Dr. Jacob L. Jones
Associate Professor
Brief CV
Email jjones@mse.ufl.edu
Phone +1-352-846-3788
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Dr. Jones is an Associate Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Florida with research interests in ferroelectric and piezoelectric ceramics, mechanical behavior of materials, and crystallography and has published over 80 papers on these topics since 2004. Dr. Jones' research has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the Army Research Office, Sandia National Laboratories, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and various industrial sponsors. He has received numerous research awards including the National Science Foundation CAREER award (2007), a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (2009) awarded at a White House ceremony in January 2010, the IEEE Ferroelectrics Young Investigator Award (2011), a National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) 2009 Defense Program Award of Excellence, and the 2010 and 2012 Edward C. Henry “Best Paper” awards from the Electronics Division of the American Ceramic Society. From UF, he has been recognized through the prestigious Pramod Khargonekar Award (2012), the HHMI Science for Life Distinguished Mentor (DM) Award (2012), a 2010 Provost’s Excellence Award for Assistant Professors, and three MSE Faculty Excellence Awards (2010, 2011, 2012). Dr. Jones' research group is comprised of postdoctoral research associates and graduate and undergraduate students. The group is international, interdisciplinary, and undertakes both fundamental science and applied engineering problems.

Dr. Jennifer S. Forrester
Research Associate
Email jforr@mse.ufl.edu

Dr. Forrester is a postdoctoral research associate with research interests in ceramics, diffraction, and ferroelectrics. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Newcastle in Newcastle, Australia in 2002 and has 6 years of experience as a Research Academic in the Advanced Materials Laboratory at the University of Newcastle. She is the author of 26 journal publications in journals including Journal of the American Ceramic Society, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, Journal of Materials Science, and Journal of Solid State Chemistry.

Dr. Dipankar Ghosh
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Email dghosh@ufl.edu

Dr. Dipankar Ghosh received his PhD in 2009 from the University of Florida on micromechanisms of deformation in advanced structural ceramics for protections against impact threats and ultra-high temperature aerospace applications. Dr. Ghosh obtained his M.S. from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India, and B.Tech. from the Calcutta University, India. Currently, he is interested in designing novel multiferroic architectures for multifunctional sensors and investigating the role of ferromagnetic-ferroelectric interfaces on the magneto-electric coupling.

Shruti Seshadri
PhD Candidate
shruti@ufl.edu

Shruti joined our group in July 2009. She has a BS degree in Chemical Engineering and an MS in Materials Science and is working on domain-related effects in ferroelectrics.

Sung Wook Mhin
PhD Candidate
hyeleci@ufl.edu

Sung Wook came to UF in 2009 with a BS in Ceramic Engineering and an MS in Materials Science and Engineering from Hanyang University in Korea.

Tedi-Marie Usher
PhD Candidate
bluesky3@ufl.edu

Tedi-Marie joined the group in Fall 2010 and has a BS in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Florida. She is working on local and average structure of complex ferroelectrics, particularly during stress or electric field application.

Thanakorn(Bas) Iamsasri
PhD Student
iamsasri@ufl.edu

Thanakorn(Bas) Iamsasri joined the group in Fall 2011 as a PhD student. He earned his BS from the University of Virginia and is measuring domain walll motion using high-energy X-rays.

Henry Aldridge
PhD Student
aldridhl@ufl.edu

Henry came to UF in August 2012 after receiving his BS degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Dayton. His interests are in materials for energy technologies.

Giovanni Esteves
PhD Student
gesteves@ufl.edu

Giovanni came to UF in August 2012 after receiving his BS degree in Chemical Engineering from Arizona State University. His interests are in nano- and micro-fabrication and in situ studies of these devices.

Brienne Johnson
PhD Student
briennesjohnson@ufl.edu

Brienne came to UF in August 2012 after receiving her BS degree in Chemistry from Southern University and A&M College. Her interests are in local order in glass-like materials.

Tarielle Sanders
PhD Student
tarielle@ufl.edu

Tarielle came to UF in August 2012 after receiving her BS degree in Chemistry from Norfolk State University. Her interests are in thin film ferroelectrics.

Michael Gutierrez
Senior Research
mjguti@ufl.edu

Michael is completing MSE Senior Research in our group and resolving subtle changes in the diffraction signal from BaTiO₃-based piezoelectrics during subcoercive field loading.

Claudia Sotomayor
Senior Research
k.rymts@ufl.edu

Claudia is completing MSE Senior Research in our group by evaluating the effect of domain wall density on piezoelectric properties in novel compositions.

Michelle Nolan
2012 USP Scholar
michellenolan@ufl.edu

Michelle is a Senior chemistry major. She is working on processing and structure of piezoelectric materials with Shruti.

Lyndsey Denis
u/g research assistant
lyndseymdenis@ufl.edu

Lyndsey is a Senior Chemical Engineering student and is working on processing and structure of novel piezoelectric materials.

Ali Henriques
2012 USP Scholar
ali.henriques@ufl.edu

Ali is a Junior Chemical Engineering student and works on synthesis and properties of ferroelectrics, including the effects of irrradiation.

Jared Carter
2012 USP Scholar
jaredjc51@ufl.edu

Jared is a Junior MSE student and is determining the structure in non-stoichiometric and slightly distorted ferroelectric oxides.

Frank Luciano
2012 USP Scholar
fluciano4@ufl.edu

Frank is a Junior MSE student working on data reduction strategies for stroboscopic diffraction measurements.

Clayton Cozzan
HHMI Science for Life Scholar
claytonc2010@ufl.edu

Clayton is a Junior MSE student and is working on ferroelectric thin film processing and properties.

Peishi Cheng
REM program
peishi.cheng@ufl.edu

Peishi is a Sophomore MSE student interested in materials for electronics and energy. He is working on thin film ferroelectrics.

Krystal Acosta
REM program
klacosta@ufl.edu

Krystal is a Sophomore Aerospace Engineering student planning on minoring in Astronomy and Materials Engineering. She is working on synthesis of piezoelectric materials.