Group Members

CURRENT MEMBERS

Dr. Shainaz Landge (Principal Investigator)

Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry

Director - Vertically Integrated Projects

Organic Chemistry Lab Coordinator

Office: 3213; Lab: 3207

Email: slandge@georgiasouthern.edu

Awards and Honors:

2025 - Silvia Ronco - Innovative Mentorship Award (Council on Undergraduate Research)

2025 - USG Regents’ Scholarship of Teaching & Learning Awards

2024 - COSM - Award of Excellence in Collaboration - Team Award for Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP)

2024 - VIP - Outstanding New Site Development Award

2024 - COSM - Life Time Achievement award for Citations

2024 - COSM - Life Time Achievement award for Publications

2023 - COSM - Excellence in Research Award

2023 - COSM - Award of Excellence in Collaboration - Team Award for COSM -LLC

2022 - VIP Innovation Award: Partnership Building

2022 - COSM - Award of Excellence in Collaboration - Team Award for CEMITURE

2022 - Governor’s Teaching Fellowship (GTF)

2021 - COSM - Excellence in Service Award

2021 - University – Excellence in Student Success

2020 - University System of Georgia (USG) Chancellors Learning Scholars – Associate

2018 - USG Chancellor’s Learning Scholars

2018 - University - Excellence in Contributions to Instruction

2018 - Awarded (partial) for the ACS New faculty workshop

2018 - NSF-Career Workshop Travel award

2018 - University - Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Award

2017 - COSM (College of Science and Mathematics )- Excellence in Teaching Award

2014 - University - Selected for SoTL Committee

2009 - Best Outgoing Graduate Student (GS) Award, UMASS, Boston

2008 - M. J. Collins Award for Outstanding Young Innovator in Microwave Chemistry

2008 - Mastricola, Outstanding Graduate Student Award - UMASS, Boston

2006 - Mastricola, Best Graduate Student Award - UMASS, Boston

Mr. Charles Melvin

Undergrad Research Scholar

Junior, Biology

Georgia Southern University

Lab: 3207

Ms Meghan Canicatti

Undergrad Research Scholar

Senior, Chemistry

Co-Mentor with Dr. Christine Whitlock

Lab: 3207

Mr. Asher Pence

Undergrad Research

2023-2024

Georgia Southern University

Lab - 3207

Mr. Aaron Guy

Undergrad Research Scholar

Freshmen, Biochemistry

Georgia Southern University

Lab: 3207

Ms. Jami-Lee Sullivan

Undergrad Research Scholar

Georgia Southern University

Lab: 3207

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Undergrad Research Scholar

Georgia Southern University

Lab: 3207

GROUP ALUMNI - MASTER SCHOLARS

Mr. Emmanuel Fasusi

Master Student (Joined 2020)

Co-mentor with Dr. Debanjana Ghosh

Currently:

Mr. Aikohi Ugboya

Master Student (Joined 2018)

Co-mentor with Dr. Karelle Aiken

Currently:

Mr. Tyler Camp

Master Student (Joined 2017)

Chemistry-Georgia Southern University

Currently:

ALUMNI - UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARS

Ms. Kiera Gainey

Mr. Jack Johnson

Mr. Malachi Kent

Ms. Isabel Thomas

Ms. Taylor Mallett

Mr. Diogo Cunha Mendes

Mr. Issac Graves

Mr. Christian Freeman

Mr. Allen Gordon

Ms. Lauryn Dempy

Ms. Charlecia Williams

Ms. Briana Rodriguez

Mr. Steven Sutton

Mr. Austin Wright

Ms. Nicole Naclerio

Mr. Ki-Jana White

Mr. Matthew Christianson

Mr. Austin Atkinson

Ms. Kamari Jordan

Ms. Ciana Wallace

Ms. Janessa Dunn

Ms. Raven Stocking

Ms. Shannon Rhodes

Ms. Sania Fazeli

ALUMNI - REU/Summer SCHOLARS

Mr. Miles San Soucie

Mr. Zach Murphy

Ms. Jessica Bunn

Ms. Deanna Lazare

Ms. Jaclyn Gibson

Ms. Ashley Williams

Mr. Ryan Hurley

Ms. Samera Mulatu

Mentorship

Since 2005, mentored 6 Graduate, 37 Undergraduate, 5 REU and 1 High School Student in Research Laboratory.

Member of the Thesis Committees as Graduate Faculty Mentor

· Mr. Jeremy Jaramillo Gonzalez (Advisor – Dr. Brent Feske)
· Ms. Julissa Rodriguez (Advisor – Dr. James Carter)
· Mr. Micah Kumutai (Advisor – Dr. Ermias Koricho)
· Ms. Nadia Singleton (Advisor – Dr. Hans Schanz)
· Mr. Jack Philp (Advisor – Dr. Vinoth Sittaramane)
· Ms. Khristal Monroe (Advisor – Dr. Rafael Quirino)
· Ms. Sarah Conti (Advisors – Dr. Leah Williams and Prof. Jessica Orvis)
· Mr. Richard Govan (Advisor – Dr. Karelle Aiken)

The header image - From L-R: Charlecia Williams (Front) Christian Freeman (back), Lauren-Ashley Demby (front), Tyler Camp (back), Aihoki Ugbayo (front), Dr. Shainaz Landge (back), Taylor Mallett (back), Isabel Thomas (front)

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