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We acknowledge the many challenges in our society and in academia that result from discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship status, religion, disability, veteran status, gender, or sexual orientation. For those who endeavor to pursue chemical research, we recognize that a diverse team of scientists are best suited to uncover creative solutions and innovations to challenging scientific problems. We affirm that equity and inclusion should be a foundation of any workforce and society (in general). We are committed to welcoming and supporting a diverse team of students, postdocs, and scholars and always aim to seek out avenues for betterment as a group and as individuals.

Nathaniel Szymczak, PI

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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 at ambient and 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.

Postdoctoral Researchers

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Ethan Zars
Ph.D. at University of Pennsylvania
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​Writhabrata Sarkar
Ph.D. at CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology
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Graduate Students

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Andrew LaDuca
​B.S. Chemistry
Grand Valley State University
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Alice Atkins
B.S. Chemistry
Saginaw Valley State University
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Benjamin Farris
B.S. Chemistry, Chemical Engineering
Michigan State University
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Christian Andre
B.S. Chemistry
Loyola University Chicago
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Erika Brown
B.S. Chemistry
University of Massachusetts - Amherst
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Marek Vavrovic
M.Chem.
Nottingham Trent University
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Chandana Sunil
BS-MS
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal
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Undergraduate Students

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Lauren Sprow
UM Undergraduate
Chemistry and English Major
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Tim Nagel
UM Undergraduate
Chemistry Major
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Shuhan He
UM Undergraduate
Chemistry Major
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Former Members

Researchers Earning a Ph.D.
Emily Norwine PhD 2023 Project Consultant, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger (SGH)
Michael Wade Wolfe PhD 2022 Assistant Professor, Marshall University
Jessica Wilson PhD 2021 S&T Research Chemist at PPG
Jim Shanahan PhD 2020 Postdoctoral Researcher in the Owen Lab - Columbia
Lily Hale PhD 2018  Isotope Separation Scientist at Helion Energy
Jacob Geri PhD 2018 Assistant Professor at Weill Cornell University   
Eric Dahl PhD 2017 Application Engineering Specialist at 3M
Tim Tseng PhD 2016 Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Studies, the University of Pittsburg 
Cameron Moore PhD 2015  Program Manager at Los Alamos National Laboratory  
Tyler Carter PhD 2014  Director of Sales and Marketing at Amtech Systems, Inc. 

Researchers Earning a M.S.
Carolina Rivera 2023
Wei Sun 2022
Shreya Ray Chaudhuri 2021
AnnaLi Aguirre 2020
Cheyanne Laux 2019 
N. Marianne Sikes 2019
Grayson Ritch 2019 
Chelsea Cates 2014   
Qi Zhang 2013  

Postdoctoral Researchers
Hayoung Song, Assistant Professor at Gachon University
Kaushik Chakrabarti, 
Research Scientist at Sai Life Sciences in Hyderabad
Daniel Beagan, Assistant Professor at The United States Air Force Academy
Sang gyu (Chris) Seo, Research Scientist at W.R. Grace
Alex Davies, Assistant Professor at Western Michigan University
Alyssa Cablelof, Lecturer at Western Colorado University
Zhongyuan Li, Assistant Professor at University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui
John Kiernicki, Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Drury University
Shuo Guo, Assistant Prof. at Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology
​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 
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Undergraduate Researchers
Anushka Gangur BSE 2024
Jared Gonder BS 2023 Graduate Student at UPenn
Ethan Roberts BS 2023 Graduate Student at University of Michigan
Lucy Yu BS 2021 Medical Researcher at Mass. General Hospital
Myles Lovasz BS 2020 Graduate Student at University of Utah 
Danielle Mullis BS 2018 Medical Student at Stanford University
Michael Keating BS 2018 Graduate Student at UT Austin   
Joanna Ciatti BSE 2018 Graduate Student at Northwestern
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Victor Wang BS 2017 Graduate Student at UC San Diego  
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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
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