Alumni

Nivedita Chaudhri
Postdoctoral Associate 01/2019 - 06/2023

Dinusha Damunupola Appuhamilage
Graduate Student 2018 - 2023
Dissertation:

Adewole O. Atoyebi
Graduate Student 2017 - 2022
Dissertation:

Damari Thuita

Damaris Thuita
Graduate Student 2015 - 2020
Dissertation:

Randy Manchand
Graduate Student 2016 – 2018
M.S. Thesis: Porphyrinic Pigments in Bird Eggshells and Feathers

Oliver Mitevski

Oliver Mitevski 
Visiting Student, spring 2014
University of Göttingen, Germany (group of Prof. Franc Meyer)

nisansala

Nisansala Hewage
Graduate Student 2013 – 2018
Dissertation: Oxidative Modifications of Pentafluorophenylporphyrin

Meenakshi

Meenakshi Sharma
Graduate Student 2013 – 2018
Dissertation: Expanding the Synthesis and Applications of Morpholine-based Pyrrole Modified Porphyrins

ruoshi

Ruoshi Li
Graduate Student 2013 – 2018
Dissertation: Ring Expansion and Oxidative Transformations of Octaethyl-2-oxochlorin

Mike in lab

Michael P. Luciano
Graduate Student 2013 – 2017
Dissertation: Porphyrinoids with Designed Properties

Sarina

Sarina Dorazio 
Postdoctoral Associate 09/2013 – 05/2015

Anastasia Herter

Anastasia Vogel
Visiting Student, winter 2013/2014
University of Göttingen, Germany (group of Prof. Franc Meyer)

Eileen-2014

Eileen Meehan
Graduate Student 2013 – 2014
M.S. Thesis: Synthesis of Pyrrole-modified Porphyrins: Oxachlorins, and the Beckmann Rearrangement of Octaethyl-2-oxa-chlorin Oximes

Mandy

Mandy Döhring
Visiting Student, winter 2011/2012
School of Pharmacy, University of Saarland, Germany (group of Prof. Claus Jacob)

Brigitte

Brigitte Czepukojc
Visiting Student, winter 2011/2012
School of Pharmacy, University of Saarland, Germany (group of Prof. Claus Jacob)

lina

Lina Blusch (neé French)
Visiting Student, summer 2008 and 2010
University of Göttingen, Germany (group of Prof. Franc Meyer)

junichi

Junichi Ogikubo
Graduate Student 2009 – 2012
Dissertation: Oxazoloporphyrins, Oxazolochlorins, and Oxazolobacteriochlorins

lalith

Lalith Palitha Samankumara
Graduate Student 2007 – 2013
Dissertation: Bacteriochlorins and Bacteriochlorin Analogs from meso-Tetraarylporphyrins

Svitlana

Svitlana V. Pavlova
Postdoctoral Associate 04/2007 - 07/2008

michelle

Michelle Angell (neé Wroble)
Graduate Student 2008 – 2010
M.S. Thesis: Metallochemosensors as Signal Amplifiers in Immunosorbent Assays

Pedro Daddario
Graduate Student 2007 – 2010
M.S. Thesis: Synthesis of Tetraarylporphodilactones

captain mike hyland

Michael A. Hyland
Graduate Student 2000 – 2013
and 2009 - 2012
Dissertation: Synthesis of Chromene-annulated Chlorins and Bacteriochlorins

jill

Jill McCue (neé) Worlinsky
Graduate Student 2008 – 2013
Dissertation: Transition Metals as Tools to Probe the Electronic Properties of Porphyrinoids

lalith

Lalith Palitha Samankumara
Graduate Student 2007 – 2013
Dissertation: Bacteriochlorins and Bacteriochlorin Analogs from meso-Tetraarylporphyrins

subhadeep

Subhadeep Banerjee
Graduate Student 2007 – 2011
Dissertation: Porphyrin N-Oxidations and β,β’–Bond Modifications

Michelle

Michelle Head (neé Dean)
Graduate Student 2006 – 2011 (joint Chem Ed student with Prof. Tyson Miller)
Dissertation: Part A: Investigations of the Synthesis of Pyrazinochlorins and Other Porphyrin Derivatives; Part B: Investigations of Student Translation Between 2-D/3-D Representations of Molecules

zhao

Shengxian Zhao
Postdoctoral Associate 02/2006 - 02-2007

claudia ryppa

Claudia Ryppa
Postdoctoral Associate 11/2005 - 12/2006

Kim Lau

Kim Lau
Visiting Ph.D. Student, fall 2004 and 2005
UUniversity of Washington, Seattle, WA (group of Profs. M. Gouterman and Gamal Khalil)

simon

Simon Fox
Visiting Ph.D. Student, fall 2004
 University of Hull, UK (group of Dr. R. W. Boyle)

stamatia

Stamatia Katsiaouni
Visiting Ph.D. Student, fall 2003 and 2004
University of Göttingen, Germany (group of Prof. Franc Meyer)

guy crundwell

Guy Crundwell, Professor
Visiting Faculty, summer 2003
Central Connecticut State University, Department of Chemistry, New Britain, CT

nabyl

Nabyl Merbouh
Graduate Student 1999 – 2004
Dissertation: Functionalization of Carbohydrates Toward Metal Binding

neil lim

Nathaniel Lim
Graduate Student 1999 – 2004
Dissertation: Development of Chemosensors for Iron(III) and Zn(II)

Jason R. McCarthy
Graduate Student 1999 – 2003
Dissertation: Novel Macrocycles by Modification of the ß,ß’­Position of Porphyrins

brinas

Raymond P. M. Briñas
Graduate Student 1998 – 2003
Dissertation: Stepwise Syntheses of meso-Aryl-substituted Porphyrins and Related Macrocycles