[quote=davidcpa]Yeah every article I saw about him said STUDENT does this or Student did that so lets hope he's a keeper.[/quote]

David -
You are mistaken!

My nephew Tod got a PHD in Applied Physics from Stanford University - 2002 (paid for, full boat), worked there, then got a job at Lawrence Livermore National Lab in Calif., but felt a bit hampered in his research because, well, it was a government facility. He began looking for work & was offered jobs at Harvard, USC., and Ga. Tech. He is now an assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech. He took Georgia because the school gave him the freedom to set up his own lab & continue his cancer research.

Here is the "background" blurb on the Georgia Tech school of engineering website.

"Dr. Sulchek developed improvements for high-speed atomic force microscopy before focusing on measurement in biological systems. Dr. Sulchek started at Georgia Tech in June 2008 as an Assistant Professor. Prior to his current appointment, he was a staff scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Lab. "

The website is: http://www.me.gatech.edu/faculty/sulchek.shtml.
and if you google "Todd Sulchek" "Georgia," it is the first website that comes up. "Todd Sulchek" "cancer" gets you to his earlier work.

To quote my original post: "His previous assignment was at Livermore National Laboratory, but he is now an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Georgia Tech."

His improvements in high-speed atomic force microscopy is *exactly* what you were talking about. He is not a student.

I hope that clarifies who and what he is.

Marlene