Technology Specialist

Kathryn Chi

EDUCATION

• B.S., Food Science and Technology-concentration in Fermentation, Chemistry minor, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Kathryn Chi provides technical consultation across a wide range of scientific and engineering fields.
• Experience related to fermented food and beverage production, food chemistry systems, and asynchronous grape ripening research.

Technology Specialist

Marina Chong, Ph.D.

EDUCATION

• Ph.D. Inorganic Chemistry, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
• M.S. Chemical Oceanography, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia
• B.S. Combined Chemistry and Oceanography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Marina Chong provides technical experience over a wide range of scientific and chemistry fields.
• Research experience includes trace metal analysis in seawater and marine fossil microfauna, solid state chemistry of boron compounds, and development of thin film chalcogenides for photovoltaic applications.
• Author of peer-reviewed publications in scientific journals.

Technology Specialist

Sanjukta Chatterjee, Ph.D.

EDUCATION

• Ph.D., Materials Science, Swiss federal laboratories for Materials Science & Technology, Switzerland
• M.Sc., Physics, Jadavpur University, India
• B.Sc., Physics, Jadavpur University, India

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Sanjukta Chatterjee, Ph.D. provides technical consultation across a wide range of scientific and engineering fields.
• Research experience includes Postdoctoral research in the field of polymer based composite materials at the University of British Columbia, Canada.
• Doctoral research based on structural and physical effects of carbon nanofillers (nanotubes and graphene) on thermoplastic and thermosetting polymer systems.
• Author of high cited book chapters, scientific publications, and conference proceedings.

PUBLICATIONS (SELECTED)

• S. Chatterjee, F. Nüesch, et. al., “Size and synergy effects of nanofiller hybrids including graphene nanoplatelets and carbon nanotubes in mechanical properties of epoxy composites”, Carbon, 50(15), 2012.
• S. Chatterjee, B. T. T. Chu et. al., “Mechanical reinforcement and thermal conductivity in expanded graphene nanoplatelets reinforced epoxy composites”, Chemical Physics Letters, 531, 2012.
• S. Chatterjee, B. T. T. Chu et. al., “Comparing carbon nanotubes and graphene nanoplatelets as reinforcements in polyamide 12 composites”, Nanotechnology, 58, 2011.
• S. Chatterjee, F. Nüesch, et. al., “Crystalline and tensile properties of carbon nanotube and graphene reinforced polyamide 12 fibers”, Chemical Physics Letters, 557, 2013.