Mathapelo Seopela

Mathapelo graduated with her Ph.D. in October 2019 from Tshwane University of Technology (After spending a year in the Gonsior lab as a Fulbright Fellow)

Current Location: Visiting Scientist at United States Pharmacopeia

Jenna Luek

Jenna graduated with her Ph.D. in December 2017.

Dissertation: Characterizing organic matter in hydraulic fracturing fluids

Current Location: Post-doctoral researcher with Dr. Paula Mouser at the University of New Hampshire Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Steve Timko

Steve graduated with his Ph.D in November 2015 from UCI (After spending 18 months in the Gonsior lab).

Dissertation: Photochemistry of dissolved organic matter: Reactivity and application in created wetlands

Current Location: Kennedy/Jenks Consultants

Jessalyn Davis - 2019 Maryland Sea Grant NSF REU Student

Current Location: Senior at University of Southern Mississippi

Summer Research Project: Determining the photochemical fate of organic UV

filters commonly found in sunscreen in natural waters

Shirley Ma - 2018 Maryland Sea Grant NSF REU Student

Summer Research Project: Photochemical ammonia and methane production from dissolved organic matter in anthropogenic, estuarine, and freshwater sources

Sydney Riemer - 2017 Maryland Sea Grant NSF REU Student

Current Location: Master's student at Ben-Gurion University and the Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science

Summer Research Project: Structural elucidation of marine picocyanobateria-derived fluorescent dissolved organic matter

Kaitlyn Thompson - St. Mary's undergraduate senior thesis student

Senior Thesis (SMCM): Sulfurization of organic matter in sediments and production of chromophoric dissolved organic matter *published

Current Location: Analytical Chemist at Patuxent River Naval Air Station

Carolyn Winston- Summer 2016 Intern

Research Project: Microbial degradation and photodegradation of chlorophyll-like compounds

Hope Ianiri - 2015 Maryland Sea Grant NSF REU Student

Current Location: NSF GRFP Research Fellow at UC Santa Cruz

Summer Research Project: Photochemistry of viral-lysed dissolved organic matter *published

Anastasia Maydanov - 2014 Maryland Sea Grant NSF REU Student

Current Location: Master's Student at Colorado School of Mines

Summer Research Project: Time-resolved photochemistry of fluorescent dissolved organic matter *published

Sandra Pittelli - 2013 Maryland Sea Grant NSF REU Student

Current Location: Ph.D Student at Georgia Institute of Technology, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Summer Research Project: Marine Chromophoric Dissolved Organic Matter Distribution in the Atlantic Ocean *published