Dr. Ilia Kaminker - Principal Investigator
Dr. Kaminker Joined the School of Chemistry and established the High-Field DNP / EPR laboratory in 2018 after returning from a four-year postdoctoral training in the University of California Santa Barabara.
School of Chemistry, Tel-Aviv University. Office: Orenstein 421
Present Group Members
Orit Nir-Arad - PhD student
Orit is working on developing new experimental approaches for EPR and DNP at 14 T. The main goal of her PhD project is to develop DNP methods for "difficult" nuclei for which conventional NMR experiments are too time-consuming to be practical.
Orit is also responsible, for teaching the EPR experiment for the advanced physical chemistry laboratory course.
David Shlomi - Graduated from Ariel University with BSc in Physics.
David is working on developing radiofrequency circuits for DNP probe-heads.
Amit Israelstam - Undergraduate research assistant.
Amit is working on developing model systems for DNP experiments at high temperatures. The goal of her project is to develop the model system which will allow the study of the DNP spin physics at experimentally more accessible temperatures.
Yuval Tamir - Undergraduate student in the Material Science and Chemistry program.
Yuval is working on developing high-frequency resonators for EPR and DNP experiments.
Ayala Hecht - Undergraduate Student in the Chemistry-Research Program for Outstanding Students.
Ayala is working on developing conductive coating procedures for high-power, low-temperature RF capacitors for DNP/NMR probeheads.
Dr. Alexander Fialkov - Associate Researcher
Dr. Nurit Manukovsky - laboratory manager
Nurit works on the theoretical analysis of high-field magnetic resonance experiments.
Past Group Members
Prof. Arnold Raitsimring - visiting scientist.
Arnold Raitsimring is Prof. Emeritus and former head of the pulsed EPR facility at the University of Arizona at Tucson. He is in expert on everything related to EPR. He is working on the design of novel resonators for EPR and DNP experiment at 200 and 400 GHz.
Dr. Daphna Shimon - postdoctoral fellow.
Daphna has joined the lab after completing two postdoctoral fellowships in the United states. She brings extensive expertise in DNP and solid-state NMR. Daphna is working on solid-state NMR of Archaeological pottery samples and DNP of "difficult" nuclei.
Sapir Shaya - laboratory technician
Sapir joined the High-Field DNP / EPR laboratory after completing her contract service in the IDF signal corps. She brings knowledge and experience in practical electronics and is responsible for testing and assembly of the various equipment in the laboratory.
Roman Kumarbaev - NMR technitian
Roman is an electrical engineer working in the School of Chemistry. He is responsible for maintenance and upgrades of the NMR instruments.
Former Undergraduate Students
Tomer Amit – third year undergraduate student in the Chemistry-Research Program for Outstanding Students.
Tomer is a 2019 Ratner Center Scholar working on the design and construction of the high-frequency transmitter and receiver units for DNP spectrometer.
Matan Nahamiev - undergraduate student, electrical engineering
Project: Development of radio frequency circuits for Dynamic Nuclear Polarization probehead.
Matan together with Sharon are doing their graduate project in electrical engineering in the High-Field DNP / EPR laboratory.
Sharon Rabinoviz - undergraduate student, electrical engineering
Project: Development of radio frequency circuits for Dynamic Nuclear Polarization probehead.
Sharon together with Matan are doing their graduate project in electrical engineering in the High-Field DNP / EPR laboratory.