The Foundry has been fortunate to have had the researchers below as part of our staff community. Retired staff who continue to share their expertise as members of the user community are contactable as indicated. This separate list details former NCEM staff who were part of the facility prior to the merger in 2014.
| Researcher | Status |
|---|---|
| D. Frank Ogletree | Frank Ogletree, Staff Scientist in the Imaging facility, retired from the Foundry in 2023. |
| Andreas Schmid | Andreas Schmid, Staff Scientist in the Imaging and NCEM facilities, retired from the Foundry in 2022. Andreas is still actively involved in the development of the QSPLEEM as a Researcher Emeritus. |
| Christian Kisielowski | Christian Kisielowski, Staff Scientist at NCEM, retired from the Foundry in 2022 |
| Stefano Cabrini | Stefano Cabrini, Senior Staff Scientist and Nanofabrication Facility Director, left the Foundry for a position with Facebook in 2021 |
| Carolin Ajo-Franklin | Carolin Ajo-Franklin, Staff Scientist and Acting Facility Director in the Biological Nanostructures facility, left the Foundry in 2019 for a position at Rice University |
| Ron Zuckermann | Ron Zuckerman, Senior Staff Scientist and Biological Nanostructures Facility Director, retired from the Foundry in 2019. Ron actively shares his knowledge and passion for peptoids as a Researcher Emeritus at the Foundry. |
| J. Nate Hohman | Nate Hohman, Staff Scientist in the Inorganic Facility, left the Foundry for a position at the University of Connecticut in 2019 |
| Jeff Neaton | Jeff Neaton, former Foundry Director, was named Associate Lab Director of the Energy Sciences Area at Berkeley Lab in 2017 and left the Foundry in 2018 |
| Jim Schuck | Jim Schuck, Staff Scientist and Imaging Facility Director, left the Foundry for a position at Columbia University in 2017 |
| Matt Francis | Matt Francis, Staff Scientist and Organic Facility Director, left the Foundry for a position at UC Berkeley in 2015 |
| Deirdre Olynick | Deirdre Olynick, Staff Scientist in the Nanofabrication facility, left the Foundry for a position at UCSF in 2016 |
| Omar Yaghi | Omar Yahgi, former Foundry Director, left the Foundry in 2013 |
| Delia Milliron | Delia Milliron, Staff Scientist and Facility Director of the Inorganic facility, left the Foundry for a position at the University of Texas at Austin in 2014 |
| Jeff Bokor | Jeff Bokor, former Deputy Director, left the Foundry for UC Berkeley in 2012 |
| Frantisek Svec | Frantisek Svec, Staff Scientist and Organic Facility Director, retired in 2014 |
| Jim De Yoreo | Jim De Yoreo, former Deputy Director of the Molecular Foundry, left the Foundry for a position at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in 2012 |
| Xiaogan Liang | Staff Scientist in the Nanofabrication facility, left the Foundry for a position at the University of Michigan in 2011 |
| Biwu Ma | Biwu Ma, Staff Scientist in the Organic facility, left the Foundry for a position at Florida State University in 2013 |
| Paul Alivisatos | Paul Alivisatos, Founding Director and former Inorganic Nanostructures facility Director, stepped down from his position at the Foundry in 2006 |
| Yuegang Zhang | Yuegang Zhang, Staff Scientist in the Inorganic facility, left the Foundry for a position in the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2012 |
| Carolyn Bertozzi | Carolyn Bertozzi, former Foundry Director & Director of the Biological Nanostructures facility, left the Foundry in 2012 for a position at Stanford University |
| Taleb Mokari | Staff Scientist Taleb Mokari left the Foundry for a position at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in 2009 |
| Dmitri Talapin | Staff Scientist Dmitri Talapin left the Foundry for a position at the University of Chicago in 2007 |
| Miquel Salmeron | Staff Scientist and former Imaging facility Director Miquel Salmeron stepped down from his position at the Foundry in 2008 |
| Jean Frechet | Jean Frechet, former Organic facility Director, stepped down from his position at the Foundry in 2008 |
| Stephen Louie | Stephen Louie, former Theory facility Director, stepped down from his position at the Foundry in 2008 |
