The UMD/NIST PML fellows program provides research opportunities in nanoscale science and technology to undergrads, graduate students, postdocs, research scientists, and visiting faculty. Researchers are appointed at UMD to work with mentorship of a NIST PML project leader. Check out this site or contact us to learn more.
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The UMD/NIST PML fellows program is formally know as the NIST Nanoscale Science and Technology Postdoctoral and Visiting Senior Fellowship Program.
The program is funded by a cooperative agreement between the NIST PML (Physical Measurement Laboratory) and UMD's IREAP, and supports research projects within various nanoscience measurement topics.
Researchers at all levels are hired at UMD's IREAP to work at NIST PML in Gaithersburg, MD with mentorship from a project leader from either the Microsystems and Nanotechnology Division or the Nanoscale Device Characterization Division.
Fellows publish and present at professional conferences while receiving personalized professional development mentorship as part of the program. Alumni have gone on to positions in academia, government labs, and industry.
The program has existed since 2006, starting under the leadership of Ellen Williams, and has served 170 fellows to date.
Nandita Abhyankar
Amit Agrawal
Jasleen Bindra
Sean Blakley
Hsin-Yun (Joy) Chao
Lu Chen
Melanie Chestnut
Sergey Dushenko
Justin Elenewski
Sungmin Kim
Xiyuan Lu
Advait Madhavan
Yulia Maximenko
Maicol Ochoa
Jeffrey Schwartz
Ashutosh Rao
Evgheni Strelcov
Philippe TalatchianDaniel (Ming-Chun) Tang
Polina Vabishchevich
Christopher Wallin
Mingkang WangFei Xue
Yang YangJulia Zhang
Roxanne is the program's Business Coordinator, leading all aspects related to fellow appointments, purchases, travel, and VISA matters.
She and Daniel S. lead the program's diversity and visibility initiatives.
Dan is the program's Principal Investigator, supervising the entire program and providing professional development mentoring.
Daniel is the program's Scientific Coordinator, ensuring that fellows have what they need to perform their research. He leads professional development initiatives, including one-on-one mentoring and a seminar/workshop series. Daniel works with each fellow individually to ensure they align their activities with their future career goals.
He and Roxanne lead the program's equity, diversity and inclusion initiatives.
Check out the Microsystems and Nanotechnology group and project leaders (possible mentors) for each of the topics. Find out more about the division on their site.
Alex Liddle (Chief)
Veronika Szalai (Group and Project leader)
Mandy Esch (Project leader)
Michael Zwolak (Group and Project leader)
Thomas LeBrun (Group leader)
John Kramar (Group leader)
Vladimir Aksyuk (Group and Project leader)
Amit Agrawal (Project leader)
Henri Lezec (Project leader)
Kartik Srinivasan (Project leader)
Sam Stavis (Group and Project leader)
Marcelo Davanco (Project leader)
Check out the Nanoscale Device Characterization group and project leaders (possible mentors) for each of the listed topics. Find out more about the division on their site.
David Gundlach (Chief)
Jabez McClelland (Group and Project leader)
Curt Richter (Project leader)
Mark Stiles (Project leader)
Garnett Bryant (Group leader)
Joseph Kopanski (Group leader)
Andrei Kolmakov (Project leader)
Renu Sharma (Retired project leader)
Nikolai Zhitenev (Group and Project leader)
Jason Campbell (Project leader)
Paul Haney (Project leader)
Robert McMichael (Project leader)
Joseph Stroscio (Project leader)
Christina Hacker (Group leader)
Andrea Centrone (Project leader)