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The Team

Graduate Students

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Richard Josey
joined in 2021

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B.S., Chemistry, 2021
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill


rick at psu dot edu
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Balu Ratheesh
joined in 2021

B.S.-M.S., Chemistry & Biology, 2021
IISER Thiruvananthapuram


bpr5384 at psu dot edu
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Isis Carmona-Sepúlveda
joined in 2022

B.S., Chemistry, 2022
University of Puerto Rico – Río Piedras


isis at psu dot edu
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Danielle Landry
joined in 2022

B.S., Chemistry, 2022
University of Texas - Austin


dml6347 at psu dot edu
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Andrew Baumgartner
joined in 2023

B.S., Chemistry, 2023
University of Wisconsin - La Crosse


ajb7995 at psu dot edu
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Adelaide Kerenick
joined in 2023

B.S., Chemistry, 2023
University of Denver


ark6117 at psu dot edu
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Rahul Manikkoth
joined in 2023

B.S.-M.S., Chemistry & Biology, 2023 
IISER Thiruvananthapuram

rkm5933 at psu dot edu
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Devin Schwaibold
joined in 2024

B.S., Chemistry, 2024 
Southeastern Louisiana University

djs7456 at psu dot edu
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Shibartha Dutta
joined in 2025
co-advised by James Hodges

M.Sc., Chemistry, 2025
IIT – Kharagpur
B.Sc., Chemistry, 2023
RKMRC, Narendrapur


smd7390 at psu dot edu
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Kara Musteikis
joined in 2025

B.S., Chemistry, Chemistry, 2025
North Carolina State University



kvm6447 at psu dot edu

Undergraduate Students

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Lucas Madak
joined in 2022

Ronald E. McNair Scholar
Majors: Chemistry & Forensic Science

lmm7068 at psu dot edu
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Valeria Guerra Dopazo
joined in 2024

Penn State Millennium Scholar
Major: Chemistry

vig5104 at psu dot edu
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Dean Rossi
joined in 2025

Major: Chemistry 

drossi at psu dot edu

Alana Dandurand
joined in 2025

Major: Chemistry

amd8398 at psu dot edu

Lab Alumni

Undergraduate research students

Aidan Gonzalez - B.S., Chemistry, Penn State, 2025

                   lab member, Jan 2024 – May 2025

                   now: graduate student, chemistry, Colorado State University

Lab Mascots

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Chili
joined in 2024

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Rita
joined in 2023

The Pennsylvania State University

Department of Chemistry

fenton at psu dot edu

520 Benkovic (Chemistry) Building

University Park, PA 16802

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