Staff Directory

Meet the CHESS personnel.

Please note: Some CHESS staff are working remotely. If you cannot contact a certain person via phone, please try email.

Chart of employees

LEADERSHIP

Joel Brock

Joel Brock

Director, CHESS
607-255-9006
CHESSDirector@cornell.edu
Armand Beaudoin

Armand Beaudoin

Associate Director, InSitμ
607-255-7163
ajb265@cornell.edu
Richard Cerione

Richard Cerione

PI, MacCHESS
607-254-6322
rac1@cornell.edu
Ernie Fontes

Ernie Fontes

Technical Director, CLASSE
607-255-2959
ef11@cornell.edu
Sol Gruner

Sol Gruner

Professor of Physics, MacCHESS co-PI, CHESS Director Emeritus
607-255-3441
smg26@cornell.edu
Jacob Ruff

Jacob Ruff

Co-PI / Director-CHEXS
607-255-2538
jpr243@cornell.edu

Twitter: @jpcruff

 

Matt Miller

Matt Miller

Principal Investigator, MSN-C
607-255-0400
mpm4@cornell.edu
D. Marian Szebenyi

D. Marian Szebenyi

Director, MacCHESS
607-255-5717
dms35@cornell.edu

Contact for: general MacCHESS information.
 

Arthur Woll

Arthur Woll

Director, MSNC
607-255-7209
arthurwoll@cornell.edu

Twitter: @arthurwoll

 

Katie Jacoby

Katie Jacoby

Executive Director of Administration and Finance, CLASSE
kmj37@cornell.edu

STAFF SCIENTISTS

Aaron Finke

Aaron Finke

Staff Scientist
607-254-8983
af554@cornell.edu
Richard Gillilan

Richard Gillilan

Staff Scientist - HPBio
607-255-0917
reg8@cornell.edu
Qingqiu Huang

Qingqiu Huang

Staff Scientist
607-255-9386 (lab) 607-254-3572 (beamline) 607-342-2578 (cell phone)
qh24@cornell.edu
Peter Ko

Peter Ko

Staff Scientist
607-255-3753
peter.ko@cornell.edu

Twitter: @jypeterk

 

Kelly Nygren

Kelly Nygren

Staff Scientist
607-255-7163
k.nygren@cornell.edu
Chris Pollock

Chris Pollock

Staff Scientist - PIPOXS
607-255-3617
cjp227@cornell.edu
David_J_Schuller

David J. Schuller

Staff Scientist
607-255-9386
schuller@cornell.edu

 

 

Kate Shanks

Kate Shanks

Staff Scientist - FAST
ksg52@cornell.edu
Louisa Smieska

Louisa Smieska

Staff Scientist
607-255-7136
lmb327@cornell.edu
Sasha Temnykh

Sasha Temnykh

Staff Scientist
607-255-8780
abt6@cornell.edu
Zhongwu Wang

Zhongwu Wang

Staff Scientist - HPBio
607-255-3551
zw42@cornell.edu

Visiting Scientist

Christopher Budrow

Christopher Budrow

Visiting Scientist
cjb353@cornell.edu
Ken Finkelstein

Ken Finkelstein

Visiting Scientist
607-255-0914
kdf1@cornell.edu

RESEARCH STAFF

Carter Bagnell

Carter Bagnell

Research Support Specialist
607-255-7163
clb365@cornell.edu
Elisabeth Bodnaruk

Elisabeth Bodnaruk

Research Support Specialist
607-255-7163
ecb238@cornell.edu
Chris Conolly

Chris Conolly

CHESS Technical Director
607-255-0913
cjc16@cornell.edu
John Conrad

John Conrad

Research Support Specialist
607-255-7163
jec327@cornell.edu
Mike Cook

Mike Cook

Research Support Specialist
607-254-1227
mjc10@cornell.edu
Joe Crum

Joe Crum

Research Support Specialist
607-255-7163
jc3328@cornell.edu
John Dobbins

John Dobbins

Research Support Specialist
(607) 255-5717
john.dobbins@cornell.edu
Eric Edwards

Eric Edwards

Research Support Specialist
607-255-0909
eje25@cornell.edu
Sarah Geer

Sarah Geer

Research Support Specialist
seg238@cornell.edu
Amy Heliseva

Amy Heliseva

Research Support Specialist
ajh333@cornell.edu
Timothy Joyce

Timothy Joyce

Research Support Specialist
607-255-7163
tj275@cornell.edu
Aimee Kellicutt

Aimee Kellicutt

Assistant Operations Manager
607-255-7163
abk94@cornell.edu
John Kopsa

John Kopsa

Machinist
607-255-7163
jfk4@cornell.edu
Tom Krawczyk

Tom Krawczyk

Research Support Specialist
607-255-9894
tk73@cornell.edu
Irina Kriksunov

Irina Kriksunov

Research Support Specialist
607-255-7163
ik29@cornell.edu
Aaron Lyndaker

Aaron Lyndaker

Research Support Specialist
607-255-0919
al533@cornell.edu
Kurt McDonald

Kurt McDonald

Research Support Specialist
607-254-4930
kdm96@cornell.edu
Gregg McElwee

Gregg McElwee

Research Support Specialist
607-255-7163
gtm35@cornell.edu
Bill Miller

Bill Miller

Research Support Specialist
607-254-1227
wam2@cornell.edu
Katie Moring

Katie Moring

Operations Manager
607-254-4930
kmm432@cornell.edu
Alan Pauling

Alan Pauling

Research Support Specialist
607-255-9894
akp3@cornell.edu
Dana Richter

Dana Richter

Research Support Specialist
607-254-1227
der4@cornell.edu
Arastina Rumsey

Arastina Rumsey

Research Support Specialist
amr388@cornell.edu
Lee Shelp

Lee Shelp

Research Support Specialist
607-254-8266
ljs30@cornell.edu
Keara Soloway

Keara Soloway

Research Support Specialist
607-255-7163
kls286@cornell.edu
Phil Sorensen

Phil Sorensen

Software Developer
607-254-8266
pas37@cornell.edu
Keith Surrena

Keith Surrena

Research Support Specialist
5-0909
ks2399@cornell.edu
Chris Whiting

Chris Whiting

Research Support Specialist
607-254-4930
ccw63@cornell.edu
Shijie Yang

Shijie Yang

Computer Hardware
607-254-8266
sy68@cornell.edu

ADMIN STAFF

Megan Adams at CHESS

Megan Adams

User Office Manager and Summer Program Coordinator
607-255-7163
mmf238@cornell.edu
Florianna Blanton

Florianna Blanton

Lending Library Coordinator
fgb29@cornell.edu
Susan Newman headshot

Susan Newman

CLASSE Communications
sen27@cornell.edu
Andy Noyes headshot

Andrew Noyes

CLASSE Communications
abn48@cornell.edu
Rick Ryan

Rick Ryan

Science Communicator, CLASSE
607-255-3852
rjr327@cornell.edu
Samantha Zaharis at CHESS

Samantha Zaharis

User Office Manager and Public Outreach Coordinator
607-255-7163
skr54@cornell.edu

POST DOCS

louise debefve

Louise Debefve

Post Doc - PIPOXS
607-255-1061
lmd252@cornell.edu
Purnima Ghale

Purnima Ghale

Post Doc - QM2
pg472@cornell.edu
Xin Huang

Xin Huang

Post Doc
607-255-1061
xh78@cornell.edu
Portrait of Amlan Das

Amlan Das

Post Doc - FAST
amlandas@cornell.edu
Portrait of Hazar Seren

Mehmet Hazar Seren

Post Doc - SMB
mehmethazarseren@cornell.edu

STUDENTS

Alex Adams

Alex Adams

CHESS Intern, SUNY Delhi
Parastoo Bahrami

Parastoo Bahrami

Graduate Student - FAST
pb572@cornell.edu

Faculty Advisor: Sriramya (Ramya) Nair - Research Group Website

Ryan Ford

Ryan Ford

CHESS Intern, SUNY Delhi
Robert Miller

Robert Miller

Graduate Student - HPBio
rcm347@cornell.edu

Faculty Advisor: Nozomi Ando - Research Group Website