Neumark Group

Dan | Graduate Students | Postdoctoral Fellows | Undergraduate Students

Principal Investigator

Dan Neumark, Chancellor's Professor of Chemistry

B.A., M.A. Harvard University, 1977
Ph.D. Physical Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, 1984
Postdoctoral Fellow, JILA, University of Colorado, 1984-86
Email: dneumark@berkeley.edu

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Curriculum Vitae

Graduate Students

Megan Asplund, 5th year Ph.D. Candidate

B.S. Chemistry 2019, Brigham Young University
Project: femtosecond time-resolved photoelectron imaging
Hobbies: violin, hiking, gardening
Email: meganpa@berkeley.edu

Marty DeWitt, 5th year Ph.D. Candidate

B.S. Chemistry 2019, Arizona State University
Project: slow photoelectron velocity-map imaging spectroscopy
Hobbies: rock climbing, longboarding, soccer, long walks on the beach
Email: marty_dewitt@berkeley.edu

Zachery Donnellan, 3rd year Ph.D. Candidate

B.S. Chemistry 2020, West Virginia University
Project: Time resolved x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy of light-harvesting materials
Hobbies: climbing, video games
Email: zachery_donnellan@berkeley.edu

Eric Haugen, 5th year Ph.D. Candidate

B.S. Chemistry 2019, University of Waterloo
Project: attosecond spectroscopy
Hobbies: hockey, trail running
Email: eric_haugen@berkeley.edu

Nicolette Puskar, 4th year Ph.D. Candidate

B.A. Chemistry, Vocal Performance 2019, Lawrence University
Project: attosecond spectroscopy
Hobbies: opera, choir, reading, painting, ice skating
Email: nicolette.puskar@berkeley.edu

Korina Vlahos, 1st year Ph.D. Student

B.S. Chemistry, 2023, University of Maryland, College Park
Project: slow photoelectron velocity-map imaging spectroscopy
Hobbies: reading, needlework, walking around Berkeley, rock climbing
Email: kvlahos@berkeley.edu

Walt Yang, 3rd year Ph.D. Candidate

B.S. Chemistry, B.A. Music 2021, University of Pittsburgh
Project: liquid flat jet molecular beam scattering
Hobbies: piano, composition, numismatics, gardening
Email: walt_yang@berkeley.edu

Postdoctoral Fellows

Dr. Madison Foreman, Postdoctoral Scholar

Ph.D. Chemistry 2023, JILA, University of Colorado Boulder
Project: liquid flat jet molecular beam scattering
Hobbies: reading, tabletop RPGs, gardening, powerlifting, cooking
Email: mmforeman@lbl.gov

Dr. Do Hyung Kang, Postdoctoral Scholar

Ph.D. Chemistry 2022, KAIST
Project: spectroscopy and dynamics in liquid microjets
Hobbies: soccer, movies, hiking
Email: sonar112@berkeley.edu

Dr. Masafumi Koga, Postdoctoral Scholar

Ph.D. Chemistry 2021, Osaka University
Project: spectroscopy and dynamics in liquid microjets
Hobbies: badminton, cycling, traveling
Email: masafumi.koga@berkeley.edu

Dr. Patrick Rupprecht, Feodor-Lynen Postdoctoral Fellow

Ph.D. Physics 2022, Heidelberg University
Project: attosecond spectroscopy
Hobbies: cycling, running, art, architecture
Email: PRupprecht@lbl.gov

Undergraduate Students

Neal Haldar, SEED Scholar

B.S. Chemistry expected 2026, University of California, Berkeley
Project: spectroscopy and dynamics in liquid microjets
Hobbies: playing the viola, drinking boba and coffee, collecting coins
Email: nealhaldar@berkeley.edu

Ying Jung (Jenny) Wu

B.S. Chemical Biology expected 2024, University of California, Berkeley
Project: Femtosecond time-resolved photoelectron imaging
Hobbies: running, swimming, watching movies, playing the piano
Email: yingjungwu2222@berkeley.edu

Administrator

Kathleen Buckley

Group administrator
Email: kbuckley@berkeley.edu