Recent Graduates &
Post-doctoral Researchers

Ph.D. Graduates
Date
Current Position
Honors
Mihai Girtu Jun. 1998 Universitatea din Constanta, Constanta, Romania  I, R, P
Darren Gebler Dec. 1997 Financial Analyst, Bank One Corp., Columbus, OH  I
Xiaolin Wei  Jun. 1996  Program Analyst, New Breed Corp, Greensboro, NC  
Scott Jessen  Jun. 1996  Staff Scientist, Lucent Technologies, Orlando, FL  I
Randy Kohlman  Feb. 1996  Researcher, Milliken Research Corp., Spartanburg, SC  I, P
Yunzhang Wang Feb. 1996 Scientist, The Ohio State University
Jim Blatchford  Dec. 1995  Staff Scientist, Lucent Technologies, Orlando, FL  I, P
Steve Long Dec. 1995 Consultant, Boulder, CO  
Will Brinckerhoff  Dec. 1995  Physicist, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab, Laurel, MD  T
Liang-Bih Lin  Dec. 1995  Member Technical Staff, Xerox Corp., Webster, NY  
Brian Morin  Jun. 1994  Staff Scientist, Milliken Research Corp., Spartanburg, SC  
Jinsoo Joo  Mar. 1994  Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics, Korea University, Seoul, Korea  I
Gang Du  Sep. 1993  Scientist, WPAFB Research Labs, Dayton, OH  I, R
Kwangjoon Kim  Jun. 1993  Staff Scientist, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Taejeon, Korea  
Kim Coplin  Jun. 1993  Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics, Denison University  I
Jingmin Leng  Mar. 1992  Member Technical Staff, Therma-Wave, Inc., Fremont, CA  I
Zhao Hui Wang  Dec. 1991  Member Technical Staff, Information Access Company, Medford, MA  I
Mikolaj Jozefowicz  Dec. 1991  Head of Environmental Division, Proctor & Gamble, Warsaw, Poland  
Keith Cromack  Dec. 1991  Senior Scientist, Abbott Laboratories, Abbott, IL  
K.S Narayan  Dec. 1991  Assistant Professor, JNCASR, IISC Campus, Bangalore, India  
Jiang Yue  Sep. 1991  Senior Research Scientist, Proctor & Gamble, Cinncinnati, OH  
Animesh Chakraborty  Sep. 1990  Data Storage Systems Center, Carnegie Mellon University  
John Ginder  Jun. 1988  Senior Scientific Research Staff, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI  I
Sailesh Chittipeddi  Jun. 1988  Technology Manager, Lucent Technologies, Allentown, PA  
Fulin Zou  Jun. 1988  Associate Professor, Dept. of Physics, University of Miami  
Mitchell G. Roe  Sep. 1987  Senior Research Physicist, Magnetic Separation Systems, Nashville, TN  

Selected Honors: I=Invited talk at major APS/International conference,
R=Research Award, T=Teaching Award,
P=Presidential Fellowship, U=University Fellowship

M.S. Graduates
Date
Current Position
Ziemowit Oblakowski  Mar. 1993  Coca-Cola Corp., Warsaw, Poland
Malik Ba  Jun. 1987  Assistant Professor, Columbus State Community College
Eric Anderson  Sep. 1986  Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS



 
 

Former Postdocs
Date
Current Position
 Honors
Mats Fahlman May 1998 Assistant Professor, Linkoping Univ., Linkoping, Sweden  I
Chuck Wynn Oct. 1997 XonTech, Inc. Los Angeles, CA  I
Shashi Jasty  Nov. 1995  Aldrich Chemical Co, Milwaukee, WI  
Vasco DaGama  Jan. 1994  Lisbon, Portugal  
Ping Zhou  Nov. 1994  Manager, Derivatives Division, Rothenthal Collins Group, Chicago, IL  I
Andy Burns  Sep. 1993  Assistant Professor, Kent State University-Stark, Canton, OH  
Richard McCall  Jun. 1992  Assistant Professor, St. Louis College of Pharmacy, St. Louis, MO  
Patricia Vaca  Jun. 1989  CNRS, Bordeaux, France  
Rene Laversanne  Jun. 1988  Professor, Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal, Talence, France  
Hamid Javadi  Jun. 1988  Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA  

B.S. Graduates
Date
Current Position
David Spry Dec. 1998 NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland,OH
Phil Smith Sep. 1998 Xavier Univ. (NSF REU Student), Cinn., OH
Andrew Chiodi Dec. 1997 Graduate Student, University of Washington
Chris Halm  Sep. 1994  Graduate Student, OSU Physics
Sean Flegm  Jun. 1994  Herberts Powder Coatings, Inc.
Greg Gordon  Jun. 1991  Proctor and Gamble, Cinncinnati, OH
Mark Selover  Jun. 1987 OSU Computer Operations, Columbus, OH

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