Meet the CHESS personnel.
Please note: Some CHESS staff are working remotely. If you cannot contact a certain person via phone, please try email.
Staff Directory
LEADERSHIP
Joel Brock
Director, CHESS
607-255-9006
CHESSDirector@cornell.edu
Armand Beaudoin
Industrial Liaison
607-255-7163
ajb265@cornell.edu
Richard Cerione
PI, MacCHESS
607-254-6322
rac1@cornell.edu
Ernie Fontes
Technical Director, CLASSE
607-255-2959
ef11@cornell.edu
Professor of Physics, MacCHESS co-PI, CHESS Director Emeritus
607-255-3441
smg26@cornell.edu
Matt Miller
Principal Investigator, MSN-C
607-255-0400
mpm4@cornell.edu
Director, MacCHESS
607-255-5717
dms35@cornell.edu
Contact for: general MacCHESS information.
Katie Jacoby
Executive Director of Administration and Finance, CLASSE
kmj37@cornell.edu
Greg Ray
Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships
gpr36@cornell.edu
Mike Gilpin
Managing Director
mgilpin@cornell.edu
STAFF SCIENTISTS
Louise Debefve
Staff Scientist - HMF
607-255-1061
lmd252@cornell.edu
Staff Scientist
607-255-9386 (lab) 607-254-3572 (beamline) 607-342-2578 (cell phone)
qh24@cornell.edu
Kate Shanks
Staff Scientist - FAST
ksg52@cornell.edu
Sasha Temnykh
Staff Scientist
607-255-8780
abt6@cornell.edu
Zhongwu Wang
Staff Scientist - HPBio
607-255-3551
zw42@cornell.edu
Visiting Scientist
Christopher Budrow
Visiting Scientist
cjb353@cornell.edu
Ken Finkelstein
Visiting Scientist
607-255-0914
kdf1@cornell.edu
RESEARCH STAFF
Carter Bagnell
Research Support Specialist
607-255-7163
clb365@cornell.edu
Elisabeth Bodnaruk
Research Support Specialist
607-255-7163
ecb238@cornell.edu
Chris Conolly
CHESS Technical Director
607-255-0913
cjc16@cornell.edu
John Conrad
Research Support Specialist
607-255-7163
jec327@cornell.edu
John Dobbins
Research Support Specialist
(607) 255-5717
john.dobbins@cornell.edu
Eric Edwards
Research Support Specialist
607-255-0909
eje25@cornell.edu
Sarah Geer
Research Support Specialist
seg238@cornell.edu
Greg Godwin
Research Support Specialist
gsg6@cornell.edu
Amy Heliseva
Research Support Specialist
ajh333@cornell.edu
Aimee Kellicutt
Assistant Operations Manager
607-255-7163
abk94@cornell.edu
John Kopsa
Research Support Specialist
607-255-7163
jfk4@cornell.edu
Tom Krawczyk
Research Support Specialist
607-255-9894
tk73@cornell.edu
Irina Kriksunov
Research Support Specialist
607-255-7163
ik29@cornell.edu
Aaron Lyndaker
Research Support Specialist
607-255-0919
al533@cornell.edu
Kurt McDonald
Research Support Specialist
607-254-4930
kdm96@cornell.edu
Gregg McElwee
Research Support Specialist
607-255-7163
gtm35@cornell.edu
Bill Miller
Research Support Specialist
607-254-1227
wam2@cornell.edu
Katie Moring
Operations Manager
607-254-4930
kmm432@cornell.edu
Alan Pauling
Research Support Specialist
607-255-9894
akp3@cornell.edu
Dana Richter
Research Support Specialist
607-254-1227
der4@cornell.edu
Arastina Rumsey
Research Support Specialist
amr388@cornell.edu
Keara Soloway
Programmer/Analyst
607-255-7163
kls286@cornell.edu
Phil Sorensen
Software Developer
607-254-8266
pas37@cornell.edu
Keith Surrena
Research Support Specialist
5-0909
ks2399@cornell.edu
Chris Whiting
Research Support Specialist
607-254-4930
ccw63@cornell.edu
Shijie Yang
Computer Hardware
607-254-8266
sy68@cornell.edu
Rolf Verberg
Programmer/Analyst for MSN-C
rv43@cornell.edu
Dale Barrows
Research Support Specialist
dcb273@cornell.edu
Noah Budin
Research Support Specialist
nab248@cornell.edu
Alex Adams
CHESS Technician
ata62@cornell.edu
ADMIN STAFF
Florianna Blanton
Lending Library Coordinator
fgb29@cornell.edu
Susan Newman
CLASSE Communications
sen27@cornell.edu
Andrew Noyes
CLASSE Communications
abn48@cornell.edu
Rick Ryan
Science Communicator, CLASSE
607-255-3852
rjr327@cornell.edu
Cora Oberst
Executive Staff Assistant
co249@cornell.edu
POST DOCS
Purnima Ghale
Post Doc - QM2
pg472@cornell.edu
Xin Huang
Post Doc
607-255-1061
xh78@cornell.edu
Amlan Das
Post Doc - FAST
amlandas@cornell.edu
Mehmet Hazar Seren
Post Doc - SMB
mehmethazarseren@cornell.edu
STUDENTS
Robert Miller
Graduate Student - HPBio
rcm347@cornell.edu
Faculty Advisor: Nozomi Ando - Research Group Website