Current Group Members

Current Group Members

GRADUATE STUDENTS
 
Ruofei Wang

Joined Fall 2019

Office Phone: 814-865-6260

Email: rpw5327@psu.edu

Room 233, South Frear

 
Ying Huo

Joined Fall 2021

Office Phone: 814-865-6260

Email: ykh5257@psu.edu

Room 210, South Frear

 LG
Leon (LG) Zeller

Joined Fall 2021

Office Phone: 814-865-6260

Email: ljz5268@psu.edu

Room 209, South Frear

 Rahul
Rahul Benani

Joined Spring 2023

Office Phone: 814-865-6260

Email: rxb5726@psu.edu

Room 233, South Frear

 Sadia
Sadia Afroz

Joined Spring 2023

Office Phone: 814-865-6260

Email: ska6018@psu.edu

Room 232, South Frear

 Chun-Ting
Chun-Ting Lin

Joined Spring 2023

Office Phone: 814-865-6260

Email: cml6956@psu.edu

Room 210, South Frear

 Pengwei
Pengwei Li

Joined Spring 2025

Office Phone: 814-865-6260

Email: pkl5292@psu.edu

Room 232, South Frear

 Ella
Ella Gregory

Joined Spring 2025

Office Phone: 814-865-6260

Email: ebg5421@psu.edu

Room 233, South Frear

 Grace
Grace Wu

Joined Spring 2025

Office Phone: 814-865-6260

Email: gyw5101@psu.edu

Room 233, South Frear

 Maria
Maria da Cruz

Joined Spring 2025

Office Phone: 814-865-6260

Email: mxd5959@psu.edu

Room 233, South Frear

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
 
Dr. Chin-Yi Chen

Started Spring 2025

Office Phone: 814-865-6260

Email: ckc5957@psu.edu

Room 210, South Frear

UNDERGRADUATE

 

 Brandon

Brandon Oswald

Joined Fall 2022

Office Phone: 814-865-6260

Email: bao5213@psu.edu

Room 209, South Frear

 Isaac

Isaac Gray

Joined Fall 2023

Office Phone: 814-865-6260

Email: ipg105@psu.edu

Room 209, South Frear

RESEARCH PROFESSOR
 Tinglu Yang

Dr. Tinglu Yang

Office Phone: 814-865-6260

Email: tzy2@psu.edu

Room 211, South Frear

Former Group Members

Recent Posts

Ella Gregory has won the 2025 Chemistry Graduate Student Teaching Award. Congratulations, Ella!

It is our pleasure to announce that,

Victoria Brady

Nick Miller

Nick Benson

Sam Mahler

Ella

Ella Gregory

Ethan Kang

Rebekah Snellings

Ventana Cherubin

Samyadev Giri

Alexander Arnette

are the 2025 recipients of the Chemistry Graduate Student Teaching AwardsPreviously this award was collectively known as the Dan H. Waugh Memorial Teaching Award established by the family and friends of Dan Waugh, a former chemistry graduate student at Penn State. The larger, collective title, which continues to include the Waugh Award, now utilizes various endowments to make these awards possible.

These awards are presented annually to chemistry graduate students who have demonstrated superior dedication and ability in fulfilling their instructional responsibilities as reflected in both faculty and student evaluations.

Please join us in congratulating these graduate students for their outstanding work.

Best,

Shannon

Shannon Chappell

Graduate Program Coordinator

Department of Chemistry

The Pennsylvania State University

104 Benkovic Building

University Park, PA 16802

smg211@psu.edu

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