Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator
Employment
G. Bruce Taggart Distinguished Associate Professor of Chemistry at William & Mary, 2025-current
Associate Professor of Chemistry at William & Mary, 2023-current
Coco Faculty Fellow (Excellence in Research & Teaching), 2023-2024
Faculty Affiliate, Applied Science, 2024-current
Faculty Affiliate, Institute for Integrative Conservation, 2023-current
Faculty Affiliate, Environment & Sustainability Program, 2023-current
Assistant Professor of Chemistry at William & Mary, 2016-2023
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Pennsylvania (Marsha I. Lester), 2014-2016
Education
Ph.D. Chemistry, Purdue University (Timothy S. Zwier), 2014
B.S. Chemistry, Illinois State University, 2009
Graduate Students
Education
B.S. Chemistry (Cum Laude), Ashland University, 2020
Research Interests
Molecular-level studies of aerosol chromophore photophysics and photochemistry
Education
B.S. Chemistry and Mathematics, Washington & Lee University, 2021
Research Interests
Intermolecular interactions of open-shell systems on multiple potential energy surfaces.
Undergraduate Students
Education
William & Mary, Class of 2022
Research Interests
Experimental and theoretical investigation of electronic quenching
Education
William & Mary, Class of 2022
Research Interests
Theoretical studies of brown carbon chromophores and organic reactions.
Education
William & Mary, Class of 2022
Research Interests
Machine-learning studies of molecular clusters relevant to aerosols.
Education
William & Mary, Class of 2022
Research Interests
Education
William & Mary, Class of 2023
Research Interests
Education
William & Mary, Class of 2024
Research Interests
Education
William & Mary, Class of 2024
Research Interests
High School Students
Education
Governor's School for Science and Technology, Class of 2022
Research Interests
Collecting atmospheric and aerosol measurements with AIRduino
Education
Governor's School for Science and Technology, Class of 2022
Research Interests
Collecting atmospheric and aerosol measurements with AIRduino
Alumni
Graduate Students:
K. Jacob Blackshaw (M.S., 2019) - Accelerator Operator at Jefferson Laboratory
Undergraduate Students:
Daniel Costantino (B.S., 2022) - Medical school at University of South Florida
Tyler Prouty (B.S., 2022) - Medical school at EVMS
David Hood (B.S., 2021) - PhD program in chemistry at University of Wisconsin - Madison
Brianna Peterson (B.S., 2021) - PhD program in chemistry at Purdue University
Emily Chappie (B.S., 2021) - PhD program in chemistry at Texas A&M University
Chris Hettwer (B.S., 2021) - Laboratory/Field Technician; Aquatrols
Gabriel Slate (B.S., 2024) - Undergraduate student at Vanderbilt University
Jerry Hu (B.S., 2021) - Geology student graduate
Isabel Agostino (B.S., 2022) - Honors student in the Department of Mathematics
Naa-Kwarley Quartey (B.S., 2020) - PhD program in chemistry at Texas A&M University
Sarah Chen (B.S., 2020) - MBA program at Boston University
Kelly Rodriguez-Vasquez (B.S., 2020) - MSc program in chemical engineering at Columbia University
Tara Prakash (B.S., 2020) - Medical school at Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine
Abby Schooling (B.S., 2020) - Clinical Laboratory Assistant II at Curative
Paul Volante (B.S., 2020) - PhD program in geology at Penn State University
Helena Wang (B.S., 2020) - Health Sciences Graduate Program at Virginia Commonwealth University
Robert Korb (B.S., 2019) - Medical school at Vanderbilt Medical School
Aaron Cole (B.S., 2019) - Associate Researcher; HemoShear Therapeutics
Evan Woods (B.S., 2019) - Medical school at Drexel Medical School
Sam Zhang (B.S., 2018) - Graduate School at Caltech in the Environmental Science and Engineering Program
Annalise Ajmani (B.S., 2018) - Medical MSc program at Georgetown University
Changen Pan (B.S., 2018) - Network Engineer, and applying to medical schools
Joseph Lee (B.S., 2018) - MSc program in chemistry at New York University
Wade Fritzeen (B.S., 2018) - PhD program in environmental engineering at University of Virginia
Chandan Reddy (B.S., 2018) - Post-baccalaureate program at University of Pennsylvania, and applying to medical school
Briana Gironda (B.S., 2017) - Financial Analyst; MidCap Financial
Andrew Wong (B.S., 2017) - Biotech Research Assistant at the VCU School of Medicine
High School Students:
Jalen Pryor (2021) - Undergraduate student in engineering at University of Virginia
Joseph Fink (2021) - Undergraduate student in engineering at University of Virginia
Hannah Weiss (2020) - Undergraduate student in biochemistry at University of St. Andrews (Scotland)
Leo Murphy (2020) - Undergraduate student in computer science at William & Mary
Rachel Smith (2019) - Undergraduate student in chemistry at Virginia Tech
Desislava Yordanova (2019) - Undergraduate student in chemistry at Belmont Abbey College
Lehman Montgomery (2018) - Undergraduate student in chemistry at Princeton University