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Principal Investigator <\/a> | Graduate Students<\/a> | Research Assistants<\/a> | Undergraduates<\/a> | Visiting Scholars<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Richard<\/h3>\n

<\/a>Professor Richard G. Blair<\/h3>\n

Researcher<\/p>\n

Cluster for the Rational Design of Catalysts for Energy Applications and Propulsion
Center for Advanced Turbomachinery and Energy Research (CATER)
Ph.D., Inorganic Chemistry, University of California, Los Angeles<\/p>\n

Interests<\/b>:
Synthesis of Inorganic Materials with an eye on applications in aerospace, optics and chemical feedstock. Examination of the kinetics and mechanism of solid-solid reactions. Development of Forensic analytical methods related to single crystal and powder X-ray diffraction.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"The<\/h3>\n

<\/a>Graduate Students<\/h3>\n

Saqib Shazhad<\/p>\n

<\/a>Research Assistants<\/h3>\n

Christian Caprara<\/p>\n

Danny Cordova<\/p>\n

Mlinda Heng<\/p>\n

Sydney Malott<\/p>\n

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<\/a>Undergraduate Students<\/h3>\n

Kevin Groves<\/p>\n

Arianna Guemarez<\/p>\n

Sophie Lee<\/p>\n

Jackie Olearczyk<\/p>\n

Katlene Patron<\/p>\n

Micheal Watson<\/p>\n

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<\/a>Visiting Scholars<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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