Group Alumni
Melinda Pham
Graduate Students
David Marsh
David Lacy
Postdoctoral Researchers
Former Students
Darla Powell-Jia
Ryan Shook
Trenton Parsell
Joseph Nguyen
Paul Zinn
Matthew K. Zart
Robie Lucas
Peter L. Larsen
Leilani L. Zart (Welbes)
Jeremy T. Mitchell-Koch
Joel S. Thompson
Karen M. Kress (Padden)
Cora E. MacBeth
Anjal Sharma
Qiang Yu
Brian Hammes
John Krebs
Young Jun Park
Meng-Yin Yang
Kari Stone
Sara Palavicini
Jhumpa Mukherjee
Renée Henry
Sarika Sharma
Matthew Miller
Rajeev Gupta
Vivek Joshi
Zahida Shirin
Manabendra Ray
Tatsuya Kawamoto
Jessica Elinburg
Christopher Richardson
Visiting Undergraduate student in 2012
Chemistry, from Hamilton College, NY
Gary Kwanyi Ng
Natalie Huber
Ina Bodoky
Andrew Raub
David Chu
Tim Reed
Chad Johnson
Sonja Peterson
Sarah Davis
Visiting Undergraduate student in 2012
Chemistry, from Wake Forest University, NC
Yohei Sano
Taketo Taguchi
Michael Guzowski
Ph.D., University of California-Irvine, 2013
Chemistry
Current Position: Visiting Assistant Professor,
at Alfred University, Alfred, NY
E-mail: marsh@alfred.edu
Ph.D., University of California-Irvine, 2012
Chemistry
Current Position: Forensic Scientist
at Washington State Patrol, WA
E-mail: Sonja.Peterson@pnnl.gov
Nathaniel Sickerman
Ph.D., University of California-Irvine, 2014
Chemistry
Current Position: Postdoctoral fellow,
at University of California, Irvine, CA
E-mail: nsickerm@uci.edu
Ph.D., University of California-Irvine, 2012
Chemistry
Current Position: Assistant professor,
at University at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY
E-mail: dclacy@buffalo.edu
Ph.D., University of California-Irvine, 2012
Chemistry
Current Position: Chemist, Freeslate, Inc.
Sunnyvale, CA
E-mail:
Ph.D., University of California-Irvine, 2010
Chemistry
Current Position: Assistant professor
at Lindenwood University, St. Charles, MO
E-mail: darlacraftychemist@gmail.com
Ph.D., University of California-Irvine, 2009
Chemistry
Current Position: Research Scientist
at Cook Biotech, West Lafayette, IN
E-mail: tparsell@purdue.edu
Ph.D., University of California-Irvine, 2009
Chemistry
Current Position: Chemistry Instructor at Ozarks Technical Community College, MO
E-mail: shookr@otc.edu
Ph.D., University of Kansas, 2008
Chemistry
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Mount Mercy University, Cedar Rapids, IA
E-mail: jnguyen@mtmercy.edu
Ph.D., University of Kansas, 2006
Chemistry
Current Position: Senior chemist
at Nalco Co., Naperville, IL
E-mail: paulzinn@sbcglobal.net
Ph.D., University of Kansas, 2005
Chemistry
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Wartburg College, Waverly, IA
E-mail: matthew.zart@wartburg.edu
Ph.D., University of Kansas, 2005
Chemistry
Current Position: Chemist
at Procter & Gamble
E-mail: lucas.rl.1@pg.com
Post doc from 2011–2013
Ph.D., Osaka University
Applied Chemistry
Current Position: Research Associate at Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
E-mail: ysano0203@gmail.com
Ph.D., University of Kansas, 2005
Chemistry
Current Position: Employed
at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
E-mail: larsenpe@yahoo.com
Ph.D., University of Kansas, 2005
Chemistry
Current Position: Assistant professor
at Wartburg College, Waverly, IA
E-mail: leilani.zart@wartburg.edu
Ph.D., University of Kansas, 2003
Chemistry
Current Position: Chemistry Teacher
at The Independent School, Wichita, KS
Ph.D., University of Kansas, 2003
Chemistry
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Community College at Denver, Denver, CO
E-mail: joel.thompson@ccd.edu
Ph.D., University of Kansas, 2002
Chemistry
Current Position: Independent Consultant, Decatur, GA
E-mail: karen.kress@yahoo.com
Ph.D., University of Kansas, 2001
Chemistry
Current Position: Assistant Professor/Assistant Dean of the Graduate School
at Emory University, Atlanta, GA
E-mail: cora.macbeth@emory.edu
Ph.D., University of Kansas, 2000
Chemistry
Current Position: Research scientist
at Lynn Tech, Brian-College Station, TX
E-mail: anjal.sharma@lynntech.com
Ph.D., University of Kansas, 1999
Chemistry
Current Position: Manager, R&D
at Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LLC, Neenah, WI
E-mail:
Ph.D., Kansas State University, 1999
Chemistry
Current Position: Manager, R&D
at Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LLC, Neenah, WI
E-mail: brian.hammes@gapac.com
Ph.D., Kansas State University, 1997
Chemistry
Current Position: Principal Chemist
at Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL
E-mail: krebs@anl.gov
Post doc from 2010–2013
Ph.D., University of Florida
Inorganic Chemistry
Current Position: Postdoctoral fellow at the University of Rochester, NY
E-mail: taketotaguichi@gmail.com
Post doc from 2008–2012
Ph.D., Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
Inorganic Chemistry
Current Position: Research Professor
at Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea
E-mail: yjbhpark@gmail.com
Post doc from 2007–2009
Ph.D., University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
Inorganic Chemistry
Current Position: Chemist,
Merck Display Technology, Taiwan
E-mail: mengyiny@gmail.com
Visiting Undergraduate student in 2013
Chemistry, from Emory University, GA
Post doc from 2008–2009
Ph.D., Penn State University, University Park, PA
Inorganic Chemistry
Current Position: Assistant professor
at Benedictine University, Lisle, IL
E-mail: kstone@ben.edu
Post doc from 2008–2009
Ph.D., Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
Inorganic Chemistry
Current Position:
E-mail: sp749@cornell.edu
Post doc from 2005–2007
Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
Inorganic Chemistry
Current Position: Research associate
at University of Kalyani and Saha Institute of Nuclea Physics, West Bengal, India
E-mail: jhumpam@gmail.com
Post doc from 2005–2007
Ph.D., Colorado University at Boulder, Boulder, CO
Inorganic Chemistry
Current Position: Assistant professor
at University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO
E-mail: rhenry@uccs.edu
Post doc from 2003–2006
Ph.D., SUNY Stoney Brook, Stoney Brook, NY
Materials Science
Current Position: Homemaker
E-mail: sarika99@hotmail.com
Post doc from 2003–2005
Ph.D., Texas A&M University, College Station, TX Inorganic Chemistry
Current Position: Research scientist
at Haliburton
E-mail: farmboy@chemist.com
Post doc from 2000–2003
Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
Inorganic Chemistry
Current Position: Reader
at University of Delhi, Delhi, India
Post doc from 1999–2000
Ph.D.
Current Position:
E-mail:
Post doc from 1994–1999
Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India Inorganic Chemistry
Current Position:
E-mail:
Post doc from 1994–1997
Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India Inorganic Chemistry
Current Position: Professor
at Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, India
E-mail: manabray@iitg.ernet.in
Post doc from 1993–1994
Ph.D., Department of Chemistry, Osaka University Osaka, Japan, Inorganic Chemistry
Current Position: Professor, Department of Chemistry, Kanagawa University, Japan
E-mail: kaw@kanagawa-u.ac.jp
Visiting Undergraduate student in 2013
Chemistry, from California State University Long Beach, CA
Visiting scholar in 2011
from Thomas Ward group
at University of Basel
Visiting scholar in 2011
from Thomas Ward group
at University of Basel
Visiting Undergraduate student in 2010
Chemistry, from University of California-
San Diego, CA
Undergraduate student from 2009–2010
Current Position:
E-mail:
Undergraduate student from 2008–2009
Current Position: Graduate research assistant
at University of Delaware, Newark, NY
E-mail:
Graduate student from 2002–2006
Current Position: Graduate research assistant
with Julian Limburg, Dept. of Chemistry
at University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
E-mail: tmreed@ku.edu
Graduate student from 2002–2006
Current Position: Engineer
at Eastman Chemical Company
E-mail: cjohns@ku.edu
Wanda Liz Cuadrado Santana
Graduate student from 2004–2006
Current Position: Graduate student,
Dept. of Education
at University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
E-mail: wandaliz@ku.edu
Irine Saminathan
Kevin O’Halloran
Graduate student from 2004–2006
Current Position:
E-mail:
Graduate student from 2003–2005
Current Position: Graduate student,
Dept. of Chemistry
at Emory University
E-mail: kohallo@emory.edu
Abigail Ward
Visiting Undergraduate student in 2014
Chemistry Health Sciences, University of Central Oklahoma, OK
Juliana Bertin
Graduate student from 2014
Current Position:
E-mail:
Hannah Boon
Undergraduate student from 2013–2015
Current Position:
E-mail:
Amber Gillett
Graduate student from 2013–2015
Chemistry
Current Position:
E-mail:
Sarah Cook
Ph.D., University of California-Irvine, 2015
Chemistry
Current Position: Research specialist,
at University of California, Irvine, CA
E-mail: sacook@uci.edu
Jonathan Paretsky
Ph. D. University of California-Irvine, 2015
Chemistry
Current Position: Research Scientist at Georgia-Pacific LLC
E-mail: jparetsk@uci.edu
Noam Levi
Post doc from 2014–2016
Ph.D., Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
Organic Chemistry, Catalysis
Current Position: Teva Pharmaceuticals
E-mail: noaml@uci.edu
John Gilbertson
Visiting Professors
Jaicy Vallapurackal
Visiting scholar in 2016
from Thomas Ward group
at University of Basel
Ethan Hill
Ph. D. University of California-Irvine, 2016
Chemistry
Current Position: Assistant Professor
at Auburn University, Auburn, AL
E-mail: eah0113@auburn.edu
Nathanael Lau
Ph. D. University of California-Irvine, 2017
Chemistry
Current Position: Assistant Professor,
at Emmanuel College Boston, Boston, MA
E-mail: laun@emmanuel.edu
Maisha
Kamunde-Devonish
Post doc from 2014–2016
Ph.D., University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Chemistry
Current Position: Assistant Professor at Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA
E-mail: mkamunde@uci.edu
Jason Jones
Sam Mann
Ph. D. University of California-Irvine, 2017
Chemistry
Current Position: Postdoc chemist, BEHR Process Corporation, Santa Ana, CA
E-mail: jonesjr@uci.edu
Ph. D. University of California-Irvine, 2017
Chemistry
Current Position: Postdoctoral fellow,
at University of California, San Francisco, CA
E-mail: smann1@uci.edu
Victor Viveros
Melissa Denler
Visiting Graduate Student from the Jackson Group at University of Kansas in 2017
Current Position: Graduate Student
E-mail: mdenler@ku.edu
Cordell Heckel
Associate Professor of Inorganic Chemistry,
Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
E-mail: john.gilbertson@wwu.edu
Yongho Kim
Professor of Physical and Computational Chemistry
Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea
E-mail: yonghok1@uci.edu
Lisa Olshansky
Post doc from 2016–2018
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Chemistry
Current Position: Assistant Professor at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL
E-mail: lolshans@illinois.edu
Justin Bogart
Post doc from 2015–2018
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Chemistry
Current Position: Assistant Professor at Fairleigh Dickinson University, NJ
E-mail: jbogart1@uci.edu
Deborah Brazzolotto
Post doc from 2017–2018
Ph.D., Université Grenoble Alpes, France, 2016
Chemistry
E-mail: dbrazzol@uci.edu
Colin McCully
Visiting Graduate Student from the Walton Group at University of York in 2018
Current Position: Graduate Student
E-mail: msteward@uci.edu
Martin Steward
Victoria Oswald
Ph. D. University of California-Irvine, 2018
Chemistry
Current Position: Analyst, Slalom Consulting
E-mail: voswald@uci.edu
Ph.D., University of Rochester, 2017
Chemistry
Hometown: Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania
E-mail: jkneebon@uci.edu
Jared Kneebone
Kelsey Rose Miller
Ph. D. University of California-Irvine, 2020
Chemistry
Current Position: Postdoctoral fellow,
at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
E-mail: millerkr@uci.edu
Valerie Waser
Visiting Graduate Student from the Ward Lab, University of Basel in 2020
Current Position: Graduate Student
E-mail: valerie.waser@unibas.ch
Francisco Gomez
Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India, 2014
Chemistry
Current Position: Assistant Professor at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali, India
E-mail: barmansk@uci.edu
Suman K. Barman
Sunny Sun
Ph. D. University of California-Irvine, 2021
Chemistry
Current Position: Postdoctoral Associate, at Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
E-mail: sunc8@uci.edu
Justin Lee
Ph. D. University of California-Irvine, 2021
Chemistry
Current Position: Postdoctoral Associate, at Yale University, CT
E-mail: justill2@uci.edu
Dolores Ross
Ph. D. University of California-Irvine, 2021
Chemistry
Current Position: Postdoctoral Associate, at University of Michigan, MI
E-mail: rossdl@uci.edu
Spencer Kerns
Ph.D., National Institute of Science Education and Research, India, 2016
Chemistry
Current Position: Assistant Professor at BITS Pilani, Goa Campus, India
E-mail: wsinha@uci.edu
Woormileela Sinha
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