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PROGRAM
EARLY CAREERRESEARCHER
SYMPOSIUM
2019 BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY
November 14, 2019
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Dear Guest,
Welcome and thank you for participating in the eighth annual Early Career Researcher Symposium (ECRS), presented by the Association of Students and Postdocs (ASAP).
This symposium is a showcase of the exceptional research that is performed by students and postdocs at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL). Today the BNL early career researcher community will present their recent work through 40 oral presentations and 20 posters. A career panel and a distinguished keynote lecture will complement this display of work.
Dr. Berndt Mueller, Associate Laboratory Director for Nuclear & Particle Physics, will give the opening remarks. The career panel will feature numerous professionals across a wide range of scientific backgrounds where students and postdocs will have the opportunity to learn from their experience. In the afternoon, Dr. Ashley Head, staff scientist at the Center for Functional Nanomaterials, will address the symposium. Laboratory Director Doon Gibbs will deliver the award ceremony and closing remarks, which will be followed by a networking reception.
The symposium was organized by a group of students and postdocs whose work and generous donation of time show great dedication to their fellow researchers. Financial support was provided by the sponsors listed on the back cover of this program. We encourage you to visit their booths throughout the day and explore the links provided on the ECRS website (https://www.bnl.gov/ecrs2019/sponsors.php). ASAP is an organization dedicated to ensuring a high quality of life for early career researchers at BNL. It is funded by Brookhaven Science Associates and supported by senior staff members. The ASAP board recognizes the importance of professional development to its members and it is in this spirit that we present the ECRS. Thank you for your participation and support for the ECRS. We hope that you enjoy your day.
Sincerely,
The ASAP Board
Lei Wang Kyle Capobianco-Hogan Liang Song
Feng Zhang Matthew Musgrave Prashanth Shanmuganathan
LETTER FROM THE ORGANIZERSTiffany Bowman
Doon Gibbs
Berndt Mueller
Will Safer
Chris Weaver
Kathleen Flint Ehm
Shruti Sharma
Barbara Chapman
Katherine Hughes
Forrest Bowling
Roger Stoutenburgh
Jonathan Gentile
Laura Rotundo
THANK YOU
Nathalie Bouet
Anibal Boscoboinik
Bjoern Schenke
David J Schlyer
Nicholas Camillone
Qin Wu
Salvadoe Fazio
Weiguo Yin
Iradwikanari Waluyo
Fernando Camino
Daniel Mazzone
David Grills
Dmitriy Polyanskiy
Gerald Manbeck
Deyu Lu
Jerzy Sadowski
Kotaro Sasaki
Sooyeon Hwang
Chang-jun Liu
Crysten Blaby
Mehmed Ertem
Miomir Vukmirovic
Enyuan Hu
Esther Tsai
JUDGES
Lei Wang
Kyle Capobianco-Hogan
Liang Song
Feng Zhang
Matthew Musgrave
Christine Carter
Ashley Head
Kathleen Amm
Priscilla Antunez
Kathleen Flint Ehm
Sanjaya Senanayake
Rachel Stevenson
ORGANIZING COMMITTEEGUESTS
2019 Early Career Researcher Symposium
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PROGRAM SCHEDULE
8:00-9:00 Registration
Poster Hanging
Breakfast
Lobby
9:00-9:15 Opening Remarks Dr. Berndt Mueller
Auditorium
9:20-11:10 Parallel Oral Sessions A, B, C, Auditorium
11:10-12:00 Career Panel Dr. Kathleen Amm Dr. Priscilla Antunez Dr. Kathleen Flint Ehm Dr. Sanjaya Senanayake Dr. Rachel Stevenson
Auditorium
12:00-12:50 Poster Session A
Odd numbered posters
Lobby
12:50-1:40 Poster Session B Even numbered posters
Lobby
1:40-3:30 Parallel Oral Sessions A, B, C, Auditorium
3:30-3:50 Coffee Break
Organizer & Volunteer Photo
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3:50-4:30 Keynote Address Dr. Ashley Head
Auditorium
4:30-5:00 Closing Remarks Dr. Doon Gibbs
Awards Presentation
Auditorium
5:00-7:00 Reception Lobby
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KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Dr. Ashley HeadAshley Head is a staff scientist at the Center for Functional Nanomaterials. She supports users of infrared spectroscopy and ambient pressure X-ray photoelec-tron spectroscopy instrumentation. Additionally, she conducts her own research program focuses on understanding atomic layer deposition mechanisms and het-erogeneous catalysis with metal organic frameworks.
Ashley received her Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry from James Madison University in 2005. For a year she worked in the quality control lab of a milk and dairy creamer factory before returning to graduate school. In 2006 she received her PhD in physical chemistry, studying the gas phase electronic structure of mol-ecules. Exhausted from graduate school, she taught general chemistry lab courses at Howard County Community College in Maryland for a year. Refreshed from a break in research, Ashley spent 2 years as a postdoc in at Lund University in Sweden learning about synchrotrons and surface science. Wanting to return to the US, Ashley accepted a second postdoctoral position at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory where she studied how nerve agent simulants adsorbed onto model systems of gas mask filtration materials. She also had a daughter during this three-year postdoc appointment. In January 2018, she joined Brookhaven National Laboratory at the CFN.
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CAREER PANEL SPEAKER
Dr. Kathleen AmmDr. Kathleen Amm obtained her Ph.D.-Condensed Matter Physics from Florida State University, and a B.Sc.-Mathematics and Physics-University of Toronto. She has over 18 years of experience in superconductivity and magnet design, and has published over 30 peer-reviewed publications and 22 patents in cryogenics and superconductivity. Her primary research areas of interest include: MRI and medical applications of superconductivity, superconducting electric machines, high tempera-ture superconductivity, material properties at low temperatures, and permanent magnets. Kathleen is currently the Head of the Superconducting Magnet Division at Brookhaven National Laboratory where she works with her team on the design, production, and testing of superconducting magnets for particle accelerators and other applications.
Prior to joining BNL in 2018, she served as the Mission Leader for superconducting generators at GE Global Research where she worked with her team to deliver in-novative superconducting technologies to GE businesses. Kathleen is a member of several professional societies - she is a senior member IEEE, an Applied Supercon-ductivity conference board member, a former Cryogenic Engineering Conference Board member, a Superconductor Science and Technology Board member, a CSA member, an ASME member, a former GE Women’s Network Steering Committee member. She is also DFSS Black Belt Certified and MATRIZ certified.
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CAREER PANEL SPEAKER
Dr. Priscilla AntunezPriscilla Antunez is an Assistant Director for Strategic Partnerships | Administra-tion at the Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN). She is point of contact for Partnerships, Communications Liaison and Tech transfer Liaison at CFN. Addition-ally, her expertise includes solution-phase deposition of thin films, new materials development and process optimization for the fabrication of solar cell devices and synthesis, deposition, and characterization of colloidal nanomaterials and semicon-ducting thin films.
Priscilla received her first Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial and Manage-ment System Engineering from University of Sonora and her second Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from California State Polytechnic University-Pomona. In 2014, she received her Ph.D. degree in Chemistry from University of Southern California. She studied solution-phase synthesis and deposition of earth-abundant metal chalcogenide semiconductors during her Ph.D. In May 2015, she worked in IBM T.J. Watson Research Center as a postdoctoral researcher. Two years later, she became Business Development Executive in Argonne National Laboratory. In December 2018, she joined Brookhaven National Laboratory at the CFN as the Assistant Director for Strategic Partnerships.
She is passionate about sharing her experience with all students, postdocs and young researchers.
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CAREER PANEL SPEAKER
Dr. Kathleen Flint EhmKathleen Flint Ehm, PhD, is Director for Graduate and Postdoctoral Professional Development in the Graduate School at Stony Brook University. In this role, she fosters initiatives at the intersection of the university’s research and education mis-sions for students and postdocs, and directs the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs. She also teaches science communication for the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science.
Dr. Flint Ehm specializes in postdoctoral policy and professional development for PhDs, including issues related to responsible conduct of research training, program and policy development, and fostering the advancement of postdoc women in ac-ademic science. She spent six years at the National Postdoctoral Association in Washington, DC, serving as project manager for grant-funded initiatives. In 2004, she spent a year in residence at the National Science Foundation where she was a Science and Technology Policy Fellow sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. There she specialized in issues concerning early-ca-reer scientists and helped manage one of NSF’s newest postdoctoral fellowship programs.
An astronomer by training, Dr. Flint Ehm was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Gemini Observatory North and a Carnegie Fellow at the Carnegie Institution of Washing-ton’s Department of Terrestrial Magnetism. She holds a Ph.D. in Astronomy and Astrophysics from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and a B.S. in Math and Astronomy from the University of Arizona.
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CAREER PANEL SPEAKER
Dr. Sanjaya D. SenanayakeSanjaya Senanayake is a staff chemist at the Chemistry Division in Brookhaven Na-tional Laboratory and a PI in the Catalysis Reactivity and Structure Group He con-ducts his research program focused on heterogeneous catalysis andsurface science by using synchrotron techniques andelectron microscopy ofnanoparticles, metal oxides, model and powder catalysts.
Sanjaya received his Bachelor of Technology in Materials with Honours from The University of Auckland in 2001. In 2006 he received his PhD in Chemistry from The University of Auckland. Then he started his Postdoctoral Research Associate ca-reer at the Chemical Sciences Division in Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), during when he studied surface chemistry using X-rays. From 2008 to 2012, he worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL). Then he became an Assistant Chemist in 2012 and Associate Chemist in 2014. In 2018, he became a chemist in Brookhaven National Laboratory at the Chemistry Division. Sanjaya received the DOE Early Career Award in 2017.
He is passionate about communicating science to a variety of audiences and men-toring young scientists.
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CAREER PANEL SPEAKER
Dr. Rachel StevensonRachel Stevenson is a Data Scientist at Macy’s. Before joining Macy’s, she was a Re-search Scientist at Formulus Black, where she performed systematic benchmarking studies of the company’s new in-memory-computing architecture.
Rachel received her Bachelor of Science in Physics and Mathematics from Vander-bilt University in 2006. In 2013 she received her PhD in Condensed Matter and Materials Physics from The University of Tennessee-Knoxville studying the quan-tum Hall system. Then she started her Postdoctoral Research Associate career at Purdue University where she applied few-body-physics technique to the quantum Hall problem. From 2016 to 2017, she worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Michigan developing numerical simulations of strongly interact-ing cold-atom condensates, and then returned to Purdue University as a Visiting Research Scholar in November of 2017 for half of a year. In 2018, she joined in Formulus Black and 9 months later, she joined Macy’s as a Data Scientist.
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1. Very Forward Proton Detection and Interaction Region Requirements for an Electron Ion Collider Alexander Jentsch
2. Identifying an Economic Mechanism for Providing Inertial Support for Modern Power Grid Through Renewable Energy Resources Amirthegunaraj Yogarathnam
3. Influence of Multiple Equivalent Reaction Pathways on Rates of Proton Couple Electron Transfer Brian Dimarco
4. Mechanism of the accelerated water formation reaction under interfacial confinement Chen Zhou
5. Innovative methods for evaluating fission yields Gino Fabricante
6. Electrochemical and Photochemical CO2 Reduction with Ruthenium Catalysts Containing NHC Ligands Lei Zhang
7. Iridium-Zinc Alloy Catalysts for Electro-oxidation of Ammonia in Alkaline Media Liang Song
8. Addressing Multi-Functional Protein Families with Comparative Genomics, Biochemistry and Genetics Miriam Pasquini
9. Machine Learning for Scientist & Engineers: All You Need to Know Odera Dim
10. A new method to characterize the Rayleigh scattering for large-volume liquid scintillator detectors Sasmit Gokhale
11. Realistic Uncertainty Determination of Nuclear Level Densities Sophia Hollick
12. Evaluation of solvent contactors for separations of Ac-225 from Thorium and/or Radium Steven Slote
13. Actinium-225 column automation and flow studies Theresa Grimaldi
14. Synthesis of Two-dimensional Silica and Aluminosilicate Structures Yixin Xu
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15. Collision geometry and breakup determination in eA collisions Wan Chang
16. Confined Catalysis under 2D Silica: A CO Oxidation Study Calley Eads
17. Enhancing User Interaction with Nuclear Physics Databases Benjamin Shu
18. Forward Calorimeter System: Optimal Resolution for SiPM’s Roman Burridge
19. Crystal structure of a lipin phosphatidic acid phosphatase provides insight into N-Lip function, membrane association, and disease mutations Valerie Khayyo
20. 3D- morphology of Bimodal Porous Cu Fabricated via de-alloying Method Lijie Zou
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Dear Guest,
Welcome and thank you for participating in the eighth annual Early Career Researcher Symposium (ECRS), presented by the Association of Students and Postdocs (ASAP).
This symposium is a showcase of the exceptional research that is performed by students and postdocs at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL). Today the BNL early career researcher community will present their recent work through 40 oral presentations and 20 posters. A career panel and a distinguished keynote lecture will complement this display of work.
Dr. Berndt Mueller, Associate Laboratory Director for Nuclear & Particle Physics, will give the opening remarks. The career panel will feature numerous professionals across a wide range of scientific backgrounds where students and postdocs will have the opportunity to learn from their experience. In the afternoon, Dr. Ashley Head, staff scientist at the Center for Functional Nanomaterials, will address the symposium. Laboratory Director Doon Gibbs will deliver the award ceremony and closing remarks, which will be followed by a networking reception.
The symposium was organized by a group of students and postdocs whose work and generous donation of time show great dedication to their fellow researchers. Financial support was provided by the sponsors listed on the back cover of this program. We encourage you to visit their booths throughout the day and explore the links provided on the ECRS website (https://www.bnl.gov/ecrs2019/sponsors.php). ASAP is an organization dedicated to ensuring a high quality of life for early career researchers at BNL. It is funded by Brookhaven Science Associates and supported by senior staff members. The ASAP board recognizes the importance of professional development to its members and it is in this spirit that we present the ECRS. Thank you for your participation and support for the ECRS. We hope that you enjoy your day.
Sincerely,
The ASAP Board
Lei Wang Kyle Capobianco-Hogan Liang Song
Feng Zhang Matthew Musgrave Prashanth Shanmuganathan
LETTER FROM THE ORGANIZERSTiffany Bowman
Doon Gibbs
Berndt Mueller
Will Safer
Chris Weaver
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Shruti Sharma
Barbara Chapman
Katherine Hughes
Forrest Bowling
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Jonathan Gentile
Laura Rotundo
THANK YOU
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Fernando Camino
Daniel Mazzone
David Grills
Dmitriy Polyanskiy
Gerald Manbeck
Deyu Lu
Jerzy Sadowski
Kotaro Sasaki
Sooyeon Hwang
Chang-jun Liu
Crysten Blaby
Mehmed Ertem
Miomir Vukmirovic
Enyuan Hu
Esther Tsai
JUDGES
Lei Wang
Kyle Capobianco-Hogan
Liang Song
Feng Zhang
Matthew Musgrave
Christine Carter
Ashley Head
Kathleen Amm
Priscilla Antunez
Kathleen Flint Ehm
Sanjaya Senanayake
Rachel Stevenson
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