Current Group Members

We are always looking for enthusiastic undergraduate students to join our team! If you are interested in learning about research opportunities, please contact Professor Wilker directly.

Sam Feine '23

Major(s): Biochemistry

Project: Surface chemistry on Au nanoparticles


Hayden Cronin '23

Major(s): Biology

Project: Quantification of heavy metals in sediments around NE Iowa


Daniel Pfeffer-Kleeman '24

Major(s): Chemistry

Project: Quantification of heavy metals in sediments around NE Iowa


Emma Pichelmann '25

Major(s):

Project: Quantification of heavy metals in sediments around NE Iowa


Former Group Members

Sten Bulander '23 (summer 2022)

Project: Quantification of heavy metals in sediments around NE Iowa

Delroy Taylor '23 (summer 2022)

Project: Quantification of heavy metals in sediments around NE Iowa

Will Trunell '23 (summer 2022)

Project: Quantification of heavy metals in sediments around NE Iowa

Juan Quintanilla '22 (2020-2021)

Project: Palladium nanoparticle synthesisCurrent Position: Graduate student in Chemistry & Biochemistry at the Loyola University Chicago

Will Benjamin '22 (Spring 2022)

Project: Surface chemistry on Au nanoparticlesCurrent Position: Associate aroma chemist at Aveda

Jam Hamza '21 (2020-2021)

Project: Palladium nanoparticle synthesisCurrent Position: Graduate student in Chemistry at the University of Minnesota Duluth

Kate Hanggi '21 (2019-2021)

Project: Dopamine quantification in complex systemsCurrent Position: Graduate student in Chemistry at the University of Michigan

Ben Nelson '21 (2018-2021)

Project: Correlating nanocrystal shape and optical propertiesCurrent Position: Graduate student in Chemical Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder

Stephanie Almquist '21 (summer 2019)

Project: Characterizing agriculturally relevant metals in the streams of NE IowaCurrent Position: Graduate student in Food Science at the Ohio State University

Hawi Nyiera '20 (2019-2020)

Project: Quantifying metals in C. elegans using ICP-OESCurrent Position: Graduate student in Chemistry at the University of Connecticut

Serena Rolland '20 (2019-2020)

Project: Nanocrystal ligand exchange equilibriaCurrent Position: Lab Technician at Cargill (Plymouth, MN)

Benjamin Nottleson '19 (2018-2019)

Project: Influence of CdSe Nanocrystal Shape on Optical Properties

Emily Reasoner '19 (2017-2019)

Project: Effects of functional groups on nanocrystal ligand substitution dynamicsCurrent Position: Graduate student in Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Victoria Vivtcharenko '19 (2017-2019)

Project: Quantifying Dopamine in C. elegans with HPLCCurrent Position: Medical student and the University of Iowa Medical School

Nathan Campbell '18 (2017-2018)

Project: Nanocrystal ligand exchange dynamicsCurrent Position: Graduate student in Chemical Nanoengineering in Erasmus Mundus Masters Program

Kathleen Woods '18 (summer 2017)

Project: Adventures with Chemistry! outreach program coordinator

Mitchell Adams '17 (2016-2017)

Project: Nanocrystal ligand exchange dynamicsCurrent Position: Chemistry Lab Technician at Hormel Foods (Austin, MN)

Austin Pickup '17 (spring 2017)

Project: Quantifying Dopamine in C. elegans with HPLCCurrent: Medical student at the University of Minnesota Medical School

Andrea Wagner '18 (summer 2016)

Project: Nanocrystal ligand exchange dynamics