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Jordan Zackasee — Jordan Zackasee
Graduate Student 2019

B.S., 2019; Youngstown State University
Advisor: Doug Genna

Jordan Zackasee grew up in Youngstown, Ohio. He received a B.S. in Biochemistry from Youngstown State University in 2019. He performed undergraduate research related to metal organic frameworks and their application as adsorbents for water purification. During his free time Jordan enjoys playing video games and rock climbing.

Samir Al Zubaydi — Samir Al Zubaydi
Graduate Student 2020

B.S., 2020; University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Advisor: Ion Tonks

Originally from sunny Uzbekistan, Samir grew up in Twin Cities, MN. He received a B.S. in Chemistry from University of Minnesota in 2019 (Go Gophers!). He did undergraduate research related to Pd-catalyzed hydroesterification reactions using sustainable feedstocks. Samir spends his free time reading, working out, and enjoying the outdoors.

Long Dinh — Long Dinh
Graduate Student 2020

B.S., 2020; The University of South Alabama
Advisor: Larry Yet

Long Dinh grew up in Vinh Long, Vietnam. He moved to the US when he was 15. He received a B.S in Chemistry and Biochemistry from the University of South Alabama under the supervision of Prof. Larry Yet. During his time at USA, he conducted research on the synthesis of imidazopyridine phosphorus ligands for their palladium-catalyzed Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reactions and the multi-step synthesis of spiroisoxazolinoproline-based and quinoline-based derivatives as viable inhibitor targets for the HIV-1 IN enzyme. During his free time, he enjoys watching anime and playing video games.

Immaculata Onuigbo — Immaculata Onuigbo
Graduate Student 2021

B.S., 2017; American University of Nigeria
Advisors: Bolade Agboola and Linus Okoro

I graduated with a B.S. in Petroleum Chemistry from the American University of Nigeria, having studied under a full university scholarship. My prior research experience was in upcycling waste plastics to fuels via catalyzed pyrolytic processes. I enjoy soccer, volleyball, and hiking.

Ryan Smith — Ryan Smith
Graduate Student 2021

B.S., 2021; University of Utah
Advisor: Shelley Minteer

Ryan Smith grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah. He received a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Utah in 2021. He did undergraduate research with the Minteer group related to electrochemical carboxylation of aryl bromides using a Cobalt catalyst. He enjoys rock climbing and watching movies.

Hunter Starbuck — Hunter Starbuck
Graduate Student 2021

B.S., 2021; University of Cincinnati
Advisor: James Mack

Hunter Starbuck grew up in Ney, Ohio. He received a B.S in chemistry from the University of Cincinnati. He did undergraduate research related to studying the kinetics of mechanochemical reactions. In his free time he enjoys swimming, cooking, and watching movies.

Mayukh Majumder — Mayukh Majumder
Graduate Student 2021 (Co-Advised with Prof. Christopher Hadad)

B.S. Jadavpur University
M.S. IIT Bombay
Advisor: Raghavan B. Sunoj

Mayukh grew up in Jalpaiguri: northern part of West Bengal, India. He received his BSc degree in Chemistry from Jadadvpur University Kolkata, and masters in Chemical Sciences from IIT Bombay where he worked under the supervision of Prof. R.B. Sunoj. In his masters research program he studied computational aspects of modern day catalysis problems with the help of machine learning. He likes to watch and play cricket, along with sitcoms (especially The Big Bang Theory) and audio stories.

Mrityunjay Pandey — Mrityunjay Pandey
Graduate Student 2021

B.S. 2017, University of Delhi
M.S. 2019, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur, India
Advisor: Sandipan Halder

Mrityunjay (Jay) grew up in Uttar Pradesh, India. He completed his undergraduate studies in Chemistry with honors at the University of Delhi in 2017 and earned a Master of Science degree from the National Institute of Technology Nagpur in 2019. During his master’s thesis project, he designed and synthesized functionalized amino acid derivatives capable of hydrogen bond donation catalysis for activation of epoxide molecules. In his free time, he enjoys playing volleyball, table tennis and catching Pokémon in the wild.

Dipankar Das — Dipankar Das
Graduate Student 2022

BS-MS 2022, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata
Advisor: Suman De Sarkar

Dipankar grew up in West Bengal, India. He came to US in 2022 to pursue his graduate studies in OSU. He received BS-MS Dual Degree from IISER Kolkata, Department of Chemistry in 2022. He completed his master’s under the guidance of Dr. Suman De Sarkar, where he electrochemically coupled two glycine moieties into saturated/unsaturated heterocycle. He is fond of varieties of food, and he loves travelling a lot. In his free times, he loves watching movies/web series, cooking, and playing video games.

Valmuri Srivardhan — Valmuri Srivardhan
Graduate Student 2022

Integrated Masters in Chemical Sciences, University of Hyderabad, India
Advisor: Ashwini Kumar Nangia

Srivardhan grew up in Telangana, India. He received his Integrated Master’s in Chemical Sciences from the University of Hyderabad. During his Master’s Thesis tenure he conducted research on Synthesis of Pharmaceutical Cocrystals of Class II and Class IV drugs under the supervision of Prof. Aswini Kumar Nangia. After his master’s he worked as a Research Assistant, where he worked on Ag(I)-Catalyzed Cyclization of o-Alkynylacetophenones Facilitated Through Acetal Formation: Synthesis of C3-Naphthyl Indole Derivatives. He was a National Player in Table Tennis from Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti during his school days. Then after he played for UoH for 4 years. During his free time, he enjoys playing Badminton, Volleyball, watching movies and playing different musical instruments.

Yuxin Liu — Yuxin Liu
Graduate Student 2022

B.S. 2022, University of California Santa Barbara
Advisor: Dan Little

Yuxin grew up in Shanghai, China. She received a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of California, Santa Barbara. She did undergraduate research related to cyclobutadiene under the advisory of Dan Little. In her free time, she likes to play video games.

Shivam Waske — Shivam Waske
Graduate Student 2023

Integrated BS-MS in Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal (IISERB), India
Advisor: Manmohan Kapur

Shivam grew up in Karad, Maharashtra, India. He holds an Integrated BS-MS in Chemistry from IISER Bhopal. During his Master’s Thesis he worked on the Asymmetric C-H arylation of Ferrocene derivative via Pd-NBE relay catalysis. He did an internship at IIT Bombay under Prof. Debabrata Maiti where he worked on fluoroalkenylation of aryls. During his free time, he enjoys writing poems, drinking chai, watching bollywood movies and gram scale biryani synthesis!

Rajdip Chowdhury — Rajdip Chowdhury
Postdoctoral Researcher

PhD 2022, Stockholm University
Advisor: Abraham Mendoza

Rajdip grew up in a small Town Bankura in India. After finishing his M.Sc in Chemistry from Indian Institute of Technology Mumbai under the supervision of Prof. Rodney Fernandes he joined the research group of Prof. Debabrata Maiti where he worked on the development of C–H activation reactions. In 2017, he moved to Sweden to pursue his doctoral study from Stockholm University in the research group of Prof. Abraham Mendoza. His research was focused on the development of C–H and Si–H functionalization using redox-active diazocompounds and decarboxylative coupling. He obtained his PhD in 2022 and joined Sevov lab as a postdoctoral researcher in the same year. In his free time, he likes photography and cooking.

Volkan Akyildiz — Volkan Akyildiz
Visiting Scholar

Masters in Organic Chemistry, Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey

Advisor: Mustafa Yavuz Ergun

Volkan grew up in Bursa, Turkey. He received his B.S in Chemistry and M.Sc in Organic Chemistry from Dokuz Eylul Univrsity, Turkey. After his master’s, he started working as a research assistant at Ataturk University, Turkey. He is currently doing his Ph.D on 1,6-conjugate addition reactions under the supervision of Prof. Nurullah Saracoglu. In his free time, he enjoys cooking and watching movies.

Elizabeth Vrana — Elizabeth Vrana
Undergraduate Researcher

B.S. Class of 2024, The Ohio State University

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