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ALUMNI
Welcome to the Alumni section of our research group page! Here, we celebrate and honor the achievements of our former members who have made significant contributions to our research and beyond. Our alumni have gone on to excel in various fields, bringing their expertise and passion to new and exciting challenges. We are proud of their accomplishments and grateful for the lasting impact they’ve had on our community. Explore this section to learn more about their journeys and how they continue to inspire our current and future members.
Dr. Siyuan Su
BSc, Sichuan University, China 2013
MSc, Stony Brook University, NY, 2017
PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2023
Postdoctoral associate with Prof. Joseph Derosa at Boston College, 2023-present
Dr. Saswata Gupta
BSc, Presidency College, Kolkata 2013
MSc, IIT Kharagpur, India, 2015
PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2021
Senior specialist research at Dow Chemical, Jan 2024-present
Dr. Anh Le
BSc, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2015
PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2021
Research chemist at Obiter Research LLC, 2021-present
Dr. Huaqing Liu
M.E. Nanjing Institute of Chemical Technology, China, 1990M.S. University of Illinois at Chicago, 1996PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2013
Research Scientist at AbbVie, 2013-present
Dr. Nam-Kyu Lee
BSc, Soongsil University, Korea, 2002MS, Yonsei University, Korea, 2008PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2013
Scientist at SK, S. Korea, 2013-present
Dr. Ivan Volchkov
BSc, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia, 2008PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2013
Postdoctoral associate with Prof. Michael Krische at The University of Texas Austin, 2014-present
Dr. Phani Raja P.K. Mamidipalli
BSc, Andhra University, India, 2002MS, Osmania University, India, 2004PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2014
Dr. Matthew J. O'Connor
BSc, Northern Illinois University 2007MS, Northern Illinois University 2010PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2015
Postdoctoral associate with Prof. Karl A. Scheidt at Northwestern University from 2016
Dr. Venkata Reddy Sabbasani
BSc, Acharya Nagarjuna University, India, 2005MS, Osmania University, India, 2008PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2016
Postdoctoral associate with Prof. David Spiegel at Yale University, 2016-present
Dr. Rajdip Karmakar
BSc, The University of Burdwan, India, 2008MSc, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India, 2010PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2017
Postdoctoral associate with Prof. Glenn C. Micalizio at Dartmouth College, 2017-present
Dr. Hyunjin Lee
BSc, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2012PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2018
Abbott Laboratories
Sourav Ghorai
BSc, Ramakrishna Mission Residential College, Narendrapur, University of Calcutta, 2012MSc, IIT Kanpur, India, 2014PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2020
Postdoc at Calibr, Scripps
Fa-Jie Chen
BSc, Fuzhou University, China, 2011PhD, Zhejiang University, China, 2016Postdoc, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, CAS, China, 2016-2018
Hua Xu
BSc, SYPHU, China, 2015MSc, Illinois Institute of Technology, 2017
Dr. Kung-Pern Wang
BSc, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, 2002MS, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, 2004PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2013
Postdoctoral associate with Prof. David Spiegel at Yale University, 2013-present
Dr. Chunrui Sun
BSc, East China Univ. of Science and Tech., China, 2005PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2012
Postdoctoral associate with Prof. James Morken at Boston College, 2013-present
Dr. Jingwei Li
BSc, Lanzhou University, China, 2001MS, University of New Hampshire, 2007PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2012
Postdoctoral associate with Prof. Yoshito Kishi at Harvard University, 2013-present
Dr. Sang Young Yun
PhD, Marquette University, 2005Postdoc, University of Chicago, 2005-2007Postdoc, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2007-2016
2024
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