Group Members
Primary Investigator
Biographical Facts:
PhD. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI [2015]
BS. University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, MI [2010]
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Awards:
Detroit Mercy Eng & Sci All Star Award 2017
BGSU Public Impact Award 2020
NSF-LEAPS Award 2021
BGSU Outstanding Early Career Investigator 2022
Elliott L Blinn Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research Mentorship
Postdoctoral Fellows
Graduate Students
Graduate Students
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M.S. Chemistry
Mississippi State University, 2021
From Iran
Started at BGSU Spring 2022
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B.S. Marine Biology/B.A. Digital Graphics
Bowing Green State University 2022
From Indiana
Started PhD at BGSU 2022
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Bachelors in Chem and Bio; BGSU 2023
Started PhD at BGSU 2023
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Started in group Fall 2022
Bachelor of Chemistry BGSU 2024
Undergraduate Students
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Started in group Fall 2022
SURF Fellow Summer/Fall 2023
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Started in group Fall 2023
Interned at Colorado Bureau of Investigation
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Started in group Summer 2024
NSF REU Summer 2024
From New York
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Started in group Summer 2024
SURF Summer 2024
From Bowling Green
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Started in group Summer 2024
From Ohio
Visiting Scientists
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Summer Researcher 2018
St. Petersburg State University, Russia
Matvei Kochurin
Undergraduate
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Summer Researcher 2019
University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, MI
Raed Farraj
Undergraduate
Kristan Major
Undergraduate
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Summer Researcher 2022
Central State University, Wilberforce, OH
Lavano Sands
Undergraduate
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Summer Researcher 2022
Central State University, Wilberforce, OH
Imari Moore
Undergraduate
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Summer Researcher 2023
Central State University, Wilberforce, OH
Taylor Hughes
Undergraduate
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Summer Researcher 2024
Central State University, Wilberforce, OH
Chris Fischer
PhD Student
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Fall Researcher 2024
Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research, Germany
Alumni
Biographical Facts:
B.S. Biology
Ohio State University Lima
From Wapakoneta, Ohio
2023 ACS Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research
2023-2024 McMaster Fellowship
2023 NSF National ICORPS Participant
PhD 2024
Now at Alloway
Biographical Facts:
B.S. Chemistry University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
M.S. Polymer Science and Technology
University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka
Ph.D. 2022 Bowling Green State University, Ostrowski Lab
August 2022 - May 2024
Now at Ethicon
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B.S. Chemistry
St. Mary's University San Antonio, TX
From Arizona, USA
PhD 2024
Now at Danish Technical University, Post Doc
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M.S. Chemistry
University of Detroit Mercy
From Libya
PhD 2023
Now at Ion Diagnostics
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B.S. Polymer Chemistry (Honors)
University of Sri Jayewardenepura 2022
Started PhD at BGSU 2023
Now at Arizona State University
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B.S. Applied Chemistry & Chemical Engineering
University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Started at BGSU 2017
PhD 2022
2021-2022 McMaster Fellowship
2022 Post Doc (Angstrom Tech-BGSU)
2022 Post Doc at Formlabs Ohio
Now at First Solar, Perrysburg, OH
Biographical Facts:
M.S. Polymer Science Technology, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka [2012]
B.S. Polymer Science Technology, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka [2009]
PhD. 2022
2022 BGSU Shanklin Research Award, 2021 ACS Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research
Seeking Opportunities
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B.S. Chemistry
National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan
PhD 2022
2021 BGSU Shanklin Research Award, 2019 ACS Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research, 2020-2021 Taller Fellowship
2022 Post Doc at Formlabs Ohio
Now at Gelest, Morrisville, PA
Biographical Facts:
B.S. Chemistry, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka [2012]
PhD. Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI [2018]
BGSU June 2018-April 2020
Now at Taiwan Semiconductor, Arizona
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From North Carolina
Likes Bowling
Started in group Fall 2017, B.S. Chem 2018
Virginia Tech PhD. Chemistry 2024
Post Doc University of Florida
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From Ohio
Started in group Winter 2018
Author on publication
Mercyhurst University (PA) 2020
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Started in group Fall 2018
SURF Fellow Summer 2019
B.S. Chemistry 2020
Currently at Trucent Renewables
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Fall 2020 - Spring 2022
Author on Publication
B.S. Biochemistry 2022
Now at Duke University MS Health Sciences
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Fall 2020 - Spring 2022
PhD program in Latin
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Started in group Summer 2021
B.S. Chemistry 2023
Currently at Master Fluid Solutions
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B.S. Biochemistry 2023
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Started in group Winter 2018
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Started in group Fall 2019
Now at PPG Industries
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Started in group Spring 2019
B.S. Biology, Minor Chemistry
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Started in group Fall 2019
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Started in group Fall 2020
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Started in group Fall 2022
Veteran, Volunteer Firefighter
Now BGSU Biology MS program
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Started in group Fall 2019
SURF Fellow Summer 2022
Now at Tulane University (MS)
Summer 2024 Columbus, OH, North American Silicon Symposium
Fall 2021 San Diego, CA, Silicon Containing Poly Workshop
Fall 2020 Group Picture
2019 Great Lakes Regional Meeting of ACS, Lisle, IL
2018 Winter Group Photo (the first)
2018 Summer Group Dinner