Dr. Benjamin Owen
Director, IMSERC, CPC and QBIC Cores
Research Professor
Office: Tech BG53B
Phone number: 847-491-2962
IMSERC-Director@northwestern.edu

Rachel Altork
IMSERC Operations Manager
additionally CPC, NU-LED, QBIC
Office: Tech BG53A
Phone number: 847-467-0914
IMSERC-OFC@northwestern.edu
Crystallography
Dr. Christos D. Malliakas
Crystallography Director
Research Associate Professor
Office: Tech BG56
Phone number: 847-467-1738
c-malliakas@northwestern.edu
Dr. Nathaniel Barker
Crystallography Core Scientist
Office: Tech BG51
Phone number: 847-467-7580
nathaniel.barker@northwestern.edu
Mass Spectrometry
Dr. Dharmesh Parmar
Mass Spectrometry Director
Research Assistant Professor
Office: Tech BG54
Phone Number: 847-491-2950
dharmesh.parmar@northwestern.edu
Saman Shafaie
Mass Spectrometry Core Scientist
Office: Tech BG88
Phone number: 847-491-5514
sepehr@northwestern.edu
Steve Klimcak
Mass Spectrometry Core Scientist
IMSERC and CPC Mass Spectrometry
Office: Tech BG90
Phone number: 847-467-1240
steve.klimcak@northwestern.edu
NMR Spectroscopy
Dr. Yongbo Zhang
NMR Spectroscopy Director,
Research Associate Professor
Office: Tech BG57
Phone number: 847-467-1222
ybzhang@northwestern.edu
Dr. Jinlei Cui
NMR Core Scientist
Solid-state and Materials Specialist
Dynamic Nuclear Polarization (DNP) and EPR Spectroscopy
Research Assistant Professor
Office: Tech BG55
Phone number: 847-491-2948
jinlei.cui@northwestern.edu
Physical Characterization Methods (PCM)
Dr. Christos D. Malliakas
PCM and Optical Director
Research Associate Professor
Office: Tech BG56
Phone number: 847-467-1738
c-malliakas@northwestern.edu
Dr. Nathaniel Barker
PCM Core Scientist
Thermal Analysis, X-ray Fluorescence, Polarimetry, FT-IR
Office: Tech BG51
Phone number: 847-467-7580
nathaniel.barker@northwestern.edu
Dr. Jinlei Cui
EPR Core Scientist
Solid-state and Materials Specialist
EPR Spectroscopy
Research Assistant Professor
Office: Tech BG55
Phone number: 847-491-2948
jinlei.cui@northwestern.edu
Rebecca A. Sponenburg, M.Sc.
Core Manager - Elemental Analysis Core Scientist
Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectroscopy or Mass Spectrometry
(ICP-OES or ICP-MS)
Office: Silverman B535
Phone number: 847-467-0896
rebecca.sponenburg@northwestern.edu
Dr. Stephen A. Miller
PCM Core Scientist
FT-IR, Polarimetry, Raman
Senior Research Associate
Office: Tech NG36
Phone number: 847-467-7361
stephen.miller@northwestern.edu
Laser and Electronics Design core facility (NU-LED)
Dr. Christos D. Malliakas
NU-LED Director
Research Associate Professor
Office: Tech BG56
Phone number: 847-467-1738
c-malliakas@northwestern.edu
Dr. Stephen A. Miller
Senior Research Associate
Office: Tech NG36
Phone number: 847-467-7361
stephen.miller@northwestern.edu