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
Daniel Beagan
Ph.D. at Indiana University Caulton Group dbeagan@umich.edu |
Sang gyu (Chris) Seo
Ph.D. at University of Toronto Morris Group sgseo@umich.edu |
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Alex Davies (joint appt. w/ Stepheson Lab)
Ph.D. at University of Kansas Tunge Group amdavies@umich.edu |
Kaushik Chakrabarti
Ph.D. at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Kundu Group ckaushik@umich.edu |
Graduate Students
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Emily Norwine
B.A. Chemistry Boston University enorwine@umich.edu |
Andrew LaDuca
B.S. Chemistry Grand Valley State University laducaan@umich.edu |
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Alice Atkins
B.S. Chemistry Saginaw Valley State University alatkins@umich.edu |
Benjamin Farris
B.S. Chemistry, Chemical Engineering Michigan State University bmfarris@umich.edu |
Rotation Students
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Dylan Bodner
B.A. Chemistry Washington University in St. Louis dbodner@umich.edu |
Christian Andre
B.S. Chemistry Loyola University Chicago candre@umich.edu |
Undergraduate Students
Jared Gonder
UM Undergraduate Chemistry Major gonderje@umich.edu 
Ethan Roberts
UM Undergraduate Chemistry Major ethmrob@umich.edu |
Madeleine Gonley
UM Undergraduate Chemical Engineering Major mgonley@umich.edu 
Kelly Nugent
UM Undergraduate Pharmaceutical Sciences Major nugent@umich.edu |
Anushka Gangur
UM Undergraduate
Chemical Engineering Major
agangur@umich.edu
UM Undergraduate
Chemical Engineering Major
agangur@umich.edu
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Former Members
Researchers Earning a Ph.D. Michael Wade Wolfe PhD 2022 Postdoctoral Researcher in the Pluth Lab - University of Oregon 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 Instructor at the University of Pittsburg Cameron Moore PhD 2015 Los Alamos National Laboratory Tyler Carter PhD 2014 Account manager at Entegris Researchers Earning a M.S. 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 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 Undergraduate Researchers 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 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 |