Phone: 252-0247 | Fax: 252-7392

E-Mail: drobinsn@aps.anl.gov

• 2009 - present:  Physicist, Argonne National Lab.
• 1997 -2009:  Beamline Scientist, APS/μ-CAT, Ames Laboratory, Argonne, IL.
• 1988-1997:   Staff Scientist, Microelectronics Research Center, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
• Ph.D. Condensed Matter Physics, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois; 1983
• M.S. Physics, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois; 1977
• B.S. Physics, Michigan State University, Lansing, Michigan, 1975

• X-ray scattering studies of materials
• Local structure of molten liquids
• X-ray scattering instrumentation design

1. K.F. Kelton, G.W. Lee, A.K. Gangopadhyay, R.W. Hyers, T.J. Rathz, J.R. Rogers, M.B. Robinson, and D.S. Robinson, "First x-ray scattering studies of electrostatically levitated metallic liquids: demonstrated influence of local icosohedral order on the nucleation barrier", Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 195504 (2003).
2. K. Gautam, S. Kumar, D. Wermeille, D.S. Robinson, and A. Dhinojwala, “Observation of novel liquid crystallin phase above the bulk-melting termaperature”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 215501 (2003).