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Members<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"noonan-kevin\"<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Kevin Noonan<\/h3>\n

Associate Professor<\/strong>
noonan@andrew.cmu.edu<\/a>
412-268-3128
Mellon Institute 849A<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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graduate Students<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"birch-chris\"<\/span><\/div>\n\n

Chris Birch<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

5th Year<\/span>
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\"vinskus-jess\"<\/span><\/div>\n\n

Jess Vinskus<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

5th Year<\/span>
email\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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\"Profile<\/span><\/div>\n\n

Karl Schulz<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

5th Year<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Profile<\/span><\/div>\n\n

Bella Stranick<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

3rd Year<\/span>
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Seth Waugaman<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

2nd Year<\/span>
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Former Graduate Students<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

DHRUV SHARMA<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Conformational Locking and Symmetry Breaking in \u03c0-Conjugated Furan Macrocycles and Helical Polymers\"<\/p>\n

Ph.D. in Chemistry, 2026<\/p>\n

JAMIE C. GAITOR<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Anion Exchange Membranes derived from Phosphonium and Ammonium Functionalized Polynorbornenes\"<\/p>\n

Ph.D. in Chemistry, 2023<\/p>\n

MANAMI KAWIKAMI<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Design, Synthesis, and Characterization of Ester-Functionalized Group 16 Conjugated Polymers and Macrocycles\"<\/p>\n

Ph.D. in Chemistry, 2023<\/p>\n

MEGAN TREICHEL<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Designing Phosphonium and Sulfoxonium Functionalized Polynorbornenes for Alkaline Stable Anion-Exchange Membranes\"<\/p>\n

Ph.D. in Chemistry, 2022<\/p>\n

MICHAEL V. BATISTA<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Refining Synthetic Strategies in Suzuki-Miyaura Catalyst Transfer Polymerization\"<\/p>\n

Ph.D. in Chemistry, 2022<\/p>\n

ANTHONY VARNI<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Design, Synthesis, and Properties of Furan-Based Conjugated Materials\"<\/p>\n

Ph.D. in Chemistry, 2021<\/p>\n

SOPHIA ZAHN<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"TAML Activator Membranes: New Materials for Water Treatment\"<\/p>\n

B.S. with Departmental Honors\/M.S. in Chemistry, 2019<\/p>\n

MATTHEW BAKER<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Development and Mechanistic Understanding of Nickel-catalyzed Suzuki Catalyst Transfer Polycondensation\"<\/p>\n

Ph.D. in Chemistry, 2019<\/p>\n

CHIA-HUA TSAI<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Chemical Strategies and Controlled Synthesis of Thiophene-based Organic Electronics for Property Tuning\"<\/p>\n

Ph.D. in Chemistry, 2018<\/p>\n

TYLER WOMBLE<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Synthesis, Characterization, and Polymerization of Tetrakis(dialkylamino)phosphonium Cations\"<\/p>\n

Ph.D. in Chemistry, 2017<\/p>\n

YUNYAN (BILL) QIU<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Diversifying Catalysts, Monomers, Cross-Coupling Strategies and Functional Groups in the Controlled Synthesis of Conjugated Polymers\",<\/p>\n

Ph.D. in Chemistry, 2016<\/p>\n

JOSHUA WORCH<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Well-Defined Semiconducting Materials with Stabilized Molecular Orbitals: Thiaphospholes to Polythiophenes\"<\/p>\n

Ph.D. in Chemistry, 2016<\/p>\n

NADINE CURRIE<\/strong><\/p>\n

M.S. in Chemistry, 2015<\/p>\n

WEINAN YANG<\/strong><\/p>\n

M.S. in Chemistry, 2013<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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UnderGraduate Students<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n
Class of 2029<\/h5>\n

Fraizer Hoak<\/p>\n

Class of 2028<\/h5>\n

Kaj Colby<\/p>\n

Class of 2027<\/h5>\n

Nolan Cynkar, Gwyneth Farley, Zoe Hausner<\/p>\n

Class of 2026<\/h5>\n

Sachi Amanze, Miles Williams<\/p>\n

Class of 2025<\/h5>\n

Suhass Sontyana, Liam McDowell, Tracy Zhang, Leo Westrey<\/p>\n

Class of 2024<\/h5>\n

Nina Fisherman, Sam Glowasky, Athan Diniaco<\/p>\n

Class of 2023<\/h5>\n

Camille WIlliams<\/p>\n

Class of 2017<\/h5>\n

Claire Dingwell, Jamie Kang<\/p>\n

Class of 2016<\/h5>\n

Karl Schulz<\/p>\n

Class of 2014<\/h5>\n

Kevin Hunter, Danny Davis<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Former Researchers<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n
2025<\/h5>\n

Ed Zovinka - Visting Researcher<\/p>\n

2024<\/h5>\n

Takumi Yanagihara - Visiting PhD Researcher<\/p>\n

2023<\/h5>\n

Masashi Nakumara - Visting PhD Researcher<\/p>\n

2021<\/h5>\n

Ryan Selhorst - Postdoctoral Researcher<\/p>\n

2019<\/h5>\n

Josu\u00e9 Ayuso-Carrillo - Postdoctoral Researcher<\/span><\/p>\n

2017<\/span><\/h5>\n

Taniya Pathiranage - Postdoctoral researcher<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Former Undergraduate Students<\/h1>\n

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