The Charlie Sykes Group




P.I.
 

Charlie Sykes - CV
Charles.Sykes @ Tufts.edu

Charlie received a B.S. and M.S. in Chemistry at Oxford University and a Ph.D. at Cambridge University before moving to the US and joining Paul Weiss's group as a postdoc.

Research Assistant Professor
 

Dr. Georgios Kyriakou

Georgios Kyriakou received his Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge under the supervision of Professor Richard Lambert. He continued as a post doctoral research fellow at the University of Cambridge


Graduate
Students

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April Jewell, 5th Year - CV
April.Jewell @ Tufts.edu

April received her B.S. in Chemistry from George Washington University. Her work involves the self-assembly of small molecules on metal surfaces. The goal of her research is to understand how changing molecular functionality affects how molecules interact with each other and the underlying surface.

Tim Lawton, 4th Year
Timothy.Lawton @ tufts.edu

Tim received his B.S. in Chemistry from WPI in Worcester, MA. He is currently working on mapping curved crystals on the VT-STM and studying naturally chiral metal surfaces.

 

 

 

 
 

Emily Lewis, 3rd Year
Emily.Lewis @ tufts.edu

Emily received her B.S./M.S. in chemistry from Northeastern University. Her research is aimed at studying the structure sensitivity of CO activation on Co clusters using TPD and STM.

Matthew Boucher
Matthew.Boucher @ tufts.edu

Matt is a collaborating graduate student from Prof. Flytzani-Stephanopoulos' group in the Chemical Engineering Department. He received his Master's degree from the University of Connecticut. He is currently working on controlling nanoscale catalytic particle nucleation and growth.

   
 

Colin Murphy, 2nd Year
Colin.Murphy @ tufts.edu

Colin received his B.S. degree in Analytical Chemistry from the Cork Institute of Technology in Ireland. He is currently working on the rotor project

 

 

 

 

Undergraduate
Students
 

Allister McGuire
Allister.Mcguire @ tufts.edu

Allister is a senior in the chemistry department at Tufts. He is currently working on the molecular rotors project.

Mishan Blecher
Mishan.Blecher @ tufts.edu

Mishan is a junior in the chemistry department at Tufts. He is currently working on the rotors and alloys projects.

 

 

Alumni

 

Dr. Erin Iski - CV
Erin.Iski @ Tufts.edu

During her doctorate Erin studied molecular chiral assembly and molecular motifs of pharmaceutically relavent compounds on the low temperature STM. She also investigated ultra-stable metal halide layers by EC-STM and co-organized the Sykes Group Outreach program for local high schools. She attended Tufts from 2005-2011

Dr. Ashleigh Baber - CV
ababer @ bnl.gov

In her doctorate Ashleigh studied the electronic and geometric structure of Pd/Au alloys and their active sites on an atomic scale using STM. She also investigated both the fundamentals of molecular adsorption on metals, and naturally chiral surfaces with a low temperature STM. She is currently working as a research fellow at Brookhaven National Labs. She attended Tufts from 2005-2011

  Heather Tierney
 

Dr. Heather Tierney
Heather.Tierney @ Tufts.edu

In her doctorate Heather studied molecular rotors, self assembly, and alloy surfaces on the LT-STM. She is currently Managing Editor for ACS Nano and Nano Letters for the American Chemical Society. She attended Tufts from 2006-2010.

Dr. Mahy El-Kouedi

Mahy was a visiting Professor from UNC-Charlotte. She is now a Program Director in the Office of Faculty Affairs at Harvard Medical School

  Darin Bellisario
 

Michael Laha
Michael.Laha @ tufts.edu

Michael was in the chemistry department. He studied the behaviour of dipolar molecules on Au[111] and Cu[111] surfaces. He plans to pursue a PhD after graduating from Tufts.

Darin Bellisario - CV
Darin.Bellisario @ tufts.edu

Darin was a Chemical Engineering student at Tufts. He studied thioether self assembly at elevated temperatures and the adsorption of catalytic metals on chiral surfaces. He is currently attending graduate school at MIT.

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Stephen Jensen
Stephen.Jensen @ tufts.edu

Stephen was an undergraduate Chemistry major at Tufts. He was working on the UHV-STM investigating the effect of quantum confinement on molecular adsorption. He is now pursuing post-bachelor's education at Harvard University.

 

 

 

 

Other Photos:
Hooding Ceremony for 1st class of Sykes Group Ph.D's
Ashleigh's Farewell Lunch at Redbone's
Erin's 28th Bday Lunch at Rudy's
Group Winter 2009
Group Spring 2009
Charlie, Don Eigler and Eric Heller
Group Fall 2008
ACS Fall 2007
Group Winter 2006