Research Group Members

Current Research Group Members

Graduate students

1) Mohsin Patwary, Ph.D. candidate, Email: <mpatwary@ualr.edu>

Research Interests:

Development of novel catalytic materials for oxygen reduction reactions for Fuel Cell Applications.

2) Peter Szwedo, Ph.D.. candidate, Email: <pkszwedo@ualr.edu>

Research Interests:

Synthesis and use of pincer catalysts for C-N and C-H activations.

Undergraduate students

 Ghada Hasan, and Aiiryel McCoy  

Previous Group Members

1.       Karie Sanford (M.S. with thesis, 2023), Current position: Arkansas Crime Lab

2.       Humendra Poudel (Ph.D., 2022), Current position: NCTR

3.       Bijay Chhetri (Ph.D., 2019), Current position: Post-doctoral researcher

4.       Ambar RanguMagar (Ph.D., 2019), Current position: Assistant professor, Philander Smith College

5.       Anil P. Thankam (Ph.D., 2019), Current position: Postdoctoral researcher, University of Texas at Austin

6.       Hunter Wayland (MS with thesis, 2018), Current position: Medical student at UAMS.

7.       Andrew Brandt (MS with thesis, 2017), Current position: Engineer, Welspun Tubular LLC.

8.       Yahhya Albkuri (MS), Current Position: Doctoral student, University of Ottawa, Canada.

9.       Charlette Parnell (Ph.D., 2015 and Postdoctoral researcher), Current position: Scientist, Arkansas Health Department

10.   Punnamchandar Ramidi (Ph.D., 2013), Current position: Laboratory Analyst, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA

11.   Yashraj Gartia (Ph.D., 2013), Current position: Chemist, Special Projects (R&D sponsored), Animal Health Bayer HealthCare LLC

12.   Sharon Pulla, (Ph.D., 2012), Current position: Forensic Scientist, Arkansas Crime Laboratories, Arkansas

13.   Shane Z. Sullivan, MS candidate (with thesis, 2010), Current position: Ph.D. candidate Purdue University

14.   Yashraj Gartia, MS candidate (with thesis, 2010)

15.   Samuel L. Collom, Undergraduate student, Current position: Ph.D. candidate Yale University

16.   Anna M. Brezden, Undergraduate student, Current position: Ph.D. candidate Purdue University

17.   Benjamin L. Jarvis, Undergraduate student, Current position: Pharmacist

18.   Carolina Costa Farris, Undergraduate student, Current position: Pharmacist

19.   Wael Hajjeh, Undergraduate student

20.   Travis Mitchell, Undergraduate student, Current position: Ph.D. candidate SUNY, Buffalo

21.   Sam Wolf, Undergraduate student, Current position: Pharmacist

22.   Jiang Li, Undergraduate student

23.   Justin Marsh, Undergraduate student

24.   Peter Szwedo, Undergraduate student, Current position: Doctoral student

25.   Jennifer Hill, Undergraduate student, Current position: Assistant Professor of Chemistry

26.   Olawyn Olamide, Undergraduate student

27.   Jeffrey Boakye, Undergraduate student

28.   Joshua Park, Undergraduate student

29.   Zachary P. Smith, Undergraduate student, Current position: Pharmacist

30.   Dave Soni, Undergraduate student, Current position: Medical Doctor

31.   Susan Boury, Undergraduate student, Current position: Analytical chemist, Little Rock

32.   Davonte Hokes, Undergraduate student, Current position: UAMS Pharmacy School

33. R. Fraoncois, Undergraduate student, Working as professional in France

34. Domonick Esperza, Undergraduate student, Current position: UAMS

35.   Travis Jumper, Undergraduate student

36.   Quineqa Johnson, Undergraduate student

37.   Thomas Forcum, Undergraduate student

38.   Thao Nguyen, Undergraduate student, Current position: UAMS Pharmacy School

39.   Naya Taylor, Undergraduate student, Current position: UAMS Medical School

40.   Taylor Arnold, Undergraduate student, Current position: UAMS Medical School

41.   Nabeel Alwan, Undergraduate student, Current position: UAMS Medical School

42.   Zayna Abdullah, Undergraduate student

43.   Rawan Kattom, Undergraduate student, Current position: Kroger Pharmacy

44.   Sadie Goss, Undergraduate student, Current position: Arkansas Crime Laboratory

45.   High school research students: Nadia Bhatti, Alexis Joyner, Nishita Patel, Nidhi Gandhi, Olivia Moka, Tony Yue, Shruti Shah, Nila Ray, Madison Estrabrook, Anirudh Pidugu, Anusha Bhattacharrya, Megha Nelluri, Meghana Bollimpalli, Sanjana Padala,  Meghana Chithirala, Tarini Eswaran, Ahona Ghosh