MEMBERS
CURRENT MEMBERS
Leonardo Gobbato
Doctoral Student
Amanda Jessel
Doctoral Student
Benjamin Rogers
Doctoral Student
Harris Kohl
Doctoral Student
Sarbajeet Chakraborty
Doctoral Student
James Perez
Doctoral Student
Victor Gomez
Doctoral Student
Arnab Maji
Doctoral Student
Yu-Hsiang Chiang
Doctoral Student
Joseph Cantrell
Doctoral Student
Anindya Pakhira
Doctoral Student
Carlos Larriuz
Doctoral Student
Jingxiang Cheng
Doctoral Student
Alice Giem
Doctoral Student
John Ponis
Doctoral Student
Victor Balcorta
Doctoral Student
Dominika Baster
Tenured Staff Scientist
George Agbeworvi
Post-Doctoral Researcher
Shruti Hariyani
Post-Doctoral Researcher
Sujata Singh
Post-Doctoral Researcher
ALUMNI
Luisa Whittaker-Brooks, Ph. D. 2011, Professor Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT Webpage
Christopher J. Patridge, Ph. D. 2011, Associate Professor (tenured), Department of Chemistry, D’Youville College, Buffalo, NY LinkedIn Webpage
Jesus M. Velazquez, Ph. D. 2012, Associate Professor (tenured), Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA Webpage
Vincent Lee, Ph.D. 2012, Research scientist
Brian J. Schultz, Ph.D. 2013, Vice-President at Pure Lithium LinkedIn
Sean W. Depner, Ph.D. 2014, Manager of Applied Research at Aspen Aerogels. LinkedIn
Kenneth R. Kort, Ph.D. 2014, Program Manager, Department of Energy LinkedIn
Peter A. Marley, Ph.D. 2015, Senior Scientist, Knowles Precision Devices LinkedIn
Robert V. Dennis, Ph.D. 2015, Principal Scientist at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company LinkedIn
Katie E. Farley, Ph.D. 2016, Development Specialist, Adsorption R&D, Linde Inc. LinkedIn
Kate E. Pelcher, Ph.D. 2016, Principal Scientist at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company LinkedIn
Gregory A. Horrocks, Ph.D. 2017, Scientist/Program Manager at the Air-Force Research Laboratory. LinkedIn
Thomas E. O’Loughlin, Ph.D. 2018, Senior Research Engineer, Intel. LinkedIn
Gregory R. Waetzig, Ph.D. 2018, Senior Research Engineer, Intel LinkedIn
Luis De Jesus, Ph.D. 2018, Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY Webpage
Junsang Cho, Ph.D. 2018, Assistant Professor (tenure track), Sungshin Women’s University Webpage
Abhishek Parija, Ph.D. 2019, Process Integration Engineer, Intel LinkedIn
Nathan Fleer, Ph.D. 2019, Research Chemist, Shell R&D LinkedIn
Theodore Alivio, Ph.D. 2019, Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Department of Chemistry, Nicholls State University Webpage
Rachel Davidson, Ph.D. 2020, Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Department of Chemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, DE Webpage
Justin L. Andrews, Ph.D. 2020, Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN Webpage
Erick J. Braham, Ph.D. 2020, National Research Council Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Air-Force Research Laboratory LinkedIn
Malsha Udayakantha, Ph.D. 2022, TD Process Engineer, Intel LinkedIn
Yuting Luo, Ph.D. 2022, Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Department of Materials Science & Engineering, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD Webpage
Lacey Douglas, Ph.D. 2022, Senior Research Specialist, Dow LinkedIn
Aayushi Bajpayee, Ph.D. 2022 Senior Product Development Engineer, 3M LinkedIn
David A. Santos, Ph.D. 2022, Senior Research Scientist at Dow Polyurethanes LinkedIn
Nicholas I. Cool, Ph.D. 2022, Technology Development Process Engineer at Intel Corporation LinkedIn
Joseph V. Handy, Ph.D. 2022, Technology Development Process Engineer at Intel Corporation LinkedIn
Guan-Wen Liu, Ph.D. 2023, Technology Development Process Engineer at Applied Materials LinkedIn
Wasif Zaheer, Ph.D. 2023, Senior Research Scientist at Dow Catalysis LinkedIn
Anita (no first name), Ph.D. 2023, Research Scientist at Hewlett Packard LinkedIn
Parker Schofield, Ph.D. 2023, Research Scientist at Solid Power LinkedIn
J. Luis Carrillo, Ph.D. 2025, National Academies Postdoctoral Fellow, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory LinkedIn
Tiffany Sill, Ph.D. 2025, Senior Research Specialist, Dow Chemical LinkedIn
Former Postdocs and Research Scientists
Hengsong Zheng, Visiting Assistant Professor, Oklahoma Christian University
Yun-Hyuk Choi, Associate Professor, Daegu Catholic University, Gyeongbuk, Republic of Korea Webpage
Diane Sellers, Director of the Emerging Technologies Program, Energetics LinkedIn
Rachel Davidson, Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Department of Chemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, DE Webpage
Saul Perez-Beltran, Development Engineer, Bryan Research & Engineering, LLC LinkedIn
Andrew A. Ezazi, Chemist, Quiddity Products LinkedIn
Shruti Hariyani, Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Dallas, TX Webpage
