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User Executive Committee

Chair (outgoing)

Franklin Leach
Franklin Leach

University of Georgia

Phone: 706-542-7146

Email: Franklin Leach

Research Interest: The leach lab at the University of Georgia focuses its research activities on the determination of molecular structure by FTMS in the context of environmental health with emphasis areas ranging from the interaction of emerging contaminants with natural organic matter and biota in wetland ecosystems to how the metabolic profile of organisms is affected by environmental exposures. The primary goal of these wide-ranging activities is to enable a more detailed understanding of environmental interactions and make a positive impact on public health.

Term: 1/2020-12/2026

Chair (new)

Ryan Baumbach
Ryan Baumbach

University of California, Santa Cruz

Westside Research Park

2300 Delaware Ave

Santa Cruz, CA 95060

Phone: 401-863-9689

Email: Ryan Baumbach

Research Interests: Quantum materials, topology, strong electronic correlations, magnetic frustration, superconductivity, materials synthesis techniques, high magnetic fields

Term: 1/2025-12/2028

Vice Chair, General Field Facilities (DC Field, High B/T, and PFF)

Charles (Chuck) Agosta
Charles (Chuck) Agosta

Clark University, Department of Physics

950 Main St. Worcester, MA 01610

Phone: 617-324-7762

Website: Visit Charles Agosta page

Email: Charles Agosta

Research Interests: His present research interests are lower dimensional superconductors in very high magnetic fields, dc microgrids, and heat transfer in gas boundary layers.

Term: 1/2025-12/2027

Vice Chair, Resonance Facilities (EMR, ICR, NMR/MRI's) (outgoing)

Galia Debelouchina
Galia Debelouchina

University of California San Diego

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

9500 Gilman Dr # 0307

La Jolla, CA 92093

Phone: 858-534-3038

Email: Galia Debelouchina

Research Interests: My group is developing sensitivity-enhanced solid-state NMR spectroscopy techniques and applying them to study the structure of chromatin related proteins both in vitro and in cells.

Term: 1/2021-12/2026

Vice Chair, Resonance Facilities (EMR, ICR, NMR/MRI's) (new)

Claudia Avalos
Claudia Avalos

New York University

Chemistry Department

Silver 704; 31 Washington Place

New York, NY 10013

Phone: 212-992-6541

Email: Claudia Avalos

Research Interests: My research group uses optical and magnetic resonance methods (ssNMR, EPR, NV magnetometry) to study the structure-function relationships of photoactive materials such as ferroelectrics, perovskites and organic chromophores.

Term: 1/2023-12/2028

Representing the DC Field/High B/T Advisory Sub-Committee

Ryan Baumbach
Ryan Baumbach

University of California, Santa Cruz

Westside Research Park

2300 Delaware Ave

Santa Cruz, CA 95060

Phone: 401-863-9689

Email: Ryan Baumbach

Research Interests: Quantum materials, topology, strong electronic correlations, magnetic frustration, superconductivity, materials synthesis techniques, high magnetic fields

Term: 1/2025-12/2028

Corey Frank
Corey Frank

New Mexico State University

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, W377, MSC 3C, PO Box 30001,

Las Cruces, NM 88003-8001

Phone: 575-646-4029

Email: Corey Frank

Research Interests: Design and synthesis of bulk crystalline magnetoelectric, multiferroic, and topological materials, including unconventional superconductors and new candidate spin liquids. My most recent work has focused on tuning spin triplet and field reinforced unconventional superconductivity in single crystals via controlling synthetic conditions. This work has required, and will continue to require, testing the magnetoresistance, PDO/TDO frequency response, and solid state NMR spectroscopic properties of single crystals at the National MagLab in Tallahassee, FL.

Term: 1/2025-12/2027

Representing the EMR Advisory Sub-Committee

Effie Kisgeropoulos
Effie Kisgeropoulos

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Field Test Laboratory Building 180-03

15013 Denver West Parkway

Golden, CO 80401

Phone: 330-365-0417/

Email: Effie Kisgeropoulos

Research Interests: Investigations of the fundamental mechanisms governing energy transformations in nature, with particular interest in discerning the role of electronic structure in these mechanisms; also interested in applying this lens to research questions in different fields/areas.

Term: 1/2024-12/2027

Representing the ICR Advisory Sub-Committee

Franklin Leach (outgoing)
Franklin Leach (outgoing)

University of Georgia

Phone: 706- 542-7146

Email: Franklin Leach

Research Interest: The leach lab at the University of Georgia focuses its research activities on the determination of molecular structure by FTMS in the context of environmental health with emphasis areas ranging from the interaction of emerging contaminants with natural organic matter and biota in wetland ecosystems to how the metabolic profile of organisms is affected by environmental exposures. The primary goal of these wide-ranging activities is to enable a more detailed understanding of environmental interactions and make a positive impact on public health.

Term: 1/2020-12/2026

Jesse Canterbury (new)
Jesse Canterbury (new)

Thermo Fisher Scientific

355 River Oaks Parkway

San Jose, CA 95134

Phone: 408-965-6000

Email: Jesse Canterbury

Research Interests: My interests are in new hardware and software development for mass spectrometry.

Term: 1/2025-12/2027

Representing the NMR/MRIs Advisory Sub-Committee

Claudia Avalos
Claudia Avalos

New York University

Chemistry Department

Silver 704; 31 Washington Place

New York, NY 10013

Phone: 212-992-6541

Email: Claudia Avalos

Research Interests: My research group uses optical and magnetic resonance methods (ssNMR, EPR, NV magnetometry) to study the structure-function relationships of photoactive materials such as ferroelectrics, perovskites and organic chromophores.

Term: 1/2023-12/2028

Galia Debelouchina
Galia Debelouchina

University of California San Diego

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

9500 Gilman Dr # 0307

La Jolla, CA 92093

Phone: 858-534-3038

Email: Galia Debelouchina

Research Interests: My group is developing sensitivity-enhanced solid-state NMR spectroscopy techniques and applying them to study the structure of chromatin related proteins both in vitro and in cells.

Term: 1/2021-12/2026

Shella Keilholz
Shella Keilholz

Emory University/Georgia Tech

Department Biomedical Engineering

1760 Haygood Dr, HSRB Suite 200, Atlanta GA 30322

Phone: 404-727-2433

Email: Shella Keilholz - GA Tech or Shella Keilholz - Emory

Research interest: Neuroimaging and multimodal studies of brain dynamics

Term: 1/2021-12/2026

Andre Obenaus
Andre Obenaus

University of California, Riverside

School of Medicine

Division of Biomedical Sciences

207 SOM Research Bldg

Riverside, CA 92521

Phone: 951-827-0735

Email: Andre Obenaus

Web site: Visit Andre Obenaus page

Research Interests: My primary research interest utilizes diffusion MRI (dMRI) to study brain microstructure in traumatic brain injury and in novel mouse models of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). We also study how the cerebrovasculature responds aging and brain injury using perfusion MRI combined with cellular and molecular approaches that could lead to potential new therapeutic avenues.

Term: 1/2025-12/2027

Representing the PFF Advisory Sub-Committee

Charles (Chuck) Agosta
Charles (Chuck) Agosta

Clark University, Department of Physics

950 Main St. Worcester, MA 01610

Phone: 617-324-7762

Website: Visit Charles Agosta page

Email: Charles Agosta

Research Interests: His present research interests are lower dimensional superconductors in very high magnetic fields, dc microgrids, and heat transfer in gas boundary layers.

Term: 1/2025-12/2027

For more information, contact User Program Chief of Staff Anke Toth.


Last modified on 02 November 2026