MARKS GROUP MEETINGS (Summer 2025)

Main Group Meetings

Meetings will be held through Zoom at 6:00 PM on the following Tuesdays.

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Group business followed by a formal talk of about an hour on your research or another topic of your choosing Summer meetings typically focus on specialized experimental techniques.

JULY 01 Tobin Marks (EXAFS)
08 Kristen Beckett (Crystallography)
10 Summer Picnic 4-6
15 Yao Yao (Useful Software/OECT Device Fabrication)
22 YongjoonCho (GIWAXS)
29 Carter Edenfield (Na/K Protocol)
AUGUST 05 Zhiyu “Clifford” Feng
12 Seongjin Park
19 No Meeting

A-Team Meetings

Meetings are held in G247 at 2:00PM on Wednesdays.

The format will continue to be a 45 minute talk, with new group members encouraged to ask for additional background as needed to better understand the primary goals of your research.

 

Solid State Lunch

Meetings are held in G247 at 12:00PM on Thursdays.

Speakers should give summaries of recent results of individual research projects. Talks should be limited to 45 min, and can be formal or informal. You are welcome to bring a lunch.

 

JULY 02 No Meeting JULY 03 No Meeting
09 Lin Huang 10 Anushka Dasgupta
16 No Meeting 17 Qing Ma
23 Qingheng Lai 24 Update: No Meeting
30 Yuang Wang 31 Daniel Duplessis
AUGUST 06 Anson Rowe AUGUST 07 Yuyang Wang
13 Zhiyu “Clifford” Feng 14 No Meeting
20 Maya Milrod 21 No Meeting

 

Special Issue in Honor of Professor Tobin J. Marks

The November 21 issue of the Journal of Materials Chemistry C is a special themed issue in celebration of Tobin Marks’ 75th Birthday. Congratulations to Tobin and all of his students and collaborators!

Steven Swick defends his thesis and is now Dr. Swick! 

Steven Swick defends his thesis and is now Dr. Swick!  Steven is headed to a postdoctoral fellow position at Stanford U. Congratulations!

 

Steven Swick with his thesis committee, Mike Wasielewski, Tom Meade, and Tobin Marks.
Steven Swick with his mom, siblings and Tobin.

Brian Eckstein Successfully Defends his PhD Thesis

Congratulations to Brian Eckstein who successfully defended his PhD thesis on Friday,  November 1, 2019.   Brian is headed to a postdoc at the Colorado School of Mines.

Brain Eckstein with committee members, Lin Chen, Mike Wasielewski, and Tobin Marks
Brian Eckstein with his dad (who is a Professor at the University of Illinois ) and his mom.