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Research Scientists and Postdoctoral Scholars<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Graduate Students<\/strong>

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Meera<\/span> Madhu<\/span><\/div>
Melanin Biochemistry<\/div>

I am from Kerala, India. I graduated with Integrated B.S.-M.S. from Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram, where I worked under Dr. Mahesh Hariharan on photophysical properties of organic chromophore assemblies. I joined the Kohler group in 2021. My current research focuses on excited state dynamics of eumelanin from a top-down perspective.<\/p><\/div>

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B\u00e1rbara<\/span> Fornaciari<\/span><\/div>

I'm from Londrina, Brazil and graduated in Chemistry from Londrina State University and completed a Master in Bioinorganic Chemistry from University of Sao Paulo (2020). I'm currently a PhD student at University of Sao Paulo under Dr. Mauricio S. Baptista and joined the Kohler group in 2021 for a collaborative dual degree between OSU and USP. My research focuses on nanoparticles based on melanin analogues, its excited states characterization including singlet oxygen emission.<\/p><\/div>

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Rayne<\/span> Pozza<\/span><\/div>
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Pallavi<\/span> Panthakkal Das<\/span><\/div>

I am from Kerala, India, and I graduated with a BS-MS dual degree in Chemistry from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Thiruvananthapuram. As an undergraduate, I conducted research under the mentorship of Prof. Mahesh Hariharan, focusing on the excited-state dynamics of organic chromophores. I joined the Kohler group in 2024. My research focuses on the charge carrier dynamics of cerium oxide and its melanin hybrids<\/span><\/p><\/div>

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Sayantan<\/span> Chatterjee<\/span><\/div>

I am from Aboi, Nagaland, India. I received my Bachelor from Ramkrishna Mission Vidyamandir Belur in 2023 and my Masters from Indian institute of technology Bombay in 2025. I did my Masters project under supervision of Prof. Anindya Dutta about Photosensitization of Cu(PAP) Catalyst using Cadmium Sulphide (CdS) nano crystals. My focus in the Kohler group is on the metal oxide projects.<\/p><\/div>

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Thi<\/span> Nguyen<\/span><\/div>

I am from Hue, Vietnam and graduated with a B.S. in Chemistry from UNC Chapel Hill. As an undergraduate researcher under Dr. Marc ter Horst, my work focused on integrating light-driven reactions with in situ photo-NMR to quantify photon flux using NMR-active chemical actinometers. I joined Kohler Group in 2025 as an analytical student. My research focuses on the melanin project, investigating the photophysical properties of melanin systems.<\/p><\/div>

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Uresha<\/span> Gunasekara<\/span><\/div>
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Undergraduate Students<\/strong>

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Aiden<\/span> Burkholder<\/span><\/div>
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Ruby<\/span> Mitchell<\/span><\/div>
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Adithya<\/span> Vaidyanathan<\/span><\/div>
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