Weeks Lab People

People:

Xin	Kelsey	Xia	Moyo
Max	Fayzan	Skanda.	Eric	Rui

For email address in table below, replace / with @.

Name	Current project	Phone (404)	Email
Xin Du (grad student)	emulsions, magbeads	712-8669	xdu / physics.emory.edu
Kelsey Hattam (grad student)	random close packing	727-3873	khattam / physics.emory.edu
Xia Hong (grad student)	emulsions	727-8592	xhong4 / physics.emory.edu
Moyo Odunsi (undergrad)	aging	712-8669	modunsi / emory.edu
Max Perchak (undergrad)	colloidal crystals	712-8669	mpercha / emory.edu
Fayzan Rab (undergrad)	microrheology	712-8669	sfrab / emory.edu
Skanda Vivek (grad student)	interfacial microrheology	727-7105	skanda.vivek / gmail.com
Eric Weeks (PI)	writing papers & teaching	727-4479	weeks / physics.emory.edu
Rui Wu (undergrad)	colloidal glass transition	712-8669	rwu23 / emory.edu

Current Collaborators:

• Victor Breedveld & Jun Sato at Georgia Tech
• Eric Corwin at the University of Oregon
• John Crocker at the University of Pennsylvania
• Prajna Dhar & Tricia Sprouse at the University of Kansas
• Klebert Feitosa at James Madison University
• Scott Franklin at RIT
• Stefan Lutz & Kitty LingFeng Liu at Emory (Chemistry)
• David Lynn and Dan Pierce at Emory (Chemistry)
• Craig Maloney at Carnegie Mellon
• Corey O'Hern at Yale
• Dave Pine and Mark Elsesser at NYU
• Wilson Poon, Rut Besseling, & Lucio Isa at Univ. Edinburgh
• Peter Schiffer & Igor Veretennikov at Penn State & Notre Dame, respectively
• Arjun Yodh, Zexin Zhang, & Peter Yunker at U Penn

Recent Past Collaborators:

• Gustavo Appignanesi & J. Ariel Rodriguez Fris at Univ. Nacional del Sur, Argentina (2011)
• Horacio Castillo & Azita Parsaeian at Ohio University (2007)
• Claudio Chamon at Boston University (2008)
• Luca Cipelletti at Université Montpellier 22 (2011)
• Leticia Cugliandolo at Univ. Curie - Paris VI (2008)
• Thomas Fischer & Prajna Dhar at University of Bayreuth & FSU (2008)
• James Kindt & Ana West at Emory (Chemistry) (2006)
• Stephan Koehler at Worcester Polytechnic Inst. (2006)
• Jennifer Lewis at U of Illinois / Urbana-Champaign (2008)
• Greg Melikian, Sergi Padilla Parra, and Michelle de la Vega (Emory School of Medicine) (2011)
• Ali Mohraz at UC Irvine (2008)
• Jeff Morris at CCNY (2007)
• Paddy Royall at Univ. Bristol (2013)
• Phil Segre at Emory (2010)
• Michio Tokuyama & Takayuki Narumi at Tohoku University (2011)
• David Weitz at Harvard (2007)

Former Lab Members:

• Zuzana Hnyluchova, Fall '12 -- interfacial microrheology
  Currently: chemistry graduate student at Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic.
• James Sebel, late Spring '10 - Summer '12 -- interfacial microrheology
  B.A. in physics, December '11. Copy of honors thesis. Currently: law student at Harvard University
• Ken Desmond, Summer '06 - Spring '12 -- microrheology, rcp, emulsions
  Ph.D. in physics, May '12. Dissertation, publicity. Currently: postdoctoral fellow at UC-Santa Barbara, working with Megan Valentine.
• Nabiha Saklayen, Summer '09 - Spring '12 -- confined glass transition, rotational diffusion
  B.S. in physics, May '12. Honors thesis. Currently: graduate student in physics at Harvard University (Eric Mazur's lab)
• David Kilgore, Spring '10 - Spring '12 -- colloidal rods
  B.S. in physics, May '12. Currently: Georgia Tech for graduate school in Electrical & Computer Engineering
• Gary Hunter, Fall '06 - Spring '12 -- confined glass transition, colloidal gels
  Ph.D. in physics, May '12. Currently: postdoctoral fellow at NYU, working with Paul Chaikin
• Thibaut Divoux , Fall '11 - Spring '12 -- interfacial microrheology
  Former postdoctoral fellow. Currently: heading for a job at CNRS-Bordeaux
• Meghan Kohne, Fall '11 -- emulsions
  Currently: PhD student in Warncke lab
• Kazem Edmond, Summer '06 - Summer '11 -- confined glass transition, rotational diffusion, movie, dissertation.
  Ph.D. in physics, August '11. Currently: postdoctoral fellow at NYU, working with David Pine
• Dandan Chen , Summer '06 - Summer '11 -- sheared suspensions, quasi-2D emulsions
  Ph.D. in physics, December '10. Copy of dissertation abstract. Currently: working at Soochow University
• Gopal Subedi, Summer '10 - Summer '11 -- interfacial microrheology.
  Former lab technician. Currently: graduate school at Purdue (started Fall '12)
• Daniel Real, Summer '06; Spring '10 - Spring '11 -- Brownian motion
  B.S. in physics, May '11; honors thesis. Currently: at Duke graduate school in physics
• Paul Martin, Spring '10, Fall '10 - Spring '11 -- interfacial microrheology
  B.S. in physics, May '11. Currently: at FSU for graduate school in physics
• Laura (Golick) Gray, Summer '09 - Spring '10 -- emulsions
  Currently: graduate student in the Roth lab
• Justin Pye, Spring '10 -- soap films
  Currently: graduate student in the Roth lab
• Rei Kurita, Fall '07 - Fall '09 -- fragility simulations, rcp experiments
  Former postdoctoral fellow. Currently: Assistant professor at U. Tokyo. Will start an associate professor position at Tokyo Metropolitan University in April 2013.
• Marquise Hopson, Summer '09 -- soap films
  B.S. in biochemistry, Vassar, May '10. Currently: working at the Cardiovascular Institute in Atlanta, heading to George Washington for medical school Fall '13.
• Jenn Lynch, Spring '07 - early Summer '09 -- aging in colloidal glasses
  B.S. in physics, May '09. Currently: grad school at U Penn in Fall '09
• Zach Nadler, Fall '08 - early Summer '09 -- 2D colloidal phases
  B.S. in physics, May '09. Currently: grad school at UC-Santa Cruz '09-'10; leave of absence '11, working in Pittsburgh
• James Davidheiser, Summer '08 - Spring '09 -- chaotic fluid flows; dissertation
  Ph.D. in physics, May '09. Currently: Director of the Acoustic Lab for Acertara Acoustic Labs in Denver, Colorado.
• Joaquim Clara-Rahola, Spring '07 - Spring '09 -- sheared emulsions
  Former postdoctoral fellow. Currently: working at Univ. of Almeria and also partly affiliated with Alberto Fernandez-Nieves at Georgia Tech
• Vikram Prasad, Fall '04 - Winter '08/09 -- 2D colloidal systems
  Former postdoctoral fellow. Currently: working for Dow Chemical Company, Midlands, Michigan
• Gianguido Cianci, Fall '01 - Summer '08 -- magbeads, aging
  Ph.D. in physics, May '08. Currently: in Chicago, postdoctoral fellow with T. J. Hope at Northwestern U
• Pearl Young, Fall '07 - Summer '08 -- emulsions
  B.S. in Physics, May '10; M.A. in History, May '10. Currently: UNC Chapel Hill, working on PhD in history
• Jakub Otwinowski, Fall '07 - Spring '08 -- diffusion and glass transition
  Currently: grad student at Emory, working with Stefan Boettcher
• Cara Hageman, Fall '07 - Spring '08 -- 2D colloidal phases
  B.A. in physics from Emory, Dec. 2009. Currently: teaching in Salamanca, Spain
• Tiffany Soo, Spring '07 - Spring '08 -- colloidal gels
  B.B.A., May '10. Currently: working for accounting firm in Atlanta
• Denis Semwogerere, Spring '04 - Summer '07 -- flowing colloids
  Former postdoctoral fellow. Currently: in Toronto, data analyst for the Shopping Channel
• Scott Franklin, Summer '06 - Summer '07 -- colloidal glass transition
  Sabbatical visitor to the lab. Currently: Associate Professor of Physics at RIT
• Takayuki Narumi, Summer '07 -- colloidal glass transition
  Ph.D. in physics from Tohoku Univ., 2010. Postdoctoral fellow at Kyushu Univ., April 2010-March 2013. Currently: postdoctoral fellow at Kwansei Gakuin Univ.
• Lov Goel, Spring '06 - Spring '07 -- poking colloidal glasses
  B.A. in physics, May '07. J.D., UC Davis, May '10; passed California bar July 2010. Currently: associate in Intellectual Property Litigation at Kirkland & Ellis in Palo Alto, CA.
• Jin Ha Kim, Spring '06 - Fall '06 -- hydraulic jump & biopolymer gels
  Last seen: in Atlanta
• Cortney Crane, Fall '05 - Summer '06 -- emulsion glasses
  B.S. in physics, May '08. Currently: UVA grad school in materials science & engineering; Fall '06 in Australia
• Jessica Hernandez-Guzman, Fall '05 & Spring '06 -- colloidal crystals
  Ph.D. in physics, Aug '10 (Warncke lab -- dissertation). Currently: teaching physics and math at Adams State College, Alamoso, CO
• Tsondue Samphel, Summer '03 thru Fall '03, Spring '05 thru Spring '06 -- colloidal gels
  B.S. in physics, May '06. Currently: grad school at Emory ILA; famous translator
• Ben Bluth, Fall '04 thru Spring '06 -- poking colloidal glasses
  B.A. in physics from Emory, May '07. MD from UCLA, June '11. Currently: starting orthopedic residency at UCLA, 2011-2016; summer '06 in Spain
• Sabrina Rainwater, Fall '05 -- binary colloidal glasses
  B.S. in math from Emory, May '07. Currently: U of Maryland for grad school in math
• Ted Brzinski, Fall '02 thru Summer '05 -- emulsion glasses
  B.S. in physics, May '05. Currently: UPenn for grad school in physics
• Jason Hay, Spring '05 thru Summer '05 -- poking colloidal glasses
  B.S. in physics, Georgia Tech, Dec '04. M.S. degree in science policy from George Washington Univ. Currently: consultant for The Tauri Group.
• Carrie Nugent, Summer '04 & Summer '05 -- confined colloidal glasses
  B.S. in physics, Bucknell Univ., May '05. Ph.D. in Geophysics & Space Physics, UCLA, Spring '13. Currently: heading to NASA's JPL (CalTech) for postdoc position with Amy Mainzer
• Joe Saldana, Fall '04 & Spring '05 -- confined colloidal glasses
  Last seen: in Atlanta
• Kevin Welsher, Fall '04 & Spring '05 -- colloidal crystals
  B.S. in chemistry & B.A. in physics, May '05. Ph.D. in chemistry at Stanford, Aug '10. Currently: at Princeton working with Haw Yang as a postdoctoral fellow
• Brad Andrews, Summer '04 thru Fall '04 -- poking colloidal glasses
  M.S. in secondary education from UIC. Currently: teaching physics and chemistry in Chicago suburbs in Fall 2009
• Rachel Courtland, Summer '01 thru Summer '04 -- poking colloidal glasses
  M.S. in physics, August '04. M.S. in Science Communication, UC-Santa Cruz, 2007. Was intern journalist at Nature Spring '08. Currently: working for IEEE Spectrum in NYC.
• Susannah (Cooke) Lomant, Summer '03 & Summer '04 -- colloids and jamming
  Currently: Teaching at Georgia Perimeter College
• Piotr Habdas, Dec '01 thru Summer '04 -- poking colloidal glasses
  Former postdoctoral fellow. Currently: Associate professor of physics at St. Joseph's University
• Doug Anderson, Summer/Fall '01 & Summer '03 thru Summer '04 -- microscopic colloidal flow
  
  B.A. in physics from Emory, May '03. MA in classics from UGA '07. MA in Religion from the Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (Boston) (date?). Married Dorcas November 2010 (picture). Currently: living in Singapore teaching English
• David Schaar, Summer '02 - Spring '04 -- poking colloidal glasses
  M.S. in physics from Emory, Dec '03. Married Raja 2006(?), they now have two cute kids, Daniel and Nuri. Daniel Schaar and Marion Weeks are the same age and love playing together. Currently: teaching science at Decatur High School
• Amy Franciscovich, Spring '04 -- poking colloidal glasses
  B.S. in chemistry from Emory, Dec '06. Currently: student at Harvard Med School
• Christina Wallace, Spring '03 thru Summer '03 -- aging of colloidal glasses
  B.A. in theater studies & math, May '05. MBA, Harvard Business School, May '10. Consultant in Washington, DC for a a year. Currently: In New York City, launching a startup company: Quincy.
• Shanshan Wu, Fall '02 thru Summer '03 -- poking colloidal glasses
  M.S. in physics from Emory, July 2003. Ph.D. in physics from Brown, 2008. Currently: in China working for McKinsey & Company.
• Hetal Patel, Summer '01 thru Spring '03 -- bumpy walls
  B.A. in chemistry & history from Emory, May '03. M.D. from St. George's Univ., 2010. Currently: working as a doctor in London (at University College Hospital)
• Raul Gonzalez, Spring '03 -- emulsion glasses
  B.A. in chemistry from Emory, May '04. M.D. from Medical College of Georgia, 2008. Currently: resident at Emory Univ. in pathology.
• Tracy Lipps, Spring '03 -- aging of colloidal glasses
  B.S. in biology, May '05. Last seen: heading for med school (maybe at Duke?)
• Martin Frank, Fall '01 thru Fall '02 -- microscopic colloidal flow
  B.S. in physics, May '05. Ph.D. in physics, Baylor University, May '11. Currently: postdoctoral fellowship at U Virginia / working at Fermilab. Eric, Martin, and Martin's wife Mary got together for pizza near Fermilab in June 2011: picture 1, picture 2. Daughter Claire was born January 2012.
• Gabriel Charvat, Summer '02 -- size-changing colloids
  M.S. in physics from Emory, May '04. M.S. in finance/non-profit finance from Georgia State, 2009. Currently: financial analysis at RaceTrac.
• Bayard Bavetta, Spring/Summer '02 -- hard disk simulations
  B.S. in CS from Emory, May '02; M.S. in CS from Emory, Aug '03; PhD in computer engineering from UF, '05.
• Charlotte Hollinger, Summer '02 -- emulsion glasses
  
  B.S. in chemistry & biology from Emory, May '03. Veterinary Medicine from U Penn 2008. Married Sean in 2010, they have two handicapped dogs, two crazy cats, and a couple of reptiles as of March 2011. Currently: clinical pathology resident at Michigan State University.
• Meredith McTernan, Summer/Fall '01 -- bumpy walls, binary glasses
  B.S. in physics from Emory, May '02. Last seen: working in New York City
• Andrew Levitt, Summer '01 -- poking colloidal glasses
  
  B.S. in physics from U of Toronto, Nov. '03. Currently: After graduation, worked as engineer in Montreal, then Tuscon, then San Francisco. Now at U Delaware studying green energy (M.S. program)