Started the group in 1992. Born in Virginia, USA. Graduated at University of Virginia (1983), M. Sc. from University of California - Los Angeles (1986), Ph.D. from University of California - Los Angeles (1990). Post-doc at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Sabbatical at Grenoble, France. Professor at Department of Physics and Astronomy at Iowa State University and Senior Scientist at Ames Laboratory.

Joined the group in 1995. Born in Vitebsk, USSR. Graduated from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) (1982), Ph.D. from MIPT (1986). Positions and/or post-docs at Institute for High Pressure Physics (Moscow, Russia), University of California at San Diego, Texas Center for Superconductivity at University of Houston, and Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).

Joined the group in August 2007. Born in Balashikha, USSR. Ph.D. from Kurchatov Instute of Atomic Energy, Moscow in 1991. Previous positions/post-docs at Kurchatov Institute, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Saclay CEA, Department of Chemistry, ISU. Likes to feed micro-turtles.

Joined the group in June 2004. Born in Urumqi, China. Graduated from Beijing University, Beijing, China (2000), currently a Ph.D. student at Iowa State University.

Joined the group in June 2004. Born in Pekin, Illinois. Graduated from Western Illinois University (2002), currently a Ph.D. student at Iowa State University.

Joined the group in June 2005. Born in Poun, Korea. Graduated from SKKU, Korea (2001), currently a Ph.D. student at Iowa State University.

Joined the group in May 2005. Born in Xiangfan, China. Graduated from Central China Normal University in 2001, currently a Ph.D. student at Iowa State University.

Joined the group in June, 2006. Born in Los Angeles, CA. Graduated from University of California, San Diego in 2005, currently a Ph.D. student at Iowa State University.

Joined the group in June 2006. Currently a Ph.D. student at Iowa State University.

Joined the group in June 2007. Born in Seoul, South Korea. B.S. from Sogang University, 2003. M.S. from Seoul National University, 2005. Currently a Ph.D. student at Iowa State University.

Joined the group in June 2007. Born in Wuhan, China. Graduated from Wuhan University in 2006, currently a Ph.D. student at Iowa State University.

Joined the group in June 2005. Born in Waterloo, IA. Currently an undergraduate student at Iowa State University (Department of Materials Engineering).

Joined the group in January 2007. Born in Cedar Rapids, IA. Currently an undergraduate student at Iowa State University (Department of Materials Engineering).

Joined the group in January 2007. From Bellevue, IA. Currently an undergraduate student at Iowa State University (Department of Physics and Astronomy).