Grad Students
(with Ph.D. Dissertation Title)
| Gregory J. Capitosti Synthesis of Porphyrin Containing Dendritic Photosynthetic Mimics | Ph.D. | 2002 | Lake Land College (IL) Professor of Chemistry |  |
| Susan J. Cramer Synthesis of Porphyrin-Containing Dendrimers and Sterically Congested Dendrimers: Progress Toward Artificial Photosynthesis | Ph.D. | 2002 | Grove City College (PA) Professor of Chemistry |  |
| Carol D. Guerrero Synthesis and Photophysical Characterization of Transition Metal Polypyridines as Photosynthetic Reaction Center Mimics | Ph.D. | 2004 | Hiram College (PA) Associate Professor of Chemistry | |
| Shana A. Garrison (Wolff) Synthesis and Photophysical Characterization of Porphyrin-Containing Supramolecular Systems: Structural Issues for Porphyrin Photophysics and Electron Transfer | Ph.D. | 2005 | University of Missouri, Columbia Postdoctoral Fellow (with Prof. Tim Glass) |  |
| Elvin A. Alemán Photochemistry and Photophysical Characterization of Porphyrin and N-Confused Porphyrin Dyads: Porphyrin Photophysical Properties and Energy and Electron Transfer | Ph.D. | 2006 | California State University Stanislaus Associate Professor of Chemistry |  |
| Timothy Smith Synthesis and Photophysical Characterization of Covalent and Self-Assembled Oligo (Phenylenevinylenes) and Related Multichromophore-Containing Assemblies | Ph.D. | 2009 | Walsh University Assistant Professor of Chemistry |  |
| Rashid Altimimi Photochemistry and Photophysical Characterization of Porphyrin and N-Confused Porphyrin Dyads: Porphyrin Photophysical Properties and Energy and Electron Transfer | Ph.D. | 2010 | King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) Assistant Professor of Chemistry |  |
| Wongwit "Lek" Wongwitwichote Synthesis and Spectroscopy of Cofacial Distilbenes and Aggregated 9-Substituted Anthracenes | Ph.D. | 2010 | Consultant |  |
| Jojo Joseph Photophysical Characterization of a Series of Self-Assembled Donor-Acceptor Porphyrin Dyads | Ph.D. | 2013 | Urbana University Assistant Professor of Chemistry |  |
| Rajendra Acharya Synthesis, Characterization and Photophysical Studies of Porphyrin and N-Confused Porphyrin Derivatives and Self-assembled Nano-Morphologies | Ph.D. | 2013 | Eink Inc. Scientist |  |
| Natalie Romano Photophysical Properties of Amphiphlic Naphthalene Diimide Nanoassemblies and Cadmium Sulfide Nanoparticles and Poly(phenylene-ethynylene) Nanocomposites | Ph.D. | 2014 | University of Bridgeport Asst Professor | |
| Hamideh Shokouhi Mehr Design and Synthesis of Metallosupramolecular Polymers Containing Core-Substituted Naphthalene Diimides and Bisterpyridines | Ph.D. | 2014 | University of Akron Postdoctoral Fellow |
Postdoctoral and Visiting Scholar Research Associates
| Dr. Mahesh Dawadi | Postdoctoral Fellow | 2015 - 2017 | University of Texas, Rio Grande Visiting Assistant Professor |  |
| Dr. Erendra Manandhar | Postdoctoral Fellow | 2015 - 2017 | Berea College Visiting Assistant Professor |  |
| Dr. Tuan Nguyen | Postdoctoral Fellow | 2006 - 2009 | NIH Staff Scientist |  |
| Dr. John Harvey | Postdoctoral Fellow | 2005 - 2007 | Akron Polymer Corporation Scientist | |
| Dr. Cheruvallil (Rishi) Rajesh | Postdoctoral Fellow | 1999 - 2004 | CSIR Kerala |  |
| Dr. Pedro Cid-Aguerro | Postdoctoral Fellow | 1998 - 1999 | University of Magallanes, Punta Arenas, Chile Associate Professor |  |
| Yulin Wu | M.S. | 2001 | SmithKline Beecham Research Chemist |  |
| Mykytenko, Dymytro (Dima) | M.S. | 2004 | Ukraine | |
| Sarah Phillips | M.S. | 2009 | Smuckers Analytical Coffee Chemist |  |
Undergraduate Research Associates
| Jenna Compton | The University of Akron | Current student researcher | |
| Diane Dawley | The University of Akron | Current student researcher | |
| Parth Patel | The University of Akron | BA 2011 | |
| John Maass | The University of Akron | BA 2010 | |
| Dave Matthews | The University of Akron | BA 2009 | Ohio State University Pharmacy School |
| Mike Davis | The College of Wooster | BA 2007 | |
| Dan Leslie | The University of Akron | BA 2005 | Engineer |
| Don Costic | The University of Akron | BA 2002 | Medical School |
| Seth Kerechanin | The College of Wooster | BA 2004 | Graduate School |
| Matthew Wellons | The College of Wooster | BA 2002 | Graduate School |
| Dita Dobroshi | The College of Wooster | BA 1999 | Graduate School |
| Kate Allender | The College of Wooster | BA 1999 | Redmond High School, WA (Biology, Chemistry, Physics teacher) |
| Sasha Reed | Colgate University | BA 1997 | United States Geological Survey (Scientist, 2010 - present; PECASE Awardee, 2011) University of Colorado, Boulder (PhD, 2008 in Program/Environmental Chemistry with Prof. Alan Townsend, Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. Cory Cleveland at the University of Montana) |
| Charles Scoggin | Colgate University | BA 1997 | Colorado State University (Veternary School) |
| Ellen Son | (NSF-REU, 1996) | BA 1997 | Pharmacopeia, Inc. |
| Jackie Klug | Gettysburg College (NSF-REU, 1996) | BA 1997 | Pfizer, Inc. |
| Rob Stine | Colgate University | BA 1996 | Schering Plough |
| Beth Lemaire | Colgate University | BA 1996 | Boston University Med School Glaxo-Wellcome (1996-1999) |
| Cesar Cheng | Colgate University | BA 1996 | The Ohio State University (MS, 1998) |
| Eric Spaulding | Colgate University | BA 1996 | CHESS, Cornell University |
| Ned Keliher | Colgate University | BA 1995 | Syracuse University (PhD with John Baldwin) |
| Adrian Hanley | Colgate University | BA 1995 | CH2M Hill, Milwaukee, WI |
High School Research Associates
| Latoya Higginbottom | Garfield High School 2009 Project SEED Student with Wongwit "Lek" Wongwitwichote | |
| Tina Gonzalez | Firestone High School 2008 Project SEED Student with Tim Smith & Rashid Altamimi | |
| David Binckley | East High School 2000, 2001 Project SEED Student with Carol D. Guerrero | Ohio State University, Chemistry |
Sasha with that look 😉
Spaceman Spiff! (aka, Adrian Hanley)