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Evolution of the Schwartz Group

Schwartz Group, March '04

The Schwartz group in March 2004.  Back row, from left to right:  Ignacio Martini, Will Molenkamp, Mike Bedard-Hearn, Betsy Raymond, Alex Ayzner.  Front row, from left to right:  Ben Schwartz, Bertrand de Villers, Ross Larsen, Jay Smallwood, Molly Cavanagh, Alex Smith, Ian Craig


Schwartz group April '02
Schwartz group June '01
The Schwartz group in April 2002.  From left to right:  Ben Schwartz, Sean Roberts, Molly Cavanagh, Will Molenkamp, Erik Barthel, Mike Bedard, Ross Larsen, Jay Smallwood, Alex Smith, Peter Nishimura, Ian Criag, Ignacio Martini
The Schwartz group in June 2001.  From left to right:  Ben Schwartz, Thuc-Quyen Nguyen, Ian Craig, Erik Barthel, Jay Smallwood, Ignacio Martini, Mike Bedard, Damian Aherne, Alex Smith, De'en Jiang (in back).

       Note:  The Schwartz group cannot accept responsibility for any damage to your monitor caused by Ian's choice of shirt for group pictures
 
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The Schwartz Group in September, 1998.  From left to right:  Vu Tran, Ben Schwartz, Thuc-Quyen Nyugen, Vinh Doan The Schwartz Group in May 2000.  From left to right:  Ben Schwartz, Erik Barthel, Ian Craig, Thuc-Quyen Nguyen, Damian Aherne, Ignacio Martini, Evish Kamrava

 
Where are they now?  Former graduate student Thuc-Quyen Nguyen, Ph.D. 2001, is currently Asst. Professor of Physical Chemitry at UC Santa Barbara.  Former graduate student Erik Barthel, Ph.D. 2003, is currently in medical school at USC.  Former graduate student Jay Smallwood, Ph.D. 2005, is currently teaching ESL as part of the JET program in Japan.  Former postdoc Ignacio Martini is now the Assistant Director of the UCLA Molecular Instrumentation Center in charge of Materials Research.  Former undergraduate student Sean Roberts is presently a graduate student at MIT in Andrei Tokmakoff's group.   Former graduate student De'en Jiang received his Ph.D. from Emily Carter's group (now at Princeton).  Will Molenkamp, a former joint graduate student with Sarah Tolbert, is now working full time in the Tolbert group.  Former gradaute student Peter Nishimura is currently transferring to the Materials Science Ph.D. program at UCSB.  Former graduate student Alex Smith is presently working for a start-up in the LA area on semiconducting polymer-based devices.  Former graduate student Damian Aherne is presently employed in trhe chemical industry in Texas.  Former graduate students Vu Tran and Vinh Doan are presently employed in the software industry. 
Everett Tolbert-Schwartz

Newest Schwartz group member, Everett Tolbert-Schwartz, age 14 months (September '05).




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