We proudly celebrate our graduates and all they have accomplished!
DOCTORAL DEGREES AWARDED
Summer 2025, Autumn 2025, Winter 2026, and Spring 2026
Summer 2025
Shaun Gallagher, PhD Chemistry
One or Many: Using single particle microscopy to investigate perovskite quantum dot surface chemistry
(Professor David S. Ginger)
Mercie Hodges, PhD Chemistry
Accessing Increased Sustainability of Commodity Polymers: Post-Polymerization Modifications of Polybutadiene and Mechanochemical Synthesis of Polyacrylates
(Assistant Professor Matthew R. Golder)
Helen Larson, PhD Chemistry
Exploring the Indium Phosphide Landscape: Precursor and Solvent Effects on Nanocrystal Size, Morphology, and Crystallization Temperature
(Professor Brandi Cossairt)
Jessica Simon, PhD Chemistry
Massively parallel profiling of intracellular protein variant abundance, activity, interactions, and druggability with LABEL-seq
(Professor Dustin Maly)
Kiera Sumida, PhD Chemistry
Enzyme optimization and design with deep learning
(Professor David Baker)
Wan-chen Tu, PhD Chemistry
Open-channel capillary trees with integrated paper pads and an at-home salivary pathogens sampling device
(Professor Ashleigh B. Theberge)
Antonio Vazquez, PhD Chemistry
Light-Based Additive Manufacturing of Functional Gels using Thiol-ene Chemistry
(Professor Alshakim Nelson)
Ruixuan Wan, PhD Chemistry
Fundamental Investigations of Single-entity Electrochemistry towards Ultrasensitive Biosensing
(Professor Bo Zhang)
Christopher Woodburn, PhD Chemistry
Advancements in High-pressure Chemistry: Informing Biosignature Detection and Aqueous Salt Equilibria
(Assistant Professor Baptiste Journaux, Earth and Space Sciences)
Autumn 2025
Farhad Akrami, PhD Chemistry
Interface Engineering of Lead Halide Perovskite Semiconductors for Stability and Performance
(Professor David S. Ginger)
Lauren Brown, PhD Chemistry
Engineering Fluidic Tools for Translational Science: Developing Remote Sampling and In Vitro Tissue Platforms
(Professor Ashleigh B. Theberge)
Paige Gannon, PhD Chemistry
Characterizing Anaerobic Hydroxylases Relevant to the Biosynthesis of Ubiquinone
(Assistant Professor Lauren J. Rajakovich)
Jessica Kline, PhD Chemistry
Tailoring Perovskite Quantum Dot Surface Chemistry for Single Photon Emission
(Professor David S. Ginger)
Elizabeth Momoh, PhD Chemistry
Chemistry-Driven Dissection of Malaria Immunity and Resistance: Multiplex Antibody Analysis and Mechanistic Inhibition Studies
(Professors Pradip Rathod & Ashleigh B. Theberge)
Andres Reyna, PhD Chemistry
The Mechanistic Roles For SUMO in Chromatin and Condensates
(Professor Champak Chatterjee)
Soren Sandeno, PhD Chemistry
Interfacial Chemistry of Metal Pnictide Magic-Sized Clusters: Connecting Structure and Function through Ligand Coordination
(Professor Brandi Cossairt)
Jodie Tokihiro, PhD Chemistry
Advances in Open Microfluidics from Fundamental Flow Dynamics to Environmental and Translational Science Applications
(Professor Ashleigh B. Theberge)
Winter 2026
Jacob Baillie, PhD Chemistry
Optical Detection and Control of Excitons, Spins, and Magnetism in Nanostructures
(Professor Daniel R. Gamelin)
Daniel Brush, PhD Chemistry
Development of chemoproteomic methods for profiling the conformational dynamics of protein kinases
(Professor Dustin Maly)
Stephanie Hanna, PhD Chemistry
Protein design for cyclic peptide and small molecule binding
(Professor David Baker)
Zixu Huang, PhD Chemistry
Interface and Depth-dependent Study of Halide Perovskite Semiconductors for Improved Optoelectronics
(Professor David S. Ginger)
Chris Lowe, PhD Chemistry
Inducing Chirality in CdS Nanocrystals with Biomolecules
(Professor Brandi Cossairt)
Alice Martynova, PhD Chemistry
From Fundamentals to Applications: Advancing Ion Mobility and Mass Spectrometry for Molecular Characterization
(Professor Matthew F. Bush)
Andrew Rossi, PhD Chemistry
Theory of Momentum-Resolved Crystal Excitations in the Electron Microscope
(Professor David Masiello)
Peiguan "Brian" Sun, PhD Chemistry
Expanding Polymer Design Tools: Molecular Fluxionality and Topological Crosslinks for Novel Polymer Networks
(Assistant Professor Matthew R. Golder)
Brian Wong, PhD Chemistry: Data Science
Enhancing Stimulated Raman Scattering Microscopy Capabilities for Biological Imaging
(Professor Dan Fu)
Langxuan Yang, PhD Chemistry
Boron-mediated Transition-metal Catalyzed Selective Synthesis of Diverse Alkenes
(Professor Gojko Lalic)
Spring 2026
Fernando Banales Mejia, PhD Chemistry
Engineering Bioorthogonal Protein Tools for Studying Cell Signaling
(Professor Dustin Maly)
Tyson Carr, PhD Chemistry
Acceleration of Materials Discovery and Understanding of Structure-Function Relationships for Si-anode Li-ion Batteries and Heavy-atom Free Upconversion-enhanced Photovoltaics
(Associate Professor Cody W. Schlenker)
Andrei Draguicevic, PhD Chemistry
Black Phosphorus Surface Functionalization Towards Molecularly Defined Catalysts
(Associate Professor Alexandra Velian)
Chris Kim, PhD Chemistry
Development of Multiplexed Imaging Strategies for Fluorescence and Electron Microscopy
(Professor Joshua C. Vaughan)
Phuong Ho Le, PhD Chemistry: Data Science
Development of Novel Redox-Active Porous Solid Sorbents for Electrochemically Mediated CO2 Capture
(Associate Professor Dianne Xiao)
Mickey Moonkaen, PhD Chemistry
Development and Application of Diffusion Monte Carlo Methods to Study Molecular Vibrations
(Professor Anne B. McCoy)
Hannah Perry, PhD Chemistry
Structural Analysis of Collecting Ducts and Chromatin in Mouse Kidney
(Professor Joshua C. Vaughan)
Devin Rollins, PhD Chemistry
Precision in Metal-Organic Framework Pores: Implications in Catalytic and Structural Properties
(Associate Professor Dianne Xiao)
Nels Schimek, PhD Chemistry
Multi-modal Data Synthesis from Organotypic Whole Hemisphere Brain Slice Models to Investigate Cellular-Extracellular Interactions in Pathological Conditions
(Associate Professor Elizabeth Nance, Chemical Engineering)
Morgan Skala, PhD Chemistry
Ball Mill Grinding Mechanochemistry for Sustainable Chemical Transformations of Post-Consumer Polymer Waste
(Assistant Professor Matthew R. Golder)
Thom Snoeren, PhD Chemistry: Data Science
Yb3+ as a sharp-line optical defect in 2D van der Waals materials
(Professor Daniel R. Gamelin)
Filip Stefanovic, PhD Chemistry
Implementing Novel Remote Sampling Tools in Longitudinal Studies for Increased Retention and Accessibility
(Professor Ashleigh B. Theberge)
Rachelle Stowell, PhD Chemistry
Structural Studies of Metalloproteins Using EPR Spectroscopy
(Professor Stefan Stoll)
Eden Tzanetopoulos, PhD Chemistry
Synthesis and Spectroscopy of Transition-Metal-Based Fluoride and Oxide Nanostructures
(Professor Daniel R. Gamelin)
MASTER’S DEGREES AWARDED IN APPLIED CHEMICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Summer 2025, Autumn 2025, Winter 2026, and Spring 2026
Summer 2025
Terra Davis, MS
Eugene Ham, MS
Analyzing Ice Recrystallization Inhibition Using Amino Acids in High Pressure Conditions and Implementing Spatially Resolved Chord Length Distribution
(Associate Professor Peter Pauzauskie, Materials Science & Engineering)
Autumn 2025
Perizat Abdigali, MS
Analysis of Test Mixture and Water Contaminants Using Advanced Chromatographic Techniques
(Professor Robert Synovec)
Evan Bowman, MS
Samantha Breuer, MS
Jordan Lo, MS
Karl Wolff, MS
Winter 2026
Hoa Truong, MS
Spring 2026
Peter Bagdovitz, MS
Chromatic Aberration Correction for Improved Stimulated Raman Signal
(Professor Dan Fu)
Eliza Gilburt, MS
Alex Gordon, MS
Lucy Hanacek, MS
Sherry Liu, MS
Pursuing the Spatial Organization of Lineage-Determining Genes of Hematopoiesis
(Professor Joshua C. Vaughan)
Ratul Mangal, MS
Synthesis of Zinc Chalcogenide Nanocrystals as Hosts for Optically Active Defects
(Professor Brandi Cossairt)
Long Nguyen, MS
Electronic Structure and Vibrational Spectroscopy in Hydrogen Bonded Clusters: Application to Water
(Affiliate Professor Sotiris Xantheas)
Nic Perry, MS
Jude Ruiz, MS
Lamtiur Parsaulina Samosir, MS
Conan Sharp, MS
Jinying Yang, MS
Terahertz-Field-Induced Stark Effect in Metal Phthalocyanine Thin Film
(Assistant Professor Tristan Shi)
Some graduates opted to be excluded from this publicity.