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Group Members

 
erin

Erin Gaffney - Postdoctoral Researcher

Education:

B.S. Biochemistry - Fort Lewis College Durango, CO

Research Interests:

Bio-sensors and Bio-Fuel cells

Personal interests:

Skiing, trail running

 
rohitjadhav

Rohit Jadhav - Postdoctoral Researcher

Education:

Ph.D. Chemistry – Indian Institute of Technology Indore (IIT Indore, India);  advised by Apurba K. Das

Research Interests: Energy storage, redox flow batteries, electrocatalysis

 
zayn

Zayn Rhodes - Graduate Student

Education:

B.S. Biochemistry - Utah State University

Research Interests:

Redox Flow Batteries, Biofuel Cells, Parameterized modelling

Personal Interests:

Family, the outdoors, weightlifting, chocolate cake

 
ashwinid

Ashwini Dantanarayana - Graduate Student

Education:

B.Sc. Special Degree in Chemistry – University of Colombo (Colombo, Sri Lanka)

Research Interests:

Electrochemistry, electrosynthesis, bioelectrocatalysis

Personal Interests:

Music, chocolate, walking, hiking

 
miharu

Miharu Koh - Graduate Student

Education:

B.S. Chemistry – Allegheny College 2020 (Meadville, PA)

Research Interests:

In-situ spectroscopic monitoring of electrochemical processes

 
timmcfadden

Tim McFadden - Graduate Student

Education:

B.A. Marketing – Loyola University Chicago (Chicago, IL)

Research Interests:

Organic electrosynthesis and method development

 
skylar

Skylar Blank - Graduate Student

Education:

B.S. Chemistry (Professional) - University of Utah

Research Interests:

Organic electrochemistry

 
veronica

Veronica O'Connor - Graduate Student

Education:

B.S. Chemistry - Hillsdale College (Hillsdale, MI)

Research Interests:

Molecular design and synthesis of small organic molecules in non-aqueous redox flow batteries

Personal Interests:

Volleyball, backpacking, skiing, cooking, tea, Star Wars, the Midwest

 
adammilam

Adam Milam - Graduate Student

Education:

B.S. Chemistry - University of West Georgia (Carrollton, GA)

Research Interests:

Battery design, materials science

Personal Interests:

Hiking, Skateboarding, Painting, Photography, DnD, Computers

 
emilycarroll

Emily Carroll - Graduate Student

Education:

B.S. Chemistry – University of Iowa 2021 (Iowa City, IA)

Research Interests:

Energy storage, redox flow batteries

 
zacharnguyen

Zachary Nguyen - Graduate Student

Education:

B.S. Chemistry – University of Utah 2021 (Salt Lake City, UT)

Research Interests:

Organic electrochemistry

 
dylanboucher

Dylan Boucher - Postdoctoral Researcher

Education:

Ph.D. Chemistry – University of Texas at Austin 2021 (Austin, TX); advised by Mike Rose

B.S. Chemistry – Allegheny College 2015 (Meadville, PA)

Research Interests:

Mechanistic electrochemistry, chemically modified electrodes, electrocatalysis, electrosynthesis

Personal Interests:

Skiing, biking, climbing, backpacking, records, synthesizers, finding a nice tree to look at for awhile

 
hui

Hui Chen - Research Assistant Professor

Education:

Ph.D. Chemistry – Zhejiang University (China)

Postdoctoral researcher - Biosystem Engineering Department, Virginia Tech; College of Biological Science, University of Minnesota - Twin City

Research Interests:

Bioelectrocatalysis, enzymatic engineering, molecular biology, and biochemistry

Personal Interests:

Warcraft, StarCraft Universe, sleeping

 
olja

Olja Simoska - Postdoctoral Researcher

ACS Irving S. Sigal Postdoctoral Fellow 2020-2022

Education:

Ph.D. Analytical Chemistry – University of Texas at Austin 2019 (Austin, TX), supervised by Prof. Keith J. Stevenson, ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry Fellow

B.A. Chemistry – Bard College 2015 (Annandale-on-Hudson, NY)

Research Interests:

Biosensors, microbial fuel cells, bioelectrocatalysis, bioengineering

Personal Interests:

Science outreach & volunteering, travelling, music, reading, jewelry design

 
yooseok

Yoo Seok Lee - Postdoctoral Researcher

Education:

Ph.D. Environmental Science and Engineering – Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology 2019 (Gwangju, South Korea)

M.S. Environmental Science and Engineering – Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology 2014 (Gwangju, South Korea)

B.S. Department of Applied Chemistry – Kumoh National Institute of Technology 2013 (Gumi, South Korea)

Research interests:

Bioelectrocatalysis, biofuel cells, nitrogenase

 
motiurrahaman

Motiur Rahaman - Postdoctoral Researcher

Education:

Ph.D. Chemistry – Auburn University 2022 (Auburn, AL)

Research Interests:

Redox flow batteries

 
jack

Jack Lee - Graduate Student

Education:

B.A Chemistry – Carleton College 2016 (Northfield, MN)

Research Interests:

Organometallic CO2 electrolysis, bipolar organic electrosynthesis

 
kevin

Kevin Beaver - Graduate Student

Education:

B.S. Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and B.S. Environmental Science – Lebanon Valley College 2019 (Annville, PA)

Research Interests:

Photo-bioelectrochemistry, microbial fuel cells, bioengineering

 
samali

Nipunika Samali Perera Weliwatte - Graduate Student

Education:

B.Sc. Special Degree in Chemistry – University of Colombo 2016 (Colombo, Sri Lanka)

Research Interests:

Redox polymers for photobioelectrocatalysis

 
rokas

Rokas Geruskis - Graduate Student

Education: 

B.S. Biology – DePaul University 2019 (Chicago, IL)

Research Interests:

Protein egineering, bioelectrocatalysis

 
theobaende

Theo Baende - B.S./M.S. Student

Education: 

MBA – Utah Valley University

Electrical Engineering – Kennesaw State University

Research Interests:

Synthesis

Personal Interests:

Traveling

 

FORMER LAB MEMBERS:

Fangyuan Dong

Christian Malapit

Matthew Kummer

Min Li

Xin Yang

Matt Prater

Jaime R. Cabrera-Pardo

Koun Lim

Matteo Grattieri

Tammy Pham

Mengqwei Yuan

Ross Milton

David Hickey

Sofiene Abdellaoui

Kamrul Hasan

Florika Macazo

Rong Cai

Tao Wang

Victoria Russell

Kevin Klunder

Michelle Rasmussen

Xushuang Liu (Rachel)

Erika Aoyama

Dayi Chen

Wade Horbinski

Krysti L. Knoche Gupta

Lindsey Pelster

Fei Wu

Julia Anne Behring

Raul Garcia

Yao Lin

Josey McBrayer

Yimin Huang

James Davidson

Fabien Giroud

Matthew Meredith

Shannon Meredith

Mike Minson

Joseph Morrison

Tera Nicolo

Braden Ohlsen

Alex Shrier

Kyle Sjoholm

Shuai Xu

(Jiang) Luke Yu

Jefferson H. Franco, Visiting Scholar

 

Contact Information

Shelley Minteer
315 S 1400 E Rm. B611
TBBC (Thatcher Bld)
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
minteer@chem.utah.edu
Office: (801) 587-8325

Last Updated: 2/7/22