Ernesto Vargas
Hometown: West Chicago, IL
Education: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Dual Mentors: Francisco Bezanilla, Benoit Roux
Email: vargaslo at uchicago
The Big Picture
My interest is in investigating the biophysics of membrane proteins. Specifically, to better understand the structure and function of voltage-dependent ion channels using computational methods as well as spectroscopic and electrophysiological techniques.
Publications
- E. Vargas Lopez, B.E. Jurczyk, M.A. Jaworski, M.J. Neumann, D.N. Ruzic, "Origins of Debris and Mitigation Through a Secondary RF Plasma System for Discharge-Produced EUV Sources", Microelectronic Engineering Vol. 77, Issue 2, 95-102, (2005)
- B.E. Jurczyk, E. Vargas L—pez, M.J.Neumann, D.N. Ruzic, "Illinois Debris-Mitigation EUV Applications Laboratory", Microelectronic Engineering Vol. 77, Issue 2, 103-109, (2005)
- M. Nieto, D.N. Ruzic, J.P. Allain, M.D. Coventry, E. Vargas L—pez, "Helium Retention and Diffusivity in Flowing Liquid Lithium", Journal of Nuclear Materials Vol. 313-316, 646-650, (2003)
- J.P. Allain, M. Nieto, M.D. Coventry, M.J. Neumann, E. Vargas L—pez, D.N. Ruzic "FLIRE- Flowing Liquid Surface Retention Experiment, Design and Testing" Fusion Engineering and Design 61-62 (2002)
- Curtis Rettig, Jerzy R. Hoffman, Ernesto L. Vargas, "Systems and Methods for Deflecting Plasma-Generated Ions to Prevent the Ions from Reaching an Internal Component of an EUV Light Source", United States Patent Publication No. 2005-0279946