Alumni
Ph.D Recipients
The Department of Chemistry is interested in up-to-date information on our alumni's careers, including news such as professional society awards or other honors that you would like to share with the department. Updates can be sent to Rea Freeland (rf51@andrew.cmu.edu) or Valerie Bridge (vb0g@andrew.cmu.edu).
2011
| Name | Dissertation | Advisor | Last Known Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew James Crawford | Structural Characterization of γ-Modified PNAs and Invasion of MicroRNA | D. Ly | Lecturer of Chemistry, Frostburg State University |
| Greg Thomas Drozd | Ozonolysis Intermediate Dynamics and Hydroperoxide Photodissociation in the Atmosphere | N. Donahue | Postdoctoral Fellow, Columbia University (Faye McNeill and Ken Eisenthal) |
| Joshua Allen Hayden | Oxygen Reactivity of Manganese Proteins | M. Hendrich | Postdoctoral Fellow, MIT (Liz Nolan) |
| Zhijie Ma | Thermodynamics of Metal Binding to Ligand-Modified PNA | C. Achim | Postdoctoral Fellow, Georgia Tech (Gary Schuster) |
| Jeong Ae Yoon | Cross-Linked Networks Prepared by Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization | T. Kowalewski | LG (South Korea) |
| Michael Yonkunas | Theoretical Investigation of the Structure and Function of Ionotropic Glutamate Receptors Ph.D. in Molecular Biophysics and Structural Biology, a joint program with the University of Pittsburgh |
M. Kurnikova | Instructor, Department of Molecular Biophysics & Physiology, Rush University Medical Center |
| Kimberly Zanotti | Creating Genetically Encodable Biosensors Based on Fluorogenic Dyes and Proteins | B. Armitage | Postdoctoral Fellow, NIH (Patricia Gearhart) |
2010
| Name | Dissertation | Advisor | Last Known Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silvia Bezer Bratu | Supramolecular Structures Based on Peptide Nucleic Acids and Transition Metal Ions | C. Achim | Postdoc, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill |
| Mrinmoy Chakrabarti | Mössbauer, EPR and Theoretical Studies of Oxygen Activating Enzymes and a [Fe4S4] Cluster Relevant to Biological Nitrogen Fixation | E. Münck | Postdoc, Texas A&M University |
| Martin Christen | Structural/Functional Insights into the Plasminogen Kringle 3 Domain | M. Llinás | Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pittsburgh (Reiko Ishima) |
| Raymond F. De Hont | Mössbauer, Electron Paramagnetic Resonance, and Density Functional Theory Studies of Biomimetic FeIV=O Species and High-Valent Diamond Core Intermediates | E. Münck | |
| Hongchen Dong | From New Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization Initiating Systems for Functional Nanomaterials and Surfaces | K. Matyjaszewski | Research Scientist, GE Global Research |
| Volkan Ediz | Data-Driven Approaches in Semiempirical Quantum Chemistry | D. Yaron | Analyst, Keystone Strategy |
| William Chadwick Ellis | Green Design, Synthesis, Characterization and Application of a Novel Family of Fe-TAML Peroxide Activating Homogeneous Catalysts | T. J. Collins | Postdoctoral Fellow, Cornell University, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology (Geoff Coates) |
| Niti Garg | Synthesis and Study of Noble Metal Nanoparticles: Application for Chemical Sensing and Catalysis | R. Jin | Process Engineer, Intel |
| Patricia Lynn Golas | Rational Design of Polymeric Dispersants for Nanoparticles and Substrates for Click Chemistry Using Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization | K. Matyjaszewski | Senior Scientist, Johnson and Johnson |
| Anna Esmeralda Javier | Solution-Processable Materials for Printable Electronics | R. McCullough | Postdoctoral Fellow, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Nitash Balsara) |
| Junying Liu | Development of Solution-Processable High Performance Organic Semiconductors for Field Effect Transistors | R. McCullough | Postdoctoral Fellow, Chemical Engineering, MIT (Paula Hammond) |
| Laura Anne Mueller | Expanding the Scope of Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization with Low Catalyst Concentrations | K. Matyjaszewski | Research Scientist, ATRP Solutions |
| Iulia Alisa Sacui | Development of a γPNA Platform for Biomedical and Molecular Engineering Applications | D. Ly | Postdoctoral Fellow, NIST |
| Nikolay Simakov | Calculation of Current-Voltage Properties of Biological Ion-Channels Using Extended Poisson-Nernst-Planck Theory | M. Kurnikova | Postdoc, National Resource for Biomedical Supercomputing, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center |
| Hayriye Ünal | Combining Biomolecules and Fluorogenic Cynanine Dyes into Novel Flourescent Labels | B. Armitage | Research Manager, UPMC Magee Womens Hospital |
| Tomasz Young | Nanoscale Morphology and Phase Structure of Regioregular Poly (3-hexylthiophene) in Single and Multicomponent Systems | T. Kowalewski | Research Scientist, Exxon Mobil |
2009
| Name | Dissertation | Advisor | Last Known Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marcos Battistel | Profiling Plasminogen Kringle Domains According to Ligand Specificity | M. Llinás | Postdoctoral Fellow/Contractor, Food & Drug Administration, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (Daron Freedberg) |
| Sidi Bencherif | Synthesis, Characterization, and Evaluation of Biodegradable Polymers and Biomimetic Hydrogel Scaffolds for Biomedical Applications | N.R. Washburn and K. Matyjaszewski | Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Science (David Edwards and David Mooney) |
| Tudor Constantin | Selection and Characterization of RNA Aptamers that Bind Fluorogenic Cyanine Dyes | B. Armitage | Scientist, Investigen |
| Brian Francis Cusick | Techniques for Proximal Probe Characterization of Designer Surfaces Tailored by Controlled Radical Polymerization | T. Kowalewski | AP1000 Configuration Management Coordinator, Westinghouse |
| William Gunderson | Spectroscopic Studies of Intermediates in Metalloenzymes and Biomimetic Complexes | M. Hendrich | Postdoctoral Fellow, Emory University, Dept. of Physics (Kurt Warncke) |
| Wei He | Structural Characterization of Non-Modified and Modified Peptide Nucleic Acids | C. Achim< | Postdoctoral Fellow, UCLA, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry (Wei Wang) |
| Sabrina Lusvarghi | From Molecules to Organisms: Molecular Recognition Using Proteins, Peptides and Peptide Nucleic Acids | B. Armitage | Visiting Fellow, National Cancer Institute, HIV Drug Resistance Program (Stuart Le Grice) |
| Lynne A. McCullough | Nanostructured Conducting Materials Templated on Block Copolymers | K. Matyjaszewski | Advanced Chemist, E-Ink |
| Renaud Nicolaÿ | Enhancing Control of Macromolecular Architecture by Synergistic Combination of ATRP, NMP and RAFT Polymerization | K. Matyjaszewski | Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Eindhoven University of Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Molecular Science and Technology Group (E.W. (Bert) Meijer) |
| Anna (Zatsman) Twigg | Mechanistic Studies of Multiheme Proteins Using EPR Spectroscopy | M. Hendrich | Postdoctoral Fellow, Energy Biosciences Institute, UC Berkeley |
| Rui Zhang | The Impact of Morphology and Molecular Structure on Charge Transport Properties in Thin Film of Polythiophene and its Derivatives | T. Kowalewski and R. McCullough | University of Texas, Austin (Paul Barbera) |
2008
| Name | Dissertation | Advisor | Last Known Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrea Benvin Stadler | DNA Templated Supramolecular Assemblies of Cyanine Dyes | B. Armitage | Research Associate, Brookhaven National Laboratory |
| Lindsay Bombalski | Growth and Effect of Polymeric Ligands on Colloidal Particles and Tailoring the Optical Properties of Particle Additives | Michael R. Bockstaller | President/Founder, National Association of Postgraduates Previous Position: ORISE Postdoctoral Fellow, U.S. Department of Energy-National Energy Technology Laboratory, Pittsburgh |
| Jessica Cooper | Chain-end Functionalized Regioregular Poly(3-hexylthiophenes)s: Synthesis, Characterization and Applications | R. McCullough and T. Kowalewski | ORISE Fellow, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) |
| Wade Braunecker | Catalyst Development in Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization from a Thermodynamic Perspective | K. Matyjaszewski | Faculty, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Previous Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Colorado (Josef Michl) |
| Haifeng Gao | Synthesis of Functional Polymers with Controlled Architecture by ATRP of Monomers in the Presence of Cross-Linkers: From Stars to Gels | K. Matyjaszewski | Postdoctoral Fellow, U.C. Berkeley (Jean Frechet) |
| Gaofei He | Development of Conformationally-Preorganized γ-Peptide Nucleic Acid (γ-PNA) for Recognition of Double helical B-form DNA (B-DNA) | D. Ly | Postdoc, University of Missouri-St. Louis |
| Ke Min | Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization in Aqueous Dispersed Media | K. Matyjaszewski | Postdoc, E.O. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab |
| Gizelle Sherwood | The Effects of Aggregation on the Photophysics of Oligomers Related to MEH-PPV and CN-PPV | L. Peteanu | Lab Instructor/Special Lecturer, Carnegie Mellon |
| Daniel Siegwart | Application of Controlled Radical Polymerization (CRP) in the Design of Functional Biomedical Architectures | K. Matyjaszewski | Postdoctoral Fellow, MIT (Robert Langer) |
| Wei Tang | Kinetics of Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization | K. Matyjaszewski | Postdoctoral Fellow, Princeton (Lynn Loo) |
| Richard Watson | Metal Binding to Peptide Nucleic Acids Modified with 8-Hydroxyquinoline or 2,2’-Bipyridine | C. Achim | Postdoc, University of Rochester (William Bernhard) |
| Wei Wu | Control, Manipulation, Characterization and Complex Crystallization Behavior of Macromolecular Assemblies | T. Kowalewski, K. Matyjaszewski | Materials Packaging Engineer, Intel |
2007
| Name | Dissertation | Advisor | Last Known Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deboshri Banerjee | Green Oxidation Catalysis with Fe-TAML/Peroxide: Novel Applications in Microbial Deactivation, Kinetic and Reactivity Studies | T. J. Collins | Research Fellow, Brigham and Women's Hospital Previous Position: Scripps Research Institute (M.G. Finn) |
| Evan S. Beach | Fe-TAML Catalyzed Oxidation Chemistry for Water Cleaning Applications | T. J. Collins | Program Manager, Center for Green Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Yale University Previous Position: Postdoctoral fellow, Yale University (Paul Anastas) |
| Arani Chanda | Iron-TAML Activators of Peroxide — A Green Catalytic Oxidation System: Environmental Applications, Kinetic and Mechanistic Studies | T. J. Collins | Scientist, Eisai Previous Position: Scripps Research Institute (Valery Folkin and K. Barry Sharpless) |
| Alina Dragulescu-Andrasi | Spin-Crossover and Charge-Transfer Phenomena in Iron-Based Polynuclear Complexes | C. Achim | Postdoc, University of Massachusetts Medical School (Jie Song) |
| Jinyu Huang | Functional Polymers and Surfaces via Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization | K. Matyjaszewski | Research Scientist, Ciba Vision |
| Wojciech Jakubowski | From New Initiating Systems for Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization to Block Copolymers | K. Matyjaszewski | VP of Manufacturing, ATRP Solutions |
| Hyung-il Lee | Macromolecular Brushes: From Synthesis to Functional Material | K. Matyjaszewski | Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering Department, Ulsan University Previous Position: Postdoctoral fellow, M.I.T. Department of Chemical Engineering |
| Xin Li | Transition States for Surface-Catalyzed Reactions | D. Sholl | |
| Delia-Laura Popescu | Green Oxidation Technologies for Environmental Applications: Degradation of Persistent Pollutants by FeIII-TAML® Activated Peroxides and Kinetic and Mechanistic Studies | T. J. Collins | Postdoc, Southern Methodist University (N. Tsarevsky) Previous Position: Faculty, University of Bucharest |
| Kelly Robertson | Nucleic Acid Reagents for Imaging and Detection | B. Armitage | Naval Research Labs, Washington D.C. |
| Subhadeep Roy | Exploring Interactions of Peptide Nucleic Acids with Quadruplex Forming DNA Motifs | B. Armitage | Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Colorado (Josef Michl) |
| Amy Sage | Atmospheric Oxidation of Organic Compounds: Gas-Phase Reactivity, Gas-to-Particle Conversion, and Particle Aging | N. Donahue | Postdoctoral Associate, Kent State University (Shan-Hu Lee) Previous Position: Postdoctoral scholar, Case Western Reserve University (Carlos Crespo) |
| Kirill Speranskiy | Theoretical Modeling of Ligand-gated Ion Channels | M. Kurnikova | Senior Technology Support Analyst, Arizona State University |
| Matthew Stadler | A New Family of Fe-TAML Peroxide Activators for Green Oxidation Chemistry: Synthesis, Characterization, and Properties | T. J. Collins | CEO, Dash Biotechnologies Previous Position: Managing Director, Life Sciences Network, Pittsburgh Technology Council |
2006
| Name | Dissertation | Advisor | Last Known Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Douglas | Spectroscopic Characterization of the Interactions Between Peptide Ligands and the Multi-Domain Proteins Plasminogen and Matrix Metalloprotenase 2 | M. Llinás | Assistant Scientist/Director, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Laboratory, University of Kansas Previous Position: Postdoc, U. of Colorado (Arthur Pardi) |
| Anca Dragulescu-Andrasi | Development of Cell-Permeable and Helically Preorganized Peptide Nucleic Acids | D. Ly | Postdoc, Stanford University (Molecular Imaging Program, School of Medicine, J. Rao) |
| Kristen (Hannah) Roy | The Effects of Nucleic Acid Template and Dye Structure on Cyanine Dye Aggregation: An NMR and Optical Spectroscopic Investigation | B. Armitage | Instructor, University of Colorado |
| Lu Liu | Effects of Rotation on the Photophysics of Conductive Polymers | D. Yaron | Research Associate, Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh |
| Swati R. Manjari | Thermodynamics of Solvation — A Continuum Perspective | H. J. Kim | Postdoctoral Researcher, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Previous Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Carnegie Mellon (H. Kim) |
| Timothy Smith | Spectral Properties and Photophysics of Conjugated Polymers in Electric Fields | L. Peteanu | Assistant Professor, Christopher Newport University Previous Position: Director of Instrument Facilities, University of Richmond |
| Sebastian Stoian | Mössbauer and Quantum Chemical Studies of Fe(I) and Fe(II) Diketiminate Complexes, and of a Short-Lived Aqueous Fe(IV)=O Intermediate | E. Münck | Postdoc, Carnegie Mellon (E. Münck) Previous Position: Postdoc, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Daniel G. Nocera) |
| Audria Stubna | Mössbauer Spectroscopy and DFT Studies of High-Valent Fe(IV) Species | E. Münck | Postdoc, University of Pennsylvania (Les Dutton) |
| Chuanbing Tang | Nanostructured Carbon from Well-Defined Polyacrylonitrile (Co) Polymers Obtained by Controlled/Living Radical Polymerizations: From Synthesis and Characterization to Devices | T. Kowalewski and K. Matyjaszewski | Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and NanoCenter at the University of South Carolina Previous Position: Postdoc, U. of California Santa Barbara (E. Kramer and C. Hawker, Materials Research Laboratory |
| Filipe Alexandre Ferreira Tiago de Oliveira | Mössbauer, Electron Paramagnetic Resonance and Density Functional Theory Studies of Iron (IV) and Iron (V) Complexes Involving Tetraamido Macrocyclic Ligands | E. Münck | Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal |
| PingPing Ye | Hydrogenation and β-Hydride Elimination on Pt(III) and Ni/Pt(III) and Surface Segregation in a PdCu Alloy | A. Gellman | Research Scientist, Surface Analysis and Materials Properties Lab, Cookson Electronics/Enthone |
| Liping Yu | Single Molecule Spectroscopy of Pre-RNA Splicing with Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET | L. Peteanu | Research Scientist, BD Biosystems |
| Peng Zhou | Synthesis and Properties of Guanidine-Peptide Nucleic Acid | D. Ly | Scientist, AnaSpec |
2005
| Name | Dissertation | Advisor | Last Known Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sudha Dorairaj | Solvation in Quadrupolar Solvents: A Continuum Approach | H. J. Kim | Research Associate, Oregon Health and Science University Previous Position: Postdoc, University of Califonia at Davis (Toby Allen) |
| Benjamin Janesko | New Methods in Semiempirical Quantum Chemistry | D. Yaron | Assistant Professor, Texas Christian University Previous Position: Postdoc, Rice University (G. Scuseria) |
| Justin Legleiter | Atomic Force Microscopy for Studying Physicochemical Aspects of Alzheimer’s Disease | T. Kowalewski | Assistant Professor, University of West Virginia Previous Position: Postdoc, University of Washington, Dept. of Pharmacology (Paul Muchowski) |
| Violeta L. Marin | Thermodynamic and Kinetic Investigation of Nucleic Acid Molecular Recognition by Synthetic Oligomers and Small Molecules | B. Armitage | Senior Research Scientist, Abbott Laboratories Previous Position: Postdoc, Joint appointment, The University of Chicago (Milan Mrksich) and Argonne National Lab (Brian Kay) |
| Nicolay V. Tsarevsky | Synthesis of Well-Defined Polymeric Materials with Polar Functional Groups by Atom Transfer Radical Polymerizatio | K. Matyjaszewski | Assistant Professor, Southern Methodist University Previous Positions: CSO, ATRP Solutions; Visiting Assistant Professor, Carnegie Mellon |
2004
| Name | Dissertation | Advisor | Last Known Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hy Bui | Viscoelastic Study of Reversible Gels and Block Copolymer Melts | G. C. Berry | Scientist, New Technology, L'Oreal USA |
| Bhaskar Datta | Molecular Recognition Involving Guanine-Quartets and Hybrid Aptamers | B. Armitage | Assistant Professor, Missouri State University Previous Position: Postdoc, University of Georgia |
| Anindya Ghosh | Design, Synthesis and Mechanistic Studies of Iron-TAML Catalytic Activators of Hydrogen Peroxide and a New Activation Chemistry of Dioxygen by Iron | T. J. Collins | Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas Little Rock Previous positions: Post-doctoral researcher with Professor Daryle H. Busch and Professor Bala Subramaniam, CEBC (University of Kansas); Senior Research Chemist, Halliburton Energy Services, Duncan, Oklahama |
| Zhenyu Gu | Nano-Scale Structures of Supramolecules: From Fractal Bio-Microgels to Micellar Aggregates | G. D. Patterson | TCSS Technology and Operation Director, Trelleborg |
| Limin Angela Liu | Modeling the Effects of Disorder on the Photophysics of Organic Materials | D. Yaron | Associate Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China Previous position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University (Joel Bader) |
| Elena Sheina | Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Regioregular Thiophene Polymers with Polyetheric Substituents | R. D. McCullough | Research Chemist, Plextronics Previous Position: Postdoc, Carnegie Mellon (R.D. McCullough) |
| Aimeé Tomlinson | Modeling the Photophysics of Biological Dye Assemblies | D. Yaron | Assistant Professor of Chemistry, North Georgia College & State University Previous Position: Visiting Assistant Professor, New College of Florida |
| Anup Upadhyay | Spectroscopic Characterization of Multiheme Proteins from Nitrosomonas Europaea | M. Hendrich | Research Associate, Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Emory University Previous Position: Postdoc, Emory University (Dale Edmondson) |
2003
| Name | Dissertation | Advisor | Last Known Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rong Cao | Biomolecular Recognition: From Cyanine Dye-DNA Complexes to Recyclable Enzymes | B. Armitage | Assistant Professor, Community College of Allegheny College Previous Position: Postdoc, University of Pittsburgh (Bruce Pitt) |
| Isil Dilek | Supramolecular Structures Involving Peptide Nucleic Acid | B. Armitage | Research Scientist, Cerilliant Corp., Round Rock, TX Previous Position: Postdoc, University of Texas, Austin (Sean Kerwin) |
| Adina Golombek | EPR and Mössbauer Studies of Manganese and Iron Small Molecule Model Complexes and Proteins | M. Hendrich | NMR Staff, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Toronto Previous Position: Posdoc, Weizmann Inst. of Science, Israel |
| Chris Kunz | Charged Kaon Ratios and Yields Measured with the STAR Detector at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider | M. Kaplan | Staff Scientist, Sandia National Laboratories |
| Brad Pierce | The Use of Quantitative EPR Techniques to Observe Active Site Assembly Within the Small Subunit of Ribonucleotide Reductase | M. Hendrich | Assistant Professor, University of Texas, Arlington Previous Position: Postdoc, University of Wisconsin (Brian Hoffman) |
2002
| Name | Dissertation | Advisor | Last Known Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arindam Chowdhury | Electronic delocalization and charge-transfer properties of chemical and biological systems as measured by Stark spectroscopy | L. A. Peteanu | Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Previous Position: Postdoc, Columbia University (David Adams) |
| Marion Gehrmann | Structural and Functional Similarities Between FII and Kringle Domains | M. Llinás | Postdoc, University of Maryland |
| Sayam Sen Gupta | Iron-TAML Activators of Hydrogen Peroxide: Synthesis, Characterization and Environmental Applications | T. J. Collins | Scientist/Assistant Professor, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India Previous Position: Postdoc, Scripps Research Institute (M.G. Finn) |
| Yelda Hangun | Design and Study of Catalytic Activators of Hydrogen Peroxide Promising Rapid Efficient Petroleum Desulfurization and Bleaching Technologies | T. J. Collins | Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Eckerd College Previous Position: Assistant Professor, California University of Pennsylvania |
| Boonchuan Immaraporn | Kinetics Study of Acid Deprotonation and Dechlorination Reactions on Single Crystal Metal Surfaces | A. Gellman | Postdoc, Fritz-Haber Institute, Berlin |
| Stuart Kushon | A Thermodynamic and Kinetic Study of the Binding of PNA Probes to DNA and RNA Hairpin Structures | B. A. Armitage | Professor of Introductory Chemistry, Saddleback College Previous Position: Manager of Chemistry R&D, QTL Biosystems, CA |
| Jinsong Liu | End-Group Functionalization of Regioregular Head-to-Tail Poly(3-alkylthiophenes) and its Application to the Synthesis of Well-Defined Rod-Coil Block Copolymers: Tuning the Self-Assembly and Functional Properties of Conducting Polymers | R. D. McCullough | R&D Staff Scientist, Life Technologies Previous Positions: Senior Chemist, Waters Corp.; Postdoc, University of California, Berkeley (Jean Frechet) |
| Melissa Pasquinelli | An Effective Particle Approach to the Photophysics of Conjugated Polymers | D. Yaron | Assistant Professor, North Carolina State University (Fiber and Polymer Science Program,
Dept. of Textiles Engineering, Chemistry, and Science) Previous Positions: Postdoc, Duke University (D. Beratan); Postdoc, Environmental Protection Agency (J. Rabinowitz) |
| Tomislav Pintauer | Structural and mechanistic aspects of copper catalyzed atom transfer radical processes | K. Matyjaszewski | Assistant Professor, Duquesne University Previous Position: Postdoc, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
| Dong-Chul (Jeff) Pyun | Synthesis of Nanostructural Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Materials Using Controlled/Living Radical Polymerization | K. Matyjaszewski | Associate Professor, University of Arizona Previous Position: Postdoc, University of California Berkley (Jean Frechet) and IBM Almaden (Craig Hawker) |
| Daniel Savin | Rayleigh-Brillouin and Photon Correlation Spectroscopy of Poly (n-hexyl methacrylate) Near the Glass Transition, and Light Scattering and Thermal Characterization of Hybrid Nanoparticles | G.D. Patterson | Assistant Professor, University of Southern Mississippi, School of Polymers Previous Positions: Assistant Professor, University of Vermont; Postdoc, University of Minnesota (Tim Lodge) |
| Miaomiao Wang | Interactions of Cyanine Dyes with DNA or PNA Duplexes: Formation of Supramolecular Structures | B. A. Armitage | California Department of Toxic Substances Control, Environmental Chemistry Laboratory Previous Positions: Postdoc, Investigen, Inc.; Postdoc, Carnegie Mellon (Danith Ly) |
| Lei Zhai | Fabrication of Micro- and Nanostructures from Functionalized Regioregular Poly (3-alkylthiophenes) | R. D. McCullough | Associate Professor of Nanoscience Technology Center and the Department of Chemistry, University of Central Florida Previous Position: Assistant Professor, University of Central Florida; Postdoc, MIT |
2001
| Name | Dissertation | Advisor | Last Known Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly A. Davis | Segmented Copolymers by Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization | K. Matyjaszewski | Scientist, Kimberly-Clark, Corporate Research Division Previous Position: Postdoc, University of Colorado-Boulder (Kristi Anseth) |
| Alexander Grishaev | CLOUDS: A Computational Protocol for Protein Structure Elucidation via NMR Proton Densities | M. Llinás | Staff Scientist, NIH |
| Tom Chih-Chuang Hu | Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Mice: Assessment of Left-Ventricular Function, and Development of Manganese as a Functional Contrast Agent | A. Koretsky | U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) Previous Positions:Assistant Professor of Radiology, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Georgia; Principal Scientist, MRI/S Facility, GlaxoSmithKline; Postdoc, NIH |
| Jonggu Jeon | Solvation and solute electronic structure in a continuum solvent picture | H. J. Kim | Research Professor, Korea University, Seoul, Korea Previous Positions: Research Scientist, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Korea; University of California, Davis (A. Stuchebrukhov); Postdoc, University of Utah (Gregory Voth) |
| Hyun-Jong Paik | Kinetic studies and applications of atom transfer radical polymerization | K. Matyjaszewski | Professor, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Pusan National University, Korea Previous Position: Postdoc, Cornell University |
| Richard Pilston | Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Regioregular Polythiophenes, Random Copolymers of Thiophene and Studies of the GRIM Polymerization Method for the Synthesis of Polythiophenes | R. D. McCullough | New Business Development at Milliken & Company and Chairman at Indigo Biosciences, Inc. Previous Positions: Vice President of Marketing, Nano-Terra Inc.; Global Marketing Manager of Vertrel specialty fluids product line, DuPont; Chief Technology Officer, Plextronics, Inc. |
| Jason Weibel | New Methodologies for Electronic Structure Calculations on Organic Materials | D. Yaron | Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Physics, Belmont University Previous Position: Postdoc, Caltech (Virtual Planetary Lab) |
2000
| Name | Dissertation | Advisor | Last Known Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kathryn L. Beers | Design, synthesis and properties of comb copolymers with variable grafting density by controlled radical polymerization | K. Matyjaszewski | Deputy Division Chief, Polymers and Group Leader, Sustainable Polymers, NIST |
| Robert Scott Loewe | Synthesis, characterization, and development of structurally homogeneous polythiophenes (pts) and polythienylene vinylenes | R. D. McCullough | Patent Examiner, U.S. Patent and Trade Office Previous Positions: Discovery Chemist, Zettacore Inc.; Postdoc, North Carolina State University |
| Eric Edward Moore | Solid-state effects on the electronic structure of conjugated polymers | D. Yaron | Adjunct Professor, Saint John's University and Brooklyn College Previous Position: Postdoc, New Jersey Institute of Technology |
| Victoria-Codrina Popescu | Mössbauer and EPR studies of the hydrogen-cluster of the iron-hydrogenases from C. pasteurianum and of synthetic complexes designed to model the iron sites of the [(2)iron](H)-subcluster and Mössbauer studies of the transcription factor FNR of Escherichia coli | E. Münck | Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Ursinus College Previous Positions: Assistant Professor, Ursinus College; Postdoc, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities |
| Lavanya Louisa Premvardhan | Electrostatic properties of charge-transfer systems | L. A. Peteanu | Researcher, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Jian Qiu | Atom transfer radical polymerization in aqueous dispersed media | K. Matyjaszewski | Research Scientist, Pall Corporation, East Hills, NY |
| Leonard Domenick Vuocolo | The preparation of iron complexes as green catalytic oxidant activators of hydrogen peroxide | T. J. Collins | Assistant Teaching Professor, Carnegie Mellon University Previous Position: Assistant Professor, Allegheny College |
| Belinda Belle Willard | Experimental and theoretical investigations of the metastable dissociations of organosilicon ions | S. T. Graul | Director of Proteomics Core, Cleveland Clinic Previous Position: Research Staff, Cleveland Clinic |
| Stacy Alayne Williams | Synthesis, characterization and reactivity of high-valent copper complexes of macrocyclic tetraamido-N ligands | T. J. Collins | Partner, Perception Partners, Atlanta, GA Previous Position: Founder, Dr. DaBrain Scientific Toys, Watkinsville, GA |
| Sun Jae Yoo | Spectroscopic studies of novel metal clusters in iron-sulfur proteins | E. Münck | Patent Examiner, U.S. Patent and Trade Office Previous Position: Research Scientist, Magellan Laboratories, Triangle Park, NC |