Former Group Members
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Dr. Ryan Myers
Graduate Student, Joined Fall 2017, Graduated July 2023
Currently Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of Pittsburg at Bradford
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Dr. Andrew Glaid
Graduate Student, Joined Fall 2017, Graduated June 2023
Currently working as a Research Engineer at Lockheed Martin, Orlando, Florida
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Dr. Chang Liu
Graduate Student, Joined Fall 2017, Graduated June 2023
Currently working as a Scientist at Pace Life Sciences
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Dr. Christopher Reynolds
Graduate Student, Joined Fall 2017, Graduated May 2023
Currently working as an Associate Scientist, Intermountain Precision Genomics
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Dr. Erica Graff
Graduate Student, Joined Fall 2017, Graduated May 2023
Currently working as a Technical Writer/Researcher for Mobius Logic in the DC Metro Area
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da Cruz Garcia, Maria Laura
Visiting Master Student from Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar),
From August 2022 to January 2023
Current contact in Brazil: mlcgarcia@estudante.ufscar.br
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Zhijie Wang
Undergraduate Student Researcher, Joined Fall 2020, Graduated Spring 2022
Currently Graduate Student at Department of Chemistry, Yale University
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Bradley Rogers
Postdoc Researcher, Joined Fall 2019
Currently Senior Scientist @Thermo Fisher Scientific
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Hannah Yang
Undergraduate Student Researcher, Joined Fall 2019, Graduated Spring 2022
Currently Pharm D Student @ University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy
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Pranoy Bharandwaj
Undergraduate Student Researcher, Joined Fall 2018, Graduated Spring 2021
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Dr. Pho Bui
Graduate Student, Joined Fall 2016, Graduated Spring 2022
Currently Scientist at Pace Life Sciences
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Dr. Ken Judd
Graduate Student, Joined Fall 2016, Graduated Spring 2022
Currently Postdoctoral Fellow @ University of Southern California – Los Angeles
Department of Chemistry
Email: juddk@usc.edu
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Ellen Bruce
PhD student from Technische Universität Darmstadt
Visiting period: July 2018 ~ Oct 2018
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Xuejiao Wang
PhD student from Peking University
Visiting period: Sept.15 2018~Dec 31th 2018
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Longhong Ran
Graduate Student, Joined Fall 2019, transferred Summer 2021
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Dr. Chad Drexler
Graduate Student, Joined Fall 2015, Graduated Summer 2020
Currently BOP Base Recovery Analyzer Engineer
Baytown Engineering Services (BTES)
ExxonMobil Chemical
Baytown Olefins Plant
Drexler.chad@yahoo.com
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Mengrui Cao
Undergraduate Researcher, Joined Spring 2019, Graduated Spring 2020
Currently a Graduate Student at Chemistry Department of University of Chicago
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Dr. Virginia Rose Greenberger
Joined Fall 2014, received PhD Spring 2020
Currently Lecturer at Chemistry Department of Penn State
Room 210, South Frear
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Dr. Bradley Rogers
Joined Fall 2014, received PhD Fall 2019
Starting Apr 2023–Senior Scientist @ Thermo Fisher Scientific
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Dr. Codey Henderson
Joined Fall 2014, received PhD Fall 2019
Office Phone: 814-865-6260
Email: cbh153@psu.edu
Room 210, South Frear
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Dr. Simou (Summer) Sun
Joined Fall 2013, received PhD Dec. 30th, 2018
Starting Nov 2021–Research Fellow @ IDMxS, Singapore
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Dr. Saranya Pullanchery
Joined Fall 2013, received PhD in Dec. 29th, 2018
Currently Postdoc @LABORATORY FOR FUNDAMENTAL BIOPHOTONICS LBP, EPFL
(Sylvie Roke Group)
Office: BM4115, Tel: +41 (0) 21 693 5134
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Weichen Wei
Summer visiting student from USTC (July 23th – Oct. 23th, 2018)
Got an offer from UCSD Chemistry for Graduate program
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Steven Lebowitz
Joined Fall 2015
Office Phone: 814-865-6260
Email: sel5382@psu.edu
Room 210, South Frear
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Dr. Shengyuan Deng
Visiting from April 2016 to October 2018
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James Irizarry
Joined Fall 2017, transferred
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Dr. Alexis Juliette Baxter
Joined Fall 2013, received PhD on August 31, 2018
Postdoc with Dr. Hafenstein @ BMB Penn State
Currently Scientist Research Sr I, Bioanalytical Research and Instrumentation Center
IDEXX | One IDEXX Drive | Westbrook, Maine 04092
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Dr. Anne Sendecki
Joined Spring 2013, received PhD on June 14, 2017
Office Phone: 814-865-6260
Email: ams5827@psu.edu
Room 210, South Frear
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Chuanyu Yan
Joined Fall 2015, transferred
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Dr. Matthew F. Poyton (Graduate student, 2010–2016)
Starting Nov 2021 – Research Staff Member @ Institute for Defense Analyses
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Seung-Yi Lee (Graduate student, 2012–2016)
Starting August 2022 – Field Application Scientist @ Aiforia Technologies
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Dr. Xiao Cong (Graduate student, 2010–2015)
Starting Jun 2022, Principal ScientistPrincipal Scientist @ Boehringer Ingelheim
Email: xcong122@gmail.com
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Yi-Ting Liao (Graduate student, 2011–2015)
Email: yakusokuyo@gmail.com
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Dr. Halil Okur (Graduate student, 2009–2015)
Currently Assistant Professor @ Bilkent University
http://web4.bilkent.edu.tr/Okur_Research_Group/
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Dr. Kelvin B. Rembert (Graduate student, 2009–2015)
Starting May 2015 – Postdoctoral Research Associate with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Medimmune.
Currently Scientist @ Sanofi, Greater Boston Area
Kelvin.Rembert@nist.gov
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Dr. Xiangyi Huang (Visiting Scholar, April. 2014–April.2015)
Currently Associate Professor, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, SJTU
huangxy@sjtu.edu.cn
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Dr. Yi Liu (Graduate Student, joined 2009, Received Ph. D. 2014)
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Dr. Tao Zhao (Visiting Scholar, Otc. 2012–Otc.2013)
Associate Professor, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University of Engineering Science
zhaotao1982@126.com
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Dr. Yangjun Cai (Postdoc., 2010–2013)
Oct 2013 -Oct 2015, Senior Research Engineer at NanoGriptech, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA.
Oct 2015-now, Imprint Chemist at Bloo Solar
ycai@bloosolar.com
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Dr. Da Huang (Graduate Student, Joined group 2009, received Ph. D. 2013)
Starting Feb 2014 – Postdoctoral Scientist, Department of Chemistry, Rice University (Stephan Link Group), Houston, TX. http://slink.rice.edu/
Currently Formulation Scientist and Project Leader at Hikima Pharmaceutical, Bedford, Ohio
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Dr. Zhi Zhao (Graduate Student, Joined 2008, received Ph. D. 2013)
Starting Jan 2014 – Postdoctoral Scientist, School of Engineering, Arizona State University (He Group), Tempe, AZ.
Currently, professor at the College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Technology
Email: zhaozhi@bjut.edu.cn
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Dr. Aaron Robison (Graduate Student, Ph. D. 2012)
Starting Jan 2015 – Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Abilene Christian University
Email: adr00a@acu.edu
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Dr. Hudson Pace (Graduate Student, Ph. D. 2012)
Starting Jan 2013 – Postdoctoral Researcher, Dept. of Applied Physics, Chalmers University of Technology (Höök Group), Gothenburg, Sweden
Email: hudson@chalmers.se
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Dr. Chunming Liu (Graduate Student, Ph. D. 2012)
currently Assistant Professor, Polymer Science & Chemistry, the University of Akron
Chunming Liu Group
Email:chunmingliu@uakron.edu
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Dr. Sarah C. Flores (Graduate Student, Ph. D. 2011 and Postdoc, February 2012)
Currently Process Engineer, Intel Corporation, Phoenix, AZ
Email: sarah.c.flores@intel.com
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Dr. Jaibir Kherb (Graduate Student, Ph. D. 2011)
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, India
jaibir.kherb@gmail.com
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Dr. Chris Monson (Postdoc 2009-2011)
Currently Assistant Professor, Chemistry Department, Southern Utah University
Email: christophermonson@suu.edu
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Dr. Kimberly Heck (Postdoc 2009-2010)
knheck@alumni.rice.edu
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Dr. Chin-Yuan “Keith” Chang (Graduate Student 2005-2010)
Currently QA/QC Supervisor, Capco Analytical Services,Ventura, CA
Division of JH Biotech
Email: kchang@capcoenv.com
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Dr. Lakshminarayanan Piramuthu (Postdoc 2008-2010)
currently Postdoc, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba, Japan (Reticular Materials Group)
PIRAMUTHU.Lakshminarayanan@nims.go.jp
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Dr. Jixin Chen (Graduate Student 2005-2010, Ph. D. 2010)
Starting from August 2014, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ohio University, Ohio
100 University Terrace
Athens, Ohio 45701-2979
chenj (at) ohio.edu
Phone: 740-593-9768
webpage: http://www.ohio.edu/chemistry/faculty/chenj.php
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Dr. Younhee Cho (Graduate Student 2004-2009)
currently Scientist at Celgene in San Diego
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Dr. Katherine Cimatu (Postdoc 2008-2009)
Currently Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ohio University, Ohio
cimatu@ohio.edu
http://www.ohio.edu/chemistry/faculty/cimatu.php
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Dr. Wei-Ssu Liao (Graduate Student 2004-2009)
currently Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, https://sites.google.com/site/wsliaogroup/home
wsliao@ucla.edu
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Dr. Yanjie Zhang (Postdoc 2002-2009)
currently Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Center for Materials Science, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
zhang3yx@jmu.edu
http://www.jmu.edu/chemistry/people/zhang.shtml
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Dr. Laura Sagle (Postdoc 2006-2009)
currently Adjunct Chemistry ProfessorAdjunct Chemistry Professor
United States Naval Academy and Montogomery College
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Dr. Hyunsook Jung (Graduate Student 2004-2009)
currently at Agency for Defense Development, Yuseung-Gu, PO Box 35-5, Daejeon 305-600, Korea
junghs@add.re.kr
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Dr. Xin Chen (Postdoc 2005-2008)
Currently Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Boston University.
xc2011@bu.edu
http://www.bu.edu/chemistry/faculty/chen/
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Dr. Arnaldo Diaz (Ph.D. student 2004-2008)
Currently Adjuct Assistant Professor of Pharmacology at Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania; Associate Director Recruitment & Special Programs, BGS Adjunct Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
diaza@mail.med.upenn.edu
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Dr. JinJun Shi (Ph.D. Student 2003-2008)
currently Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
Webpage: https://connects.catalyst.harvard.edu/profiles/display/person/43651
jshi@partners.org
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Kelly Martinez (Undergraduate, 2006-2007)
Currently attending Dental School at Baylor School of Medicine.
kmartinez@bcd.tamhsc.edu
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Dr. Susan Daniel (Postdoc, 2005-2007)
Currently Assistant Professor at Cornell University, School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
SD386@cornell.edu
http://www.cbe.cornell.edu/danielgroup/
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Vanessa Chapa Fruchey (Masters student, 2004-2006)
“Mimicking Anhydrobiosis on Solid Supported Lipid Bilayers”
Currently a Sr. Research Associate for Gilead Sciences, Inc. in Foster City, CA.
vfruchey@gmail.com
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Dr. Fernando Albertorio (Ph.D. student, 2001-2006)
“Supported Phospholipid Membranes as Biomimetic Labs-on-a-Chip: Analytical Devices that Mimic Cell Membrane Architectures and Provide Insight into the Mechanism of Biopreservation”
Currently a postdoc at Harvard University.
albertor@fas.harvard.edu
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Dr. Soon-Mi Lim (Ph.D. student, 2001-2006)
“Vibrational sum frequency study on biological interfaces”
Currently Instructional Associate Professor at Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University
soonmi.lim@chem.tamu.edu 979-845-1639
Congratulations to Soon Mi Lim for winning the 2021 Provost APT Award at Texas A&M!
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Dr. Sho Kataoka (Postdoc, 2003-2006)
Currently a Research Scientist at Advanced Industrial Science & Technology in Japan
s-kataoka@aist.go.jp
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Dr. Edward Castellana (Ph.D. student, 1999-2005)
“Investigation of the photocatalytic lithographic deposition of metals in sealed microfluidic devices on TiO2 surfaces”
currently Sr. Director of product development at Sienna Biopharmaceutical
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Dr. Marc Gurau (Ph.D. student, 1999-2004)
“The structure of langmuir monolayers probed with vibrational sum frequency spectroscopy”
Currently Application Development Engineering Manager II, Hydrogen Economy Venture, The Chemours Company
marc.gurau@chemours.com
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Dr. Matthew Holden (Ph.D. student, 1999-2004)
“Studies in Biological Surface Science: Microfluidics, Photopatterning, and Artificial Bilayers”
Currently an assistant professor at University of Massachusetts Amherst http://people.chem.umass.edu/mholden/
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Dr. Tao Xu (Postdoc, 2003-2004)
Currently Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Northern Illinois
txu@niu.edu (815) 753-6357
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Dr. Hanbin Mao (Ph.D. student, 1999-2003)
“Parallel and combinatorial assays in microfluidic systems”
Currently Associate Professor at Kent State University
http://www.personal.kent.edu/~hmao/
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Dr. Seung-Yong Jung (Ph.D. student, 1998-2003)
“The Vroman Effect: a molecular Ievel description of fibrinogen displacement”
Currently a staff scientist at University of California at San Francisco
Seungyong.jung@gladstone.ucsf.edu
Phone number: 415-734-4987
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Dr. Richard Yang (Masters student, 2001-2003)
“Investigations of Amino Acid-Based Surfactants at Liquid Interfaces”
Currently at Applied Materials at Santa Clara
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Dr. Gibum Kim (Ph.D. student, 1998-2002)
“Orientation of Peptide, Protein, and Water Structure at Aqueous Interfaces Studied by Vibrational Sum Frequency Spectroscopy”
Currently CEO/President at PLEXENSE INC., a biotech company, Sacramento, CA
gkim@plexense.com
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Olga Baryshnikova (Masters student, 2000-2002)
“Investigations of multivalent ligand-receptor interactions in microfluidic devices”
Received PhD at the University of Alberta, Brian Sykes lab.
Currently working on Bachelor of Education
okaybee@gmail.com
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Dr. Joonyeong “Jamie” Kim (Postdoc, 1999-2001)
Currently Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Buffalo State, SUNY, Buffalo, NY
kimj@buffalostate.edu
http://staff.buffalostate.edu/kimj/
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