Prof. Sabyasachi Sen
Educational Background
B.S. University of Calcutta, 1987
M.S. University of Calcutta, 1989
M.S. University of Houston, 1991
Ph.D. Stanford University, 1995
Contact Information
sbsen@ucdavis.edu
530 752 3789
2017 Kemper Hall
Current Graduate Students
Ido Chuang (PhD student)
Research area: Role of Modifier ions in network relaxation of supercooled liquids
Makena Andersen (PhD student)
Research area: Dynamical heterogeneity of supercooled liquids- Spectroscopic and Light Scattering studies
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Past Graduate Students
Luke Thornley (MS)
Research area: 3D printing with metallic glasses
Current Position: Engineer, LLNL
Jacob Lovi (MS)
Research area: Mass effect on transport properties of supercooled liquids
Current Position: PhD student, Australian National University
Bing Yuan (PhD)
Research area: Structural dimensionality and Connectivity effect on the shear mechanical response of supercooled chalcogenide liquids
Current Position: Engineer, Diamond Foundry, Bay Area, CA
Yiqing Xia (PhD)
Research Area: Shear and enthalpy relaxation of glass-forming liquids and thermodynamic and kinetic effects of nanoconfinement on liquids
Current Position: Engineer, Corning-China
Weidi Zhu (PhD)
Research area: Rheology of chalcogenide glass-forming liquids
Current Position:Materials Engineer, Apple Inc.
Maxwell Marple, PhD
Research Area: Structure and dynamics of fast ion-conducting chalcogenide glasses
Current Position: Research Scientist, Lawrence Livermore National Lab
Scarlett J. Widgeon, PhD
PhD Thesis: Structure of amorphous polymer derived ceramics in the systems Si-C-O, Si-C-N and Si-B-C-N at short- and intermediate- length scales
Current Position: Research Scientist, Los Alamos National Lab
Trenton G. Edwards, PhD
PhD Thesis: Structural mechanism of phase change process in Ge-Sb-Te phase change alloys
Current Position: R&D Engineer, Intel Corporation
Alvin Mao, PhD
PhD Thesis: Structure-property relationships in modified network chalcogenide glasses.
Current Position: Senior Research Scientist, Corning Incorporated
Derrick Kaseman, PhD
PhD Thesis: Investigations into the Structure and Dynamics of Chalcogenide Glasses using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy.
Current Position: Director, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Facility, LLNL
Shannon Jurca
MS Thesis: Structural relaxation mechanisms in window and display glasses
Current Position: R&D Manager, Thin Film Technology, NSG Group
Erica Gjersing, PhD
PhD Thesis: “Structural and dynamical studies of molecular and network forming chalcogenide glasses and supercooled liquids with NMR and Raman spectroscopy”
Current position: Group Leader, Los Alamos National Lab
Pragati Jain, PhD
PhD Thesis: “Investigation of structure and dynamics in solid electrolyte materials and glass forming liquids using high resolution and high temperature nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy”
Current position: Engineer, Intuitive Surgical, Sunnyvale, California
Sezen Soyer, PhD
PhD Thesis: “Structural characterization of germanium-arsenic-sulfur chalcogenide glasses and understanding structural relaxation in oxide glasses”
Current position: Professor of Chemical Engineering, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey
Takatsugu Endo, PhD
Post Doctoral Fellow
Project: Multinuclear NMR study of ionic dynamics in room-temperature ionic liquids
Current position: Professor of Chemistry, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan