Visiting Faculty
Dale Harak
dale.harak@rockhurst.edu
Postdoctoral Scholar
Visiting Professor, Rockhurst University
Anne Bentley
annebent@iu.edu
Visiting Faculty from Lewis & Clark
Postdoctoral Scholars
Dileka Abeysinghe
diabey@iu.edu
Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Last known position: Process Engineer, Intel, Portland OR
Ph.D. (Inorganic Chemistry) University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
B.S. Chemistry, University of Sri Jayewardanepura, Sri Lanka
Kallum Koczkur
kkoczkur@iu.edu
Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Last known position: Assistant Research Professor, Louisiana Tech
Ph.D. (Physical Chemistry) University of Guelph, Canada
MSc. (Electrochemistry) Lakehead University, Canada
HBSc. (Organic Chemistry) Lakehead University, Canada
Hamed Ataee-Esfahani
hameatae@iu.edu
Postdoctoral Scholar
Last known positions:Product Specialist, Shimadzu Scientific Instruments; Post-doctoral Scholar, Georgetown University
Ph.D. (Nano-science and Nano-engineering): Waseda University, Japan
M.S. (Materials Science and Engineering): Sharif University of Technology, Iran
B.S. (Materials Science and Engineering): Sharif University of Technology, Iran
Nathan Motl
nmotl@iu.edu
Last Known Position: Huber Engineered Materials
Post-doctoral Scholar - Department of Chemistry
Ph.D. (Chemistry): The Pennsylvania State University (with Raymond Schaak), 2012
B.S. (Chemistry): Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, 2007
Solomon Gizaw
Last Known Position: Assistant Professor Addis Ababa University
October, 2015 - 2017: Postdoctoral Researcher, IU
Ph. D (Life Sciences), Hokkaido University, Japan
M.Sc. (Biochemistry), Andhra University, India
B.Sc. (Applied Chemistry), Debub (now Hawassa) University, Ethiopia
Ellen Steinmiller
Last known position: Assistant Professor, University of Dallas Department of Chemistry
Post-doctoral Scholar - Department of Chemistry
Ph.D. (Chemistry): Purdue University, Kyoung-Shin Choi
B.S. (Chemistry): University of Arkansas, Ingrid Fritsch
Chenyu (Walter) Wang
Cwang10@binghamton.edu
Last known position(s): Postdoctoral Scholar - Los Alamos National Laboratory; Postdoctoral Scholar - University of Wisconsin
Postdoctoral Scholar - Department of Chemistry
Ph.D. (Chemistry): Binghamton University
B.S. (Polymer Materials and Engineering): Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China
Lin Xu
Last known position(s): Associate Professor - Nanjing Normal University; Post-doctoral Scholar in Can Xue's Laboratory at NTU, Singapore
Post-doctoral Scholar - Department of Chemistry
Ph.D. (Chemistry): Nanjing University, Wenhua Hou
B.S. (Chemistry): Nantong University
Graduate Students (PhD)
Ekta Verma
ekverma@iu.edu
Graduate Student - Department of Chemistry
M.Sc. (Chemistry) - Punjabi University, Patiala, India
B.Sc. (Chemistry) - DAV University, Jalandhar, India
Research with Dr. Vivek Bagchi, Institute of Nanoscience and Technology, Mohali, India
Last Known Position: Applied Materials, Albany NY
Maha Ibrar
mibrar@iu.edu
Graduate Student - Department of Chemistry
B.S. (Chemistry): Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Pakistan
Last known position: Postdoctoral Scholar, Indiana University – Youngchan Park Group
Nabojit Kar
nabokar@iu.edu
Graduate Student - Department of Chemistry
Last Known Position: Lam Electronics
M.S. (Chemistry): IISER, Kolkata, India (Thesis research with Prof. V. Mahalingan)
B.S. (Chemistry): IISER, Kolkata, India
Jack Googasian
jgoogasi@iu.edu
Graduate Student - Department of Chemistry
Last Known Position: Ballydel Technologies
B.S. (Chemistry): University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Matt Gordon
mngordon@iu.edu
Graduate Student - Department of Chemistry
Last Known Position: Savannah River National Laboratory
B.S. (Chemistry): The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Kaustav Chatterjee
kauchatt@iu.edu
Graduate Student - Department of Chemistry
Last Known Position: Merck
M.S. (Chemistry; thesis research with Prof. Ujjal K. Gautam) - Indian Institute of Science, Education, and Research (IISER), Mohali, India
B.S. (Chemistry) - St. Xavier's College, Kolkata, India
Zach Woessner
zjwoessn@iu.edu
Last Known Position: Scientist at STA Technologies
Graduate Student - Department of Chemistry
B.S. degree in Chemistry: B.A. degree in Music from Westminster College, New Wilmington, PA
Kelly Rudman
kkrudman@iu.edu
Last Known Position: Postdoctoral Scholar, John Hopkins (Dr. Shoji Hall)
Graduate Student- Department of Chemistry (Peters/Skrabalak Group)
B.S. (Chemistry): University of Virginia
Sandra Atehortua Bueno
Last Known Position: Postdoctoral Scholar, Molecular Foundry (Dr. Emory Chan)
Graduate Student - Department of Chemistry
B.S. (Chemistry): University of Antioquia, Colombia
Hannah Ashberry
Last Known Position: Research Associateship, Naval Research Laboratory (Dr. Albert Epshteyn)
Graduate Student - Department of Chemistry
B.S. (Chemistry): Millersville University
Alex Chen
Last Known Position: Postdoctoral Scholar, EPFL, Raffaella Buonsanti
Graduate Student - Department of Chemistry
B.S. (Biological Chemistry): University of Chicago
Joshua Smith
jds34@iu.edu
Last Known Position: Luna, Inc.
Graduate Student - Department of Chemistry
B.S. (Chemistry A.C.S.): Ball State University, Muncie, IN
Josie Legere Gamler
Last Known Position: W.L. Gore and Associates
Graduate Student - Department of Chemistry
B.S Chemistry with a concentration in Nanotechnology
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
Josh Santana
Last Known Position: Intel
Graduate Student- Department of Chemistry
BA (Chemistry) - Wabash College in Crawfordsville, IN
Alison Smith
Last Known Position: Materials Chemist: NSWC CRANE
Graduate Student (2012-2016) - Department of Chemistry
Materials Chemist: Naval Surface Warefare Center, Crane Division
M.S. (Materials Engineering): University of Florida
B.S. (Chemistry and Mathematics): Southeastern Louisiana University
Jie Fu
butterflyjly@gmail.com
Last Known Position: Intertek, Champaign-Urbana, IL
Graduate Student - Department of Chemistry
B.S. (Chemistry): Xiamen University, China
Dennis Chen
Last known position(s): Advanced Potash Technologies; Postdoctoral Scholar - MIT
Graduate Student - Department of Chemistry
M.S. (Envirionmental, Energy, Water, and Sustainability Engineering): Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology - 2012
Research Chemist: AquaNano Technologies - 2009-2010
B.S. (Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology): University of California, Los Angeles - 2008
Rebecca Weiner
rgweiner@iu.edu
Last Known Position(s): Mars Global Services - Senior Scientist; FDA - Postdoctoral Scholar
Graduate Student - Department of Chemistry
B.S. (Chemistry and Spanish): University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Moitree Laskar
Last Known Position: GGDSD College - Assistant Professor
Graduate Student - Department of Chemistry
M.S. (Chemistry): IIT Guwahati, India
B.S. (Chemistry): Calcutta University, India
Chris DeSantis
cdesanti@iu.edu
Last known positions: Managing Editor, ACS Nano; Postdoctoral Scholar, Rice University (Halas Group)
Graduate Student - Department of Chemistry
B.S. (Chemistry): Penn State University
Nancy Ortiz
nortiz@iu.edu
Last Known Positions: Quaker Chemicals; Exxon-Mobil, New Jersey
Graduate Student Department of Chemistry
B.S. (Chemistry and Criminal Justice): Sam Houston University
Amanda (Peterson) Mann
Last Known Position: Merck & Co. New Jersey (2014 -); Post-doctoral Scholar Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Steve Overbury Group
Graduate Student – Department of Chemistry
B.S. (Chemistry and Biology): University of Indianapolis
Graduate Students (MS)
Yuda Li
liyuda@iu.edu
Graduate Student - Department of Chemistry
B.S. (Chemistry): University of Sci & Tech of China, Hefei, China
Ibrahim Shafei
ishafei@iu.edu
Graduate Student - Department of Chemistry
B.S. (Chemistry): Indiana University - Bloomington (undergrad research with Xingchen Ye)
Mattea Scanlan
mamascan@iu.edu
Graduate Student- Department of Chemistry
B.S. (Chemistry): Western Illinois University
Nick Daanen
Graduate Student - Department of Chemistry
B.S. (Chemistry and Biological and Physical Sciences): Indiana University - Kokomo - 2015
Evan Rugen
Last Known Position: Battery Innovation Center
Graduate Student- Department of Chemistry
BS (Chemistry A.C.S.) - Hope College
Ethan Harak
Last Known Position: MRI Global
Graduate Student - Department of Chemistry
B.S. (Chemistry): Rockhurst University
Meredith (Hartley) Kunz
Last Known Position: Park Tudor, Indianapolis
Graduate Student- Department of Chemistry
B.S. (Chemistry): North Park University, Chicago, IL
Kun ha Park
Last known position: LG Chem Research Park, South Korea
Graduate Student - Department of Chemistry
M.S. Hanyang University (Chemical Engineering)
B.S. Hanyang University (Chemical Engineering)
Graduate Students (Other)
Skylar Wappes
swappes@iu.edu
Graduate Student - Department of Chemistry
M.Sc. (Chemistry) - Texas Woman's University
B.Sc. (Chemistry) - Texas Woman's University
Research with Dr. Nasrin Miraleh-Kohan
Abbey McMahon
abbmcmah@iu.edu
Last Known Position: C. C. Jarrold Research Group, Indiana University
Summer Graduate Student - Department of Chemistry
B.S Chemistry with a minor in Environmental Studies
Binghamton University (SUNY)
William Bowers
Last Known Position: R&D Manager, Diamond Wire Materials Technology
Graduate Student - Department of Chemistry
B.S. (Chemistry): Indiana University, 1991
B.A. (Mathematics): Indiana University, 1991
M.S. (Chemical Engineering): University of Houston, 1994
Corinne Weinel
Last known position: Indiana University MAT Program
Graduate Student - Department of Chemistry
B.S. (Chemistry): Thomas More College
B.S. (Marine Science and Biology; Minor: Chemistry): Coastal Carolina University
Craig Girten
Last known position: Q.A. Technician, Ashland, Inc.
Graduate Student - Department of Chemistry
B.S. (Chemistry): Northern Kentucky University
Visiting Graduate Students
Philipp Ulmen
philipp.ulmen@studium.uni-hamburg.de
Visiting PhD Student
University of Hamburg (advisor: Dorota Koziej)
Hongxiao Xiang
hongxiao.xiang@uni-hamburg.de
Visiting PhD Student
University of Hamburg (advisor: Eric Hill)
Youngtae Park
yp19@iu.edu
Visiting Graduate Student - Department of Chemistry
Graduate Student (Materials Science and Technology) - Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
M.S. (Materials Science and Engineering) - KAIST
B.S. (Materials Science and Engineering) - Pusan National University, Korea
Yifan Chen
ych3@iu.edu
Visiting Ph.D. Researcher
Ph.D. (Physical Chemistry)-Nanjing Normal University, China
B.S. (Applied Chemistry)-East China Jiaotong University, China
Jette Katja Mathiesen
jkm@chem.ku.dk
Visiting Ph.D. Researcher
Ph.D. (Chemistry and Nanoscience), Department of Chemistry and Nanoscience Center, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
M.Sc. (Applied and Advanced Chemistry), Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark.
B.Sc. (Chemistry), Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Denmark.
Susanne Wicker
Last known position: finishing degree at University of Tuebingen, Germany
Visiting C500 Chemistry Graduate Student - Department of Chemistry
University of Tuebingen, Germany
Undergraduate Researchers
Emily Ward
emgward@iu.edu
Undergraduate Researcher - IFLE Program
Major: Chemistry
Max McCoy
maxmcco@iu.edu
Undergraduate Researcher
Major: Chemistry
Claire Fissel
cefissel@iu.edu
Undergraduate Researcher - Department of Chemistry
Major: Chemistry
Max Perkins
maxperk@iu.edu
Undergraduate Researcher
Major: Chemistry
Minor: Sociology
Joshua Wolfe
jomwolfe@iu.edu
Undergraduate Researcher
Majors: Biochemistry and English
Minor: Spanish
Jared Stanley
jarestan@iu.edu
Last Known Position: UC-Irvine Graduate School
Undergraduate Researcher
Majors: Chemistry and Mathematics
Emma Endres
ejendres@iu.edu
Last Known Position: Vanderbilt Graduate School
Undergraduate Researcher
Major: Chemistry (BS)
Nate Smith
nalasmit@iu.edu
Last Known Position: Penn State Graduate School
Undergraduate Researcher
Major: Chemistry, Minor: Criminal Justice
Sophie McClain
Last Known Position: UIUC Graduate School
Undergraduate Researcher
Major: Chemistry
Minor: Spanish
Cari Rice
carrice@iu.edu
Last Known Position: NYU Gradaute School
Undergraduate Researcher
Major: Biochemistry and Italian
Minor: Mathematics
Connor Bunch
Last Known Position: IU Medical School
Undergraduate Researcher
Majors: Biochemistry & Neuroscience
Minor: Biology
Michael Glennon
Last Known Position: IU Law School
Undergraduate Researcher
Major: Chemistry
Samantha Harvey
Last Known Position: Graduate School – Northwestern
Undergraduate Researcher
Major: Chemistry, Minor: Math
Andjela Radmilovic
Last Known Position: Graduate School – University of Wisconsin
Undergraduate Researcher
Majors: Chemistry and Spanish
Connor Moreillon
cpmoreil@iu.edu
Undergraduate Researcher
Major: Biochemistry
Matthew Bower
msquaredb@gmail.com
Last Known Position: UC-Irvine Medical School
Research Associate
Indiana University Graduate: Biochemistry
Aaron Sue
Last known position: Northwestern University (graduate school)
Undergraduate Researcher
Major: Chemistry
Adam Richter
Last known position: Graduate student, University College London
Undergraduate Researcher
Major: Chemistry
Rohit Patel
Last known position: Graduate student, NEOMED PharmaD Program
Undergraduate Researcher
Major: Biochemistry Minor: Psychology
Patrick McChesney
Last known position: graduate student, Indiana University Department of Physics
Undergraduate Student – Departments of Physics and Math
Visiting Undergraduate Researchers
Rodger Russel
Visiting Undergraduate Researcher
Jackson State University
Sixie Chen
Visiting Undergraduate Researcher
Tsinghua University, China
Karla Pérez
kperezco@iu.edu
Visiting Undergraduate Researcher
University of Puerto Rico at Cayey
Ayanna Culmer-Gilbert
aculmer@iu.edu
Undergraduate Researcher
Major: Chemistry; Minor: Biology- Morgan State University
Eunji Kim
Visiting Undergraduate Student
Ewha Womens University - Korea
Minjoo Kim
6minjoo6@hanmail.net
Visiting Undergraduate Researcher
Ewha Womans University (Seoul, Korea) - Chemistry
Sarah Severson
REU Student- Department of Chemistry
Undergraduate Student - University of Minnesota, Morris
Yuda Li
University: USTC (University of science and technology of China)
Lab in USTC: Prof. Shuhong Yu
3rd year undergraduate
Mattea Scanlan
mamascan@iu.edu
Undergraduate student-Western Illinois University
Major: Chemistry
Minors: Math and Spanish
Joseph Burkhart
joaburkh@iu.edu
REU Researcher
St. Olaf College
Majors: Chemistry, Classics
Yeon Hyeong Sim
ysim@iu.edu
Ewha Womans University - Chemistry
Jingyao Wang
Wjy560@mail.ustc.edu.cn
Visiting undergraduate researcher
University of Science & Technology China
Cheng Peng
peng9@iu.edu
Visiting Undergraduate Researcher
Tsinghua University
Mariana B. T. Cardoso
Visting Undergraduate Researcher from Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil
Bachelo's degree in Chemistry
Haoming Liu
Last known position: finishing degree at Tsinghua University, China
Visiting Undergraduate Researcher from Tsinghua University, China
Ji Chen
Last known position: Postdoc (2016-) Prof. Chunsheng Wang at University of Maryland
Previous position: Graduate Student Tsinghua University, China
Visiting Undergradaute Research from Tsinghua University, China
Long Sun
Last known position: finishing degree at Tsinghua University, China
Visiting Undergraduate Researcher
Major: Chemistry
