Nathaniel Szymczak, PI
nszym@umich.edu
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Nathaniel (Nate) Szymczak was born in Wollongong, Australia. In 2002 he received his Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry (with a specialization in environmental chemistry) from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. In the fall of 2002, Nate began doctoral studies under the direction of David Tyler at the University of Oregon. His graduate research focused on water-soluble transition metal dihydrogen and dinitrogen complexes as well as hydrogen-bonding interactions of a coordinated H2 ligand. As part of an NSF-IGERT graduate fellowship, he participated in a brief internship at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and worked with Dr. John Linehan to uncover the mechanism of hydrogen release from hydrogen storage materials, as well as to elucidate the active catalyst structure using Operando XAS methods. He was awarded a Ph.D. in 2007, and following doctoral studies, he pursued postdoctoral research with Professor Jonas Peters at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the California Institute of Technology. His work focused on the development of bimetallic macrocyclic coordination complexes for electrocatalytic proton reduction and other multi-electron transformations, as well as the development of reliable methods to electrochemically investigate homogeneous systems at elevated pressures. In 2010, Nate joined the faculty at the University of Michigan where his research program uses principles of main group and transition metal chemistry to address biochemical questions and challenging synthetic problems of global importance. | ||
Visiting Scholars
Deeb Alansawi
Professor at the University of Jordan dalansaw@umich.edu |
Postdoctoral Researchers
John Kiernicki
PhD at Purdue Univ. Bart Group kiernicj@umich.edu 
Zhongyuan Li
PhD at University of Science and Technology of China Wang Group zyl@umich.edu |
Shuo Guo
PhD at Nankai Tang Group shuog@umich.edu |
Graduate Students
James Shanahan
B.S. Chem Univ. of Rochester shanajam@umich.edu |
Jessica Wilson
B.S. Chem Muhlenberg College jessrwil@umich.edu |
Michael Wade Wolfe
B.S. Chem Emory University mwadewo@umich.edu 
Shreya Ray Chaudhuri
M.Sc. Chem VIT, India shreyarc@umich.edu |
Emily Norwine
B.A. Chem Boston University enorwine@umich.edu |
Rotation Students
Wei Sun
M.Sc. Biomed Eng Southeast University (Nanjing, China) weischem@umich.edu |
Masters Students
Anna Li Aguirre
M.Sc. Chem University of Michigan agannali@umich.edu |
Undergraduate Students
Jared Gonder
UM Undergraduate Chemistry Major gonderje@umich.edu |
Lucy Yu
UM Undergraduate Biochemistry Major lucysyu@umich.edu |
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Former Members
Researchers Earning a Ph.D. Lily Hale PhD 2018 Postdoctoral Researcher in Toste Lab - UC Berkeley Jacob Geri PhD 2018 Postdoctoral Researcher in MacMillan Lab - Princeton Eric Dahl PhD 2017 Dow Chemical Co. Tim Tseng PhD 2016 University of Pittsburg Cameron Moore PhD 2015 Los Alamos National Laboratory Tyler Carter PhD 2014 Process Innovation Manager at Cabot Microelectronics Researchers Earning a M.S. Cheyanne Laux 2019 N. Marianne Sikes 2019 Grayson Ritch 2019 Chelsea Cates 2014 Qi Zhang 2013 Postdoctoral Researchers Jiaxiang Chu Assistant Prof. at University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Tufan Mukhopadhyay Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Zurich Wes Brogden Procter and Gamble Oscar Tutusaus-Santandreu Toyota Manufacturing Chengbao Ni Brookhaven National Labs Undergraduate Researchers Myles Lovasz BS 2020 Danielle Mullis BS 2018 Michael Keating BS 2018 Graduate Student at UT Austin Joanna Ciatti BSE 2018 Graduate Student at Northwestern Victor Wang BS 2017 Graduate Student at UC San Diego Tyler Lopez BS 2018 McNeil Lab - University of Michigan Steve Lin BS 2016 Medical Student at Case Western Reserve University Toma Louis-Goff BS 2016 Graduate Student at University of Hawaii at Manoa Byongjoo Bark BS 2015 Graduate Student at U. of Washington Justin Wang BS 2015 Graduate Student at UC Berkeley Laura Essex BS 2014 Graduate Student at UC Riverside Andrew Rizzi BS 2013 Medical Student at U. Michigan David Quist BS 2013 Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Trine University Daniel Cummins BS 2012 Postdoc at Johns Hopkins with David Goldberg Tanvi Ratani BS 2012 Chemist at The Dow Chemical Company Allan Golden BS 2012 Resident of Internal Medicine, Royal Oak |