LabMontiTM

Ultrafast Surface Science in Organic Semiconductors and Quantum Materials

Research in LabMontiTM is supported by the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry, by the National Science Foundation Division of Materials Science, by the National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems, and by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research.

Apr 2024: Sara Zachritz' paper on hidden spin polarization appears in Nature Communications.

Apr 2024: LabMontiTM installs imaging spin filter on NanoESCA to acquire full spin-resolved band structures.

Mar 2024: Alex to enter grad program in Medical Physics at UCLA. Congratulations!

Mar 2024: Anubhab and Joohyung selected as Galileo Circle Scholars and receiving a travel award as well. When it rains it pours! Congratulations!

Mar 2024: Anubhab, Dylan, Joohyung and Oliver from LabMontiTM present at APS March, as do our collaborators Kevin Batzinger and Hashan Pereiris. And we celebrate a reunion with Dr. Jeff Ivie (Gen III LabMontiTM PhD, now Sandia National Laboratory Scientist).

Feb 2024: Congratulations to Jackie Choi who won the 2024 Undergraduate Award in Physical Chemistry! Very proud!

Jan 2024: Yasman Fazeli joins LabMontiTM. Welcome!

Dec 2023: Sivaraj Velusamy joins LabMontiTM. Welcome!

Nov 2023: Dylan's Bayesian study of bond breaking kinetics in single molecule junctions to appear in The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters.

Nov 2023: Joohyung's Perspective on Proximitization to appear in Applied Physics Letters, and Anubhab's study on tailoring the Kondo effect to appear in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C.

Nov 2023: The nanoESCA flies back to Germany to receive an imaging spin filter!

Oct 2023: Welcome to Jaxon Goddard-Westland to LabMontiTM!

Aug 2023: Congratulations to Dr. Sara Zachritz on defending her PhD thesis "Investigation of the Electronic Structure of 2D Materials Using X-ray and UV Photoemission Techniques".

Aug 2023: Congratulations to Ayan and Madina on the birth of their LabMontiTM baby daughter Airis Batyrkhanova Ayankyzy!

LabmontiTM in Action