Simon selected as Section Editor of Acta Crystallographica Section A
Congrats to Simon for being selected as Section Editor of Acta Crystallographica Section A: Foundations of Crystallography
PDF book chapter to come out soon
A book chapter on the PDF method applied to semiconductors, authored by Emil, Pavol and Simon, will be in the book “Characterization of semiconductor nanostructures and heterostructures” to come out shortly. Keep an eye out for it! Thanks everyone for your efforts!
Prof. Billinge interview by Materials Today
A recent interview of Prof. Billinge by Materials Today has been made into a Podcast: http://www.materialstoday.com/podcasts/ Check out the May 24th Podcast entitled “Material Structures”
ePDF Highlighted
Congrats to Milinda Abeykoon and the team for having their recent work highlighted. Milinda’s paper in the May edition of Z. Kristallogr. was featured on the cover of the journal and in a news release put out jointly by Columbia and Brookhaven: http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/pubaf/pr/PR_display.asp?prID=1411
Former Undergrad Amir Maz wins a poster prize at MRS
Amir Mazeheripour, who worked in the group as an undergrad in 2010 and 2011, has won a special mention for his poster at the Spring 2012 MRS meeting in San Francisco. His poster describes the work he did with the group on the role of surface stress on the properties of platinum nanoparticles used in… Read More Former Undergrad Amir Maz wins a poster prize at MRS
Prof. Billinge wins a Fulbright Research Scholarship
Professor Billinge is on Sabbatical this year at the Institut Laue Langevin (ILL) and the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), which share the same site in Grenoble, France. He was recently awarded a prestigious Fulbright research scholarship which helps support his activities in France.
Yingrui Shang leaves to take up a faculty position
Congratulations to Yingrui Shang for completing a successful postdoc period with the group and landing a faculty position at Tianjin University in China (http://www.tju.edu.cn/english/). Good luck with the next stage of your career Yingui!
Jiwu Liu lands a job at Amazon
Congratulations to Jiwu Liu for completing a successful post-doc position in the group and landing a job at Amazon in Seattle. Good luck selling books Jiwu and thanks for all your contributions to the group.
Former student, Xiangyun Qiu, gets a faculty position at George Washington University
In 2010, former graduate student, Xiangyun Qiu, who after leaving the group did a postdoc at Cornell University and then at the National Institute of Health (NIH) in Bethesda Maryland, took up a tenure track assistant professor position at George Washington University in Washington DC. Congratulations to Xiangyun, and very well deserved.
Prof Billinge awarded a Fulbright scholarship
Professor Billinge has been honored with a prestigious Fulbright Research Scholarship. This international program is funded jointly by the US and French governments to promote international exchange. http://fulbright.state.gov/ http://www.fulbright-france.org/
The Billinge Group: Columbia University 