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Jessica M. Anna

Professor of Chemistry at the University of PIttsburgh, 2023 - current
Associate Professor of Chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania with teunre, 2022-2023
Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania, 2014-2022
Postdoctoral Researcher University of Toronto, 2011-2014 (Prof. Greg Scholes)
Ph.D University of Michigan, 2011 (Prof. Kevin Kubarych)
B.S. University of Pittsburgh, 2006 (Prof. David Pratt)

office: Eberly Hall 111
email: jmanna@pitt.edu
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CV

Current Postdocs:

James Shipp

Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Pennsylvania, 2022-current
Ph.D. University of Sheffield, 2017-2021 (Prof. Julia Weinstein)
MChem. University of Sheffield,  2017-current

office: 54C Chem '58
email: jdshipp@sas.upenn.edu
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Current Graduate Students:

Ranadeb Ball

Ph.D. Student, University of Pennsylvania, 2019-current
M.Sc. Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, 2018 (Prof. C. Sburamaniam)



office: 54C Chem '58
email: branadeb@sas.upenn.edu
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Becky Hopkins

Ph.D. Candidate, University of Pennsylvania, 2022-current
B. A. , College of Wooster,  2020

office: 5CA Chem '58
email:  rhop@sas.upenn.edu
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Kelly Kopera

Ph.D. Student, University of Pennsylvania, 2022-current
M.S. College of William & Mary, 2021 (Prof. Kristin Wustholz)
B.S. College of William & Mary, 2021

office: 54A Chem '58
email: kmkopera@sas.upenn.edu 
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Chenshuai Li

Ph.D. Student, University of Pennsylvania, 2019-current
Research Assistant, Fudan University, 2018-2019 (Prof. Huayi Fang)
B.S. Peking University, 2014-2018 (Prof. Xuefeng Fu)


office: 54C Chem '58
email: csli@sas.upenn.edu
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Current Undergraduate Students:

Former Group Members:

 Postdoctoral Researchers   

Dr. Jiawang Zhou (2019-2021, currently at Ultrafast Systems)

    Dr. Rahul Gera (2016-2018, currently a postdoc with Prof. Huib Bakker)

    Dr. Saptaparna Das (2015-2016, currently at Cymer)

 PhD Graduate Students:

   Dr. Stephen Meloni (Chemistry PhD Student, 2014-2020)

   Dr. Yumin Lee (Chemistry PhD Student, 2014-2020, currently a postdoc with Prof. Andrei Tokmakoff at the University of Chicago) 

   Dr. Wei Weng (Chemistry PhD Student, 2016-2022, currently at Applied Materials) 

   Dr. Jiawei Lu (Chemistry PhD Student, 2016-2022, currently an Associate at McKinsey & Company New Jersey Office) 

   Dr. Dabin Kim  (Chemistry PhD Student, 2016-2022, currently a postdoc with Prof. Sean Roberts at University of Texas at Austin) 

   Dr. Phoebe Askelson  (Chemistry PhD Student, 2017-2023, currently a postdoc at the University of Michigan) 


 Master's and Rotation Students:

Carolyn White (Master's in Chemistry, 2017-2021)

 Kristen McKibben (UPenn BMB Rotation Student, Winter 2015 )

    Martin Iwanicki (UPenn BMB Rotation Student, Spring/Summer 2015 )

  Undergraduate Students:

     Avery Blockman (Oakwood University, Summer 2015 IMARI Program)

     Alex Hoffnagle (2014-2018, currently a PhD student at UCSD)

     Olivia Wedig (2017-2021, currently a PhD student at University of Chicago)

     Nadia Awad (2022, currently an undergraduate student at Penn)

  Elizabeth Dentzer (Summer 2022 MRSEC REU Student, currently an undergraduate student at Swarthmore College)

     Hannah Morris (Summer 2022 MRSEC REU Student, currently an undergraduate student at Muhlenberg College)

  High School Students & Teachers:

     Dakota Wallach (Summer 2015, high school student)

         Maria Karakousis (Summer of 2021, Penn LENS high school student)

      Namira Nera (Summer of 2021, Penn LENS high school student)

      Madison Wardlaw (summer 2021, MRSEC RET high school teacher)