Meet the CHESS personnel.
Staff Directory
LEADERSHIP
Joel Brock
Director, CHESS
607-255-9006
jdb20@cornell.edu
Elke Arenholz
Associate Director, CHESS
607-255-6291
ea427@cornell.edu
Armand Beaudoin
Associate Director, InSitμ
607-255-7163
ajb265@cornell.edu
Richard Cerione
PI, MacCHESS
607-254-6322
rac1@cornell.edu
Kathy Dedrick
Director, CHESS User Program Office
607-255-0920
kd73@cornell.edu
Ernie Fontes
Technical Director, CLASSE
607-255-2959
ef11@cornell.edu
Faculty Advisor for SRCCS and SUNRiSE undergraduate summer research programs, CHESS
607-255-5215, 607-255-3562
cpf1@cornell.edu
Laboratory of Atomic and Solid-State Physics, 525 and E18 Clark Hall, Physics Dept., Cornell University
Professor of Physics, MacCHESS co-PI, CHESS Director Emeritus
607-255-3441
smg26@cornell.edu
Matt Miller
Director, InSitμ
607-255-0400
mpm4@cornell.edu
Director, MacCHESS
607-255-5717
dms35@cornell.edu
Contact for: general MacCHESS information.
STAFF SCIENTISTS
Ken Finkelstein
Staff Scientist, CHESS
607-255-0914
kdf1@cornell.edu
Richard Gillilan
Staff Scientist, MacCHESS
607-254-8983
reg8@cornell.edu
Chris Pollock
Staff Scientist, CHESS
607-255-3617
cjp227@cornell.edu
Louisa Smieska
Staff Scientist, CHESS
607-255-0915
lmb327@cornell.edu
Zhongwu Wang
Staff Scientist, CHESS
607-255-3551
zw42@cornell.edu
RESEARCH STAFF
Carter Bagnell
Operator, CHESS
607-255-7163
clb365@cornell.edu
Elisabeth Bodnaruk
Operator, CHESS
607-255-7163
ecb238@cornell.edu
Melissa Cole
Operator, CHESS
607-255-7163
mac234@cornell.edu
Chris Conolly
CHESS Technical Director
607-255-0913
cjc16@cornell.edu
John Conrad
Operator, CHESS
607-255-7163
jec327@cornell.edu
Mike Cook
Research Support Specialist
607-254-1227
mjc10@cornell.edu
John Dobbins
Research Support Specialist, CHESS
(607) 255-5717
john.dobbins@cornell.edu
Eric Edwards
Research Support Specialist, CHESS
607-255-0909
eje25@cornell.edu
Jerry Houghton
Technician, CHESS
607-255-7163
jsh17@cornell.edu
Aimee Kellicutt
Operator, CHESS
607-255-7163
abk94@cornell.edu
John Kopsa
Machinist, CHESS
607-255-7163
jfk4@cornell.edu
Tom Krawczyk
Research Support Specialist, CHESS
607-255-9894
tk73@cornell.edu
Irina Kriksunov
Research Support Specialist
607-255-5717
ik29@cornell.edu
Aaron Lyndaker
Research Support Specialist, CHESS
607-255-0919
al533@cornell.edu
Kurt McDonald
Operator, CHESS
607-254-4930
kdm96@cornell.edu
Gregg McElwee
Operator, CHESS
607-255-7163
gtm35@cornell.edu
Bill Miller
Research Support Specialist
607-254-1227
wam2@cornell.edu
Katie Moring
Assistant Operations Manager, CHESS
607-254-4930
kmm432@cornell.edu
Alan Pauling
Research Support Specialist, CHESS
607-255-9894
akp3@cornell.edu
Dana Richter
Research Support Specialist, CHESS
607-254-1227
der4@cornell.edu
Lee Shelp
Operator, CHESS
607-254-8266
ljs30@cornell.edu
Keara Soloway
Operator, CHESS
607-255-7163
kls286@cornell.edu
Phil Sorensen
Software Developer, CHESS
607-254-8266
pas37@cornell.edu
Keith Surrena
Research Support Specialist, CHESS
5-0909
ks2399@cornell.edu
Chris Whiting
Research Support Specialist, CHESS
607-254-4930
ccw63@cornell.edu
Shijie Yang
Computer Hardware, CHESS
607-254-8266
sy68@cornell.edu
ADMIN STAFF
Erik Herman
Education & Outreach Coordinator at CLASSE
607-255-2319
eah229@cornell.edu
Nahla Minges
Admin Assistant, CHESS User Program Office
607-255-7163
nm632@cornell.edu
Rick Ryan
Science Communicator, CLASSE
607-255-3852
rjr327@cornell.edu
POST DOCS
David Agyeman-Budu
Post Doc, CHESS
607-255-8779
da76@cornell.edu
Louise Debefve
Post Doc, CHESS
607-255-1061
lmd252@cornell.edu
Xin Huang
Post Doc, CHESS
607-255-1061
xh78@cornell.edu
Kelly Nygren
Post Doc, CHESS
607-255-1061
ken38@cornell.edu
Durgesh Kumar Rai
Post Doc, CHESS
607-255-1061
dkr42@cornell.edu
STUDENTS
Arthur Campello
Undergraduate Student, CHESS
607-255-7163
ac2397@cornell.edu
Xinran Feng
Graduate Student, CHESS
607-255-7163
xf59@cornell.edu
Johnathan Kuan
Graduate Student, CHESS
607-255-5215
jk2788@cornell.edu