The People of the Molecular Foundry
In addition to state-of-the-art instrumentation, users at the Molecular Foundry benefit from the unique in-house expertise of its researchers. This collaborative, multidisciplinary environment is made up of the people listed below.
Organizational Chart
For information on opportunities to join the Molecular Foundry, please refer to the Foundry Careers page.
| LEADERSHIP | ||
|---|---|---|
| David Prendergast, Interim Director | 510.486.4948 | |
| Branden Brough, Deputy Director | 510.486.4206 | |
| Shannon Ciston, User Program Director | 510.486.7154 |
| FACILITY DIRECTORS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Stefano Cabrini, Facility Director, Nanofabrication | 510.486.7339 | |
| Yi Liu, Facility Director, Organic and Macromolecular Synthesis | 510.486.6287 | |
| Andrew Minor, Facility Director, NCEM | 510.495.2749 | |
| Corie Ralston, Interim Facility Director, Biological Nanostructures | 510.495.2594 | |
| Jeff Urban, Facility Director, Inorganic Nanostructures | 510.486.4526 | |
| Alex Weber-Bargioni, Facility Director, Imaging and Manipulation of Nanostructures | 510.486.4026 | |
| Steve Whitelam, Interim Facility Director, Theory of Nanostructured Materials | 510.495.2769 |
| RESEARCH STAFF | ||
|---|---|---|
| Shaul Aloni, Staff Scientist, Inorganic Nanostructures/Imaging and Manipulation of Nanostructures | 510.486.7452 | |
| Paul Ashby, Staff Scientist, Imaging and Manipulation of Nanostructures | 510.486.7081 | |
| Emory Chan, Staff Scientist, Inorganic Nanostructures | 510.486.6377 | |
| Jim Ciston, Staff Scientist, NCEM | 510.495.8072 | |
| Bruce Cohen, Staff Scientist, Biological Nanostructures | 510.486.6640 | |
| Peter Ercius, Staff Scientist, NCEM | 510.486.4634 | |
| Sinéad Griffin, Staff Scientist, Theory of Nanostructured Materials | 510.486.6129 | |
| Brett Helms, Staff Scientist, Organic and Macromolecular Synthesis | 510.486.7729 | |
| Christian Kisielowski, Staff Scientist, NCEM | 510.486.4716 | |
| D. Frank Ogletree, Staff Scientist, Imaging and Manipulation of Nanostructures | 510.486.4862 | |
| Colin Ophus, Staff Scientist, NCEM | 510.486.5663 | |
| Archana Raja, Staff Scientist, Imaging and Manipulation of Nanostructures | 510.486.5337 | |
| Gang (Gary) Ren, Staff Scientist, Imaging and Manipulation of Nanostructures | 510.495.2375 | |
| Ricardo Ruiz, Staff Scientist, Nanofabrication | 510.486.7339 | |
| Andreas Schmid, Staff Scientist, NCEM/Imaging and Manipulation of Nanostructures | 510.486.4564 | |
| Adam Schwartzberg, Staff Scientist, Nanofabrication | 510.486.5337 | |
| Mary Scott, Faculty Scientist, NCEM | 510.495.2901 | |
| Liang Tan, Staff Scientist, Theory of Nanostructured Materials | 510.495.2391 | |
| Jian Zhang , Staff Scientist, Organic and Macromolecular Synthesis | 510.486.7964 |
| TECHNICAL STAFF | ||
|---|---|---|
| Virginia Altoe, Principal Scientific Engineering Associate, Imaging and Manipulation of Nanostructures | 510.486.7153 | |
| Ed Barnard, Principal Scientific Engineering Associate, Imaging and Manipulation of Nanostructures | 510.486.4822 | |
| Karen Bustillo, Principal Scientific Engineering Associate, NCEM | 510.486.4324 | |
| Teresa Chen, Senior Scientific Engineering Associate, Organic and Macromolecular Synthesis | 510.495.2805 | |
| Michael Connolly, Principal Scientific Engineering Associate, Biological Nanostructures | 510.486.6388 | |
| Eric Dailing, Senior Scientific Engineering Associate, Organic and Macromolecular Synthesis | 510.486.6287 | |
| Rohan Dhall, Senior Scientific Engineering Associate, NCEM | 510.486.7452 | |
| Scott Dhuey, Principal Scientific Engineering Associate, Nanofabrication | 510.486.4946 | |
| Michael Elowson, Scientific Engineering Associate, Nanofabrication | 510.486.4643 | |
| Liana Klivansky, Principal Scientific Engineering Associate, Organic and Macromolecular Synthesis | 510.486.4199 | |
| Tevye Kuykendall, Senior Scientific Engineering Associate, Inorganic Nanostructures | 510.495.2649 | |
| Tracy Mattox, Principal Scientific Engineering Associate, Inorganic Nanostructures | 510.495.2649 | |
| Anne Pham, Senior Research Associate, Inorganic Nanostructures | 510.486.5526 | |
| Behzad Rad, Senior Scientific Engineering Associate, Biological Nanostructures | 510.486.5795 | |
| Steve Shelton, Scientific Engineering Associate, Organic and Macromolecular Synthesis | 510.486.5185 | |
| Chengyu Song, Senior Scientific Engineering Associate, NCEM | 510.486.6751 | |
| John Turner, Scientific Engineering Associate, NCEM | 510.486.5700 | |
| Selven Virasawmy, Senior Scientific Engineering Associate, Nanofabrication | 510.486.4820 | |
| Ed Wong, Senior Scientific Engineering Associate, Imaging and Manipulation of Nanostructures | 510.486.6206 |
| USER PROGRAM OFFICE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Shannon Ciston, User Program Director | 510.486.7154 | |
| Alison Hatt, User Program Senior Advisor | ||
| Kristen McIntosh, User Program Administrator | 510.486.6938 | |
| Tina McCoy, User Program Support | 510.486.7493 | |
| Donald Lee, IT Programmer | 510.486.5016 | |
| General Inquires | 510.486.7423 |
| OPERATIONS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Safety & Building Management | ||
| Michael Wisherop, Facilities and EHS Manager | 510.486.7407 | |
| Carleton Falzone, EHS Engineering Associate | 510.486.7679 | |
| Finance | ||
| Sarah Gutierrez, Principal Resource Analyst | 510.486.6419 | |
| Xochi Driscoll, Senior Resource Analyst | 510.495.2146 | |
| David Hom, Program Operations Analyst | 510.486.4224 | |
| Communications and Outreach | ||
| Laurie Chong, Senior Communications and Outreach Specialist | 510.486.5119 | |
| Clarissa Towle, Marketing and Communications Specialist | 510.486.5119 | |
| Human Resources | ||
| Ewa Blair, Senior HR Division Partner | 510.495.2952 | |
| Administration | ||
| Suksham Barun, Administrator | 510.486.6716 | |
| Temme von Lackum Dedlow, Administrative Assistant | 510.486.4114 | |
| IT Support | ||
| Karen Fernsler, IT Support | 510.486.4815 | |
| Perry Lao, IT Support | 510.495.2702 |
