ICAL Staff

Dr. Recep Avci

ICAL Director

Bio

Earning his BS in Istanbul University, Dr. Avci then went on to receive his MS and PhD (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.

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.

 

Amit Acharjee

ICAL Technical Expert

Bio

Amit is a PhD candidate in Materials Science from Montana State University. His PhD research is focused on investigating the correlation between properties of metallic materials (microstructure, work function, surface finish, etc.) and their corrosion behavior. Amit got his MS in Materials Science from MSU and a BS in Materials and Metallurgical Engineering and Technology from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). Before joining MSU, he served as a Quality Control Engineer at Bangladesh Steel Re-rolling Mills Ltd. (BSRM), one of the largest steel product manufacturing industries in South Asia.