Principal Investigator
Dr. Chad E. Sosolik
Department ChairProfessor of Physics and Astronomy
Office Location: 118 Kinard Laboratory
Email: sosolik@clemson.edu
Education
- Ph.D., Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 2001
- M.S., Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1999
- B.S., Physics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 1995
Research Interests
- Energy and Charge Exchange for Singly and Multiply Charged Ions
- Tracking Ion Radiation Effects in Electronic Devices
- Defect and Nanostructure Formation at Surfaces
Professional Experience
- Clemson University, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, 2015 - present
- Clemson University, Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy, 2010 - 2015
- Clemson University, Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy, 2003 - 2010
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Post-Doctoral Associate, 2001 - 2003
Professional Memberships
- Member, American Physical Society (1993 - present)
- Member, American Association of Physics Teachers (1999 - present)
- Member, Materials Research Society (1999 - present)
- Member, American Vacuum Society (2003 - present)
Graduate Students
- Sehrish Akhtar
- Pooja Dhakal
- Dinesh Gc
- David McCall
Undergraduate Students
- J Jones, Physics Major
- Maggie Marte, Physics Major
- Brenan Palazzolo, Physics Major
Collaborators
- Ib Chorkendorff, Ph.D. - Dept. of Physics, Technical University of Denmark
- Daniel Cutshall, Ph.D. - Milligan University
- William R. "Rod" Harrell, Ph.D. - Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Clemson University
- Joan Marler, Ph.D. - Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson University
- J. Bradley Marston, Ph.D. - Dept. of Physics, Brown University
- Thomas H. Metcalf, Ph.D. - Physical Acoustics Branch, Naval Research Laboratory
- Joshua P. Pomeroy, Ph.D. - Atomic Scale Devices Group, NIST
- Endre Takacs, Ph.D. - Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson University
Former Graduate Students
- Austin Back, M.S. in Physics, 2023
Patent Examiner at US Patent and Trademark Office - Patrick Johnson, Ph.D. in Physics, 2021
Research Associate at Clemson University - Dhruva Kulkarni, Ph.D. in Physics, 2017
Computer Systems Engineer at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab - Endu Srinadhu, Ph.D. in Physics, 2016
Global Product Marketing Manager at Applied Materials - Radhey Shyam, Ph.D in Physics, 2014
Data Scientist at at Apex Systems - Noel Lito Sayson, M.S. in Physics, 2012
Associate Professor of Physics at Mindanao State Univ. - Iligan Institute of Technology, Philippines. - Jason Puls, M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, 2012
Software Engineer at KEMET Corporation - Russell Lake, Ph.D. in Physics, 2012
Director of Quantum Operations at Bluefors Oy - Matthew Ray, Ph.D. in Physics, 2009
Quantitive Risk Management Officer at EverBank - Stephen Moody, M.S. in Physics, 2006
Chief Technology Officer at GreenLoop IT Solutions - Hari Chandana Bellam, M.S. in Materials Science, 2005
Senior Manager at Baxter International - Venkat Magadala, M.S. in Materials Science, 2004
Global Sourcing and Supply Manager at Google
Former Undergraduate and Summer Research Students
- Luke Strohbehn, NSF-REU summer student, 2019
Undergraduate student at Colorado College - Meil Monga, B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Clemson University, 2019
- A.J. Miller, B.S. in Physics and in Computer Science from Clemson University, 2019 Graduate student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Electrical Engineering
- Harrison Eggers, B.S. in Physics and in Electrical Engineering from Clemson University, 2019 Graduate student at Clemson University in the School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences
- Ayobami Ojo, NSF-REU summer student, 2018
Undergraduate student at the University of Texas - Arlington - Andrew Shore, NSF-REU summer student, 2016
Graduate student at the University of Tennessee - Knoxville - Luke Lyle, NSF-REU summer student, 2015
Graduate student at Carnegie Mellon University - Nathan Smith, NSF-REU summer student, 2014
Research Analyst at PAE - Sara Berry, NSF-REU summer student, 2013
Graduate student at the University of Washington - David Bergman, B.S. in Physics, 2010
M.S. in Physics from Washington State University, 2013 - Samantha Cawthorne, B.S. in Physics, 2010
Samantha passed away in 2010. We are sorry for her family's loss. - Eugene Livesey, B.S. in Physics, 2010 and Palmetto Academy REU summer student, 2009
Project Engineer at Lockheed Martin Space Systems - Anton Samojlow, DAAD/RISE summer student, 2010
- Andrew P. Lange, NSF-REU summer student, 2007
Graduate student in Physics at University of California, Davis - Adam Dean, NSF-REU summer student, 2006
B.S. in Physics from College of Charleston, 2006
Sales Business Development Manager with Cisco Systems - Niru Maheswaranathan, SPRI summer student, 2006
Graduate student in Neuroscience at Stanford University - Stephen "Scotty" Wagemann, B.S. in Physics, 2005
M.S. in Physics from Montana State University - Bozeman, 2009
M.S. in Computational Finance and Risk Management from University of Washington, 2014
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