Sreecharan Ajjagola - Graduate Student

Sreecharan completed his BSc triple majors (Physics Chemistry & Mathematics) and Masters in Chemistry (Organic Chemistry specialization) in Christ University, Bengaluru, India. During his undergraduate he has worked on Organocatalyzed asymmetric synthesis in IIT-Madras, India. And in his Masters he worked on synthesis and study of metal sensing properties for the derivatives of Curcumin. In fall 2022 he joined Konkolewicz research group in Miami University.

Bhagya Chandrarathne - Graduate Student

Bhagya received her undergraduate Bsc Hons in Biochemistry from the University of Kelaniya in Sri Lanka. Bhagya did undergraduate research in the fields Biochemistry. Since joining Miami University and the Konkolewicz/Page groups in fall 2021, Bhagya works in Protein polymer conjugation, focusing on understanding how polymer structure impacts bioconjugate performance.

Ruwani Dewathanthrige - Graduate Student

Ruwani completed her B.Sc. (Hons) Degree in Biology from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka, where she focused on food technology for her undergraduate research. After completing her degree, she gained valuable experience as a Research Assistant in diverse fields including food analysis, proteinuric glomerular diseases, and rise genome analysis. Ruwani contributed to research projects at esteemed institutions in Sri Lanka such as the Medical Research Institute, the Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children, and the University of Sri Jayewardenepura. After joining the Miami University and the Konkolewicz/Page group, she am working on a protein polymer bioconjugation project that studies the protein-polymer interaction on conjugate performances. 

Sam Foote - Graduate Student

Sam obtained a bachelor’s degree in both Chemistry and Mathematics in 2022 from Wilmington College. After doing undergrad research involving photoactive metal complexes Sam has joined the Konkolewicz research group and begun work involving mechanistic photochemistry.

Tochukwu Nwoko - Graduate Student

Tochukwu completed her B.Tech. (Hons) in Industrial Chemistry at the Federal University of Technology Akure, Nigeria in September, 2016. During her undergraduate study she interned at University of Ibadan where she was involved in green synthesis of nanoparticles and for her undergraduate thesis, She worked on speciation of heavy metals in dumpsite soil samples

In fall 2019, she joined Konkolewicz group at Miami University, where her current research is on synthesis of photoresponsive materials.

Ibrahim Raji - Graduate Student

Raji received his B.Tech. (Hons) in Industrial Chemistry from the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria in September, 2016. In the course of his undergraduate program, he researched on the determination of heavy metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. After graduation, he joined advanced functional materials research group in Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China as a research assistant. He engaged in the design, synthesis, characterization and fabrication of conjugated polymers for organic solar cells. 

In fall 2021, he joined Konkolewicz research group where his research would focus on responsive and fueled polymer materials. 

Chamoni Rashmika - Graduate Student

Chamoni Rashmika  completed her BSc (Hons) degree in Chemistry from University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka (2019).  Her undergraduate research, 'Phytoextraction of Diazinon Residue by Aquatic plant Schoenoplectus grossus ' was published as an abstract in International Research Symposium on Pure and Applied Sciences 2019, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. She joined the Konkolewicz group at Miami University in Spring 2021. Her research focus mainly will be on chemically fueled polymer materials. 

Muhammad Zeeshan Shah Kazmi - Graduate Student

Muhammad Zeeshan Shah Kazmi completed BS in Chemistry from University of Sargodha, Pakistan (2011-2015) and Master's in chemistry from Government College University Faislabad, Pakistan (2015-2017). He researched on degradation of persistent carcinogenic organic industrial dyes during his MPhil. He also earned Master's in Education degree from AIOU, Pakistan (2018-2019) and studied Leadership in Education from LUMS Pakistan (2019-2020).  He has served as CTI- Lecturer for chemistry at Degree College Jhumra, Pakistan (2015-2016), Science-Math teacher at GHS 188 RB Faislabad, Pakistan (2016-2017) and Assistant Education Officer in Punjab Pakistan (2017-2020). He joined Konkolewicz and Page groups at Miami University in 2020, where his research focuses on protein-polymer conjungation.  

Sachini Weerasinghe - Graduate Student

Sachini Weerasinghe completed her BSc (Hons) degree in Chemistry from University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka (2019). She worked on an inorganic chemistry project as her undergraduate research. In Spring 2021, she joined Miami university and Konkolewicz group. Her research focuses on the design of precision macromolecules for various materials applications including dynamic materials and time dependent materials. Her synthetic focus is precision and high molecular weight polymers.

Gabby Demidovich - Undergraduate Student

Gabby is a third year student from Canfield, Ohio. She is a Biology and Pre-Medical Studies major with a Comparative Religion minor. Gabby hopes to continue her education and attend medical school in the fall of 2024. 

Yuxin Tian - Undergraduate Student

Yuxin is a chemistry major and about to graduate in May 2023. Yuxin plans to go to grad school and focus on the organic chemistry track in her future research career.