Staff
The University of Chicago














Mark Rivers
Chief Technology Officer and Beamline Scientist
The University of Chicago
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Joanne Stubbs
Beamline Scientist and Facility Director at Advanced Photon Source
GSECARS
The University of Chicago
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Yanbin Wang
Beamline Scientist at Advanced Photon Source
GSECARS
The University of Chicago
[email protected]





Stanford University

Scott Fendorf
Subaward PI (Stanford University)
Department of Earth System Science
Stanford University
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Eleanor Spielman-Sun
Research Engineer
Department of Earth System Science
Stanford University
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Sam Webb
Beamline Scientist and Facility Director at Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource
Precourt Institute for Energy
Stanford University
[email protected]
Stony Brook University


William Huebsch
Technical Specialist
Mineral Physics Institute
Stony Brook University
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Donald Weidner
Subaward Co-PI (Stony Brook University)
Mineral Physics Institute; Department of Geosciences
Stony Brook University
[email protected]

Matthew L. Whitaker
Subaward PI (Stony Brook University) and Beamline Scientist
Mineral Physics Institute; Department of Geosciences
Stony Brook University
[email protected]
University of Illinois Chicago

Russell Hemley
Subaward PI (UIC) and Facility Director at National Synchrotron Light Source-II
Department of Chemistry
University of Illinois Chicago
[email protected]

Zhenxian Liu
Beamline Scientist
Department of Physics
University of Illinois Chicago
[email protected]
University of Minnesota

Kyounglim (Lim) Kang
Beamline Scientist
Department of Soil, Water and Climate
University of Minnesota
[email protected]

Edwin Rivas Meraz
Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Soil, Water and Climate
University of Minnesota
[email protected]

Brandy Toner
Subaward PI (University of Minnesota) and Facility Director at Advanced Light Source
Department of Soil, Water and Climate
University of Minnesota
[email protected]
University of California Santa Cruz

Katherine Armstrong
Beamline Scientist
Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences
University of California Santa Cruz
[email protected]

Bora Kalkan
Beamline Scientist
Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences
University of California Santa Cruz
[email protected]

Quentin Williams
Subaward PI (UC Santa Cruz) and Facility Director at Advanced Light Source
Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences
University of California Santa Cruz
[email protected]