Postdoctoral Researchers
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Rajani Thapa MagarI earned my PhD in Chemistry from the University of New Mexico in 2022. During my graduate studies, I specialized in examining the photophysical and photochemical properties of a new class of photo isomerizing Ruthenium polypyridyl sulfoxide complexes tethered with carbene moiety, as well as Iron polypyridyl complexes. I currently hold a postdoctoral position in Turro laboratory, at The Ohio State University where I investigate first row transition metals. |
Graduate Students
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Matt FortunatoI graduated from Florida International University in the fall of 2017 with a B.S in chemistry and a Certificate in Forensic Science. At FIU I worked on Complexation, Extraction, and Sensing of Hg(II) by Thioamide Ligands. I joined the Turro group in the spring of 2019. My current research involves the synthesis of heteroleptic dirhodium complexes with naphthyridine bridging ligands. |
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Jessie VandevordI graduated from Keene State College in the spring of 2018 with a B.S. in Chemistry and a minor in Biology. My undergraduate research focused on the synthesis of thiosemicarbazone metal complexes. I joined the Turro group in the spring of 2019, excited to study photochemical reactions. |
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Marilyn DunbarI graduated from Birmingham-Southern College in the spring of 2019 with a B.S. in Chemistry. My undergraduate work focused on studying the reduction process of trans-[tetrachlorobis(1H-indazole)ruthenate(III)] (KP1019) through a variety of spectroscopic methods. I joined the Turro group in the spring of 2020, where I am excited to study photochemical processes. |
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Spencer BurtonI graduated from the University of Indianapolis in the spring of 2021, with a B.S. in chemistry, alongside a biology minor. My undergraduate research dealt with phylogenetic and biogeographic studies of the cave dwelling arachnid genus Liocranoides. I joined the Turro group in January of 2022, where I look forward to studying inorganic photochemistry utilizing earth abundant metals. |
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Piyush GuptaI graduated from University of Delhi, India with BSc (H) in Chemistry in 2018 followed by a M.S. in chemistry from IIT Roorkee, India in 2020. At IITR, I worked on synthesizing and studying the photophysical properties of porphyrins. I joined the Turro group in spring of 2022 to study and learn more about photochemistry. I am a part of the energy sub-group and am presently working on dirhodium paddlewheel complexes for proton reduction. |
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Alexia SilvaI graduated from the University of São Paulo (USP) – Brazil with a B.S. in Chemistry and Biotechnology in 2016. During my Masters (2017-2019) I worked on ruthenium phthalocyanines attached to lanthanide-doped up-conversion nanoparticles to perform activation of the metallic complex after absorption in near infra-red region to further application in Photodynamic Therapy. I joined the Turro group in the Fall of 2021 and my current research focus is on ruthenium complexes with pi-extended ligands and its photochemical properties regarding DNA interaction. |
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Santana P. GarciaI graduated from Regis University in the spring of 2022, where I received by B.S. with Honors in Biochemistry, and completed the Honors Program. In my undergraduate research I studied the mechanism of cell death by photodynamic therapies by investigating the binding mode of therapies. I joined the Turro lab in January 2023 and look forward to studying photophysical processes. |
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Taylor MatthewsI graduated from Eastern Kentucky University with a B.S. in Chemistry in 2019, followed by a M.S. in Chemistry in 2022. My previous graduate research focused on determining structure-property relationships in novel redox-active small molecules for use in redox flow batteries. I joined the Turro group in the spring of 2023, where my research focuses on studying molybdenum sulfide photocathodes coupled to H2 evolution catalysts. |
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Rachel StechschulteI graduated from North Carolina State University in the spring of 2022 with a B.S. in Chemistry and a minor in renewable energy assessment. My undergraduate research focused using on low-energy light and a variety of quenchers to excite zinc tetraphenylphorhryin to be able to use it as a photocatalyst. I joined the Turro group in January 2023, where I look forward to studying ligand-to-ligand charge transfer using first-row transition metals. |
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Erin RameyI graduated from Hope College in the spring of 2022 with a B.S in chemistry. At Hope I worked on Polymer-Supported Oxygen Atom Transfer Reagents. I joined the Turro group in the spring of 2023. My current research involves the synthesis of earth abundant metal complexes for hydrogen evolution. |
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Brian FergusonI graduated from Colorado School of Mines in the winter of 2022 with a B.S. in Chemistry. My undergraduate research focused on computational studies of functionalized biomolecules for photocatalytic use in two electron reduction processes. I joined the Turro group in the spring of 2024 and am currently working on dirhodium complexes for proton reduction. |
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Ivy LiI graduated from the University of Mississippi in the spring of 2022 with a B.S. in chemistry. My undergraduate research was in the synthesis, application, and characterization of organic strong photooxidants for applications in water oxidation. I joined the Turro Group in January 2024 where I will be working on single molecule photocatalyzed proton reduction via dirhodium paddlewheel complexes. |
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Sukh SinghI graduated from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) in the spring of 2023 with a B.S. in Chemistry. My undergraduate research focused on studying the photophysical properties of functionalized NU-1000 MOFs for the decontamination of chemical warfare agents. I joined the Turro group in January of 2023 and look forward to studying ruthenium complexes toward photochemotherapeutic applications. |