Group AlumniCristina Hernandez Prieto (University of Alcala, Spain)Group Alumni

Ph.D. Graduates

AmyMetlay. Ph.D. 2024 (joint student with Professor Thomas Mallouk). Interfacial Chemistry in Bipolar Membrane-Containing Redox Flow Battery Systems.

Current position: Postdoctoral Associate at Columbia University

Ethan Zars. Ph.D. 2023. Diverse Reactivity of Iron Complexes Supported by a Dianionic Tridentate Pincer Ligand in High and Low Oxidation States.

Current position: Postdoctoral Associate at the University of Michigan

Shuruthi M. Senthil. Ph.D. 2024. Group V Metal Complexes with Metal-Ligand Multiple Bonds Containing Methylidene, Phosphide, Nitride, and Telluride.

Current position: JACAM Chemicals LLC

Orion Staples. Ph.D. 2023. Investigation of Platinum Group Metals for Methane Functionalization Catalysis: Synthesis, Reactivity, and Catalytic Studies of Pyridylpyrrolyl and Phosphine Supported Iridium and Osmium Complexes

Mehrafshan G. Jafari. Ph.D. 2022. Investigation of Early-Transition Metal Complexes Bearing a Multiple Bond to Ligand: Synthesis, Reactivity Studies, and Exploration of Their Potential Applications in Catalysis

Current position: Axalta

Pavel Zatsepin. Ph.D. 2021. Synthesis, and Reactivity of Complexes of Early d-Block Metals Featuring Multiple-Bonds to p-Block Elements and Study of Phosphonium Ylides as a Carbene Source for Alkylenation of Iridium-Carbon Bonds.

Current position: JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow, Japan

Lauren N. Grant. Ph.D. 2019. Exploring the Use of Transition Metals in the Synthesis of Novel Metal-Ligand Multiple Bonds, Azide Complexes, and Unprecedented Reactivity with the Phosphaethynolato Reagent.

Current position: Bristol Myers Squibb

Keith Searles. Ph.D. 2015. Implementing New Ligand Platforms for Metal-Ligand Multiple Bond and Dinitrogen Chemistry.

Current position: Assistant Professor, University of Florida in Gainesville

Benjamin F. Wicker. Ph.D. 2012. Carboamination catalysis and the synthesis and reactivity of scandium complexes having metal-ligand multiple bonds.

Current position: Assistant Professor, Southeastern Louisiana University

Ba L. Tran. Ph.D. 2012. The multielectron chemistry of vanadium complexes: Unusual redox reactivity of an early transition metal nitride and the activation of small molecules.

Current position: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Debashis Adhikari. Ph.D. 2009. Synthesis, Structure, and Reactivity of Ni Pincer Complexes and Evaluating Redox Non-Innocence of the Ligand.

Current position: Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research in Mohali, India

Uriah J. Kilgore. Ph.D. 2009. Synthesis, Characterization, and Reactivity of Early Transition Metal Complexes Bearing Metal-Ligand Multiple Bonds.

Current position: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Alison R. Fout. Ph.D. 2009. Unraveling Strong Bonds: Small Molecule Activation via Metal-Ligand Multiple Bonds.

Current position: Professor, Texas A&M University

Brad C. Bailey. Ph.D. 2007. Synthesis, Characterization, and Reactivity of Titanium-Ligand Multiply Bonded Complexes Supported by Sterically Encumbering b-Diketiminate and PNP Pincer-Type Ligands.

Current position: Senior Chemist, Dow Chemical

M.Sc. Graduates

Guangyu Zhao. M.Sc. 2006.

Current position: Senior Chemist, Dow Chemical

Vincent N. Cavaliere. M.Sc. 2012.

Current position: Micro-Optics Precision Instruments

Richard (Rick) Thompson. M.Sc. 2014.

Current position: Assistant Professor, University of Idaho

Zhenyu (Justin) Wu. M.Sc. 2014.

Current position: Consultant

Kyle Smith. M.Sc. 2015.

Current position: Johnson Matthey

Doug Solowey. M.Sc. 2016.

Current position: Johnson Matthey

Jeremy McAndrew. M.Sc. 2021.

Post-Doctorates

Anders Reinholdt

Current position: Assistant Professor, Lund University, Sweden

Rolando Aguilar

Dieter Sorsche

Current position: Account Manager Süd bei AnalytiChem, Germany

Takashi Kurogi

Current position: Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Kyoto University

Oleksandra Trofymchuk

Current position: Instituto Catalan de Investigaciones Cientificas (ICIQ), Tarragona, Spain.

Maria Carroll

Current position: Associate Professor, Chemistry Faculty, Providence College.

Masahiro Kamitani

Current position: Junior Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Kitasato University, Japan.

Lindsay Hounjet

Current position: CanmetENERGY, Canada.

Skye Fortier

Current position: Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas El Paso.

Marco Crestani

Current position: R & D at Signa, deceased 2019.

Nobuyuki Komine

Current position: Assistant Professor, Institute of Engineering, Division of Applied Chemistry, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan.

Octavio González del Moral

Current position: European Spallation Source Bilbao, Spain.

José Andino Martinez

Current position: Senior Lecturer, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Marlena Washington

Current position: Assistant Professor, Thomas Jefferson University.

Balazs Pinter

Current position: Assistant Professor, COMIC group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

Jaime A. Flores-Vasquez

Current position: Lead R&D Scientist at AdvanSix.

Hongjun Fan

Current position: Professor, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Republic of China.

Jennifer L. Scott

Current position: Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Royal Military College of Canada, Canada.

Ghayoor Abbas Chotana

Current position: Associate Professor, LUMS University, Lahore, Pakistan.

Aneetha Halikhedkar

Current position: Research Scientist, Northeastern University.

Falguni Basuli

Current position: US Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health.

Visiting Research Scholars

Dr. Yulia Ganushevich (Russian Academy of Science, Russia)

Professor Jun-ichi Ito (Nagoya University, Japan)

Professor Tsubasa Hatanaka (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)

Professor Gloria Sanchez Cabrera (Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Mexico)

Professor Francisco J. Zuno (Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Mexico)

Visiting Graduate Students

Jonghoon Choi (KAIST, Republic of Korea)

Mariano González Moreiras (University of Alcala, Spain)

Cristina Hernandez Prieto (University of Alcala, Spain)

Rolando Aguilar (University of Texas El Paso)

Berenice Aydée Ordóñez Flores (Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Mexico)

Sara Angelica Cortes Llamas (Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Mexico)

University of Pennsylvania and Indiana University Undergraduate Students

Sonia Joseph

Achala Kankanamge (Vagelos Scholars Program in Molecular Life Sciences)

Anastasia (Annie) Lin

ByeongChan “Luke” Lee

Matthew Eernisse (Vagelos Scholars Program in Molecular Life Sciences)

Thomas Gallmeyer (IU STARS Program)

Hayley Smith (IU STARS Program)

Adam Nichols (IU)

Danielle Henckel

Christina Romer

John-Peter Lynch

Madhavi Singhal

RaeAnn Hirschey

Deanna L. Miller (IU STARS Program

Alex A. Saleh

Corinne D. Sulok

Visiting Undergraduate Students

Sarah Smith (Messiah University, NSF REU program)

Kevin Medina Nales (University of Puerto Rico at Humacao, LRSM NSF REU Program)

Jenna Veenstra (Dordt College, NSF REU Program)

Juan Cisneros (NSF REU)

Elys Paola Rodríguez (NSF REU)

Felipe Cesar (Exchange student, Science without Borders, University of Pennsylvania)

Daniel do Nascimento (Exchange student, Science without Borders, University of Pennsylvania)

Dominik Buck (University of Tuebingen, Germany)

Christoph Schadle (University of Tuebingen, Germany)