Tsing Hua University Hsing-Chu, Taiwan, R.O.C. pycheng@mx.nthu.edu.tw Timothy C. Cheng, Ph.D. 2012 Field Service Engineer Spectra Physics Lasers Division of Newport Corp. 3435 Dickason Ave. Apt 2514 Dallas, TX 75219 timccheng@gmail.com 706-424-9165 Shannon Cornett, Ph.D. 1993 (joint with Prof. Jon Amster) Applications Manager Bruker Daltronics Nashville, TN Tel: 615-343-8436 Natalie Johnson, M.S. 2017 ndzajohnson@gmail.com Collin Dibble, Ph.D. 2013 High School Teacher George Walton Academy Monroe, Georgia Collin, Lisa, Nolan and Elsie 295 Laurel Way Covington, GA 30016 Gary Douberly, Postdoc 2006-2008 Professor and Department Head Department of Chemistry University of Georgia Athens, GA 30602 706-542-3857 douberly@uga.edu Gary and Jen 240 Crawford Ave. Athens, GA 30601 Nancie Flynn Deckard, M.S. 1998 600 Elin Ct Hillsborough, NC 27278 919-452-7978 Nichole R. (McKee) Foster, M.S. 2001 c/o Kai Exner Altkoenigstrasse 44 61440 Oberursel Germany nykifoster@yahoo.com Michele (France) Duderstadt, M.S. 1998 Michele and Randy Duderstadt 9336 Brandywine Lane Cinncinati, OH 45241 m_r_france@yahoo.com 513-777-5682 Jim Fye, Postdoc, 1998-99 Jim and Rene 703-313-4574 Anne Granville, visiting high school teacher, summer 2008 anne_granville@gwinnett.k12.ga.us. Gilles Gregoire, Postdoc, 2000-2001 Staff Scientist of the CNRS Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers Institute Galilee, Universite Paris-Nord F-93430 Villetaneuse France 33-1-49 40 37 23 gilles.gregoire@univ-paris13.fr Gilles and Claire 84 Rue Vergniaud 75013 Paris France Greg Grieves, Ph.D. 2003 Configuration Engineer Healthport Greg and Carla 6036 Kayron Dr., N.E. Sandy Springs, GA 30328 404-314-8143 Ben Ham, B.S./M.S. 2007 Pediatric Surgery Fellow Oishei Children's Hospital Buffalo, New York Ben and Hope 175 Woodward Ave. Buffalo, NY 14214 pbenhamiii@gmail.com Jared Jaeger, Ph.D. 2006 Genomic Esoteric Testing Specialist Quest Diagnostics Springfield, MO jared.b.jaeger@questdiagnostics.com Jared and Erin 4310 S. Mentor Ave. Springfield, MO 65804 Phone: 417-863-9027 Cell: 706-461-1795 jaredjaeger@gmail.com Todd Jaeger, Ph.D., 2004 Global Sales Director Commercial Optics Heraeus Quartz North America LLC 100 Heraeus Boulevard Buford, GA 30518 Office: 678-804-1168 Cell: 470-350-7250 todd.jaeger@heraeus.com Todd and Heather 4306 Marble Arch Way Flowery Branch, GA 30542 Areatha Knight Ketch, Ph.D. 2000; Postdoc, 2010-2012. Assistant Professor of Chemistry Piedmont College Demorest, GA Areatha, Ellawyn, George and Samuel 529 Hills Crossing Road Clarkesville, GA 30523 706-754-8208 areatha05@windstream.net Kenneth LaiHing, Ph.D. 1988 Professor and Chairman Department of Chemistry Oakwood College Huntsville, AL 35896 205-726-7112 laihing@oakwood.edu Ken, Jean and Stephen 248 Latigo Loop Huntsville, AL 35806 Daniel Leicht, postdoc 2017-2018 Staff Scientist Zeiss Corporation d.leicht88@gmail.com Quan Li, Postdoc, 1999-2000 Postdoc Laboratory of Chemical Physics National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD 20892 quanli@sunder.niddk.nih.gov 14005 Cove Lane, Apt. 203 Rockville, MD 20851 quanli01@hotmail.com Xiangji Liu, Ph.D. 2019 Frontage Laboratories Exton, PA maneliu1991@hotmail.com Jon Maner, Ph.D. 2017 Staff Scientist Intel Corp. Portland, OR jonathan.maner@intel.com 770-833-5635 Joshua Marks, Ph.D. 2021 Postdoctoral Research Fellow University of Hawaii Joshuaherbertmarks@gmail.com Dan Mauney, Ph.D. 2017 Software Engineer NASCENT Technology Charlotte, NC dmauney2@gmail.com 704-796-2263 David McDonald, Ph.D. 2018 Technical Sales Toptica Photonics, Inc. Farmington, NY david.mcdonald@toptica-usa.com dcmcdonaldii@gmail.com 703-216-2915 Karen (Sinclair) Molek, Ph.D., 2007 Associate Professor and Chair Chemistry Department University of West Florida 11000 University Parkway Pensacola, FL 32514 Phone: (850) 474-2799 Cell: 850.240.4934 kmolek@gmail.com Karen and Chris 10033 Via Grande Navarre, FL 32566 Jonathan Mosley, Ph.D. 2014 Research Chemist US-Environmental Protection Agency National Exposure Research Laboratory 960 College Station Rd Athens, GA 30605 706-355-8263 106 Saint James Ct. Athens, GA 30606-3924 Mosley.Jonathan@epa.gov Matt Nee, Undergrad Research, 1998-2000 Associate Professor Department of Chemistry Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, KY 42101 270-745-0114 matthew.nee@wku.edu Ken Pearce, Undergrad Research, 1988-89 MS, Ohio State University, 1995 CEO THB Inc. Greensboro, NC bulldawg1964@gmail.com 209-14 Lindley Rd. Greenboro, NC 27409 336-549-9685 Michael Peschke, M.S. 1990 Postdoc with Paul Kebarle Department of Chemistry University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta Canada T6G 2G2 780-492-8227 Michael.Peschke@ualberta.ca 305-8210 111 St. Edmonton, Alberta Canada T6G 2C7 780-432-6025 E. Dinesh Pillai, Ph.D. 2007 Head, Training and Certification, Amazon Web Services, Singapore Singapore 339943 dpillai@idexcorp.com Tel: +65 6392 5368 Dinesh and Soo Chin (Joshua) 315B Anchorvale Road #03-164 Singapore 542315 Cell: +65 9656 4271 dinesh102@hotmail.com Jeffrey Pilgrim, Ph.D. 1995 President Vista Photonics, Inc. Las Cruces, NM jpilgrim@vistaphotonics.com Jeff, Melissa and Taylor Las Cruces, NM 505-466-3953 Steve Pullins, Ph.D. 1998 Steve and Jessica 10 Park Street San Rafael, CA 94901 shpullins@gmail.com 408-529-1451 John Reddic, Ph.D. 1999 Technical Laboratory Director Greenville, SC Hospital System JReddic@ghs.org John and Molly 210 Trotters Ridge Lane Simpsonville, SC 29681 Phone: 803-782-9228 Cell: 803-413-2460 Nikki Reishus Driver, M.S. 2014 Lecturer, University of North Georgia Dahlonega, GA Josh and Nicki Driver 3570 Wesley Drive Gainesville, GA, 30506 Zach Reed, Ph.D. 2009 Staff Scientist National Institute of Standards and Technology Gaithersburg MD 20886 Zach and Sarah 10518 Apple Ridge Rd. Gaithersburg MD 20886 Phone: 540-272-9927 zachdreed@gmail.com Allen Ricks, Ph.D. 2010 Head Scientist Oxigraph Santa Clara, CA aricks@gmail.com David L. Robbins, Ph.D. 1995 Staff Scientist Detonation Science and Technology, DX-1 Los Alamos National Laboratory, Mail Stop P952 Los Alamos, NM 87544 505-665-5431 (office) 505-667-9260 (lab) 505-667-6388 (lab) robbins@lanl.gov David and Tammy (Kristen, Brittany and Nathan) 114 El Viento St. Los Alamos, NM 87544-2418 505-662-7544 Jason Robinson, Undergrad Research 1995-97 Jason and Jieming 1630 Chicago Ave., Apt 602 Evanston, IL 60201 Chris T. Scurlock, Postdoc, 1995-96 Staff Scientist Battelle Eastern Science & Technology Center Phone: 410-306-8887 Cell: 410-688-1813 scurlock@battelle.org Chris and Andrea (Jonah, Ethan) 4303 Foxglove Ct. Belcamp, MD 21017-1658 410-273-1740 Andreas Stangassinger, Postdoc, 1996-97 Staff Physicist Laser2000 andreas.stangassinger@laser2000.de Andreas S. ("Stan") and Rosi Rieger and Sebastion Baderstrasse 11a D-82211 Herrsching Germany stangassinger@t-online.de Tracy Taylor, M.S. 1989 Manager, Quality Control Pharma Services Pantheon, by Thermo-Fisher 101 Technology Place Florence, SC 29501 tracy.taylor2@thermofisher.com Tracy and Becky (Spenser, Mitchell) 1101 Potato House Rd. Darlington, SC 29532-6507 Brian Ticknor, Ph.D. 2008 Nuclear Analytical Chemistry and Isotopic Laboratories Oak Ridge National Laboratory 1 Bethel Valley Rd., MS 6415 Oak Ridge, TN 37830 865-576-2446 ticknorbw@ornl.gov Brian and Peyton Ticknor 11733 Autumn Glade Lane Knoxville, TN 37934 Deniz van Heijnsbergen, visiting grad student, 2001-2002; Ph.D. 2003 Staff Scientist ASML San Diego, CA Email: denizvh@gmail.com Deniz and Anna-Marie Smits (Sienna, Owen and Milo) 8594 Hopseed Ln San Diego, CA 92129 858 780 6393 Jose Velasquez, III, Ph.D. 2008 Physical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy Group Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos, NM 505 665 3701 jviii@lanl.gov Joe and Lisa P.O. Box 925 Los Alamos, NM 87544 Philipp Wagner, postdoc 2016-2018 Habilitation Department of Chemistry University of Tübingen Tübingen, Germany jpwagn3r@gmail.com Nicholas R. Walker, Postdoc, 2002-2003 Lecturer in Physical Chemistry School of Chemistry Bedson Building, Newcastle University Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE1 7RU United Kingdom Phone: (0191) 222 7028 Nick.Walker@newcastle.ac.uk Richard S. Walters, Ph.D. 2005 Staff Scientist General Electric Wilmington, NC Phone: 910-819-3523 richard.walters@ge.com Richard Walters and Elizabeth (Richard and Michael) 217 White Oak Drive Wilmington, NC 28409 Phone: 910-399-5180 Cell: 706-202-3046 Tim Ward, Ph.D. 2018 Staff Scientist Intel Corp. Albuquerque, NM Tim and Abby 3821 North Pole Loop NE Rio Rancho, NM 87144 tward90@gmail.com Brittany Westlake, Undergrad research 2003-2004 Engineer Scientist Electric Power Research Institue Palo Alto, CA bwestlake@epri.com Robert Wheeler, Ph.D. 1987 (deceased, 2008) Professor Department of Chemistry University of Transkei Umtata Republic of Transkei Southern Africa Ken Willey, Ph.D. 1993 Business Analytical Specialist Dow Coating Materials The Dow Chemical Company 400Arcola Road, P.O. Box 7000 Collegeville, PA 19426 610-244-6451 Email: KWilley@dow.com Ken, Deb, Conner and Brian 4775 Quail Circle Schwenksville, PA 19473 610-287-5527 kfwfly@verizon.net Melissa Woodard, Ph.D. 2019 Staff Scientist Bridgestone Tire Co. Akron, OH Melissa and Sean 1249 Liverpool Street Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221 melissa.p.woodard@gmail.com Chen-Sheng Yeh, Ph.D. 1993 Professor Department of Chemistry National Cheng Kung University Tainan, Taiwan, R.O.C. csyeh@mail.ncku.edu.tw Yeh and Nancy (Ning-Ning) Justin Young, postdoc 2012-2013 Staff Scientist Air Force Research Labs Space Vehicle Directorate Kirtland AFB Albuquerque, NM 87117 justinwy3@gmail.com
