Alexandra Navrotsky leads the research group, which averages more than twenty people. Strong emphasis is placed on international collaboration, with residents from around the world working together. At any given time, about seven postdoctoral scholars and an equal number of graduate students are working on a variety of projects. The lab is supported by advanced graduate and undergraduate courses available on campus, and frequently offers opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students to participate in its projects. Current group members, faculty and past group members all contribute to our lab’s research.
Mykola Abramchuk
Email: mabramchuk@ucdavis.edu
Position: Postdoc with Alexandra Navrotsky
Country of Origin: Ukraine
Research: High-temperature thermodynamics
Can Agca
Email: cagca@ucdavis.edu
Position: PhD Student with Alexandra Navrotsky
Country of Origin: Turkey
Research: High-temperature thermodynamics of metal oxides; CALPHAD modeling
Cheng-Kai Chung
Email: ckbchung@ucdavis.edu
Position: PhD Student with Alexandra Navrotsky
Country of Origin: Taiwan
Research: Thermodynamics of actinide-bearing materials for nuclear applications;
Radiation damage and annealing; Materials for energy applications
Matthew Fyhrie
Email: mlfyhrie@ucdavis.edu
Position: Undergraduate Student
Country of Origin: USA
Research: TBD
Xin Guo
Email: xinguo@ucdavis.edu
Position: Postdoc with Alexandra Navrotsky
Country of Origin: China
Research: Thermodynamics of Flexible Zeolite Frameworks and Molecular Confinement
Andy Lam
Email: adlam@ucdavis.edu
Position: PhD student with Alexandra Navrotsky
Country of Origin: USA
Research: Synthesis of uranium-iron-oxide nanoparticles; Energetics of uranium adsorption and structural incorporation into iron oxides. Role of iron oxides in the context of radioactive waste leakage, and their potential use in remediation of contaminated water
Kristina Lilova
Email: kililova@ucdavis.edu
Position: Staff Research Associate
Country of Origin: Bulgaria
Research: Thermodynamics of bulk and nano complex oxide and non-oxide (metals, chalcogenides) materials
Kimiko Nakajima
Email: knakajima@ucdavis.edu
Position: PhD Student with Ricardo Castro
Country of Origin: Japan
Research: TBD
Novendra Novendra
Email: nnovendra@ucdavis.edu
Position: PhD Student with Alexandra Navrotsky
Country of Origin: Indonesia
Research: Energetics of substitution effect on the stability of dense porous metal organic frameworks
Alfred Pavlik
Email: ajpavlik@ucdavis.edu
Position: Undergraduate Student
Country of Origin: USA
Research: Structure and Thermal Expansion of Rare Earth Oxides at High Temperatures
Tamilarasan Subramani
Email: tsubramani@ucdavis.edu
Position: Postdoc with Alexandra Navrotsky
Country of Origin: India
Research: Thermochemistry of rare-earth phosphate minerals and disordered lithium-ion battery cathode materials
Sergey V. Ushakov
Email: svushakov@ucdavis.edu
Position: Staff Research Associate
Country of Origin: Russia
Research: Development of new high-temperature instruments; Calorimetry above 1500 °C
Bin Wang
Email: binwang@ucdavis.edu
Position: PhD Student with Alexandra Navrotsky
Country of Origin: China
Research: TBD
Lili Wu
Email: qyzwu@ucdavis.edu
Position: Postdoc with Alexandra Navrotsky
Country of Origin: China
Research: Energetics of surface reactivity on nanoparticles with organic molecules;
Thermodynamics of critical elements (Li, La, Ce, Nd)
Pinghui Zhang
Email: zphzhang@ucdavis.edu
Position: PhD Student with Alexandra Navrotsky
Country of Origin: China
Research: Thermochemistry of layer-structured manganese-containing oxides
Shenli Zhang
Email: shlzhang@ucdavis.edu
Position: PhD Student with Ricardo Castro
Country of Origin: China
Research: TBD