Staff Directory

Meet the CHESS personnel.

CHESS staff

LEADERSHIP

Joel Brock

Joel Brock

Director, CHESS
607-255-9006
jdb20@cornell.edu
Elke Arenholz

Elke Arenholz

Associate Director, CHESS
607-255-6291
ea427@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
Kathy Dedrick

Kathy Dedrick

Director, CHESS User Program Office
607-255-0920
kd73@cornell.edu
Ernie Fontes

Ernie Fontes

Technical Director, CLASSE
607-255-2959
ef11@cornell.edu
Carl Franck

Carl Franck

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

Web: http://franckgroup.lassp.cornell.edu/

Sol Gruner

Sol Gruner

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

Matt Miller

Director, InSitμ
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.
 

STAFF SCIENTISTS

Aaron Finke

Aaron Finke

Staff Scientist, MacCHESS
607-254-8983
af554@cornell.edu
Ken Finkelstein

Ken Finkelstein

Staff Scientist, CHESS
607-255-0914
kdf1@cornell.edu
Richard Gillilan

Richard Gillilan

Staff Scientist, MacCHESS
607-254-8983
reg8@cornell.edu
Qingqiu Huang

Qingqiu Huang

Staff Scientist, MacCHESS
607-255-9386
qh24@cornell.edu

Beamline affiliations: F1

Peter Ko

Peter Ko

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

Twitter: @jypeterk

Beamline affiliations: F2

Darren C. Pagan

Darren C. Pagan

Staff Scientist, CHESS
607-255-0915
dcp99@cornell.edu

Beamline affiliations: F2

Chris Pollock

Chris Pollock

Staff Scientist, CHESS
607-255-3617
cjp227@cornell.edu
Jacob Ruff

Jacob Ruff

Staff Scientist, CHESS
607-255-2538
jpr243@cornell.edu

Beamline affiliations: A2

Twitter: @jpcruff

 

David_J_Schuller

David J. Schuller

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

Beamline affiliations: F1

 

Louisa Smieska

Louisa Smieska

Staff Scientist, CHESS
607-255-0915
lmb327@cornell.edu
Stanislav Stoupin

Stanislav Stoupin

Staff Scientist, CHESS
607-255-3617
sstoupin@cornell.edu

Beamline affiliations: A1

Zhongwu Wang

Zhongwu Wang

Staff Scientist, CHESS
607-255-3551
zw42@cornell.edu
Arthur Woll

Arthur Woll

Staff Scientist, CHESS
607-255-7209
arthurwoll@cornell.edu

Twitter: @arthurwoll

Beamline affiliations: G1, G2, G3

RESEARCH STAFF

Carter Bagnell

Carter Bagnell

Operator, CHESS
607-255-7163
clb365@cornell.edu
Elisabeth Bodnaruk

Elisabeth Bodnaruk

Operator, CHESS
607-255-7163
ecb238@cornell.edu
Austin Cao

Austin Cao

Research Support Specialist, CHESS
607-255-5717
yc2234@cornell.edu
Melissa Cole

Melissa Cole

Operator, CHESS
607-255-7163
mac234@cornell.edu
Chris Conolly

Chris Conolly

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

John Conrad

Operator, CHESS
607-255-7163
jec327@cornell.edu
Mike Cook

Mike Cook

Research Support Specialist
607-254-1227
mjc10@cornell.edu
Eric Edwards

Eric Edwards

Research Support Specialist, CHESS
607-255-0909
eje25@cornell.edu
Jerry Houghton

Jerry Houghton

Technician, CHESS
607-255-7163
jsh17@cornell.edu
Aimee Kellicutt

Aimee Kellicutt

Operator, CHESS
607-255-7163
abk94@cornell.edu
John Kopsa

John Kopsa

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

Tom Krawczyk

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

Irina Kriksunov

Research Support Specialist
607-255-5717
ik29@cornell.edu
Aaron Lyndaker

Aaron Lyndaker

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

Kurt McDonald

Operator, CHESS
607-254-4930
kdm96@cornell.edu
Gregg McElwee

Gregg McElwee

Operator, CHESS
607-255-7163
gtm35@cornell.edu
Bill Miller

Bill Miller

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

Katie Moring

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

Alan Pauling

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

Dana Richter

Research Support Specialist, CHESS
607-254-1227
der4@cornell.edu
Lee Shelp

Lee Shelp

Operator, CHESS
607-254-8266
ljs30@cornell.edu
Scott Smith

Scott Smith

Research Support Specialist, CHESS
607-255-5717
ses83@cornell.edu
Phil Sorensen

Phil Sorensen

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

Keith Surrena

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

Chris Whiting

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

Shijie Yang

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

ADMIN STAFF

Erik Herman

Erik Herman

Education & Outreach Coordinator at CLASSE
607-255-2319
eah229@cornell.edu
Nahla Minges

Nahla Minges

Admin Assistant, CHESS User Program Office
607-255-7163
nm632@cornell.edu
Rick Ryan

Rick Ryan

Science Communicator, CLASSE
607-255-3852
rjr327@cornell.edu

POST DOCS

David_Agyeman-Budu

David Agyeman-Budu

Post Doc, CHESS
607-255-8779
da76@cornell.edu
louise debefve

Louise Debefve

Post Doc, CHESS
607-255-1061
lmd252@cornell.edu
Xin Huang

Xin Huang

Post Doc, CHESS
607-255-1061
xh78@cornell.edu
Sriramya Nair

Sriramya Nair

Post Doc, CHESS
607-255-1061
sn599@cornell.edu
Kelly Nygren

Kelly Nygren

Post Doc, CHESS
607-255-1061
ken38@cornell.edu
Durgesh Kumar Rai

Durgesh Kumar Rai

Post Doc, CHESS
607-255-1061
dkr42@cornell.edu

STUDENTS

Christopher Budrow

Christopher Budrow

Graduate Student, CHESS
607-255-7163
cjb353@cornell.edu
Arthur Campello

Arthur Campello

Undergraduate Student, CHESS
607-255-7163
ac2397@cornell.edu
Xinran Feng

Xinran Feng

Graduate Student, CHESS
607-255-7163
xf59@cornell.edu
Johnathan Kuan

Johnathan Kuan

Graduate Student, CHESS
607-255-5215
jk2788@cornell.edu