Amol Karandikar is a postdoct at Carnegie working with Tim Strobel and Reinhard Boehler.  He is working on material synthesis and phase stability of carbon/hydrogen rich compounds and light element transport in metals. He is also working on the use of neutron scattering for light elements phase analysis.  Additionally, Amol is interested in high-pressure/high-temperature study of materials and melting temperature measurements.