Members

graduate Students

Former Graduate Students

DHRUV SHARMA

"Conformational Locking and Symmetry Breaking in π-Conjugated Furan Macrocycles and Helical Polymers"

Ph.D. in Chemistry, 2026

JAMIE C. GAITOR

"Anion Exchange Membranes derived from Phosphonium and Ammonium Functionalized Polynorbornenes"

Ph.D. in Chemistry, 2023

MANAMI KAWIKAMI

"Design, Synthesis, and Characterization of Ester-Functionalized Group 16 Conjugated Polymers and Macrocycles"

Ph.D. in Chemistry, 2023

MEGAN TREICHEL

"Designing Phosphonium and Sulfoxonium Functionalized Polynorbornenes for Alkaline Stable Anion-Exchange Membranes"

Ph.D. in Chemistry, 2022

MICHAEL V. BATISTA

"Refining Synthetic Strategies in Suzuki-Miyaura Catalyst Transfer Polymerization"

Ph.D. in Chemistry, 2022

ANTHONY VARNI

"Design, Synthesis, and Properties of Furan-Based Conjugated Materials"

Ph.D. in Chemistry, 2021

SOPHIA ZAHN

"TAML Activator Membranes: New Materials for Water Treatment"

B.S. with Departmental Honors/M.S. in Chemistry, 2019

MATTHEW BAKER

"Development and Mechanistic Understanding of Nickel-catalyzed Suzuki Catalyst Transfer Polycondensation"

Ph.D. in Chemistry, 2019

CHIA-HUA TSAI

"Chemical Strategies and Controlled Synthesis of Thiophene-based Organic Electronics for Property Tuning"

Ph.D. in Chemistry, 2018

TYLER WOMBLE

"Synthesis, Characterization, and Polymerization of Tetrakis(dialkylamino)phosphonium Cations"

Ph.D. in Chemistry, 2017

YUNYAN (BILL) QIU

"Diversifying Catalysts, Monomers, Cross-Coupling Strategies and Functional Groups in the Controlled Synthesis of Conjugated Polymers",

Ph.D. in Chemistry, 2016

JOSHUA WORCH

"Well-Defined Semiconducting Materials with Stabilized Molecular Orbitals: Thiaphospholes to Polythiophenes"

Ph.D. in Chemistry, 2016

NADINE CURRIE

M.S. in Chemistry, 2015

WEINAN YANG

M.S. in Chemistry, 2013

UnderGraduate Students

Class of 2029

Fraizer Hoak

Class of 2028

Kaj Colby

Class of 2027

Nolan Cynkar, Gwyneth Farley, Zoe Hausner

Class of 2026

Sachi Amanze, Miles Williams

Class of 2025

Suhass Sontyana, Liam McDowell, Tracy Zhang, Leo Westrey

Class of 2024

Nina Fisherman, Sam Glowasky, Athan Diniaco

Class of 2023

Camille WIlliams

Class of 2017

Claire Dingwell, Jamie Kang

Class of 2016

Karl Schulz

Class of 2014

Kevin Hunter, Danny Davis

Former Researchers

2025

Ed Zovinka - Visting Researcher

2024

Takumi Yanagihara - Visiting PhD Researcher

2023

Masashi Nakumara - Visting PhD Researcher

2021

Ryan Selhorst - Postdoctoral Researcher

2019

Josué Ayuso-Carrillo - Postdoctoral Researcher

2017

Taniya Pathiranage - Postdoctoral researcher