Zhang lab current Members
Jesse Chi Zhang (Ph.D.)
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Email: zhan2017@purdue.edu
Department of Chemistry;
Purdue Center for Cancer Research;
Purdue Institute of Inflammation, Immunology and Infectious Disease
Bin Dong (Ph.D.)
Postdoctoral Associate (since 2023)
Email: dong384@purdue.edu
Research focuses: Optical instrumentation, imaging and opto-control
Seohee Ma
Ph.D. student (5th year) - Analytical
Email: ma720@purdue.edu
Research focuses: Optical technologies, cell metabolism
Karsten Mohn
Ph.D. student (4th year)
Email: kmohn@purdue.edu
Research focuses: Optical spectroscopy and imaging, RPOC
Shivam Mahapatra
Ph.D. student (4th year)
Email: mahapat3@purdue.edu
Research focuses: Opto-control of biomolecules
Laura Lukov
Ph.D student (3rd year)
Email: llukov@purdue.edu
Research focuses: RPOC and imaging
Mingmin Zhou
Ph.D student (2nd year)
Email: zhou1565@purdue.edu
Research focuses: Optical spectroscopy and imaging
Callum Appel
Ph.D student (2nd year)
Email: appelc@purdue.edu
Research focuses: Optical spectroscopy and imaging
Nikta Zafarjafarzadeh
Ph.D student (2nd year)
Email: nzafarja@purdue.edu
Research focuses: Cancer metabolism
Xinyi He
M.S. student (2nd year)
Email: he846@purdue.edu
Research focuses: Biomedical Engineering
Annika Chan
M.S. student (1st year)
Email: chan546@purdue.edu
Research focuses: Instrumental development
Natalie Fiur
Undergraduate student
(senior) Chemistry
Email: nfiur@purdue.edu
Research focus: NLO Imaging and spectroscopy
Ambhranee Yakkundi
Undergraduate student
(junior) Chemistry
Email: ayakkund@purdue.edu
Research focus: Cancer Research
Ishaan Kartik Singh
Undergraduate student
(junior) Physics
Email: sing1125@purdue.edu
Research focus: Cancer Research
Keshav Arvind
Undergraduate student
Email: karvind@purdue.edu
Research focuses: Spectroscopy and biology
Grayson Givens
Undergraduate student
Email: givegd01@pfw.edu
Research focuses: Spectroscopy and biology
Amy Facility Collaborators
We work closely and get a lot of help from scientists and engineers at Amy Facility, especially for hardware and software design and fabrication.
Mike Everly
Amy Instrumentation Facility Director
We work with Mike on Software design for optical manipulation and imaging
Mark Carlsen
Instrumentation Specialist
We work with Mark on the design and fabrication of comparator circuits for optical manipulation
Gregory Eakins
Instrumentation Specialist
We work with Greg on the development tuned amplifiers and preamplifiers
Alumni
Ph.D. Students
Gil Gonzalez (2020-2024), Ph.D. in Chemistry 2024, Biochemistry
Current Position: Postdoc Associate in Dr. Keith Chan's group, Houston Methodist.
Matthew Clark (2020-2024), Ph.D. in Chemistry 2024, Analytical
Current Position: Development Scientist at Sartorius, Michigan (started August 2024)
M.S. Students
Helen Campbell (2022-2025) M.S. chemistry.
Shreya Shivpuje (2023-2024) M.S, Statistics. Current Position: Data analyst at CVS, New York
Jesus A. Aldana-Mendoza (2020-2024) M.S. in Chemistry 2024, Biochemistry. Current Position: Pending
Kent Brasseale (2020-2023) M.S. in Chemistry 2023. Current position: Optical Engineer at Battelle.
Undergraduate Students
Peter Yoon (2025), Undergraduate student - Chemistry
Ezinne Uzoamaka Osuji (2021-2023), Undergraduate student in pharmacy
Grace Crim (2023), Undergraduate student - Chemistry
Quentin Hicks (2023, 2024) Undergraduate student - Chemistry
Gustavo Jose Agreda (2022) Purdue Bridge Program Summer Research
Oliver (Juntao) Shi (2021 Spring and summer) Undergraduate student - Biochemistry