Former postdocs, graduate students and guests

Postdocs

  1. Davi de Miranda Fonseca, Postdoctoral Fellow Physics Department NTNU 2010-2011. Present position at Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, NTNU.
  2. Bao-xiang Wang, Post.doc NTNU Physics Department 2007-2010. Present position at College of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology,  Qingdao 266042, People's Republic of China.
  3. Zhou Min. Post.doc NTNU Physics Department 2007-2008. Present position: Associate Professor Department of Chemistry, Xuzhou Normal University, China
  4. Ahmed Gmira, Post.doc NTNU Physics Department 2003-2007. Present position: Researcher at Schlumberger Research Center in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
  5. Yves Meheust, Post.doc NTNU Physics Department 2002-2006. Present position: Assistant Professor, Université Rennes 1, France
  6. Renaud Toussaint, Post.doc NTNU Physics Department 2002-2003. Present position: Chargé de Recherches, CNRS, Institute of Globe Physics, University Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France
  7. Geraldo Jose da Silva, Post.doc NTNU Physics Department 2000-2002. Present position: Professor, University of Brasilia, Brazil

PhD students

  1. Zbigniew Rozynek . Experimental Studies of Self-organization from Electrically Polarized Clay Particles, PhD degree thesis, Department of Physics NTNU, October 2011. Present position: Post.doc. at Department of Physics, NTNU.
  2. Davi de Miranda Fonseca. Phase Separation and Orientational Ordering of Synthetic Na-Fluorohectorite Clay Particles in Saline Aqueous Suspensions. PhD degree thesis, NTNU Department of Physics, June 2008. Present position at Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, NTNU.
  3. Kanak P.S. Parmar. Oil Dispersion of Nanolayered Silicates in an External Electric Field: An experimental study. PhD degree thesis, NTNU Department of Physics, November 2006. Present position: Post.doc. at Dept. of Chem. Eng., Pohang University of Science and Technology, POSTECH, Pohang, South-Korea.

Master students

  1. Beate Ulrikke Krefting Cappelen. Experimental Studies of Finger and Fracture Instabilities in Clays Throughout the Sol-Gel Transition. Master degree thesis, NTNU Department of Physics, June 2011.
  2. Mohsen Dahesh . Complex behaviors of clay particles in air and CO2. Master degree thesis, NTNU Department of Physics, June 2011.
  3. Erlend Granbo Rolseth. Carbon Dioxide Intercalation in Sodium Fluorohectorite Clay. Master degree thesis, NTNU Department of Physics, June 2011.
  4. Kjetil Hersvik. Oil-Oil Droplet Deformation under DC-Electric Field as a Method to Investigate Clay Electrorheology. Master degree thesis, NTNU Department of Physics, July 2010
  5. Eirik Voje Blindheim. Experimental Studies of Particle Organization and Rheology og Clay Suspensions. Master degree thesis, NTNU Department of Physics, June 2010
  6. Mats Sigstad. ExperimentalStudies of Temperature Effects on Colloidal Dispersions of Clays Nanoplatelets. Master degree thesis, NTNU Department of Physics, June 2010
  7. Bård Martin Kjelling. Order and disorder of water intercalated in fluorohectorite clay. Master degree thesis, NTNU Department of Physics, August 2008
  8. Elisabeth Lindbo Hansen. Colloidal Dispersions of Clay Nanoplatelets: Optical birefringence and x-ray scattering studies of nematic phases. Master degree thesis, NTNU Department of Physics, July 2008
  9. Knut Magnus. Experimental Research on Fractures in Gels. Master degree thesis, NTNU Department of Physics, June 2008
  10. Christer Honore Ersland. Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Liquid Flow in Single and Double Nanopores. Master degree thesis, NTNU Department of Physics, June 2008 (Main and practical supervisor: Paul Dommersnes Univ. Paris7, France)
  11. Henrik Hemmen. Experimental Studies of Nanostructured Clay Gels. Master degree thesis, NTNU Department of Physics, June 2008
  12. Nils Ivar Ringdal. Experimental Studies of Self-Organized Liquid Crystalline Phases from Clay Nanoparticles: Birefringence and Structure. Master degree thesis, NTNU Department of Physics, April 2008
  13. Ariel Fischer. Water penetration and intercalation in synthetic clay: A neutron and x-ray study on fluorohectorite. Master degree thesis, NTNU Department of Physics, December 2007
  14. Hege S. Bjørnsen. Nanoparticle Deposition in Droplets of Clay-Water Suspensions. Master degree thesis, NTNU Department of Physics, July 2007
  15. Jorunn Hølto. Experimental Studies of a Layered Synthetic Silicate: TGA, DSC and X-ray scattering. Master degree thesis, NTNU Department of Physics, July 2007
  16. Christian A. Nielsen. An Experimental Study of Fractures in Gels. Master degree thesis, NTNU Department of Physics, July 2007
  17. Helene Rødal. A Microscale Study of Electrorheological Behaviors of Nano-Silicate Suspensions. Master degree thesis, NTNU Department of Physics, June 2007
  18. Børge Schjelderupsen. A Rheological Study of Nano-Layered Silicates in an External Electric Field. Master degree thesis, NTNU Department of Physics, June 2007
  19. Svein Åsmund Slungård. Electric Field Induced Structures and Electrorheology of Nano-Layered Silicates. Master degree thesis, NTNU Department of Physics, June 2007
  20. Lars Ramstad Alme. Water transport in selected nanoporous media. Master degree thesis, NTNU Department of Physics, May 2007
  21. Yunus Naqvi. Developement and Calibration of a Small Angle Light Scattering Setup for Determination of Particle Sizes. Master degree thesis, NTNU Department of Physics, January 2007
  22. Steinar Thorshaug. Static Small Angle Light Scattering in Measuring Particle Sizes. Master degree thesis, NTNU Department of Physics July 2005
  23. Herbert Gustav Yankson. Flow Properties of Laponite Clay. Master degree thesis, NTNU Department of Physics May 2003
  24. Vegard Bergaplass. Small-angle neutron scattering studies of hydration transitions in a synthetic layered silicate. Master degree thesis, NTNU Department of Physics June 2002
  25. Robin Kumar Sangar. Optical observations of phase separation in synthetic clay colloids. Master degree thesis, NTNU Department of Physics June 2002
  26. Hans Bakken. Differential Scanning Calorimetry and Thermal Gravitational Analysis Studies of Water Dynamics in Synthetic Layered Silicates. Master degree thesis, NTNU Department of Physics June 2002
  27. Tommy Nakken Aalerud. Synchrotron X-ray Scattering Studies of Water Intercalation in Synthetic Smectite Nickel-Fluorohectorite. Master degree thesis, NTNU Department of Physics March 2001
  28. Magnus W. Haakestad. Small-angle Neutron Scattering Studies of a Syntetic Clay: Sodium Fluorhectorie. Master degree thesis, NTNU Department of Physics May 2001
  29. Erlend Gudding. Dynamic Light Scattering Studies of Sodium Fluorohectorite Suspensions. Master degree thesis, NTNU Department of Physicst June 2000
  30. Simen Berg Lutnæs. Experimental studies of water intercalation in a layered silicate system. Master degree thesis, NTNU Department of Physics February 1999 (Cosupervised with Prof. Alex Hansen)
  31. Frøydis Romundset. AFM studies of deposited laponite clay surfaces Master degree thesis, NTNU Department of Physics February 1999 (Cosupervised with Prof. Alex Hansen) Foreign exchange students

Foreign exchange students

  1. Adrien Perrichon on exchange from Univ.Rennes 1, France during 3 months 2010
  2. Christophe Coutant on exchange from Univ.Rennes 1, France during 3 months 2010
  3. Eduardo N. de Azevedo, PhD student on exchange from UFPE (Universidade Federal de Pernambuco), Recife, Brazil during 1 month 2008
  4. Romulo Tenorio, PhD student on exchange from UFPE (Universidade Federal de Pernambuco), Recife, Brazil during 1 month 2008
  5. Théophile Chesneau, on exchange from University of Bordeaux, France: Rheology of Laponite Suspensions in an External Electric Field. NTNU Physics Department / Univ. Bordeaux report, June 2006
  6. Simon Dagois-Bohy, on exchange from ENS Paris, France: A Thermogravimetric- and X-ray Scattering- Study of Hydration Transitions in a Nano-layered Silicate Synthetic Clay. NTNU Physics Department/ENS Paris Report, September 2005
  7. Marie-Celine Serrat, on exchange from ISITV, Toulon, France: Electrorheological Behavior of Clay Particles in Suspension in Silicone Oil. NTNU Physics Department/ISITV Report, August 2005
  8. Julie Ferrigno, on exchange from INSA, Toulouse, France: Synthetic Smectite Clays Studies using Thermogravimetric Analysis. NTNU Physics Department/INSA  Report, September 2004
  9. Camille Coussa, on exchange from ENS Cachan, Univ. Water Diffusion in Synthetic Smectite Clays. NTNU Physics Department/ENS Cachan Report, July 2003
  10. Cyrille Real,on exchange from INSA, Toulouse, France: Mounting a Dynamic Light Scattering Laboratory to study Electrorheology in Clay Suspensions. NTNU Physics Department/INSA Report, August 2002
  11. Brian O'Rourke, on exchange from Queens University Belfast, Northern Ireland. An AFM Study of Aggregates of the Synthetic Clay Laponite. NTNU Physics Department report, August 1999

Prevoius guest professors

  1. February 2010: Erasmus Mundus Professor,  Ernesto Altshuler from "Henri Poincare" Group of Complex Systems& Superconductivity Laboratory,Physics Faculty-IMRE, University of Havana, Cuba
  2. April-September 2010: Onsager Professor Elisabeth Bouchaud from CEA-Saclay,DSM/IRAMIS/SPEC, GIT, Groupe Instabilités et Turbulence, Gif-sur-Yvette France

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