Alumni & Visitors

Dr. Adeayo O. Ajala

Graduate (Ph.D.) Student (2012-2017)

Currently (2019-), Process Chemist at TOK America; previously, Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of California San Diego (2018-2019; with Professor Francesco Paesani)

Dr. Suhita Basu Mallick

Postdoctoral Research Associate (September 2021 - April 2023)

Dr. Nicholas P. Bauman

Graduate (Ph.D.) Student (2011-2016)

Currently (2022-), Research Scientist Level III at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; previously, Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory with Dr. Karol Kowalski (2018-2022) and in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Florida with Professor Rodney J. Bartlett (2017)

Dr. Janelle A. Bradley

Graduate Student (2008-2010)

Dr. Arnab Chakraborty

Graduate (Ph.D.) Student (2018-2024)

Currently (2024-), Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Southern California with Professor Anna I. Krylov

Dr. Rudolf Burcl

Postdoctoral Research Associate (July 1999 - December 2000)

Currently, physician (MD) at Cheyenne Regional Medical Center; previously, Assistant Professor in the Department at Chemistry at Marshall University (2004-2011)

Jonathon Clapham

Undergraduate Research Student (Fall 2011)

Dr. J. Emiliano Deustua

Graduate (Ph.D.) Student (2014-2020), Phase I and Phase II MolSSI Software Fellow (2018-2020)

Currently (2023-), COO and Co-founder at Examol; previously, Software Engineer at Emptor and Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology with Professor Thomas F. Miller III (2020-2022)

Dr. Jesse Edwards

1999-00 Affirmative Action Postdoctoral Fellow (September 1999 - August 2000)

From 2000 to 2024, on the faculty of the Department of Chemistry at the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University. Currently (2024-), Professor of Practice in the Department of Chemistry at Morgan State University

Professor Masahiro Ehara

Visiting Professor (October-November 2007, March 2011)

Professor at the Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki, Japan

Bradley S. Elkus

Undergraduate Research Student (Fall 2006, Fall 2007, Summer 2009, Fall 2009)

Dr. Peng-Dong Fan

Graduate (Ph.D.) Student (2001-2005)

Last known appointments: Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (2007-2009) and in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Florida (2005-2007; with Professor So Hirata)

Dr. Jeffrey R. Gour

Graduate (Ph.D.) Student (2005-2010), National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (2005-2009), and Postdoctoral Research Associate (May-July, 2010); also, Undergraduate Research Student (NSF REU Program, Summer 2004; Fall 2004; Spring 2005)

Currently (2020-), Senior Software Engineer at Microsoft; previously, Software Development Lead at Sonic Foundry (2018-2020), Software Development Engineer at Amazon (2017-2018), Software Design Engineer at Sonic Foundry (2015-2017), IT Analyst at Alliant Energy (2014-2015), Technical Support Analyst at Epic (2011-2014), and Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Chemistry at Stanford University (2010-2011; with Professor Todd J. Martinez)

Dr. Jared A. Hansen

Graduate (Ph.D.) Student (2010-2015)

Last known appointment: Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Michigan (2015-2016, with Professor Paul M. Zimmerman)

Jason Heist

Undergraduate Research Student (Fall 1999)

Dan Hogan

Undergraduate Research Student (Spring 1999)

Dr. Ruth L. Jacobsen

Graduate (Ph.D.) Student (1999-2005, co-advised with Professor Katharine C. Hunt)

Last known appointment: Hazardous Materials Program Manager at Marine Corps Base Quantico (2015-2018); previously, Visiting Senior Research Scientist at NIST (2011-2015), NIST-ARRA (American Reinvestment and Recovery Act) Senior Fellow (2010-2011), Research Analyst at the Center for Naval Analyses (2007-2009), and Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Chemistry at Michigan State University (2005-2007)

Krzysztof Jedziniak

Graduate Student (2001/02)

Last known appointments: Consultant in Warsaw-based Bureau of A.T. Kearney and Investment Director, UK Trade and Investment

Dr. Armağan Kinal

Postdoctoral Research Associate (March 2005 - August 2006) and NATO-B1/TUBITAK Postdoctoral Fellow (September 2004 - March 2005)

Since 2007, on the faculty of the Department of Chemistry at Ege University, Turkey: Assistant Professor (2007-2011), Associate Professor (2011-2018), currently (2018-), Full Professor

Dr. Karol Kowalski

Research Assistant Professor (June - September 2004), Postdoctoral Research Associate (April 1999 - June 2004)

Since 2004, at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory: Research Scientist Level III (2004-2007), Research Scientist Level IV (2007-2010), Research Scientist Level V (Chief Scientist, 2010-2019), currently (2019-), Laboratory Fellow

Elizabeth Kratz

NSF REU Student (Summer 2000)

Professor Stanisław A. Kucharski

Visiting Professor (January-February 2004)

Professor; former Director of the Institute of Chemistry at the University of Silesia, Poland, and former Vice President for Finance and Development at the University of Silesia

Dr. Tomasz Kuś

Visiting Scholar (doctoral student on leave from the Institute of Chemistry at the University of Silesia, Poland; January-March 2004)

Currently (2016-), Principal Software Engineer at DNV, Gdynia Poland

Dr. Wei Li

Research Assistant Professor (June-December, 2010), Postdoctoral Research Associate (October 2007 - May 2010)

Currently, Associate Professor in the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Nanjing University, China

Dr. Jesse J. Lutz

Graduate (Ph.D.) Student (2006-2011)

Currently (2019-), Senior Member of Technical Staff in the Center for Computing Research at the Sandia National Laboratories; previously, Research Assistant Professor at the Air Force Institute of Technology (with Professor L.W. Burggraf), Visiting Scientist at the University of Florida (2015-2016; with Professor R.J. Bartlett), and Postdoctoral Research Associate at Durham University, U.K. (2011-2014; with Professor J.M. Hutson)

Dr. Ilias Magoulas

Graduate (Ph.D.) Student (2015-2021)

Currently (2021-), Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Chemistry at Emory University with Professor Francesco Evangelista

Dr. Maricris Lodriguito Mayes

Graduate (Ph.D.) Student (2002-2007)

Since 2014, on the faculty of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Massachussetts Dartmouth, currently (2020-), Associate Professor; previously, Postdoctoral Appointee at the Leadership Computing Facility at Argonne National Laboratory (2011-2013; with Dr. G. Fletcher and Professor M.S. Gordon) and Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Chemistry at Northwestern University (2007-2011; with Professor George C. Schatz)

Dr. Michael J. McGuire

Graduate (Ph.D.) Student (2000-2006)

Professor Jozef Noga

Visiting Professor (May 2010)

Professor in the Department of Inorganic Chemistry at Comenius University and Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia

Martyna Osada

Visiting Scholar (M.Sc. student on leave from the Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw, Poland; November 2022)

Dr. Ian Sedrick O. Pimienta

Graduate (Ph.D.) Student (1999-2003)

Since 2019, on the faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pikeville, currently Associate Professor of Chemistry; previously, Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Auburn University with Professor K. Patkowski (2017-2019), Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Troy University (2010-2016), Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Center for High Performance Computing at the University of Utah (2007-2010; with Professor Julio C. Facelli), and Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Chemistry at Iowa State University (2004-2007; with Professor Mark S. Gordon)

Dr. Jiří Pittner

Visiting Scholar (April 2004)

Currently, Head of the Department of Theorerical Chemistry at the J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

Dr. Vladimir Špirko

Visiting Professor (November 1998, November-December 1999)

Currently, Emeritus at the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic; previously, Senior Research Officer in the Center for Biomolecules and Complex Molecular Systems and the J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

Dr. Marta Włoch

Research Assistant Professor (March 2006 - July 2007), Postdoctoral Research Associate (January 2004 - February 2006), Visiting Scholar (November 2003)

Currently (2022-), Chemistry Teacher at St. Mary's Preparatory, Orchard Lake, Michigan; previously, Academic Specialist and Chemistry Instructor in the Lyman Briggs College at Michigan State University (2020-2021), Chemistry Instructor at Macomb Community College, Warren, Michigan (2020), Chemistry Teacher at Stoney Creek High School, Rochester, Michigan (2019), Student Teacher at Seaholm High School, Birmingham, Michigan (2019), Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Oakland University (2011-2019), and Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Michigan Technological University (2007-2011)

Dr. Stephen H. Yuwono

Graduate (Ph.D.) Student (2017-2022)

Currently (2022-), Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Florida State University with Professor A. Eugene DePrince III