Mike Gaultois
M.Sc. Student
E-mail: m.gaultois @usask.ca

Project: Final-state effects in X-ray spectra from transition metal oxides
and silicates

B. Sc. (Honours): University of Alberta, 2009
M. Sc.: University of Saskatchewan, 2011
Group Members
Copyright 2009 Andrew Grosvenor
Department of Chemistry
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, SK S7N 5C9 Canada
andrew.grosvenor @usask.ca
The Boss
Current Graduate and Undergraduate Student Members
Andrew P. Grosvenor
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
E-mail: andrew.grosvenor @usask.ca
Keywords: Solid-state Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Surface Science, X-ray Spectroscopy

B. Sc. (Honours): University of Western Ontario, 2003
M. Sc.: University of Western Ontario, 2005 (Supervisor: Dr. N. S. McIntyre)
Ph. D.: University of Alberta, 2008 (Supervisors: Dr. A Mar and Dr. R. G. Cavell)
Postdoc.: McMaster University, 2008-2009 (Supervisor: Dr. J. E. Greedan)
Grosvenor Group
Alina Sklad
4th Undergraduate Research Student (2009/2010)

Project: Rare-earth filled skutterudites; an examination of the electronic
structure and surface reactivity when exposed to air

Former Group Members
Jessica Sigrist
4th Undergraduate Research Student (2010/2011)

Project: Rare-earth filled skutterudites: changes in thermal stability with
Fe and Ru substitution
Jessica Peddle
Summer 2010 Inorganic Chemistry Exchange (ICE) Student

Project: Examination of the air sensitivity of rare-earth filled skutterudites
(REFe4P12 vs. RERu4Pn12; RE = La, Ce, Eu; Pn = P, Sb)
John Hayes
M.Sc. Student
E-mail: jrh154 @mail.usask.ca

Project: An investigation of absorption energy shifts and intersite hybrid
excitations in transition-metal K-edge XANES spectra from REFeO3- and
Sr2Fe2-xMoxO6-type oxides

B. Sc.: Western Washington University, 2010
James Walker
M.Sc. Student
E-mail: jdw253 @mail.usask.ca

Project: Fe K-, Ga K-, and Al L2,3-edge XANES spectroscopy of Al1-xGaxFeO3

B. Sc. (Honours): University of Saskatchewan, 2011
Shaylin Eger
4th Undergraduate Research Student (2010/2011)

Project: Examination of the decomposition temperature and electronic
structure of synthesized, Ce-containing Brannerite (CeTi2O6)
Lana Huynh
Summer 2011 Inorganic Chemistry Exchange (ICE) Student

Project: The influence of composition and crystallinity on bonding in
(CeO2)x(ZrO2)y(SiO2)1-x-y.
Michelle Revoy (co-supversized with Dr. Robert Scott)
M.Sc. Student
E-mail: mnr021 @mail.usask.ca

Project: XPS and XANES investigations of the core-shell structure of CeO2 nanoparticles

B. Sc. (Honours): University of Waterloo, 2011
Esther Aluri
Ph. D. Student
E-mail: esa498 @mail.usask.ca

Project: X-ray absorption spectroscopic analysis of pyrochlore- and zirconolite-type oxides

M. Sc.: Indian Institute of Technology - Madras, 2010