Our Team
Meet the researchers of the Dolgos Group.
![Michelle Dolgos](/sites/default/files/styles/ucws_image_desktop/public/2020-08/michelle-dolgos.jpg?itok=TWquQ8DL)
Michelle Dolgos
Michelle grew up in Allen Park, Michigan and received her B.Sc. in Chemistry at Hillsdale College in 2002. She attended the University of Tennessee for her M.Sc. where she worked on silver (II) fluorides and then moved to the Ohio State University for her PhD in the Woodward Group, where she studied structure-property relationships of complex oxides. She was fortunate to have the opportunity to do a postdoctoral fellowship abroad in the Rosseinsky Group at the University of Liverpool where her main focus was the synthesis and characterization of novel piezoelectric perovskites.
Michelle had a second postdoctoral position for a year in the Center for Sustainable Materials Chemistry at Oregon State University where she investigated the structure of nanolaminate thin films. Her widely varied experience has led her to enjoy learning about the structure-property relationships in many different types of materials, but her specific focus is working towards rational design of piezoelectric, ferroelectric, and multiferroic materials.
She spent 5 years as faculty at Oregon State University and recently moved to the University of Calgary as faculty in the Department of Chemistry. Her widely varied experience has led her to enjoy learning about the structure-property relationships in many different types of materials, but her specific focus is working towards rational design of piezoelectric and ferroelectric materials.
In her spare time, Michelle enjoys hiking, running, traveling, watching Doctor Who, and reading science-fiction and fantasy books.
Research Team
Meet the current researchers of the Dolgos Group
![Stuart Burns](/sites/default/files/styles/ucws_thumbnail_portrait/public/2020-08/Mugshot%20-%20close.jpg?itok=DrhJXQKZ)
Stuart Burns
Postdoctoral Fellow
![Bryan Zanca](/sites/default/files/styles/ucws_thumbnail_portrait/public/2020-10/PXL_20201031_193017959_2.jpg?itok=pDmD8M5v)
![Tom Rowe](/sites/default/files/styles/ucws_thumbnail_portrait/public/2020-08/IMG_20200727_134837_0.jpg?itok=l_rZnECa)
![Brooke Richtik](/sites/default/files/styles/ucws_thumbnail_portrait/public/2021-12/Brooke_1.jpg?itok=dWpNMnD9)
Mohsen Mahmoudvand
PhD Candidate
![Ahmed Z. Rashad](/sites/default/files/styles/ucws_thumbnail_portrait/public/2021-02/WhatsApp%20Image%202021-02-22%20at%2012.28.52%20AM.jpeg?itok=k9SpweS2)
![Khalil Mulji](/sites/default/files/styles/ucws_thumbnail_portrait/public/2020-08/UofC-223.jpg?itok=eoNExEtK)
![Senya Rennie](/sites/default/files/styles/ucws_thumbnail_portrait/public/2022-01/senya.jpeg?itok=jq2etCW2)
Alumni
Meet the graduates of the Dolgos Group
Alyssa Johnson
Formerly a graduate student with the Dolgos Group. Currently a graduate student at Oregon State University.
Charles Culbertson
Formerly a graduate student with the Dolgos Group. Currently a graduate student at Oregon State University.
Dylan Fast
Formerly a graduate student with the Dolgos Group. Currently a graduate student at Oregon State University.
Jason Nikkel
Formerly a graduate student with the Dolgos Group. Currently a graduate student at Oregon State University.
Ryan McQuade
Formerly a graduate student with the Dolgos Group.
Swagata Dey
Formerly a graduate student with the Dolgos Group.
Eric Qian
Formerly an undergraduate student with the Dolgos Group.
Alicia Manjón Sanz
Formerly a Postdoctoral Fellow with the Dolgos Group.
Dr. Wesley Surta
Formerly a graduate student with the Dolgos Group. Currently at the University of Liverpool in the Rosseinsky Group.
Alexander Edgar
Formerly an undergraduate student with the Dolgos Group. Currently a part of the UO Masters Internship Program.
Alexandra Malone
Formerly an undergraduate student with the Dolgos Group. Currently a part of the OSU Grad School Education program.
Mesa Walker
Formerly an undergraduate student with the Dolgos Group. Currently part of the OSU Mathematics Department.
Caitlin Berger
Formerly an undergraduate student with the Dolgos Group. Currently at Oregon State University.
Vanessa de la Puente
Formerly an undergraduate student with the Dolgos Group. Currently at Beaker and Wrench.
Matthew Clark
Formerly an undergraduate student with the Dolgos Group. Currently at Sila Nanotechnologies Inc.
Jonathan Lopez
Formerly an undergraduate student at the Dolgos Group.
Lindsay Michaud
Formerly an undergraduate student with the Dolgos Group.
Samuel Fusick
Formerly an undergraduate student with the Dolgos Group. Currently at Solemis.
Dr. Alisa Paterson
Formerly a postdoctoral fellow with the Dolgos Group. Currently with Canadian Light Source Inc.
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