Former Group Members

Graduate Student Alumni

Degree Current Position
Kaipeng Hou Ph.D. 2022 Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California, San Francisco
Maria Paley Ph.D. 2022 Chemist, ChemFinity Technologyies
Surya Parker Ph.D. 2022 Scientist, Carbon Capture
Adam Uliana Ph.D. 2022 CEO, ChemFinity Technologies
Ever Velasquez Ph.D. 2022 CTO, ChemFinity Technologies
Ari Turkiewicz Ph.D. 2021 Postdoctoral Scholar, Harvard University
Naomi Biggins Ph.D. 2021 Associate, McKinsey & Company
Jesse Park Ph.D. 2021 Postdoctoral Scholar, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
Eugene Kim Ph.D. 2021 Process Engineer, Intel Corporation
David Jaramillo Ph.D. 2021 Co-founder & CTO, Verne
Mike Ziebel Ph.D. 2020 Postdoctoral Scholar, Columbia University
Colin Gould Ph.D. 2020 Postdoctoral Scholar, Princeton University
Khetpakorn "Job" Chakarawet Ph.D. 2020 Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California, Davis
Julia Oktawiec Ph.D. 2019 Postdoctoral Scholar, Northwestern University
Kristen Colwell Ph.D. 2019 Senior Process Engineer, Intel Corporation
Rodolfo Torres-Gavosto Ph.D. 2019 Senior Process Engineer, Intel Corporation
Rebecca Siegelman Ph.D. 2019 Research Scientist, DuPont de Nemours
Philip C. Bunting Ph.D. 2019 Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California, San Diego
Lucy Darago Ph.D. 2018 Principal, Boston Consulting Group
Matthew T. Kapelewski Ph.D. 2018 Senior Researcher, Catalyst Scale-Up, ExxonMobil
Douglas A. Reed Ph.D. 2018 Assistant Professor, University of Washington
Mercedes K. Taylor Ph.D. 2018 Assistant Professor, University of Maryland
Mike Aubrey Ph.D. 2017 Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin
Jonathan Bachmann Ph.D. 2017 Research Scientist, PARC, a Xerox Company
Miguel I. Gonzalez Ph.D. 2017 Postdoctoral Scholar, Harvard University
David Z. Zee Ph.D. 2017 Postdoctoral Scholar, Northwestern University
Jordan Axelson Ph.D. 2016 Lecturer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Dianne J. Xiao Ph.D. 2016 Assistant Professor, University of Washington
Xiaowen Feng Ph.D. 2015 Co-Founder, Kula Bio; Managing Partner, IMO Ventures
Dana J. Levine Ph.D. 2015 Senior Research Scientist, Gilead Sciences
Jarad A. Mason Ph.D. 2015 Assistant Professor, Harvard University
Katie R. Meihaus Ph.D. 2015 Science Editor, University of California, Berkeley
Thomas M. McDonald Ph.D. 2015 Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer, Mosaic Materials
Brian Wiers Ph.D. 2015 Seniot Battery Scientist, Zēlos Energy
Eric D. Bloch Ph.D. 2014 Veronica Siedle Assistant Professor, University of Delaware
Zoey Herm Ph.D. 2014 Senior Scientist, Riffyn
Joseph M. Zadrozny Ph.D. 2013 Assistant Professor, Colorado State University
Kenji Sumida Ph.D. 2012 Chief Scientific Officer, Atomis
Curtis Wray M.S. 2011 Chemist, Hewlett-Packard
T. David Harris Ph.D. 2010 Project Scientist, University of California, Berkeley
Jeffrey D. Rinehart Ph.D. 2010 Assistant Professor, University of California, San Diego
Danna E. Freedman Ph.D. 2009 Frederick George Keyes Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Hemamala Karunadasa Ph.D. 2009 Associate Professor, Stanford University
Mircea Dincă Ph.D. 2008 W. M. Keck Professor of Energy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lianne Beltran Ph.D. 2007 Freelance Scientific Editor
Steven S. Kaye Ph.D. 2007 Chief Technology Officer, Our Next Energy
Eric J. Welch Ph.D. 2007 Senior Research and Development Manager, Thermo Fisher Scientific
Louise Berben Ph.D. 2005 Professor, University of California, Davis
Allan Hee Ph.D. 2005 Manager, Americas Business Development & Strategy, Chevron Corporation
Nathan R. M. Crawford Ph.D. 2004 Director, Modeling Facility Facility, University of California, Irvine
Miriam V. Bennett Ph.D. 2003 Adjunct Professor, San Diego State University
Jennifer J. Sokol Ph.D. 2003 Product and Technology Development Specialist, 3M Corporation
Laurance G. Beauvais Ph.D. 2002 Assistant Professor, Point Loma Nazarene University
Matthew P. Shores Ph.D. 2002 Professor and Chair of Chemistry, Colorado State University
Eric G. Tulsky Ph.D. 2002 Assistant General Manager, Carolina Hurricanes
Polly A. Berseth M.S. 1999 Staff Scientist, Center for Hydrogen Research, Savannah River National Laboratory

Former Postdoctoral Scholars

Years Current Position
Hasan Babaei 2019-2022 Senior Engineer, Totus Medicines
Tatsuya Higaki 2020-2022 Assistant Professor, Kyoto University
Lena Maria Funke 2019-2022 Research Scientist, BASF
Megan Jackson 2019-2022 Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jennifer Murphy 2021-2022 Assistant Professor, University of Guelph
Inseon Oh 2021-2022 Postdoctoral Scholar, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Sebastian Sandl 2021-2022
Benjamin E. R. Snyder 2018-2022 Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Jordan Taylor 2020-2022 Patent Examiner, US Patent Office
Juan Valdez-Moreira 2022 Process Engineer, Intel Corporation
Stephanie Collins 2019-2021 Graduate Student, University of California, Berkeley
Stephanie Didas 2019-2021 Director of Innovation, Global Thermostat
Adam Jaffe 2017-2021 Assistant Professor, University of Notre Dame
Suzanne Jansze 2019-2021 Senior Scientist and Team Lead, Materials and Texture, Impossible Foods
Syamantak Roy 2019-2021 Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California, Berkeley
Dominik P. Halter 2018-2020 Liebig Fellow, Technische Universität München
Brandon R. Barnett 2016-2020 Assistant Professor, University of Rochester
Alexander Forse 2016-2019 Lecturer, Cambridge University
Jovan Kamcev 2017-2019 Assistant Professor, University of Michigan
Jeffrey D. Martell 2015-2019 Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Michael McGuirk 2016-2019 Assistant Professor, Colorado School of Mines
Lindley Maxwell 2018-2019 Research Director, Autofagasta Region Scientific Technological Center - CICITEM
Dong-Myeong Shin 2017-2019 Assistant Professor, Hong Kong University
Phillip Milner 2015-2018 Assistant Professor, Cornell University
Tomce Runčevski 2015-2018 Assistant Professor, Southern Methodist University
Yang Yang 2016-2018 Assistant Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara
Yeh-Yung Lin 2015-2017 Research Development Technical Manager, TSMC
Günther Thiele 2015-2017 Junior Group Leader, Freie Universität Berlin
Hye Jeong Park 2014-2016 Postdoctoral Scholar, Texas A&M University
Gokhan Barin 2013-2016 Chief Technology Officer, CycloPure, Inc.
Aravind Kumar Chandiran 2013-2016 Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Jiwoong Lee 2015-2016 Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen
Zachary P. Smith 2014-2016 Assistant Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Alexander Tskhovrebov 2014-2016 Deputy Director, Institute of Chemistry, RUDN University
Selvan Demir 2011-2015 Associate Professor, Michigan State University
Benjamin "Keith" Keitz 2012-2015 Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin
Farshid Ramezanipour 2013-2015 Associate Professor, University of Louisville
Michael Nippe 2011-2014 Associate Professor, Texas A&M University
Jeffrey van Humbeck 2012-2014 Assistant Professor, University of Calgary
Rob Ameloot 2012-2013 Associate Professor, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Tae-Hyun Bae 2011-2013 Assistant Professor, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Shuao Wang 2012-2013 Professor, Soochow University
Minyoung Yoon 2012-2013 Associate Professor, Kyungpook National University
Stephen Geier 2010-2012 Data and Digital Services Librarian, Mount Allison University
Paulina Gomora 2010-2012 Associate Professor, National Autonomous University of Mexico
Zachary Mensinger 2010-2012 Associate Professor, Metropolitan State University
Elizabeth Montalvo 2010-2012 Research Scientist, Chevron Corporation
Wendy L. Queen 2011-2012 Associate Professor, EPFL Sian
David L. Rogow 2010-2012 Instructor, Linn-Benton Community College
Ming Lee Tang 2008-2012 Associate Professor, University of Utah
Hye-Jin Choi 2004-2011 Senior Research Scientist II, Kinestral Technologies
Pierre Dechambenoit 2009-2010 Professor, University of Bordeaux
Maw Lin Foo 2008-2010 Lecturer, National University of Singapore
Leslie J. Murray 2007-2010 Associate Professor, University of Florida
Bettina Bechlars Christle 2007-2009 Senior Scientist, Analytical Chemistry, Novoloop
Deanna D'Alessandro 2007-2009 Professor, University of Sydney
Satoshi Horike 2007-2009 Assistant Professor, Kyoto University
Yoji Kobayashi 2008-2009 Associate Professor, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Tarkeshwar Gupta 2008-2009 Deceased
Maheswaran Shanmugam 2006-2009 Professor, Indian Institute of Technology
Bart M. Bartlett 2005-2008 Professor, University of Michigan
Jogendra Behere 2007-2009 Associate Professor, National Institute of Science Education and Research in India
Aude Demessence 2007-2008 CNRS Researcher, IRCELYON Institute, University of Lyon
David M. Jenkins 2005-2008 Ziegler Associate Professor, University of Tennessee
Navid Soheilnia 2007-2008 Senior Research Chemist, 3E Nano Inc.
Marty W. DeGroot 2004-2006 Director Global Technology, Dupont
Won Seok Han 2005-2006 Research Professor, Kyoung-Sang University
Stosh Kozimor 2005-2006 Chemist, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Muralee Murugesu 2005-2006 Professor, University of Ottawa
In Su Lee 2004-2005 Associate Professor, Pohang University of Science and Technology
Stephanie Baudron 2002-2004 CNRS Research Director, Institute Le Bel, Strasbourg
Chang Seop Hong 2002-2003 Associate Professor, Kyoto University
Yoshiaki Tanabe 2002-2003 Project Lecturer, University of Tokyo
Victor C. Lau 2001-2002 Associate Director, Knowledge Transfer Officer, City University of Hong Kong
Julie L. Heinrich 1997-1999 Counsel, McNeill Baur PLLC