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Alumni List
Alumni List
Post-docs, Visiting Scholars, Visiting Faculty
Post-docs, Visiting Scholars, Visiting Faculty
Mr. Manos Nikoloudakis, Univeristy of Crete, Greece, 2021
Dr. M. Sankar, IIT-Rourke, 2018
Dr. T. Chatterjee, IIT-Bhubaneshwar, 2018
Dr. S. Chatterjee, CSIR-Bhubaneshwar, 2018
Dr. S. Yellappa, Govt. College, Bangalore, 2018
Dr. V. Swamy, Monash University, Australia, 2017
Dr. Luis Miguel Arealla, UCLM, Madrid, Spain, 2016
Dr. Myriam Barrejon, Madrid, Spain, 2015
Ms. Amanda Watson, UTEP, Panama, 2014
Dr. W. Kutner, PAS, Warsaw, Poland, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016
Ms. Marta Sosnowska, PAS, Warsaw, Poland, 2014
Dr. Tan-Phat Huynh, PAS, Warsaw, Poland, 2014
Dr. B. S. Sherigara, 2003
Dr. B. Keshavan, 1998
Graduate Students and Thesis/Dissertation Titles
Graduate Students and Thesis/Dissertation Titles
Jatan Kumar Sharma, Ph. D., 2025 – Main Group Element-Based Porphyrin Systems as Push-Pull Architectures for Electronic and Photonic Applications.
Manan Guragain, Ph. D., 2025 – Synthesis Harnessing Solar Energy Through Supramolecular Donor-Acceptor Systems and Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Catalysts for Sustainable Catalysis and Energy Conversion.
Shahrzad Kazemi, Ph. D., 2024 – Synthesis and Studies of BODIPY-Derived Multimodular Donor-Acceptor Systems for Electron Transfer Modulation.
Ajyal Alsaleh, Ph. D., 2023 – A Comprehensive Investigation of Photoinduced Electron Transfer and Charge Transfer Mechanisms in Push-Pull Donor-Acceptor Systems: Implications for Energy Harvesting Applications.
Ashwin Ganesan, Ph. D., 2023 – Synthesis and Study of Thin Films for Energy Harvesting and Catalysis Applications.
Anuradha Liyanage, Ph. D., 2023 – Spectral, Electrochemical and Photochemical Characterization of Donor-Acceptor Supramolecular Systems.
Dilliraj Subedi, Ph. D., 2023 – Synthesis and Studies of Platinum and Palladium-Based Porphyrin-Fullerene Conjugates to Study the Long-Lived Charge-Separated States.
Youngwoo Jang, Ph. D., 2022 – Ultrafast Charge Transfer and Electron Transfer in Donor and Acceptor Constructs.
Alejandro D. Benitz, Ph. D., 2021 – Porphyrin and BODIPY Derived Donor-Acceptor Multi-Modular Systems: Synthesis, and Excited State Energy and Electron Transfer Studies.
Sai Seetharaman, Ph. D., 2021 – Donor-Acceptor Artificial Photosynthetic Systems: Ultrafast Energy and Electron Transfer.
Michael B. Thomas, Ph. D., 2020 – Donor-Acceptor Systems: Photochemistry and Energy Harvesting Applications.
Shuai Shao, Ph. D., 2019 – Synthesis and Studies of Wide-Band Capturing BODIPY-Fullerene Based Donor-Acceptor Systems.
Whitney Webre, Ph. D., 2019 – Spectral, Electrochemical, Electron Transfer, and Photoelectrochemical Studies of Tetrapyrrole Derived Supramolecular Systems.
Ajyal Alsaleh, M. S., 2019 – Spectral, Electrochemical and Solar Cell studies of Peripherally Modified Zinc Porphyrins.
Robert Cantu, M. S., 2019 – Synthesis and characterization of triphenylene-BODIPY paddle wheel conjugates for light induced charge separation.
Melissa A. Collini, M.S., 2018 – Synthesis and Studies of azaBODIPY derived Donor-Acceptor Systems for Light Induced Charge Separation.
Christopher Obondi, Ph. D., 2018 – High-Energy, Long-Lived Charge Separated States via Molecular Engineering of Donor-Acceptor Systems.
Habtom Gobeze, Ph. D., 2018 – Ultrafast Photoinduced Energy and Electron Transfer Studies In Closely Bound Molecular and NanoCarbon Donor-Acceptor Systems.
Gary Lim, Ph. D., 2017 – Eluciation of photoinduced energy and electron transfer mechanisms in multi-modular artificial photosynthetic systems.
Venugopal Bandi, Ph. D., 2016 – Synthesis and Photochemical Studies of Wide-Band Capturing Sensitizers Capable of Light Energy Harvesting.
Kurt Bodenstedt, M.S., 2016 – Covalently linked Sensitizer-fullerene conjugates for energy conversion.
Chandra B. KC, Ph. D., 2015 – Design, Synthesis and study of supramolecular donor acceptor systems to harvest the light energy by mimicking natural photosynthesis process.
Marta Sosnowska, Ph. D., 2015 (jointly with Prof. W. Kutner of PNAS, Warsaw, Poland) – Synthesis of new 2,2’-bisbithienylmethane and fullerene derivatives, and their application as functional monomers for preparation of recognition polymer films of chemosensors for selective determination of biologically significant compounds
Tan-Phat Huynh, Ph. D., 2014 (jointly with Prof. W. Kutner of PNAS, Warsaw, Poland) – Bis(2,2’-bithienyl)methane-derived functional monomers: from molecular recognition to sensing applications.
Chunyu Lin M. S., 2013 – Studies on porphyrin and phthalocyanine modified on SnO2 photoelectrochemical cells.
Baiyun Song, M. S., 2013 – Studies on high potential porphyrin-fullerene supramolecular dyads.
Aaron S. Hart, M.S., 2013 – Substitution effects of phenothiazine and porphyrin dyes in dye sensitized solar cells.
Sushanta K. Das, Ph. D., 2013 – Carbon nanostructures based donor-acceptor systems for solar energy harvesting.
Navaneetha K. Subbaiyan, Ph. D., 2012 – Supramolecular Solar Cells.
Anu Amin, M. S., 2011 – Design and Studies of Aadipyrromethane Appended Donor-Acceptor Conjugates.
Jai-pil Choi, M. S., 1999 – Studies on the Electrocatalytic Behavior of Fullerenes.
Yi-Ying Hsieh, M. S., 1998 – Studies on Water Soluble Cobalt Porphyrin: Electrocatalytic and Sensor Applications.
W. M. Channa Aravinda Wijesinghe, Ph. D., 2012 – Photosynthetic Antenna-Reaction Center Mimicry.
Eranda-Maligaspe, Ph. D., 2009 – Carbon Nanostructures Based Donor-Acceptor Conjugates for Light Induced Energy and Electron Transfer.
Amy Lea Schumacher, Ph. D., 2007 – Electrochemical, Anion Binding and Electron Transfer Studies in Oxoporphyrinogens.
Raghu Chitta, Ph. D., 2007 – Studies on Self-assembled Porphyrin-Fullerene and Porphyrin-Carbon Nanotube Donor-Acceptor Systems.
Suresh Gadde, Ph. D., 2006 – Supramolecular Porphyrin-Fullerene Conjugates: Design, Synthesis, Electrochemical and Photochemical Studies.
Phillip M. Smith, Ph. D., 2006 – Studies on Electron and Energy Transfer in Porphyrin-Fullerene Based Systems.
Deviprasad G. R., Ph. D., 2000 – Studies on Porphyrin Based Donor-Acceptor Systems and Chemosensors.
Undergraduate Students and Undergraduate Projects
Undergraduate Students and Undergraduate Projects
Justin Ratliff – Electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction using metal porphyrins, 2023-2025
Jake Patton – Synthesis and characterization of cobalt porphyrins, 2023
Breden Dahlem – Synthesis of symmetric BODIPYs for symmetry breaking charge transfer, 2023
Alyssa J. Hugo – Synthesis and characterization of porphyrin-azaBODIPY conjugates, 2022-2024
Dylan Harrison – Synthesis and characterization of heavy metal triplet photosensitizers, 2022-2023
Nirushi Silva – Carbon Nanotube-BODIPY conjugates, 2021-2022
Joshua Martinez – BODIPY derived aggregation induced fluorescence enhancement systems, 2021-2022
Ryad Reid – Synthesis and characterization of triplet sensitizer derived donor-acceptor systems, 2020
Devin Boski – Spectroscopic characterization of Isoindigo based multimodular donor-acceptor system, 2020-2021
Blake Martin – Photochemical studies on intramolecular charge transfer complexes, 2019-2021
Huong Vy Sophie Do – Optical studies on oxoporphyrinogens, 2019 – 2020
Carol M. Fernandez – Synthesis and characterization of triplet sensitizer derived donor acceptor systems, 2019 – 2020
Elizabeth Brown – Synthesis and characterization of near-IR emitters, 2019-2020
Marcin Kostrzewa – Supramolecular assemblies of porphyrins and nanocarbons, 2019
Ira Miller (REU student)– Synthesis and characterization of crown ether appended porphyrins, 2019
Kristin Jenkins – Spectroscopic characterization of push-pull porphyrins, 2018-2019
Jacob Schaffner – Push-pull porphyrin derived solar cells, 2017-2019
Mei Li Kincaid – High potential porphyrin derived dimers, 2017-2018
Christianne Funk – Synthesis and characterization of bisstyrylBODIPY derivatives, 2018
Julisa Velasquez – Synthesis and characterization of bisstyrylBODIPY derivatives, 2018
Timothy Esquivel - Characterization of highly electron deficient systems, 2018-2020
Zera Montemayor – AzaBODIPY – Synthesis and Characterization, Spring 2017-2018
Eric Babin – Subphthalocyanine – Synthesis and Characterization, Spring 2017-2018
Travis Hull – Bisthiophene and terthiophene functionalized porphyrins, Spring 2017
Youngwoo Jang – Spectroscopic studies on supramolecular donor-acceptor assemblies, Fall 2016-2018
Brandon Nusser – Synthesis of porphyrin derivatives (REU student), 2017
Anna Middleton – Fluorescence tissue imaging using azaBODIPY dyes, Spring 2016 –2018
Ina Dadeboe (McNair Scholar) – Studies on Functionalized BODIPYs, Spring 2016
Chris Phillips – Synthesis and characterization of oligothiophene functionalized porphyrins, Spring 2016-2017
Pricilla Martinez - Synthesis and characterization of high potential porphyrin-fullerene systems, Spring 2016-2017
David McKinzey – Studies on triplet porphyrin-fullerene systems (NSF-REU student), Summer 2016
Tia’Asia James – Studies on Porphyrin – Quinhydrone complexes (NSF-REU student), Summer 2015
Joseph Dean – Bisstyryl functionalized BODIPY as energy harvesting material, Spring 2015-Fall 2015
Robert Cantu – Characterization of tetrathiafulvalene-porphyrin adducts, Summer 2014-2015
Gwendolyn Blanco – Synthesis and studies of phenothiazine-fullerene conjugates for charge stabilization, Summer 2014-2015
Brittani Jones – Synthesis and characterization of Pt and Pd porphyrins as triplet sensitizers, Summer 2014-2015
Tram Ta – Luminescence studies of DNA-Nanotube hybrids, Summer 2014-2015
Mark Vdovychenko – Studies on protonated and deprotonated porphyrin-fullerene dyads, Summer 2014-2015
Tania Estrada – Synthesis and characterization of bisbithiophene functionalized zinc phthalocyanines, Spring 2014-summer 2014
Joshua Shipman – Optimizing the performance of SnO2/porphyrin/phthalocyanine solar cells (NSF-REU student), Summer 2013
Brian Heine – BF2-chelated azadipyrromethane conjugate synthesis and studies, 2012
Spencer – Phenothiazine dyes for dye sensitizer solar cells, 2012
Lindsey Sequeira – Effect of position of carboxy group on porphyrins on solar cell performance(NSF-REU student), Summer 2012
Sheby Thomas – Closely spaced polythiophene-bodipy-fullerene triad for electron transfer, Spring 2012
Pollock, J. – Studies on the Charge Transfer Reaction of Porphycene, a Porphyrin Structural Isomer.
Rehman, M. – Non-Covalently Linked Porphyrin-Fullerene Conjugates: Synthesis and Physico-Chemical Studies.
Kim Vuong – "Tail-on” and “Tail-off” Bind Mechanisms in Cobalt(II) Porphyrins bearing a covalently bound Pyridine Ligand, 1996-1997
Hean Wickman – Quartz Crystal Microbalance Studies on Dioxygen binding to Cobalt(II) Porphyrins in Cyclodextrin-Porphyrin Modified Electrodes, 1997
Kenneth Shriver – GC-MS and GC Investigations on Fullerenes-Dihaloalkanes Electrode Reaction Products, 1997-1998
Lilian Le-Huynh – Investigations on the Electrode Reactions of Nitric Oxide in the presence of Fullerenes, 1998
John Bradford – Quartz Crystal Microbalance Studies of Fullerenes, 1998
Andrew Ferguson – Direct Electrocatalytic Reduction of Dioxygen to Water: Role of Electrode Material, 1999
Stephanie King – Multiple Coordination Induced Fluorescence Enhancement, 2000
Vu Hoang – Uracil Functionalized Fullerenes: Synthesis and Characterization, 2000-2001
Klykov Arkady – Electrochemistry and Spectroelectrochemistry of Highly Functionalized Porphyrins, 2000-2002
Truvng Dinh – Fullerene Doped Polyaniline: Synthesis and Electrochemical Characterization. 2000-2002
Frank Provenzano – Computational studies on b-Brominated tetraphenylporphyrins (with Dr. M. E. Zandler), 2001
Amy Schumacher – Electrochemical and ECQN characterization of carbon noncluster modified electrodes, 2002
Yen Nhu Nguyen – Studies on Supramolecular Porphyrin-Fullerene Systems, 2002
Tina Tran – Synthesis and characterization of fulleropyrrolidine dimers, 2003
Erin S. O’Dell – Recognition and Catalytic Reduction of Cytochrome c by Fullerene-Pd Modified Electrodes, Summer 2003
Amber M. Wanklyn – Porphyrin-Crown Ether Conjugate: A new Redox Switch, Fall 2003-04
Hari Suniwar – Synthesis and Characterization of Substituted Dipyrroles, Summer 2003-04
David Johnson – Construction of a Nicotine Sensor Based on Functionalized Porphyrins, 2004
James Blakemore – Cation Sensors Based on Boron Dipyrrin appended Crown Ether, Spring 2005-2007
Valeria Karpovich – Synthesis and studies on energy transfer of porphyrin-perylene complexes, Fall 2005-2006
Siew Cheng Pang – Studies on Zinc Chlorin – fullerene and Zinc bacteriochlorin-fullerene dyads, Fall 2005
Shivaraj Yellappa – Metalloporphyrin-DNA conjugates: Electrochemical Activation, Fall 2005
Kim Tran – Modified electrodes based on Avidin-Biotin Recognition, Spring 2006
Eric Mdegwa – Synthesis of water soluble fulleropyrrolidines, Spring 2006
Thu Ngyen – Glucose Biosensor Fabrication Based on Conducting Polymer Having a Redox Entity, Summer and Fall 2007
Reine S. Nola – Synthesis of novel water soluble porphyrins, Fall 2008
Serge G. Srour – Molecular imprinted polymers for Nicotine Detection, Fall 2008
Dona H. Liyanage – Oxygen electrocatalysis based on porphyrin polymers, Fall 2008
Eric O. Oweggi – Organic photocells for light energy harvesting, Spring 2009
Rachel Jacobs – Synthesis of Porphyrin-Naphthalocyanine Dyads, Summer Fall 2009
Mohd. Firdauze Mohtar – Studies on Water soluble porphyrins-DNA binding, Spring and Fall 2009
Jessica Hudson – Synthesis and studies of crown ether porphyrin-boron dipyrrin conjugate, Summer and Fall 2009
Trueman Atughonu – Separation of SWNT using Density Gradient Technique, Summer and Fall 2009
J. R. Gillies – Functionalization of bipyridine for metal complexes, Summer 2009
Adeline Z. Roxanne – Isothermal Calorimetry studies of Anion Binding to Oxoporphyrinogen, Summer 2010-2011
Daniel Mettman – Singlet Oxygen Production of SnO2-porphyrin Nanohybrids, Spring 2011
Ramon Nola – Synthesis and characterization of core modified porphyrin-fullerene dyads, Spring 2010-11
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