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Postdoctoral Scholars and Graduate Students

Qingyu (Frank) Ye Postdoctoral Scholar Ph.D. Queen Mary University of London qingyu@vt.edu	Zhichun Shi Postdoctoral Scholar   Ph.D. Florida International University	Sreenivasulu Chinnabattigalla Postdoctoral Scholar
Benjamin Thomas 6th Year Graduate Student B.S. University of New Haven bthom7@vt.edu	Tzu-Ching Cheng 6th Year MSE Graduate Student M.E. North Carolina State University tcheng8@vt.edu	Claudio Amaya Santos 4th Year Graduate Student B.S. Saint Peters University camaya21@vt.edu
Arshia Sulaiman 3rd Year Graduate Student M.S. Nankai University arshia@vt.edu	Khurram Javed 3rd Year Graduate Student M.S. Nankai University khurram@vt.edu	Chandra Shekar Bhatta 3rd Year Graduate Student M.S. Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune chandrashekar@vt.edu
Emma Blanco 2nd Year Graduate Student B.S. University of Central Florida emmablanco@vt.edu	Zhengyu Du 2nd Year Graduate Student B.S. Nankai University M.S. University of Southern California zhengyud@vt.edu	Sumanta Basak 2nd Year Graduate Student M.S. Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad sumanta23@vt.edu

 

Undergraduate Students

Quinn Smith B.S. Chemistry, 2025	Laura Prince B.S. Chemistry 2027	Will Towne B.S. Chemistry 2027
Savannah Pearson B.S. Chemistry, 2026	Michael Martin-Baker B.A. Chemistry B.S. Geosciences 2026	Chris Ozimina B.S. Chemistry, 2027
Kayla Wilf B.S. Chemistry, 2026

Past Students

Postdoctoral Researchers
Dr. Niroshani Abeynayake – HAND Technologies, LLC
Dr. Naveen Kumar – Immaterial Ltd. 
Dr. Eric Johnson – Peraton
Dr. Stefan Ilic – Argonne National Laboratory
Dr. Arnab Chakraborty – Intel
Dr. William Maza – Naval Research Laboratory
Dr. Pavel Usov – Tokyo Tech

Graduate Students
Dr. Minliang Yan, Ph.D. 2024 – 
Dr. Xiaozhou Yang, Ph.D. 2023 – Carlisle
Dr. Daniel Cairnie, Ph.D. 2022 – Magnitude Instruments
Dr. Hannah Cornell, Ph.D. 2022 – Evonik
Dr. Bradley Gibbons, Ph.D. 2022 – Nanosonic
Dr. Brittany Bonnett, Ph.D. 2022 – Electra
Dr. Shaunak Shaikh, Ph.D. 2021 – Intel
Dr. Matthew Kessinger, Ph.D. 2020 – Beckman Postdoctoral Scholar, Prof. Jerry Meyer, UNC-Chapel Hill
Dr. Meng Cai, Ph.D. 2020 – Advanced Materials
Dr. Shaoyang Lin, Ph.D. 2019 – Postdoctoral Scholar, Prof. Kimberly See, CalTech
Dr. Paula Celis-Salazar, Ph.D. 2018 – Assistant Professor, Spring Hill College, Mobile, AL
Dr. Jie Zhu, Ph.D. 2018 – Dexcom
Dr. Jennifer Rowe, Ph.D. 2018 – RJ Reynolds
Dr. Cherie Epley, Ph.D. 2017- Baxter Healthcare
Dr. Spencer Ahrenholtz, Ph.D. 2016 – Intel
Dr. Carlos Landaverde Alvarado, Ph.D. 2016 – Assistant Professor of Instruction, Chemical Engineering, UT Austin
Andrew Haring, MS 2016 – Sentek Instrument
Jen Hay, MS 2014 – ECC Test Lab 

Undergraduate Students
Jamie Alatis, Class of 2019 – Duke, Graduate Program
Caitlin Augustin, Class of 2013 – Pharmacist, CVS Pharmacy
Eamon Bartlett, Class of 2024 – Minnesota, Graduate Program
Zaya Bowman, Class of 2024 – Virginia Tech, Research Assistant
Cameron Brillhart, Class of 2020 – Officer Candidate School
Camille Bridgewater, Class of 2024 – Northwestern, Graduate Program, NSF GRFP
Will Bump, Class of 2026
Kathleen Chan, Class of 2016 – Eastman Chemical Company
Deaton Conner, Class of 2017
Nick Conte, Class of 2014
Clark Cucinell, Class of 2019 – UVA Biocomplexity Institute
Katie Flint, Class of 2019 – Elbit Systems of America
Taylor Gaillot, Class of 2015 –Judicial Law Clerk at New Hampshire Judicial Branch
Kevin Gural, Class of 2017
Thomas Hu, Class of 2023 – UNC Charlotte
Abigail Icenhour, Class of 2017 – ExxonMobil
Hunter Jacobs, Class of 2017 – Rice University, Graduate Program
Edward Jensen, Class of 2016
Catt Kefauver, Class of 2015- Catalent Pharma Solutions
Ben Kolb, Class of 2017 – ParaCloud
Terri Kweifo, Class of 2012 – Associate Systems Engineer, Cisco Systems – San Jose, CA
Julia LaFortune, Class of 2022 – PPD Industries
Rachael Langlois, Class of 2019 – William and Mary, Graduate Program
Naomei Lidman, Class of 2023 – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Jennie Lee, Class of 2023
Rachel Lewis, Class of 2017 – Chemistry and Math Teacher, New School of Northern VA
Quentin Loague, Class of 2019 – UNC-Chapel Hill, Graduate Program
Madeline Love, Class of 2015 – University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine
Dan Martell, Class of 2023 – VCU School of Pharmacy
Yered Machain, Class of 2018 – MPH program, VCU
Maha Malik, Class of 2016 – MITRE
David Marshall, Class of 2013 – Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry
Ann Marie May, Class of 2019 – UNC-Chapel Hill, Graduate Program, NDSEG Fellow
Colin McCain -Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry
Cole McManus, Class of 2018
Jennifer Neuhard, Class of 2018 – Chemist, US Army Corps of Engineers
Colleen Oldmixon, Class of 2022 
Steven O’Conner, Class of 2014 – Quality Specialist (Chemistry), Nestle USA
Cleo Orlando, Class of 2024 – Virginia Tech, Graduate Program
Michelle Pomatto, Class of 2016 -Virginia Tech, Graduate Program
Neha Reddy, Class of 2022 – Masters of Public Health Candidate at Columbia Mailman School of Public Health
Jonathan Roof, Class of 2019 – Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc.
Eric Sadler, Class of 2016 – NRC Postdoctoral Appointment – Laboratory for Physical Sciences in College Park, MD
Connor Slamowitz, Class of 2020 – UNC-Chapel Hill, Graduate Program
Erin Soderstrom, Class of 2018 – PPG Industries
Bethany Stratakes, Class of 2016 – University of North Carolina, Graduate Program
David Strickland, Class of 2015 – Richmond Public Schools
Rei Sturm, Class of 2016 – Software Engineering Intern at PayPal
Andrew Webster, Class of 2024 – EA Engineering, Science, and Technology, Inc.