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Dr. Recep Avci

ICAL Director

Bio

Earning his B.S. in Istanbul University, Dr. Avci then went on to recieve his M.S. and Ph.D. (1978) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Avci has over 100 published articles and two book chapters in a wide variety of subjects. His areas of expertise include the study of the fundamental and applied aspects of bulk and bio-materials, as well as surfaces and interfaces, using a wide variety of spectroscopic and microscopic techniques. Recent interests include the role of metallurgy in the bio-deterioration of metals and alloys.

   Barnard Hall 339
   (406) 994-6164
   avci@montana.edu
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Dr. David Mogk

Research Scientist

Bio

Dr. David Mogk earned his B.S. at the University of Michigan in 1975, whereupon he obtained both his M.S. and Ph.D. in Geology at the University of Washington. His research centers around the formation and evolution of the continental crust; Archean Geology; mid-crustal petrogenetic processes; mineral analysis and spectroscopy of mineral surfaces; and research on learning in the geosciences.

   Traphagen Hall 226 
   (406) 994-6916
   mogk@montana.edu
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Dr. Sara Maccagnano-Zacher 

ICAL Facility Manager

Bio

Sara began her scientific career using the ToF-SIMS instrument as an undergraduate physics student in ICAL at MSU. She obtained her BS in Physics at MSU-Bozeman in 2003, and her MS (2008) and PhD (2009) in Applied Physics and Engineering from Cornell University. Her graduate work centered on electron microscopy (and particularly the scanning transmission electron microscope, STEM) and the study of materials such as quantum dots.

 

   Barnard Hall 339 
   (406) 994-4199 
   sarazacher@montana.edu 
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Bret Davis

ICAL Deputy Facility Manager

Bio

Bret completed a B.S. in Physics at North Carolina State University in 2009. He then continued his education at Montana State University, earning an M.S. in Physics in 2013 under the supervision of Dr. Avci and the ICAL.  His thesis was on the biocorrosion of carbon steel in a marine sulfidogenic anaerobic environment. He returned as a full-time member of ICAL in 2022.

   Barnard Hall 339
   (406) 994-4199
   bret.davis1@montana.edu
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Alex Naglich

ICAL Lab Intern

Bio

Alex came to MSU in 2017 from Flathead High School, MT, and obtained his Mechanical Engineering BS in the spring of 2021. During his undergraduate career he was fortunate enough to spend a semester (2019) at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, which was a positive and life-changing experience. Alex began working in ICAL in his last semester at MSU, and stayed on after graduating. In the fall of 2022 he will be leaving ICAL to start graduate school at Carnegie-Mellon, intending to obtain his PhD in Mechanical Engineering.

   Barnard Hall 339 
   (406) 994-4199
   alexnaglich@gmail.com