Former group members

Chelsea Van Buskirk, M.S., Chemistry (August 2022) “Molecular Analysis of Residue from an Egyptian Old Kingdom Mummy”

Samantha Mahan, M.S., Chemistry (August 2022) “Compositional Residue Analyses of a Collection of Greco-Roman Unguentaria: Identifying Scents of the Past”

Brenan Wilson, M.S., Chemistry (April 2021), non-thesis.

Jennifer Campos Ayala, M.S., Chemistry (August 2019) “Purple Dyes from the Carlos Museum Pre-Columbian Textiles Collection: Direct Mass Spectrometry and HPLC Analyses”

Sylvia Torres, M.S., Chemistry (August 2019), non-thesis.

Steven Augustin, M.S., Chemistry (August 2016), non-thesis.

Christina Varney, M.S., Chemistry (December 2013) “Characterizing Organic Colorants in Mock-Ups of a 15th-Century Iranian Timurid Qur’an by Direct Analysis in Real Time Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry” *winner of the EMU Graduate Teaching Award and the Gorski Award for Nuclear/Analytical Chemistry*

Badrinath Dhakal, M.S., Chemistry (August 2011) “Carbohydrates in Rock Paintings: Development of GC-MS Methods” *winner of the EMU Graduate Research Award*

Ran Li, M.S., Chemistry, (August 2010) “Characterization of the Binders in the Rock Art of Cueva La Conga, Nicaragua”

 Joslyn Kirkland, M.S., Chemistry (April 2009) “ATR-FTIR Studies of Plasma-Oxidized Surfaces: Implications for 

Mary Ellen (Freund) Ellis, M.S., Chemistry (July 2008) “The Development of a Novel and Potentially Nondestructive Pretreatment for the Radiocarbon Dating of Archaeological Artifacts” 

Jamie Brown, M.S., Chemistry (June 2007) “Characterization of a Black Coating Overlying Rock Paintings Found in Little Lost River Cave, Idaho Using THM-GC-MS” *winner of the ACS Huron Valley Section EMU Outstanding Graduate Student award* 

Reshmi (Perumplavil) Radhakrishnan, M.S., Chemistry (June 2006) “Surface Analysis of Rock Painting Samples Using X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy”  *winner of the Graduate Dean’s Award for Research Excellence*

Sarah Fezzey, M.S., Chemistry (December 2005) “Characterization of Black Deposits Associated with the Little Lost River Cave Rock Paintings Using Pyrolysis GC-MS”

Imani Peterkin, graduated April 2023.

Holly Stefanek, graduated April 2023.

Andrew Bower, working in battery development chemistry.

Bennet Dunstan, working in chemical industry.

Christin Neiman, employed by State of Michigan.

Tara Fairchild, employed in chemical industry.

Precious Humphrey, McNair Scholar. Employed in Exposures Laboratory, NSF International.

David Bailey, employed in pharmaceutical chemistry industry.

Michaela Repaska, Decoster Scholarship 2016, Provost’s Undergraduate Research Stimulus grant, co-PI EMU Women in Philanthropy grant, Gorski Award for Nuclear/Analytical Chemistry.  Employed as a chemical instrumentation service engineer.

Sylvia Torres, McNair Scholar, Decoster Scholarship 2014.  Currently enrolled in M.S. program at EMU and employed as an analytical chemist.

Calvin Day, Decoster Scholarship 2013, Provost's Undergraduate Research Stimulus grant, 2014 ACS Analytical Awardee.  Currently employed in the cannabis analysis industry.

John Hopkins, 2012 ACS Analytical Award, Provost's Undergraduate Research Stimulus grant, winner of Martin Aitken Prize for Best Student Poster, ISA 2012.  Currently employed as EMU instrumentation technician.

Jordyn Geiger, Completed MS in forensic science at Michigan State University.  Currently employed in clinical laboratory, Lansing, MI.

Payge Shelton

Landrea Standfield, formerly laboratory technician at BD Biosciences.

Jennifer Bates, Provost's Undergraduate Research Stimulus grant 2010.  Currently employed at IBM.

Geneve (Maxwell) Parks, Decoster Scholarship 2008. FDA Analytical Chemist

William Malcolm, 2009 Contario Award. MD program, University of Michigan (full scholarship)

Andrew Livingston, 3 Honors Undergraduate Fellowships, 2007 ACS Analytical/Contario Award.

Janine Van Gemert, Decoster Scholarship 2007. Polymer chemist at BASF.

Melissa Doolin, Presidential Scholar, Honors Undergraduate Fellowship, ACS Analytical Award 2008, Honors thesis 2008; DVM, Tufts University. Practicing veterinarian.

Deidre Hardemon

Christina Phillips

Christina Dean, MD program, Michigan State University

Caitlin Van De Car, DVM program, Michigan State University

Khizer Sikander, DO program, Tennessee

Tiffany Drane

Michael Dulbs

Zachary Pyles, DDS, Grand Rapids, MI

Qiana Wilson

Tammy Worden

Nan Houser Richards, High school chemistry teacher, Dundee, MI

Carré Zalma

Michael Pratt

Susan Lesko Horvath