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est. 2022
The Team
Graduate Students
Balu Ratheesh
joined in 2021
B.S.-M.S., Chemistry & Biology, 2021
IISER Thiruvananthapuram
bpr5384 at psu dot edu
Isis Carmona-Sepúlveda
joined in 2022
B.S., Chemistry, 2022
University of Puerto Rico – Río Piedras
isis at psu dot edu
Adelaide Kerenick
joined in 2023
B.S., Chemistry, 2023
University of Denver
ark6117 at psu dot edu
Danielle Landry
joined in 2022
B.S., Chemistry, 2022
University of Texas - Austin
dml6347 at psu dot edu
Rahul Manikkoth
joined in 2023
B.S.-M.S., Chemistry & Biology, 2023
IISER Thiruvananthapuram
rkm5933 at psu dot edu
Devin Schwaibold
joined in 2024
B.S., Chemistry, 2024
Southeastern Louisiana University
djs7456 at psu dot edu
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
Kara Musteikis
joined in 2025
B.S., Chemistry, Chemistry, 2025
North Carolina State University
kvm6447 at psu dot edu
Undergraduate Students
Valeria Guerra Dopazo
joined in 2024
Penn State Millennium Scholar
Major: Chemistry
vig5104 at psu dot edu
Dean Rossi
joined in 2025
Major: Chemistry
drossi at psu dot edu
Alana Dandurand
joined in 2025
Major: Chemistry
amd8398 at psu dot edu
Mark Farrell
joined in 2026
Major: Chemistry
markjosephfarrell at psu dot edu
Lab Alumni
Graduate students
Richard Josey - Ph.D., Chemistry, Penn State, 2026
lab member, Fall 2021 – Spring 2026
prior: B.S., Chemistry, UNC - Chapel Hill, 2021
​next: PPG​​​
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Andrew Baumgartner - M.S., Chemistry, Penn State, 2026
lab member, Fall 2023 – Spring 2026
prior: B.S., Chemistry, University of Wisconsin - LaCrosse, 2023
Undergraduate research students
Lucas Madak - B.S., Chemistry & Forensic Science, Penn State, 2025
lab member, Sep 2022 – May 2026
next: graduate student, chemistry, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Aidan Gonzalez - B.S., Chemistry, Penn State, 2025
lab member, Jan 2024 – May 2025
next: graduate student, chemistry, Colorado State (with Jamie Nielsen & Amy Prieto)
Lab Mascots
Chili
joined in 2024
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