Graduate Students | Undergraduate Students | Past Students
Postdoctoral Scholars and Graduate Students
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Qingyu (Frank) Ye Postdoctoral Scholar Ph.D. Queen Mary University of London qingyu@vt.edu |
Niroshani Abeynayake Postdoctoral Scholar Ph.D. Mississippi State |
Xiaozhou Yang 5th Year Graduate Student M.S. University of Akron xzyang@vt.edu |
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Benjamin Thomas 4th Year Graduate Student B.S. University of New Haven bthom7@vt.edu |
Minliang (Alex) Yan 3rd Year MACRO Graduate Student M.S. University of South Carolina minliangy@vt.edu |
Tzu-Ching Cheng 4th Year MSE Graduate Student M.E. North Carolina State University tcheng8@vt.edu |
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Claudio Amaya Santos 2nd Year Graduate Student B.S. Saint Peters University camaya21@vt.edu |
Arshia Sulaiman 1st Year Graduate Student M.S. Nankai University arshia@vt.edu |
Khurram Javed 1st Year Graduate Student M.S. Nankai University khurram@vt.edu |
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Chandra Shekar Bhatta 1st Year Graduate Student M.S. Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune chandrashekar@vt.edu |
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Undergraduate Students
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Eamon Bartlett B.S. Chemical Engineering, 2023 |
Camille Bridgewater B.S. Chemistry, 2024 |
Thomas Hu B.S. Chemistry, 2023 |
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Quinn Smith B.S. Chemistry, 2025 |
Zaya Bowman B.S. Polymer Chemistry B.S. Chemical Engineering 2024 |
Andrew Webster B.S. Chemistry, 2024 |
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Will Bump B.S. Chemical Engineering |
Cleo Orlando B.S. Microbiology |
Past Students
Postdoctoral Researchers
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. Daniel Cairnie, Ph.D. 2022 – Magnitude Instruments
Dr. Hannah Cornell, Ph.D. 2022 – Polysciences, Inc.
Dr. Bradley Gibbons, Ph.D. 2022 – Nanosonic
Dr. Brittany Bonnett, Ph.D. 2022 – Argonne National Laboratories
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
Cameron Brillhart, Class of 2020 – Officer Candidate School
Kathleen Chan, Class of 2016 – Coating and Laminating Engineer at Eastman Chemical Company
Deaton Conner, Class of 2017
Nick Conte, Class of 2014
Clark Cucinell, Class of 2019
Katie Flint, Class of 2019
Taylor Gaillot, Class of 2015 –Judicial Law Clerk at New Hampshire Judicial Branch
Kevin Gural, Class of 2017
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- Textron Systems, Baltimore, MD
Ben Kolb, Class of 2017 – Systems Engineer, Think IQ
Terri Kweifo, Class of 2012 – Associate Systems Engineer, Cisco Systems – San Jose, CA
Julia LaFortune, Class of 2022
Rachael Langlois, Class of 2019 – William and Mary, Graduate Program
Naomei Lidman, Class of 2023
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
Yered Machain, Class of 2018 – MPH program, VCU
Maha Malik, Class of 2016 – Systems Engineer, MITRE
David Marshall, Class of 2013 – Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry
Ann Marie May, Class of 2019 – UNC-Chapel Hill, Graduate Program
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
Michelle Pomatto, Class of 2016 -Virginia Tech, Graduate Program
Neha Reddy, Class of 2022
Jonathan Roof, Class of 2019 – Chemical Technician Specialist at W. R. Grace & Co.
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 – Laboratory Technician, 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
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