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Former Group Members
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Susie X. Chen (Undergraduate research student, Dec. 2006 - Apr. 2007)
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Dr. V. Koombil Kummaya Praneeth (Graduate student, Aug. 2003 - Feb. 2008)
Thesis: "Model Complexes of Heme Protein NO Adducts: Syntheses, Spectroscopy, Electronic Structures, and Reactivity"
Current Occupation: Associate Professor at Pratap University, Jaipur, India
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Dr. Florian Paulat (Graduate student, Aug. 2004 - April 2008)
Thesis: "Synthesis, MCD- and Raman-Spectroscopic, and Quantum Chemical Investigation of Ferric Heme Model Complexes
and their Reaction with NO"
Current Occupation: Senior Researcher at Evonik Degussa GmbH, Germany
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Yuki Murata (Undergraduate research student, Jan. 2007 - Apr. 2008)
Current Occupation: Partner Oparations Manager at Google in Tokyo, Japan
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Dr. Huayang Lee (Postdoctoral Fellow, June 2007 - July 2008)
Current Occupation: Research Scientist at Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA
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Group BBQ, June 2007
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Alex Navarro (SROP summer undergraduate research student from UT San Antonio, June 2008 - August 2008)
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Corey Lager (Undergraduate research student, Sept. 2007 - Dec. 2008)
Honors Thesis: "Synthesis of Ruthenium-Nitrosyl Complexes with PNP Pincer Ligands for
Application in Photodynamic Therapy"
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Group BBQ, July 2008
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Sherri Martin (Undergraduate research student, Sept. 2008 - April 2009)
Current Occupation: Physician Assistant and Sub-I at Bexley Dermatology in Columbus, OH
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Corinne Sulok (Masters student, July 2007 - December 2009)
Current Occupation: Quality Control Chemist at Voyant Beauty in Elkhart, IN
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Memorial Day BBQ, May 2009
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Qi N. Zhang (HHMI summer undergraduate research student from Kalamazoo College, June 2010 - August 2010)
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Breana Siljander (Undergraduate research student, May 2009 - June 2010)
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Thomas Seong-Soo Chae (Undergraduate research student, Jan. 2010 - April 2011)
Current Occupation: Manufactoring Engineer at Ford Motor Company in Canton, MI
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Melissa B. Hoffman (Undergraduate research student, May 2009 - April 2011)
Honors Thesis: "Model Complexes for Flavorubredoxin
Nitric Oxide Reductase"
Current Occupation: Dermatology Resident at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist in Winston-Salem, NC
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Josh Skodack (Masters student, July 2009 - April 2011)
Current Occupation: High School Math/Science Teacher in Ypsilanti, MI
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Group BBQ, Aug. 2010
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Dr. Grace Galinato (Postdoctoral Fellow, Oct. 2007 - June 2011)
Current Occupation: Associate Professor of Chemistry at Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL
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Claire Goodrich (Summer undergraduate research student from the University of Minnesota at Morris, May 2011 - July 2011)
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Dr. Anna Merkle (Graduate student, May 2007 - Dec. 2011)
Thesis: "Investigation of the Electronic Structure and Photolability of Copper-, Manganese-,
and Ruthenium-Nitrosyl Complexes"
Current Occupation: Associate Scientific Information Analyst at CAS in Columbus, OH
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Nicholas Roe (Masters student, Mai 2011 - April 2012)
Current Occupation: Freelance Math and Science Tutor in Salisbury, NC
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Group BBQ, July 2011
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Dr. Lili Arabuli (Visiting research scholar, September 2010 - December 2010;
Fulbright Scholar, November 2011 - August 2012)
Current Occupation: Associate Professor at the University of Georgia in Tbilisi, Georgia
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Matt Forster (Undergraduate research student, Sept. 2010 - August 2012)
Current Occupation: Senior Research Scientist at Regis Technologies in Chicago, IL
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Dr. Tim Berto (Graduate student, May 2008 - Dec. 2012)
Thesis: "Synthetic, Spectroscopic, and Theoretical Investigations into
the Interactions and Detoxification of Nitric Oxide in Biology"
Current Occupation: Secondary Science Student Teacher in Madison, WI
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Sheng Zheng (Undergraduate research student, Jan. 2011 - Dec. 2012)
Current Occupation: Flow Assurance Engineer at ExxonMobil in Houston, TX
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Katie (Craigo) Whitaker (Masters student, May 2012 - Dec. 2012)
Current Occupation: Chemistry Instructor at Louisiana Delta Community College, Monroe, LA
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Dr. Lauren Goodrich (Graduate student, May 2008 - Dec. 2012)
Thesis: "Model Complexes of Cytochrome P450 Nitric Oxide
Reductase"
Current Occupation: Vice President, Therapeutic Discovery at Nimble Therapeutics in Madison, WI
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Group BBQ, June 2012
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Dr. Deidra Gerlach (Graduate student, May 2008 - June 2013; joint student with the Coucouvanis group)
Thesis: "Synthesis and Characterization of Functionalized [4Fe-4S] Cubane Clusters and Linkage to
Metalloporphyrins as Catalytic Sites"
Current Occupation: Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire
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Sarah Neville (REU summer undergraduate research student from the College of the Holy Cross, June 2013 - Aug. 2013)
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Nate Wirgau (Undergraduate research student, May 2013 - Dec. 2013)
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Jamal Mohamud (Undergraduate research student, Dec. 2013 - May 2014)
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Group BBQ, June 2013
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Nicole Kindermann (Visiting Research Scholar in the Lehnert group, from Prof. Franc Meyer's
laboratory at the University of Göttingen, May 2014 - Aug. 2014)
Current Occupation: Postdoc at ICIQ in Tarragona, Spain
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Christian Ramsland (REU summer undergraduate research student from Baylor University, May 2014 - Aug. 2014)
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Group BBQ, June 2014
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Casey van Stappen (Graduate student, May 2014 - May 2015; joint student with the Pecoraro group)
Current Occupation: Assistant Professor at Indiana University
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Anne Schober (Visiting Research Scholar in the Lehnert group, from Prof. Franc Meyer's
laboratory at the University of Göttingen, April 2015 - May 2015)
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Joseph Gurrentz (Undergraduate research student, Jan. 2013 - July 2015)
Current Occupation: Environmental, Energy, & Labor Policy Analyst at the New Jersey Senate Democratic Office in Trenton, NJ
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Karina Gomez (KINSC summer undergraduate research student from Haverford College, May - July 2015)
Current Occupation: Community Engagement Manager at the Center for Environmental Health in Los Angeles County, CA
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Dr. Shawn Eady (Graduate student, May 2011 - Jan. 2016)
Thesis: "Design of Catalyst Interfaces for Heterogeneous Dihydrogen Production Manifolds
and Incorporation into Photocathode Systems"
Current Occupation: Chief Technology Officer at Sironix Renewables in Seattle, WA
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Dr. Amy Speelman (Graduate student, May 2011 - April 2016)
Thesis: "Investigation of the Electronic Structure and Reactivity of Non-Heme
Iron Nitrosyl and Nitroxyl Complexes"
Current Occupation: Staff scientist, Radiochemical Processing Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
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Claire Kozemchak (Undergraduate research student, May 2014 - April 2016)
Current Occupation: EHR Support Analyst at Outside In in Portland, OR
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Desmond Madu (Undergraduate research student, Oct. 2014 - April 2016)
Current Occupation: Principal Scientist, Faraday Technology, Inc., in Englewood, OH
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Marjan Hosseinzadeh (Visiting Research Scholar in the Lehnert group, Oct. 2015 - May 2016)
Current Occupation: Postdoc with Prof. Paul Kögerler, Institut fuer Anorganische Chemie, RWTH Aachen, Germany
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Group BBQ, August 2015
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Richard Wan (Undergraduate research student, May 2015 - Aug. 2016)
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Dr. Ashley McQuarters (Graduate student, May 2012 - Dec. 2016)
Thesis: "Model Complexes for Reactive Intermediates in Cytochrome
P450 Nitric Oxide Reductase (P450nor)"
Current Occupation: Research Chemist at General Motors in Pontiac, MI
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Jacques Kumutima (Masters student, May 2015 - Dec. 2016)
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Max Bilodeau (Masters student, May 2016 - Dec. 2016)
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David Vargas (Undergraduate research student, Jan. 2016 - May 2017)
Current Occupation: Senior Scientist at Merck
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Group BBQ, July 2016
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Dr. Subhra Samanta (Postdoctoral Fellow, Nov. 2015 - Oct. 2017)
Current Occupation: DST Inspire Faculty, CSIR- Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Durgapur, India
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Paul Yousif (Undergraduate research student, Sept. 2016 - April 2018)
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Dr. Matt Wolf (Graduate student, May 2013 - April 2018)
Thesis: "Heme Protein Engineering and Mechanistic Investigations"
Current Occupation: Performance Management Data Coordinator, District of Nipissing Social Services Administration Board, North Bay, ON, Canada
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Group picture, Aug. 2017
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Paty Armenta (REU summer undergraduate research student from Los Angeles Harbor College, May 2018 - Aug. 2018)
Current Occupation: Graduate student at the University of Wisconsin - Madison
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Group picture, Aug. 2018
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Dr. Andrew Hunt (Graduate student, May 2014 - May 2019)
Thesis: "Synthesis and Spectroscopic Characterization of Ferric Heme-Thiolate Complexes and
Their Reactivity with NO as Models for Cytochrome P450 Nitric Oxide Reductase"
Current Occupation: Senior Scientist at NOTA Laboratories in Ann Arbor, MI
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Diamond Thomas (Undergraduate research student, Oct. 2014 - April 2019)
Current Occupation: Clinical Research Coordinator at Michigan Medicine in Ann Arbor, MI
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Group picture, June 2019
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Elliot Silk (Summer undergraduate research student from the University of Rochester, May 2019 - Aug. 2019)
Current Occupation: Graduate student at New York University in the Diao group
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Yu Zong (Visiting undergraduate research student from Fudan University, China, June 2019 - Sept. 2019)
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Allie Batka (Undergraduate research student and Masters student, Sept. 2016 - April 2020)
Current Occupation: Graduate student at UC Berkeley in the Marletta group
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Stephanie Camarena (Undergraduate research student, Sept. 2017 - April 2020)
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Dr. Molly MacInnes (Graduate student, May 2016 - May 2020)
Thesis: "Materials for Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage"
Current Occupation: Assistant Professor at Grinnell College
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Dr. Corey White (Graduate student, May 2016 - August 2020)
Thesis: "Modelling Flavodiiron Nitric Oxide Reductases: Geometric and Electronic Structure of Key Intermediates and Mechanistic Insights"
Current Occupation: Senior Scientist at NOTA Laboratories in Ann Arbor, MI
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Group picture, May 2021
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Dr. Hai Dong (Graduate student, May 2017 - August 2021)
Thesis: "Synthesis and Reactivity of Non-Heme Iron-Nitrosyl Complexes that Model the Active Sites of NO Reductases"
Current Occupation: TD Module & Integration Yield Engineer at Intel in Santa Clara, CA
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Dr. Brad Musselman (Graduate student, May 2017 - August 2022)
Thesis: "Cobalt Porphyrinoid Complexes in Catalysis: Mechanistic Insights into Carbene Transfer and Biocatalysis Applications"
Current Occupation: R&D Innovation Chemist at Heraeus in Los Angeles, CA
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Garrett Reed (Masters student, May 2020 - August 2022)
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Manon Nassar (Masters student, May 2022 - August 2022)
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Dr. Victor Sosa Alfaro (Graduate student, May 2018 - Dec. 2022)
Thesis: "Modification of Heme Proteins for Reactivity and Mechanistic Studies"
Current Occupation: Research Associate for X-ray Spectroscopy at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL), Stanford, CA
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Abby Bracken (Undergraduate research student, Sept. 2020 - April 2023)
Current Occupation: Graduate student at the University of Chicago
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Dr. Jill Harland (Graduate student, May 2018 - May 2023)
Thesis: "Mechanistic Investigation of N-N Bond Forming Reactions in Nature"
Current Occupation: Senior Research Chemist for Scitech Services, Inc.
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Hannah Palomino (Undergraduate research student and Masters student, Sept. 2019 - May 2023)
Current Occupation: Graduate student at Northwestern University
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Group picture, July 2022
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Felipe de Santis Gonçalves (Visiting graduate student from the Chemistry Institute of São Carlos, University of São Paulo,
Brazil, Feb. 2023 - July 2023)
Current Occupation: Graduate student at the University of São Paulo
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Lily Press (Summer undergraduate research student from Muhlenberg College, May 2023 - Aug. 2023)
Current Occupation: Graduate student at the University of Michigan
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Dr. Virginia Larson (Graduate student, May 2019 - Dec. 2023)
Thesis: "Earth Abundant Transition Metal Molecular Complexes for Water Splitting"
Current Occupation: Postdoc at NREL
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Group picture, July 2023
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Esmee DenOtter (Undergraduate research student, Sept. 2021 - April 2024)
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Dr. Elizabeth Manickas (Graduate student, May 2019 - June 2024)
Thesis: "Model Complexes for Reactive Intermediates in NOx Interconversions in Nature and Applications in Medicine"
Current Occupation: Postdoc with Prof.s Mark Meyerhoff and Nicolai Lehnert, University of Michigan
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Christopher Kim (Undergraduate research student, Jan. 2024 - Aug. 2024)
Current Occupation: Undergraduate student at Yale University
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Sophia Lemieux (Summer undergraduate research student from Brandeis University, May 2024 - Aug. 2024)
Current Occupation: Undergraduate student at Brandeis University
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Group picture, June 2024
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Dr. Benedict Elvers (Postdoctoral Fellow, Jan. 2024 - Dec. 2024)
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Luis Garcia-Herrera (Masters student, May 2022 - Dec. 2024)
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Group picture, July 2024
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Sophia Liu (Undergraduate research student, Sept. 2022 - May 2025)
Current Occupation: Graduate student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Faith Massoni (Undergraduate research student, May - August 2025)
Current Occupation: Undergraduate student at the University of Michigan
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