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

From left: T.J. Duncan, Pubudu Wimalasiri, Ashley Borkowski, Ankita Katiyar, C. Hiranya Mendis, Ward Thompson, Zeke Piskulich, Ankita Katiyar and Hasini Senanayake
From left: T.J. Duncan, Pubudu Wimalasiri, Ashley Borkowski, Ankita Katiyar, C. Hiranya Mendis, Ward Thompson, Zeke Piskulich, Ankita Katiyar and Hasini Senanayake

 

Group in October 2017

From left: Ward Thompson, Ankita Katiyar, Zeke Piskulich, C. Hiranya Mendis, Pubudu Wimalasiri, and Yanyun Sun
From left: Ward Thompson, Ankita Katiyar, Zeke Piskulich, C. Hiranya Mendis, Pubudu Wimalasiri, and Yanyun Sun

 

Group in July 2017 (Mesele's PhD Defense)

From left: Ankita Katiyar, Ward Thompson, Oluwaseun Mesele, C. Hiranya Mendis, Zeke Piskulich, and Pubudu Wimalasiri
From left: Ankita Katiyar, Ward Thompson, Oluwaseun Mesele, C. Hiranya Mendis, Zeke Piskulich, and Pubudu Wimalasiri

 

Group in Spring 2016

From left: Jacob Harvey, Oluwaseun Mesele, Addison Schile, Pansy Patel, Paul Burris, Hiranya Mendis, and Pubudu Wimalasiri
From left: Jacob Harvey, Oluwaseun Mesele, Addison Schile, Pansy Patel, Paul Burris, Hiranya Mendis, and Pubudu Wimalasiri

 

Group in 2014

From left: Pansy Patel, Ward Thompson, Jacob Harvey, Krista Steenbergen, Oluwaseun Mesele, Paul Burris, Ning Shen, Manoj Kumar, Hiranya Mendis, and Thomas Flynn
From left: Pansy Patel, Ward Thompson, Jacob Harvey, Krista Steenbergen, Oluwaseun Mesele, Paul Burris, Ning Shen, Manoj Kumar, Hiranya Mendis, and Thomas Flynn