Former Group Members

Graduate Students (Ph.D.) and Postdoctoral Research Associates (P.D.)/Current Positions

Catherine R. Albertoni (Ph.D.), Quality Management Director, AT&T

J. A. Bell (P.D.), Research Chemist, Brookhaven National Laboratory

Rich Bell (Ph.D.) Assistant Professor, PSU Altoona

Denis Bergeron (Ph.D.) Research Chemist, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Jack J. Breen (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Indiana University-Indianapolis

Stephen A. Buzza (Ph.D.), Program Manager, Paper Division, International Paper

Iztok Cadez (P.D./CIRES Fellowship), Professor of Physics, University of Beograd

Dennis Card, (Ph.D.), Command of the Biological Detection Product Office at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD

Stephen F. Cartier (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Regis University, Denver, Colorado

Bin Chen (Ph.D.), Research Chemist, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California

James (Ziyun) Chen (Ph.D./P.D.), Manager, New Business, Intel Corporation

Matthew C. Cook (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Nevada-Las Vegas

Phan D. Dao (Ph.D.), Senior Scientist - Atmospheric Analysis, U.S. Air Force Phillips Geophysical Research Laboratories

Kevin Davis, (Ph.D.), Research Assistant, Washington, DC

R. E. Davis (Ph.D.), Research Chemist, Brookhaven National Laboratory

Troy Dermota (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor at Lock Haven University, Lock Haven, PA

Hai-Teng Deng (Ph.D.), Director of Proteomics Resource Center, New York, NY

Olof Echt (P.D./NATO Award), Professor of Physics, University of New Hampshire

Daniel H. Evans (Ph.D.), Senior Scientist, Engineering Science Inc.

Robert W. Farley (Ph.D.), Analytical Chemist, U.S. Airforce Phillips Geophysical Research Laboratories

Daniel Folmer (Ph.D.), Review Chemist Food and Drug Administration

Martin Foltin (P.D.), Postdoctoral Research Associate, Colorado State University, Fort Collins

Jess Ford (Ph.D.), Applications Chemist, Custom Sensors & Technology, St. Louis

Hideyuki Funasaka (P.D./Japanese Government Fellowship), Division Leader, Power Reactor & Nuclear Fuel Development Corp., Japan

John Gilligan (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor, St. John’s University, Maryland

Kenneth L. Gleim (M.S.), Research Chemist, P. H. Glatfelter Research Laboratory

Baochuan Guo (Ph.D./P.D.), Professor of Chemistry, Cleveland State University

Brett Hamlet, Information Systems Consultant

Amy C. Harms (Ph.D.), Manager of Mass Spectrometry Facility, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington.

Andreas Hartman (Ph.D./Lynen Fellowship), Head, Sensotec Company, Germany Development Corp., Japan

Volker Hermann (Ph.D.), Computer Science Department, University of Freiberg

Manfred Hofmann (Ph.D.), Senior Research Scientist, CIBA-GEIGY Company, Switzerland

Rita Sievert-Hofmann (Ph.D.), Analytical Chemist, CIBA-GEIGY Company, Switzerland

Paul M. Holland (Ph.D.), President, Thorleaf Research, Inc.

Eric Hsieh (Ph.D.), Research Chemist, Phillips Petroleum Corporation

Peter Hubberstey (Ph.D.), Senior Lecturer of Chemistry, University of Nottingham

Donald E. Hunton (Ph.D.), Program Manager, Ionospheric Branch, U.S. Airforce Phillips Geophysical Research Laboratories

Sean M. Hurley, (Ph.D.), Research Assistant, Washington, DC

Dina Justes (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Purdue University, IN

Bruce D. Kay (Ph.D.), Senior Chemist, Pacific Northwest (National) Laboratory

Robert G. Keesee (Ph.D./P.D.), Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry , Department of Atmospheric Science, SUNY at Albany

Kevin Kerns – US Patent & Trademark Office in Arlington, VA

Kimberly J. Kilgore (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral Research Assistant, University of Missouri

Michele Kimble (Ph.D.), Staff Editor, Publications Division, American Chemical Society

Kenneth Knappenberger (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of California and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Steven E. Kooi (Ph.D.), Senior Research Scientist, MIT

Robert Kuhn (P.D.), Department Head, CIBA-GEIGY Company, Switzerland

Naisin Lee (P.D.), Research Chemist, DuPont de Nemours

Brian D. Leskiw (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor, Youngstown State University

Robert E. Leuchtner (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor of Physics, University of New Hampshire

Ming-Shih Lian (M.S.), SUNY at Stonybrook

Theodore G. Lindeman (P.D.), Professor of Chemistry, Colorado College

Derek M. Lindsay (P.D.), Professor of Chemistry, City University of New York – CCNY

Margert Lisa Lyn, (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral at Tulane University

Raymond A. Mackay (P.D.), Director, Center for Advanced Materials Processing, Clarkson University

Ronald S. MacTaylor (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor, Salem College, Salem, Massachusetts

Kurt O. Marti (P.D.), Senior Research Scientist, CIBA-GEIGY Company, Switzerland

Brent D. May (Ph.D.), Chemistry Professor, Lock Haven University, Lock Haven, PA

Edwin Mereand (Ph.D.), Research Chemist, Stockhausen, Inc., Raleigh, North Carolina 

Susan Morgan (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Hood College

Takakazu Nakabayashi (P.D.) Professor, Department of Electronic Structure, Institute for Molecular Science, Japan

Kazuhiko Ohashi (P.D./Professor, Department of Electronic Structure, Institute for Molecular Science, Japan

Yoshiki Okada (P.D./Japanese Government Fellowship), Research Chemist, Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, Japan

Rose Passarella (Ph.D.), Senior Scientist, Photoproducts Division, DuPont de Nemours

Karen I. Peterson (Ph.D.), Professor of Chemistry, University of Rhode Island

Lutz Poth (P.D./Lynen Fellowship), Laboratory Manager, OMG, Frankfurt, Germany

Jeffrey W. Purnell (Ph.D.), Research Scientist, J. M. Huber Corp., Havre de Grace, MD 

Hiromu Sakurai (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota

Shin Sato (P.D.), Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Tokyo, Japan 

F. Joseph Schelling (P.D.), Research Scientist, Sandia National Laboratory

Adrian Selinger (P.D./Lynn Fellowship), Research Scientist, ABB Corporate Research, Switzerland

Zhouzheng Shi (Ph.D.), Senior Manager of Customer Failure Analysis Maxtor, San Jose, CA

Randy J. Shul (Ph.D.), Senior Research Chemist, Materials Processing Division, Sandia National Laboratory

Sterling W. Sigsworth (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Southern College of SDA

Eric Snyder, (Ph.D.), Senior Scientist, Premier American Technologies, Corp., State College, PA

Robert J. Stanley (Ph.D.), Associate Professor, Temple University, Philadelphia

Jason Stairs (Ph.D.), Research Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Kurt Stephan (P.D.), Medical Faculty, University of Innsbruck, Austria

Brian J.Toleno (Ph.D.), Sr. Applications Chemist, Loctite Electronics, Industry, CA

Wen-Bih Tzeng (P.D.), Research Scientist and Group Leader, Institute of Atomic and Molecules Sciences, Taiwan

Bernard L. Upschulte (Ph.D.), Senior Research Scientist, Physical Sciences Inc.

Jane M. Van Doren, Professor, Department of Chemistry, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester

Walter D. Vann (Ph.D.), Senior Research Scientist, Mobile, New Jersey

Ray Wagner (M.S.) Manager, 300MM/ASTC Insulator Process Engineering

Gerhard Walder (P.D./Schrödinger Fellowship), Research Physicist, Maitron Corporation, Austria

Shiqing Wei (Ph.D./P.D.), Research Chemist, Proctor & Gamble

John K. Wilmshurst (P.D.), Chemist, Brookhaven National Laboratory

Eric S. Wisniewski, (Ph.D.), Federal Government Chemist, Largo, MD

W. P. Wood (P.D.), Senior Scientist, Environmental Protection Agency

Yasuhiro Yamada (P.D./Japanese Government Fellowship), Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan

Xiaolin Yang (Ph.D.), Senior Scientist, Engelhard Corporation

Karin Zemski (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral Research Associate, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver

Xin Zhang (Ph.D.), Lecturer, Chemistry Department, Xavier University

Qun Zhong, (Ph.D.) Scientist, U.S. Genomics

Paul J. Ziemann (Ph.D.), Assistant Professor, University of California, Riverside


Other Scientists Having Spent Extended Research Stays in the Group / [Collaborators]

Paul Bezler, Engineer, Brookhaven National Laboratory

R. Rudolph Burke, Professor of Chemistry,CNRS, France

C. Donald Cogley, Editor, American Chemical Society, Columbus, Ohio

[Eldon P. Ferguson, Director, Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory, NOAA, University of Colorado - Collaborator]

Frederick L. Horn, Senior Research Engineer, Brookhaven National Laboratory

Neil R. Kestner, Professor, Louisiana State University

[Shiv N. Khanna, Professor of Physics, Virginia Commonwealth University - Collaborator]

David K. Lewis, Professor of Chemistry, Colgate University

Steven Lewkowitz, formerly of Brookhaven National Laboratory

George Lindauer, Professor, University of Louisville

Tilmann D. Maerk, Professor of Physics and Head of Institute of Ion Physics, Leopold-Franzens University, Austria

Harry R. Munkelwitz, Research Chemist, Brookhaven National Laboratory

Paul Scheier, Senior Research Associate, University of Innsbruck, Austria

David Smith, Professor of Space Physics, The University of Birmingham, England

Ignatius N. Tang, Group Leader, Brookhaven National Laboratory

Konrad G. Weil, Professor of Chemistry Emeritus, Technische Hochshule Darmstadt, Germany

Henryk Wincel, Professor of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Poland


Former Undergraduate Students Undertaking Research in the Castleman Group

Ricky W. Ashley
Jonna Baling  
Nate Bennik  
Brenda Conklin
Mary K. Cushman
Louis DiFazio
Mark Greaney
Jay Hendricks 
Margaret Hershberger
Wayne P. Hess
Sean Hurley  
John Indovina 
Daniel Klimek
Alex Korman
Laura McCunn
Deborah Moody
David Neyer
Lane Requist
Rene Rodrigez
Harry Sarkas
Catherine Schaffer
Richard W. Shwenz
Calvin Sleppy
Eric Statz
Kevin L. Smith
John M. Tarbell
Daniel Tyndall