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Meet Our Team
Post Doctoral Fellows
PhD Students
Dr. Spoorthi Bhat
Email: sbhatkri@purdue.edu
Favorite Lab Technique: Spectroscopy and Microscopy
Hobbies: Trekking, Travel and cultural exploration, Cooking
Favorite Lab Technique: Spectroscopy and Microscopy
Hobbies: Trekking, Travel and cultural exploration, Cooking
Dr. Andy Berbille
Email: aberbill@purdue.edu
Favorite Lab Technique: Isotope labelling, EPR
Hobbies: Hiking, noodling (badly) on guitars, cooking, languages
Favorite Lab Technique: Isotope labelling, EPR
Hobbies: Hiking, noodling (badly) on guitars, cooking, languages
Vanshika Gupta
Email: gupta916@purdue.edu
Favorite Lab Technique: Square Wave Voltammetry
Hobbies: Dancing and painting
Favorite Lab Technique: Square Wave Voltammetry
Hobbies: Dancing and painting
Cristian Blanco-Combariza
Email: cblancoc@purdue.edu
Favorite Lab Technique: MALDI-TOF-MS
Hobbies: Cooking, Baking, Reading, Doing Nerd Stuff
Favorite Lab Technique: MALDI-TOF-MS
Hobbies: Cooking, Baking, Reading, Doing Nerd Stuff
Brady Layman
Email: layman9@purdue.edu
Favorite Lab Technique: Electrochemiluminescence Microscopy
Hobbies: Working out, Skiing, Lil' Dickies Basketball Team
Favorite Lab Technique: Electrochemiluminescence Microscopy
Hobbies: Working out, Skiing, Lil' Dickies Basketball Team
Saptarshi (Rishi) Paul
Email: paul148@purdue.edu
Favorite Lab Technique: STEM-HAADF
Hobbies: International Student Ambassador duties!
Favorite Lab Technique: STEM-HAADF
Hobbies: International Student Ambassador duties!
Dane Wagner
Email: wagne369@purdue.edu
Favorite Lab Technique: DPV and amperometry
Hobbies: Video games, cozy tv shows, and LEGO.
Favorite Lab Technique: DPV and amperometry
Hobbies: Video games, cozy tv shows, and LEGO.
Ashutosh Rana
Email: rana29@purdue.edu
Favorite Lab Technique: Cyclic Voltammetry
Hobbies: Working out, Hiking, Soccer
Favorite Lab Technique: Cyclic Voltammetry
Hobbies: Working out, Hiking, Soccer
John Koons
Email: koons3@purdue.edu
Favorite Lab Technique: SEM and polishing macroelectrodes!
Hobbies: Almost winning IM championships, Grilling, Complaining about cats, Guitar
Favorite Lab Technique: SEM and polishing macroelectrodes!
Hobbies: Almost winning IM championships, Grilling, Complaining about cats, Guitar
Patrick Herchenbach
Email: pherchen@purdue.edu
Favorite Lab Technique: Stochastic Electrochemistry
Hobbies: Music, Reading, Gaming
Favorite Lab Technique: Stochastic Electrochemistry
Hobbies: Music, Reading, Gaming
Sakshi Ailawar
Email: sailawar@purdue.edu
Favorite Lab Technique: SEM/XRD
Hobbies: Cooking, Cafe Hopping, and Going on Walks
Favorite Lab Technique: SEM/XRD
Hobbies: Cooking, Cafe Hopping, and Going on Walks
Educational Outreach Coordinator
Alia Nerys Pineda Medina
Email: Apinedam@purdue.edu
Favorite thing about PhD: Enhancing my Pedagogy
Hobbies: Baking and Cooking
Favorite thing about PhD: Enhancing my Pedagogy
Hobbies: Baking and Cooking
Undergraduate Students
Michael Louis Harrigan
Email: mlharrig@purdue.edu
Favorite Lab technique: Ampoule synthesis
Hobbies: Playing banjo, fishing and exploring
Favorite Lab technique: Ampoule synthesis
Hobbies: Playing banjo, fishing and exploring
Sirish Meher Reddy Kayam
Email: skayam@purdue.edu
Favorite Lab technique: Cell Cytometry
Hobbies: Badminton, video games, and movies
Favorite Lab technique: Cell Cytometry
Hobbies: Badminton, video games, and movies
Yashvi Choudhary
Hometown: Jaipur, India
Year at Purdue: Junior
Hobbies: Cricket, hiking, and binge watching
Year at Purdue: Junior
Hobbies: Cricket, hiking, and binge watching
Sadie Poirier
Email: spoirie@purdue.edu
Favorite Lab technique: Flow cytometry
Hobbies: Running, reading, and exploring West Lafayette!
Favorite Lab technique: Flow cytometry
Hobbies: Running, reading, and exploring West Lafayette!
Daniel Carrel
Email: carrel@purdue.edu
Favorite Lab technique: ECL Microscopy
Hobbies: Hanging out with friends, working out, procrastinating, and lockpicking
Favorite Lab technique: ECL Microscopy
Hobbies: Hanging out with friends, working out, procrastinating, and lockpicking
Emily Richardson
Hometown: Chesterton
Year at Purdue: Sophomore
Hobbies: Lifting, painting, piano, cooking
Year at Purdue: Sophomore
Hobbies: Lifting, painting, piano, cooking
Amber Wang
Hometown: Carmel, Indiana
Year at Purdue: Sophomore
Hobbies: Piano, violin, photography, reading, and painting
Year at Purdue: Sophomore
Hobbies: Piano, violin, photography, reading, and painting
Keeley Farmer
Hometown: Fishers, Indiana
Year at Purdue: Sophomore
Hobbies: Reading, cooking, movies
Year at Purdue: Sophomore
Hobbies: Reading, cooking, movies
Lillian Pierce
Hometown: Fort Wayne, IN
Year at Purdue: Freshman
Hobbies: Working out, hanging out with my sorority sisters, taking care of plants, and shopping.
Year at Purdue: Freshman
Hobbies: Working out, hanging out with my sorority sisters, taking care of plants, and shopping.
Group Alumni
Dr. Lynn Krushinski
Visiting Instructor at Wabash College
Graduate Student 2021 - 2024
Graduate Student 2021 - 2024
Dr. Thomas B. Clarke
Post Doctoral Scholar at Northwestern University
Graduate Student 2020 - 2024
Graduate Student 2020 - 2024
Dr. Francesco Falciani
Post doctoral scholar at the University of Bologna
Visiting Scholar Summer 2024
Visiting Scholar Summer 2024
Dr. Guillermo Colon-Quintana
Currently at Faraday Technology Inc.
Graduate Student 2020 - 2024
Graduate Student 2020 - 2024
Dr. Philip J. Kauffmann
Currently working at Intel
Graduate Student 2020 - 2024
Graduate Student 2020 - 2024
Dr. Kingshuk Roy
Professor at TCG Crest
Dr. Kathryn J. Vannoy
Post-Doctoral Researcher at Leiden University, Netherlands
Graduate Student 2019 - 2023
Graduate Student 2019 - 2023
Dr. Rebecca Clark
Currently at Merck
Graduate Student 2019 - 2023
Graduate Student 2019 - 2023
Dr. Joshua Reyes-Morales
Currently an assistant professor at Universidad Ana G. Mendez at Gurabo, Puerto Rico
Graduate Student 2019 - 2023
Graduate Student 2019 - 2023
Dr. Nicole Walker
Currently at the FDA
Graduate Student 2019 - 2023
Graduate Student 2019 - 2023
Dr. Silvia Voci
Currently at University of Paris
Dr. Christophe Renault
Currently an assistant professor at Loyola University
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