Principal Investigator

Peter M. Weber

Dean of the Graduate School, Brown University, 2010 – 2016
Chair, Department of Chemistry, Brown University, 2005-2010
Professor, Brown University, since 2001
Ph.D., 1987, The University of Chicago
Diplom, 1983, Universitat Karlsruhe, Germany

Current Postdocs & Graduate Students

Stuart Crane
Research Associate
Ph.D. Physics
Heriot-Watt University
stuart_crane@brown.edu

 

Nathan Goff
Graduate Student
B.S. Chemistry and Physics
Rhode Island College
nathan_goff@brown.edu

Lisa Huang
Graduate Student
B.S. Chemistry
Wellesley College
lisa_huang@brown.edu

Lingyu Ma
Graduate Student
B.S. Chemistry
University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)
lingyu_ma@brown.edu

Thomas Northey
Research Associate
Ph.D. Chemistry
The University of Edinburgh
thomas_northey@brown.edu

Asami Odate
Graduate Student
B.A. Chemistry
Barnard College, Columbia University
asami_odate@brown.edu

David Romano
Graduate Student
B.S. Chemistry
Western Connecticut State University
david_j_romano@brown.edu

 

Collaborators

• Dr. M. P. Minitti, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
• Prof. A. Kirrander, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
• Prof. H. Jónsson, University of Iceland
• Prof. T. Sølling, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
• Prof. D. Crittenden, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
• Prof. B. Stankus, Western Connecticut State University
• Prof. J. B. Hastings, Stanford, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
• Dr. J. Geiser, Brown University
• Dr. F. Rudakov, IPG Photonics

Past Doctoral Students

PhD Candidate	Grad. Year	Dissertation	First Position	Current Position
Dr. Xuan Xu	2022	Chemical Identification and Structural Dynamics with Rydberg Fingerprint Spectroscopy	System Design Engineer at KLA	System Design Engineer at KLA
Dr. Wenpeng Du	2021	Ultrafast Dynamics in Rydberg-excited Cyclic Organic Molecules	Huawei	Huawei
Dr. Haiwang Yong	2021	Excited-State Molecular Structures and Dynamics with Femtosecond X-Ray Scattering	Postdoc, UCI	Assistant Professor, UCSD
Dr. Jennifer Ruddock	2019	Ultrafast Kinetics Analysis of Gas-Phase Reactions using Ultrafast X-ray Scattering	Data Science Fellow, NYC Data Science Academy	Machine Learning Engineer, UES inc.
Prof. Brian Stankus	2018	Ultrafast Chemical Dynamics: Photochemistry in Real Time	Visiting Assistant Professor, Brown University	Assistant Professor, Western Connecticut State University
Dr. Yan Gao	2016	Relaxation and Structural Dynamics in Select Polyatomic Molecules	Visiting Scientist, Weber Lab, Brown University	Head of Data Science, China Rapid Finance
Dr. Yao Zhang	2016	Coherent Structural Dynamics of Rydberg-Excited Molecules	Google	Google
Dr. James Budarz	2015	Making a Molecular Movie: Imaging Ultrafast Reaction Dynamics with Gas-Phase X-Ray Scattering	Postdoctoral Researcher, Swiss Light Source, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne	Data Scientist, American Express, NYC Data Science Academy
Dr. Xinxin Cheng	2015	Ultrafast Charge Localization and Delocalization in Diamines	Postdoc, Univ. of Hamburg, Germany	Associate Staff Scientist, LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Dr. Christine Pemberton	2014	Reaction Paths of Photoinduced Electrocyclic Ring-Opening: 1,3-Cyclohexadiene and a-Terpinene	Patent Technical Advisor, Cooley LLP	Patent Agent, Cooley LLP
Dr. Sanghamitra Deb	2012	Ultrafast structural dynamics of flexible, Rydberg excited molecular systems	Postdoc, Duke	Postdoc, UIUC
Prof. Jie Bao	2011	Ultrafast Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Mass Spectrometry as Probes for Structural Dynamics of Highly Excited Large Molecular Systems	Postdoc, MIT	Principal Investigator/Ph.D. Advisor, Tsinghua Univ & Visiting Associate in Physics, Caltech
Dr. Joseph Bush	2010	Rydberg Fingerprint Spectroscopy on Biomolecular Model Systems	Postdoc, Brown	Executive Director, Worcester CleanTech Incubator (WCTI)
Prof. Fedor Rudakov	2009	Electron Probes of Molecular Structure and Ultrafast Molecular Dynamics	Wigner Fellow, Oak Ridge National Laboratory	Laser Engineer, IPG Photonics
Dr. Job Cardoza	2007	Rydberg states as sensitive probes of molecular structure and dynamics	Postdoc, MIT	Assistant Director of Toxicology, Clinical Science Lab, Inc.
Dr. Mike Minitti	2007	Structural dispersion in hot molecules: applications of Rydberg fingerprint spectroscopy	Postdoc, Princeton	Staff Scientist and Group Leader, LCLS, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Prof. Jaimie Gosselin	2006	Probing Structure & Dynamics via Rydberg Fingerprint Spectroscopy	Adjunct Associate Professor of Chemistry, Providence College	Adjunct Associate Professor of Chemistry, Providence College
Dr. Wei Cheng	2005	Rydberg fingerprint spectroscopy and its application to biologically relevant molecules	Research Chemist, Stepan Company	Analytical Manager, Firestone Building Products
Prof. Ray C. Dudek	2001	Pump-probe diffraction experiments of molecules in transient states	Postdoc, Wellesley	Associate Professor of Chemistry, Wittenburg Univ.
Prof. Carolyn P. Schick	2000	Femtosecond time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy of phenol		Professor of Chemistry, Montgomery College
Dr. Scott Carpenter	1998	Experimental adaptive optimization with genetic algorithms: Solving problems in mass spectrometry, optics, photoelectron spectrometry, and quantum control	Postdoc, MIT
Prof. John Thompson	1997	Pump-probe low-energy electron diffraction		Professor of Physics, University of Maine
Dr. Joseph D. Geiser	1997	Pump-Probe Gas-Phase Electron Diffraction	Postdoc, Cornell	Staff Scientist, Brown University
Dr. Byungjoo Kim	1994	The spectroscopy and photophysics of aniline, 2-aminopyridine and 3-aminopyridine		Korea Research Inst. of Standards and Science
Dr. Napoleon Thantu	1993	Selectivity in the Optically Prepared States and Coherent Control of Statistical Limit Molecules	Postdoc, Naval Research Lab	MIT Lincoln Lab

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