Current Graduate Students
PhD Candidates
![]() |
Sara Abuhadba Esipova Research Group Research Project: "Development of optical sensors for the detection of neurotransmitters in vivo" |
Tyler Alt |
|
Catherine Barth-Yoakum |
|
![]() |
Claire Baxter Zimmermann Research Group Research Project: "Thermodynamic Characterization of Antibody Affinity Maturation" |
![]() |
Leslie Castillo |
|
Paul Castro
Research Group Research Project: |
![]() |
Jordan Delev
Devery Research Group
Research Project: "Metal Catalyzed Amidation of Methyl Esters" |
Kevin DePope Ciszek Research Group Research Project: "Surface Reactions of Thin Film TPBi" |
|
![]() |
Sebastian Flieger Becker Research Group Research Project: "Design, synthesis and characterization of novel drugs for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT) in cancer treatment" |
![]() |
Dariush Forouzesh Moran Research Group Research Project: "Inactivation of dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase and the catalytic analysis of GTP-cyclohydrolase II" |
![]() |
Maxwell Gillum Killelea Research Group Research Project: "Reaction mechanisms for CO oxidation on Rh(111)" |
Bailey Hanson Lee Research Group Research Project: "Metal-N2 Complexes: N2 Activation and Reactivity Studies” |
|
![]() |
Diman Hosseini |
![]() |
Cyrus Jiang Lee Research Group Research Project: “Cobalt and Nickel bearing NNN Pincer Ligands: Synthesis, Characterization, and Reaction Studies” |
![]() |
Nicholas Kaley Liu Research Group Research Project: "Molecular Evolution and Reverse Engineering of GabR Regulation Domain, from PLP-binding to Catalysis" |
Jonathon Kane Research Group: TBA Research Project: |
|
Emma Kelley Becker Research Group Research Project: "Investigating Inhibitors of N-Succinyl-L,L-2,6-Diaminopimelic Acid Desuccinylase (DapE) as potential new antibiotics" |
|
![]() |
Richa Khatiwada Li Research Group Research Project: |
![]() |
Wiktoria Koza Devery Research Group Research Project: "Rhodium Catalyzed C–Cl Bond Formation via Decarbonylation" |
![]() |
Luke Landry Li Research Group Research Project: “Development of a Fluctuating Charge Model for Metal Ion Containing Systems” |
![]() |
Zachary Liveris Becker Research Group Research Project: "Inhibitors of the sodium-dependent NADH ubiquinone oxidoreductase (Na+NQR) as potential new antibiotics" |
![]() |
Michelle Lund Schmeling Research Group Research Project: "Quantification of Heavy Metals in Human Cataract Cell Pellets" |
![]() |
Xiolmara Martinez Chiarelli Research Group Research Project: "Photolysis of Emerging Contaminants Absorbed on Plastic Debris in an Aqueous Environment" |
![]() |
Gabriela Martinez-Ramirez Ballicora Research Group Research Project: "Allosteric Regulation Studies of the Bacterial ADP-Glucose Pyrophosphorylase" |
Mitchell Meves Research Group: TBA Research Project: |
|
![]() |
Yuanpu Niu Ballicora Research Group Research Project: "Structure-function relationship studies of the allosteric regulation in ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase" |
![]() |
Monica Rasic Esipova Research Group Research Project: "Development of Optical Sensors for the Detection of Small Ions in vivo" |
![]() |
Aryana Sayeed Research Group: TBA Research Project: |
![]() |
Cory Schneider Devery Research Group Research Project: “Catalyst Design in Carbonyl-Olefin Metathesis” |
Ellie Sharp Zimmermann Research Group Research Project: “Probing Antibody Dynamics through Mammalian Expression and Immune Organoid Development” |
|
Kathryn Siver
Research Group: TBA
Research Project: |
|
|
|
Research Project: “Molecular modeling of calcium-binding proteins”
|
|
![]() |
Madison Smith
Moran Research Group Research Project: “Catalytic Analysis of Enzymes within the Riboflavin Biosynthetic Pathway”
|
![]() |
Sophi Todtz
Devery Research Group Research Project: "Ligand effects on Lewis acidity of Fe(III) compounds" |
![]() |
|
![]() |
Erwin Weerawardhana
Lee Research Group Research Project: "Asymmetric Iron and Cobalt Complexes for Small molecule Activation and Catalysis" |
MS Candidates
Brian Aranda | |
Megan Beulke | |
![]() |
Cody Busch |
Cameron Forst | |
Brooklyn Gasiorek | |
Marianna Haddad | |
Fred Hurt | |
![]() |
Claire Kennedy |
Morgan Leuszler | |
Faith Lewis | |
![]() |
Jordan MacQueen |
![]() |
Julian Moriones |
Oliwia Ozog | |
Clevina Pinto |
|
Nikola Radanovic | |
Emily Radz | |
Evan Scruggs | |
Paula Skowron | |
Jean Slavsky | |
![]() |
Grant Steiner |
Jessica Witt |