Current Graduate Students
 

Daniel Adams
Doctoral Program
Biochemistry Division

djadams[at]kent.edu

 

Noora Ambreen
Masters Program
Biochemistry Division

nambreen[at]kent.edu

 

Sausan Azzam
Doctoral Program
Biochemistry Division

sazzam[at]kent.edu

 

Rabindra Bajracharya
Doctoral Program
Physics

rbajrach[at]kent.edu

 

Matthew Barchok
Doctoral Program
Organic Chemistry Division

mbarchok[at]kent.edu

David Benson
Doctoral Program
Physical Chemistry Division

I am currently studying atmospheric chemistry in Dr. Shan-Hu Lee's lab group.  The project I work on deals with particle formation from the gas phase species of ammonia, sulfuric acid, and water.  I have always had a knack for math and science, so chemistry turned out to be the perfect subject for me to study.

dbenson2[at]kent.edu

Yasmin Blaih
Doctoral Program
Physical Chemistry Division

I am a doctoral student in the Gericke research group.  My research topic is "Infrared Characterization of Phosphoinositide Signaling Pathways Components."  I work mainly with Langmuir troughs, IRRAS (Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy), and Epifluorescence Microscopy.  I became interested in science at an early age, mostly because of my father who would bring home all the cool and interesting chemistry gadgets, like potato clocks!

yblaih[at]kent.edu

Andrew Conrad
Doctoral Program
Physical Chemistry Division

I am a doctoral student in the Tubergen research group.  Our research consists of investigation of biological molecules using high resolution microwave spectroscopy.  My teaching duties include General Chemistry Laboratory and Physical Chemistry Laboratory.

Note: Andrew and Stephan are pictured in the vacuum chamber of one of the research instruments.

aconrad[at]kent.edu

David Davis
Doctoral Program
Organic Chemistry Division

ddavis69[at]kent.edu

Soma Dhakal
Doctoral Program
Analytical Chemistry Division

Soma has been in the analytical division since Fall of 2007.  He is interested in bioanalytical chemistry, and works with Dr. Hanbin Mao.  Soma is researching secondary structures of DNA.

sdhakal[at]kent.edu

Pasquale Fulvio
Doctoral Program
Physical Chemistry Division

pfulvio[at]kent.edu

 

Evgeny Garanin
Doctoral Program
Organic Chemistry Division

egaranin[at]kent.edu

 

Joanna Gorka
Doctoral Program
Physical Chemistry Division

jgorka[at]kent.edu

Bogna Grabicka
Doctoral Program
Physical Chemistry Division

bgrabick[at]kent.edu

Alan Grubb
Doctoral Program
Organic Chemistry Division

Alan works in the Seed/Sampson research group, primarily with liquid crystal-based chemistry and some fluorination chemistry.  He joined the program in Fall of 2005.

agrubb[at]kent.edu

 

Robert Hoover
Doctoral Program
Physical Chemistry Division

rhoover1[at]kent.edu

Zhiping Jiang
Doctoral Program
Biochemistry Division

I am working in Dr. Arne Gericke's lab.  My research is on "Characterization of phosphoinositides and sphingolipid domain formation in model membranes."  The major techniques I am using are fluorescence microscopy and fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS).

zjiang[at]kent.edu

 

Rifkha Kameel
Masters Program
Physical Chemistry Division

fkameel[at]kent.edu

 

Katrice King
Masters Program
Biochemistry Division

kking34[at]kent.edu

Deepak Koirala
Doctoral Program
Physical Chemistry Division

Deepak is from Nepal; he originally completed his M.Sc. at Tribhuvan University.  He joined Kent State in Fall 2008, and is working in Dr. Hanbin Mao's lab.  Deepak belongs to the physical chemistry division of the doctoral program.

dkoirala[at]kent.edu

Malcom Mathis II
Doctoral Program
Analytical Chemistry Division

mmathis[at]kent.edu

 

Michael Michalski
Doctoral Program
Physics

mmichal3[at]kent.edu

Mark Morris
Doctoral Program
Biochemistry Division

mmorri9[at]kent.edu

Stacy Morris
Doctoral Program
Physical Chemistry Division

I am a doctoral student in Dr. Mietek Jaroniec's research group. My research focuses on the design, synthesis anc characterization of mesoporous alumina and mixed metal nanomaterials. I use methods such as nitrogen adsorption/desorption, high resolution thermogravimetric analysis, powder X-ray diffraction, elemental analysis, infrared spectroscopy and transmission electron microscopy.

smorri2[at]kent.edu

Riya Mukherjee
Doctoral Program
Inorganic Chemistry Division

rmukher1[at]kent.edu

 

Mauris Nnamani
Doctoral Program
Biomedical Sciences

mnnamani[at]kent.edu

 

Preeti Pathak
Doctoral Program
Biochemistry Division

ppathak[at]kent.edu

 

Vindya Perera
Doctoral Program
Inorganic Chemistry Division

vperera2[at]kent.edu

 

Donald Pryor
Doctoral Program
Biochemistry Division

dpryor4[at]kent.edu

Emmanuel Quainoo
Masters Program
Biochemistry Division

equainoo[at]kent.edu

Prabin Rai
Doctoral Program
Organic Chemistry Division

prai[at]kent.edu

Joseph Schonhoft
Masters Program
Biochemistry Division

jschonho[at]kent.edu

 

Abby Sewell
Masters Program
Biochemistry Division

asewell[at]kent.edu

 

Mohammadreza Shokouhimehr
Masters Program
Inorganic Chemistry Division

mshokouh[at]kent.edu

 

Eric Soehnlen
Doctoral Program
Biochemistry Division

esoehnle[at]kent.edu

 

Pritha Subramanian
Doctoral Program
Organic Chemistry Division

psubrama[at]kent.edu

Harishchandra Subedi
Doctoral Program
Inorganic Chemistry Division

I am from Nepal; the country of Mount Everest - the highest mountain in the world.  I completed my M.Sc. from Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal.  I joined Kent State University in Fall 2008 and have recently joined Dr. Brasch's research group.  The area of my research is Bioinorganic Chemistry.

hsubedi[at]kent.edu

Suvagata Tripathi
Doctoral Program
Organic Chemistry Division

stripat4[at]kent.edu

 

Nilantha Wickramaratne
Doctoral Program
Physical Chemistry Division

nwickram[at]kent.edu

 

Asanka Wijekoon
Doctoral Program
Physical Chemistry Division

awijekoo[at]kent.edu

Jarrod Williams
Doctoral Program
Physical Chemistry Division

jcwilli1[at]kent.edu

 

Stephan Woods
Doctoral Program
Physical Chemistry Division

smwoods[at]kent.edu

Philip Yangyuoru
Doctoral Program
Analytical Division

pyangyuo[at]kent.edu

Zhongbo Yu
Doctoral Program
Biochemistry Division

Zhongbo joined the doctoral program in Spring of 2008.  As a member of the biochemistry division, he is working on single molecules by optical tweezers in Dr. Hanbin Mao's group.

zyu[at]kent.edu

Jing Zhao
Doctoral Program
Biochemistry Division

jzhao1[at]kent.edu

 

Anna Zubrowska
Doctoral Program
Physical Chemistry Division

azubrows[at]kent.edu

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