Former Members
Alphabetical Listing
Paul C. Burris, Undergraduate & Graduate Student
Currently working in industry in Tulsa, OK
Paul C. Calio, NSF-REU Undergraduate Student
Ph.D. in Chemistry from University of Chicago (Voth group)
Currently a postdoc at the University of Chicago (Gagliardi group)
Megan A. (Damm) Mann, NSF-REU Undergraduate Student
B.S. from Fairmont State University, 2007; Ph.D. from Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016
Tyler J. Duncan, KU Undergraduate Student
B.S. in Chemical Engineering from KU, 2020
Currently graduate student in Chem. Engr. at UT Austin
Alexey Ermak, Summer Undergraduate Student from Park U
Dr. Xiaobing Feng, Postdoctoral Associate
Currently in Toronto, Canada
Thomas J. Flynn, KU Undergraduate Student
B.S. in Chemical Engineering from KU, 2015
Currently working in industry
Julia Friere-Sovierzoski, REU Undergraduate Student from Georgia Gwinnett & Brazil
Alondra Garcia-Arevalo, KU Undergraduate Student
Currently an undergraduate student at KU
Dr. Javier A. Gomez, Postdoctoral Associate
Dr. Tolga Gulmen, Postdoctoral Associate
J.D. from Univ. of California-Berkeley Law School
Practicing Attorney
Dr. Jacob A. Harvey, Postdoctoral Associate
Currently a staff scientist at Sandia National Laboratory (NM)
Dustin S. Hillman, M.S., Chemistry, 2005
Dr. Being J. Ka, Postdoctoral Associate
Currently a Supplemental Instruction Leader (SI) at Lansing Community College
Jesse Kern, NSF-REU Undergraduate Student
B.S. from Baker University, 2010, Ph.D. from KU in Chemistry, 2015 (Laird Group)
Currently a faculty member at Randolph College, Lynchburg, VA
Manoj Kumar, Postdoctoral Associate (joint w/ Jackson group)
Currently working at Colgate-Palmolive
Patrick J. Landry, NSF-REU Undergraduate Student
B.S. from Louisiana Tech University, 2020
Currently graduate student in Chemistry at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Soowhan Lee, Postdoctoral Associate (joint w/ Laird group)
Dr. Shenmin Li, Postdoctoral Associate
Professor, Dalian University, PRC
Seth Martin, KU Undergraduate Student
B.S. in Chemistry from KU, 2010; Ph.D. in Chemistry from KU, 2021 (Laird Group)
Currently a faculty member at University of St. Mary
Dr. C. Hiranya Mendis, Ph.D., Chemistry, 2019
Dr. Oluwaseun O. Mesele, Ph.D., Chemistry, 2017
Currently a process engineer at Intel
Dr. Katie R. Mitchell-Koch, Ph.D., Chemistry, 2008
Associate Professor, Wichita State University
Jeremy Moore, NSF-REU Undergraduate Student
B.S. from Greenville College, 2010; Ph.D. from Washington University 2015
Postdoctoral Associate at Washington University School of Medicine
Dr. Christine M. Morales, Postdoctoral Associate
Faculty in Chemistry, Hawaii Pacific University
Cassandra D. Norton, M.S., Chemistry, 2011 & former NSF-REU Undergraduate Student
B.S. from Emporia State University, 2008
Currently at Hospira
Pansy D. Patel, Postdoctoral Associate
Currently at PPG Industries
Colin Pettegrew, NSF-REU Undergraduate Student
B.S. from Northwestern Missouri State University, 2011
Teacher, St. Joseph, Missouri
Zeke A. Piskulich, Ph.D., Chemistry, 2021
Currently a postdoctoral associate in Chemistry at Boston University (Cui group)
Addison J. Schile, KU Undergraduate Student
B.S. in Chemical Engineering from KU, 2016
Currently a graduate student in Chemistry at the University of California-Berkeley (Limmer group)
Holly A. Schwichtenberg, NSF-REU Undergraduate Student
B.S. from Winona State University, 2005
Dr. Ning Shen, Postdoctoral Associate
Currently working at Citibank
Ashley K. (Phillips) Tucker, NSF-REU Undergraduate Student
B.S. from Westminster College, 2005; Ph.D. from Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010
Prof. Tricia D. Shepherd, Visiting Professor
Professor of Chemistry, Moravian College
David Ben Spry, KU Undergraduate Student
B.S. in Chemistry & Mathematics from KU, 2004; PhD in Chemistry & M.S. in Chemical Engineering from Stanford University, 2009
Currently at Shell
Krista G. Steenbergen, Postdoctoral Associate (joint w/ Laird group)
Currently a Postdoctoral Associate in Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Jason K. Streit, NSF-REU Undergraduate Student
B.S. from Neuman College, 2008; Ph.D. from Rice University, 2014
Currently a NRC Postdoctoral Researcher at NIST
Prof. Yanyun Sun, Visiting Professor
Professor at Southwest Jiaotong University, PRC
Kumar Vanka, Postdoctoral Associate
Faculty at National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India
Dr. Anthony (Drew) A. Vartia, Ph.D., Chemistry, 2012
Currently an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Chemistry, University of Kansas
Ngocyen (Mary) T. Vo, KU Undergraduate Student
Pharm.D. from KU, 2014
Currently a Pharmacist
Robert H. Wells, NSF-REU Undergraduate Student
B.S. from University of Arkansas - Fort Smith, 2014
Currently a Chemistry graduate student at University of Colorado, Boulder (Skodje group)
Pubudu N. Wimalasiri, Ph.D., Chemistry, 2020
Currently a postdoctoral associate at Argonne National Lab
Group in October 2019
Group in October 2017
Group in July 2017 (Mesele's PhD Defense)
Group in Spring 2016