Group Alumni

  • First Name Last Name, Title
  • Rodrigo Silva Ferreira, Capstone Student, 09/2019 - 05/2020 (Currently Graduate Student, University of Pittsburgh, USA)
  • Tim Kahs, Project Manager, 10/2017 - 06/2020
  • Luca Catalano. Postdoctoral Associate, 10/2017 - 02/2020 (Currently Research Associate, University of Liverpool)
  • Muhammad Haider, Internship, 06/2019 - 07/2019
  • Anastassiya Knyazeva, Internship, 2/2016 - 05/2019 (Anastasiya has been accepted to a masters program, Systems Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Max Paanck Research Institute)
  • Gijo Raj, Research Associate, 6/2015 – 12/2018 ( Currently Scientist, Sree Chitra Thirunal Institute for Medical Science and Technology (SCTIMST), Poojappura, Kerala, India)
  • Stefan Schramm, Postdoctoral Associate, 8/2016 – 12/2018 (Currently Lab Manager at BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany)
  • Tamas Panda, Postdoctoral Associate, 10/2016 – 10/2018 (Currently Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore Campus, Tamilnadu, India)
  • Salma Abdulrazak Abubakar, Internship, 10/2018 – 12/2018
  • Kawther Hadef, Internship 7/2018 – 9/2018
  • Jake Barber, Internship, 5/2018 - 7/2018
  • Ibrahim Tahir, Internship 10/2017 – 1/2018
  • Biplab Manna, Postdoctoral Associate, 9/2016 – 9/2017
  • Philip Rodenbough, Postdoctoral Associate, 9/2016 - 8/2017 (Currently a Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow at The American University in Cairo, Egypt)
  • Gayathri Satheesh (5/2017 – 7/2017, internship)
  • Muhammad Rafay Ashfaq (5/2017 – 7/2017, internship)
  • Nowshin Kabir (5/2017 – 7/2017, internship)
  • Tabinah Faisal (6/2016 - 7/2016, 5/2017 – 7/2017 internship)
  • Muhammed Armaghan Khan (5/2017 – 6/2017, internship)
  • Baleegh Ahmad (5/2017 – 6/2017, internship)
  • César Carrasco López (6/2016 - 7/2017) Postdoctoral Associate (Has moved to Princeton University, US to continue his Postdoctoral Associate research).
  • Alain Lesimple (3/2015 - 6/2017) Snr Research Scientist.
  • Nadine Soliman (6/2016 - 7/2016, internship)
  • Daniel Chirita (6/2016 - 7/2016, internship)
  • Mahmoud Soliman (3/2016 - 6/2016, internship)
  • Veronika Li (4/2016 - 7/2016, internship)
  • Muhammad Osama Khan (6/2016 - 7/2016, internship)
  • Tamara Gjorgjieva (5/2016 - 7/2016, internship)
  • Israel Desta (9/2015 - 8/2016) Research Assistant (Has left and joined a graduate program at Boston University, USA).
  • Jianbo Xie (7/2015 - 8/2016), Research Associate.
  • Yousteena William (6/2015 – 9/2015, internship)
  • Ilma Jahovic (6/2015 – 9/2015, internship)
  • Ieva Liepuoniute (5/2015 - present, internship)
  • Israel Desta (5/2015 - 7/2015, internship)
  • Yumi Gambril (5/2015 - 5/2018, internship) (Currently a Consultant for Booz Allen Hamilton, Abu Dhabi, UAE)
  • Momina Raza (1/2015 - 8/2015, internship)
  • Noor El Houda Debbouza (1/2015 - 8/2015, internship)
  • Lidong Zhang (8/2014 - 7/2016), Postdoctoral Associate (Completed his postdoctoral work and is now a professor at the School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China).
  • Manas Panda (1/2013 - 4/2016), Research Scientist (Completed his postdoctoral work and is now a Scientist Fellow at CSIR-National Institute of Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (CSIR-NIIST), Kerala, India).
  • Marieh B. Al-Handawi (11/2014 - present, internship)
  • Wafa Qamer Bhatti (2/2014 - 5/2014, internship)
  • Ty Karaba (8/2013  – 5/2014, internship)
  • Haoran Liang (8/2013 – 5/2014, internship)
  • Alex Larkin (6/2013 – 12/2014, internship)
  • Naba Kamal Nath (6/2013 – 7/2015, Postdoctoral Associate (Completed his postdoctoral work and is now an Assistant Professor at National Institute of Technology, Meghalaya, India).
  • Elisa Nauha (9/2013 – 8/2014, Postdoctoral Associate) (supramolecular chemistry, crystallography and crystal engineering). Currently Instrument Scientist, University of Lincoln, UK.
  • Ahmad Husain (6/2013 – 6/2014, Postdoctoral Associate) (photoinduced mechanical effects). Currently Assistant Professor, DAV University, Jalandhar, India.
  • Mouza Al Zaabi (10/2013 - 12/2013, internship)
  • Jaen Ocadiz Flores (6/2013 – 8/2013, internship)
  • Nada Elazhary (6/2013– 7/2013, internship)
  • Brandon Wahba (5/2013 – 6/2013, internship)
  • Subash Sahoo (3/2012 – 9/2014, Postdoctoral Associate) (Completed his postdoctoral work and is now an Assistant Professor at Panjab University in Chandigarh, India).
  • Patrick Commins (9/2012 – 12/2012, internship) (organic photochemistry)
  • Andrew Platonov (7/2012 – 8/2012 internship)
  • Boris-Marko Kukovec (3/2012 – 12/2012, Postdoctoral Associate) (bioluminescence). Currently Senior Assistant, University of Zagreb, Croatia.
  • Plamen Atanassov (3/2012 – 8/2012, Postdoctoral Fellow) (organic synthesis).
  • Manoj Kochunnoonny (1/2010 – 9/2010, Postdoctoral Fellow) (solid-state photochemistry, crystal engineering). Currently Post-Doctoral Researcher, Kyoto University, Japan.
  • Željko Skoko (10/2009 – 6/2010, Postdoctoral Fellow) (thermosalient effects, powder X-ray diffraction, phase transitions). Currently Assistant Professor, University of Zagreb, Croatia.
  • Tomče Runčevski (2008 – 2010, Undergraduate) (photochromism, spectroscopic methods).
  • Yutaka Ozawa (2008 – 2010, Undergraduate) (photochromism, spectroscopic methods).
  • Yildiray Topcu (4/2008 – 3/2009, GCOE Researcher) (organic synthesis, solid-state photochemistry). Currently Assistant Professor, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey.
  • Shi-Yao Yang (3/2008 – 1/2009, Postdoctoral Fellow) (metal-organic compounds, photochemistry). Currently Assistant Professor, Xiamen University, China.
  • Gjorgji Petruševski (4/2006 – 4/2008) (chemistry of bioactive compounds). Currently Research & Development, Alkaloid A.D., Skopje, Macedonia.
  • Andrei Gâz (11/2008 – 1/2009, short-term stay) (organic synthesis)

 

Collaborating Institutions

  • Georgia Institute of Technology (USA)
  • University of California, Los Angeles (USA)
  • University of Colorado - Boulder (USA)
  • New York University (USA)
  • Case Western Reserve University (USA)
  • McGill University (Canada)
  • Max-Planck Institute for Solid State Research (Germany)
  • Technical University Munich (Germany)
  • Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena (Germany)
  • University of Lille 1 (France)
  • University of Strasbourg (France)
  • Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin (France)
  • Aarhus University (Denmark)
  • University of Coimbra (Portugal)
  • University of Zaragoza (Spain)
  • University of la Rioja (Spain)
  • Institute Ruđer Bošković (Croatia)
  • Novosibirsk State University (Russia)
  • Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia)
  • University of Naples ”Federico II” (Italy)
  • Sts Cyril and Methodius University (Macedonia)
  • National Institute for Materials Science (Japan)
  • SPring-8 (Japan)
  • Photon Factory, KEK (Japan)
  • National University of Singapore (Singapore)
  • Kumoh National Institute of Technology (Korea)
  • Beijing Normal University (China)
  • Indian Institute of Science Education and Research - Kolkata (India)
  • University of Sharjah (UAE)
  • Jordan University of Science and Technology (Jordan)
  • Qatar University (Qatar)