Group Members
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Erin Gaffney - Postdoctoral ResearcherEducation: B.S. Biochemistry - Fort Lewis College Durango, CO Research Interests: Bio-sensors and Bio-Fuel cells Personal interests: Skiing, trail running |
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Rohit Jadhav - Postdoctoral ResearcherEducation: Ph.D. Chemistry – Indian Institute of Technology Indore (IIT Indore, India); advised by Apurba K. Das Research Interests: Energy storage, redox flow batteries, electrocatalysis |
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Zayn Rhodes - Graduate StudentEducation: B.S. Biochemistry - Utah State University Research Interests: Redox Flow Batteries, Biofuel Cells, Parameterized modelling Personal Interests: Family, the outdoors, weightlifting, chocolate cake |
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Ashwini Dantanarayana - Graduate StudentEducation: B.Sc. Special Degree in Chemistry – University of Colombo (Colombo, Sri Lanka) Research Interests: Electrochemistry, electrosynthesis, bioelectrocatalysis Personal Interests: Music, chocolate, walking, hiking |
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Miharu Koh - Graduate StudentEducation: B.S. Chemistry – Allegheny College 2020 (Meadville, PA) Research Interests: In-situ spectroscopic monitoring of electrochemical processes |
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Tim McFadden - Graduate StudentEducation: B.A. Marketing – Loyola University Chicago (Chicago, IL) Research Interests: Organic electrosynthesis and method development |
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Skylar Blank - Graduate StudentEducation: B.S. Chemistry (Professional) - University of Utah Research Interests: Organic electrochemistry |
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Veronica O'Connor - Graduate StudentEducation: 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 |
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Adam Milam - Graduate StudentEducation: B.S. Chemistry - University of West Georgia (Carrollton, GA) Research Interests: Battery design, materials science Personal Interests: Hiking, Skateboarding, Painting, Photography, DnD, Computers |
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Emily Carroll - Graduate StudentEducation: B.S. Chemistry – University of Iowa 2021 (Iowa City, IA) Research Interests: Energy storage, redox flow batteries |
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Zachary Nguyen - Graduate StudentEducation: B.S. Chemistry – University of Utah 2021 (Salt Lake City, UT) Research Interests: Organic electrochemistry |
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Dylan Boucher - Postdoctoral ResearcherEducation: 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 |
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Hui Chen - Research Assistant ProfessorEducation: 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 |
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Olja Simoska - Postdoctoral ResearcherACS 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 |
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Yoo Seok Lee - Postdoctoral ResearcherEducation: 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 |
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Motiur Rahaman - Postdoctoral ResearcherEducation: Ph.D. Chemistry – Auburn University 2022 (Auburn, AL) Research Interests: Redox flow batteries |
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Jack Lee - Graduate StudentEducation: B.A Chemistry – Carleton College 2016 (Northfield, MN) Research Interests: Organometallic CO2 electrolysis, bipolar organic electrosynthesis |
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Kevin Beaver - Graduate StudentEducation: B.S. Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and B.S. Environmental Science – Lebanon Valley College 2019 (Annville, PA) Research Interests: Photo-bioelectrochemistry, microbial fuel cells, bioengineering |
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Nipunika Samali Perera Weliwatte - Graduate StudentEducation: B.Sc. Special Degree in Chemistry – University of Colombo 2016 (Colombo, Sri Lanka) Research Interests: Redox polymers for photobioelectrocatalysis |
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Rokas Geruskis - Graduate StudentEducation: B.S. Biology – DePaul University 2019 (Chicago, IL) Research Interests: Protein egineering, bioelectrocatalysis |
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Theo Baende - B.S./M.S. StudentEducation: 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