Members
Current Members
Dr. Ravi Kishore
(Ph.D. IIT Hyderabad)
Project: Synthesis, Photo-bioactive compounds, materials chemistry, & photocatalysis
Guang Yang (Sunny)
Ph.D. Candidate
(B.Sc. Univ. Wisc.)
Project: Aromaticity & Triplet Photochemistry
Samjhana Maharjan
Ph.D. Candidate
(B.Sc. & M.Sc. Nepal)
Project: Triplet Photochemistry, Photometric sensing, & Photocatalysis
Joseph O'Shea
Ph.D. Candidate
(B.Sc. & M.Sc. Illinois Tech)
Project: Doublet photochemistry & Photon Upconversion
Sarita Rawool
Ph.D. Student
(B.Sc. & M.Sc IIT Hyderabad)
Project: Photophysics of organic-inorganic hybrid materials
Balaka Ghosh
Ph.D. Student
(B.Sc. & M.Sc @ University of New Delhi)
Project: Aromaticity & Redox Chemistry
Pamela A. Ondiek
Ph.D. Student
(B.Sc. & M.Sc @ Machakos University)
Project: Environmental Remediation using Carbon-based Materials
Sreejit Ghosh
Ph.D. Student
(B.Sc. & M.Sc @ University of New Delhi)
Project: Bio/Photo-Active Materials & Ionic Polymers
Garvisha Mittal
Ph.D. Student
Project: CT-SOC Photophysics & Photomaterials for PDT and theranostics
Sergena Merisier
Undergraduate Researcher, 2024
(Chem Major)
Gilbert Peterson & CURA Scholar (Summer 2023)
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LASURI Scholar (Fall 23 to Spring 24)
Roy Liu
Undergraduate Researcher, 2024
(Chem Major)
Pareen & LASURI Scholar
(Fall 22 to Spring 24)
Maxim V. Shcherbakov
Undergraduate Researcher, 2024
(Chem Major)
CURA Scholar (Spring 23, Fall 23, & Spring 24)
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LASURI Scholar (Fall 23 to Spring 24)
Group Alumni
Omega Berhanu (B. Sc. 2023, Ph.D. Student at the Ohio State University)
Dr. Abed Jamhawi
Young Ju Yun (Ph.D. 2022, Postdoc at Northwestern Univ.)
Jayla Morgan (M. Sc. 2022)
William Blodgett (M. Sc. 2021, Ph.D. student at CUNNY)
Alysia Desimone (M. Sc. 2021)
Ismael Sanchez (M. Sc. 202, Chemist/Scientist at Abbvie)
Dr. Nareshbabu Kamatham (Chemist/Scientist at Intel)
Dr. Manoj K. Manna (Scientist/Postdoc at Stanford Univ.)
Siamak Shokri (Ph.D. 2018, Postdoc at The Ohio State Univ.)
Yuxin Ye (M. Sc. 2019, Scientist/Research Associate at Charles River Lab)
Zhengyu Hu (M. Sc. 2019, Scientist, China)
Kuo-Hao Chen (M. Sc. 2017, Ph.D. student at Butler Univ.)
Jomana Hatahet (B.Sc. 2017, Ph.D. at Loyola Univ.)
Collaborators
Steve Lopez, Northeastern University
Barry Pemberton, Stockton College (NY)
Eric Detsi, UPenn
Dr. Gary Wiederrecht, CNM-ANL
Dr. David Gosztola, CNM-ANL
Prof. Gonzalo Ossès Jimenez (Basque Res. Ctr., Spain)
Prof. Preston Snee, UIC
Prof. Andrey Rogachev, Illinois Tech
Prof. Nikita Durandin, Tampere Univ. (Finland)
Dr. Steffen Jockusch, BGSU