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Recent Graduate Spotlight: Congratulations to Dr. Alex Milder<\/strong>! Next stop > University of Liverpool (Post Doc @ Rosseinsky Lab)!<\/h1>\n\n\n
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I graduated from Haverford College in 2018 with a B.S. in Chemistry. Throughout my undergraduate career, I studied organically templated inorganic materials and worked on the Dark Reactions Project, a machine learning approach to materials discovery, with Dr. Alex Norquist. Since joining the Woodward group in 2019, I have been researching new data-driven approaches to the discovery of novel ferroelectric perovskites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email: milder.3(at)osu.edu
ORCID: 0000-0002-3143-1482<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations to Dr. Becky Haight<\/strong>! Next stop > Honeywell!<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Becky Haight<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n
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I graduated from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 2019 with a B.S. in Chemistry. My undergraduate research under Dr. Thomas Rauchfuss involved synthesizing iron- and ruthenium-based active sites of hydrogenase compounds. After developing an interest in solid-state materials, I came to The Ohio State University to work under Dr. Woodward in 2019. I currently work on manipulating ground state magnetism in thin-film perovskite materials through epitaxial strain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haight.22(at)osu.edu
ORCID: 0000-0002-3971-2967<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Emma Pollock<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n
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Hi, I\u2019m Emma! I came to Ohio State in August of 2020 after graduating from Westminster College (PA) with a B.S in Chemistry. While there, I worked with Dr. Pete Smith on a variety of projects including rare earth element extractions from deep eutectic solvents and synthesis of 1D coordination polymer catalysts. I also spent some time at the Idaho National Lab, where I worked under Dr. Mary Case on chemical-mediated rare earth metallization. I joined the Woodward lab in December of 2020 and am excited to be working with perovskite oxides.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email: pollock.339(at)osu.edu
ORCID: 0000-0001-9840-7631<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Graduate Students:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Cierra Foster<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n
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I graduated from Oklahoma City University in 2021 with a B.S. in Chemistry and Mathematics. During my undergraduate, I worked on the mechanical buckling of elastomers for improved adaptive materials. I joined the Woodward lab in December 2021 and I am happy to be working with hexagonal perovskite oxides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email: foster.1400(at)osu.edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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David Liu<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n
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Hi, I am David Liu. I graduated from the Ohio State University with a B.S. in Biochemistry in 2020. Throughout my undergrad, I worked with Dr. Patrick Woodward on the photoluminescence of halide perovskites. In the Fall of 2021, I decided to continue my academic pursuits in the Woodward Lab. My research is driven by the desire for a more environmentally conscious and sustainable future. As a result, I am also a member of the NSF EmPOWERment program at Ohio State under the mentorship of Dr. Anne Co: to supplement my research with energy field related policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email: liu.6002(at)osu.edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ye Wang<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n
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I graduated from the Ohio State University with a B.S. degree in Chemistry. During my undergraduate studies, I worked in Dr. Woodward’s group on double perovskites and photoluminescence of the hydrated phase derivatives of perovskites. I continued my study in this group in 2022 as a graduate student and I am currently focusing on metal oxyfluorides and RP phase perovskites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email: wang.11573(at)osu.edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Morgan Griffith<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Kelsey Blechen<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n
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I graduated from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo in 2025 with a B.S. in Chemistry. While at my undergrad, I studied the photochemistry of dithiocarboxylates. I also did research at the Army Research Lab at the Adelphi Lab Center under the Energy Sciences Division. I joined the Woodward group in December 2025 and I\u2019m excited to be working with halide perovskites.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Email: Blechen.1(at)osu.edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mayada <\/strong>Al-Ahmad<\/h1>\n\n\n
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Hi, I\u2019m Mayada! I received my B.S. in Materials Chemistry from Central Michigan University. During my co-op at the Dow Chemical Company, I worked within R&D analytical sciences and hybrid polymers, contributing to research that culminated in a patented PEDS ring opening polymerization technology. Now in the Woodward Group, I study mixed anion compounds, with a particular interest in how multiple anions shape structure and properties when they coexist within a single lattice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Email: Al-ahmad.4(at)buckeyemail.osu.edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dilhan Jayasinghe<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Brendan Beck<\/h5>\n\n\n
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