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Principal Investigator
Julia V. Zaikina
Associate Professor, August 2023 - current
APS User Organization Steering Committee Member
SNS-HFIR User Group Executive Committee Member
Chair-elect Solid-State Subdivision American Chemical Society Division of Inorganic Chemistry
Postdoctoral Fellow (2012-2017), UC Davis (Advisors: Prof. Susan M. Kauzlarich and Prof. Alexandra Navrotsky)
Postdoctoral Fellow (2008-2010), Florida State Univeristy (Adivisor: Prof. Susan E. Latturner)
Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry (2005-2008) (Advisor: Prof. Andrei V. Shevelkov), Moscow State University, Russia
Ph.D. in solid state chemistry (2005-2008) (Advisor: Prof. Juri Grin) Max-Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids (MPI-CPfS), Germany
M.S., B.S. (2000-2005) Moscow State University (Moscow, Russia)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8755-1926Graduate Students
Thomas Seymour-Cozzini
5th year Graduate Student
B.S. in Chemistry, San Jose State University (2019)
tcozzini@iastate.edu
Willie (William) Josul
3rd year Graduate Student (co-advised with Prof. Aaron Rossini)
B.S. in Materials Chemistry, Winona State University, Winona, MN (2022)
wjosul@iastate.edu
Nisaga Prathibhani W. Wanigasekara Wanniachchig
2nd year Graduate Student
B.S. Chemistry, (2023)
nisaga@iastate.edu
Sashini Bandara
1st year Graduate Student
B.Sc. (Honors) in Chemistry, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka (2022)
sashinib@iastate.edu
Undergraduate Students
Spencer Gard
Undergarduate Student, Chemistry, ISU
expected graduation date: May 2026
Parinda Ratnayake
Undergarduate Student, Chemistry, ISU
expected graduation date: Fall 2027
Group Alumni
Dr. Volodymyr Gvozdetskyi
Postdoctoral Researcher (2018-2021)Dr. Abhijit Bera
Postdoctoral Researcher (2022-2024)Dr. Tori Cox
Ph.D. in Chemistry (November 2022)Dr. Adedoyin (Nife) Adeyemi
Ph.D. in Chemistry (July 2022)Dr. Aishwarya Mantravadi
Ph.D. in Chemistry (July 2024)Brittany Courteau
MS. in Chemistry (November 2021)Sandita Das (2022-2024)
MS. in Chemistry (November 2021)Kristian Shipley
Undergraduate Student, Chemistry, ISUCale Bangs
Undergraduate Student, Chemical Engineering, ISUIrina Pogorelko
Undergraduate Student, Chemical Engeneering, ISUKaden Osborn
Undergraduate Student, Chemistry, ISU
Paul Oftedahl
2nd year Graduate Student
B.S. in Chemistry, Arizona State University, AZ (2022)
B.Mus. in Organ, Arizona State University, AZ (2022)
oftedahl@iastate.edu
Mahmudul Islam Rain
2nd year Graduate Student
B.S. in Chemistry, Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh (2021)
mrain1@iastate.edu
Md Rubel Hossen
1st year Graduate Student
B.S. in Chemistry, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh (2021)
mrhossen@iastate.edu
Bradyn Weaver
Undergarduate Student, Chemistry, ISU
expected graduation date: Fall 2025
Quinn Madine
Undergarduate Student, Kinesiology, ISU
expected graduation date: Spring 2026
Dr. Sangki Hong
PhD in Chemistry, May 2021Dr. Gourab Bhaskar
PhD in Chemistry, July 2022Margarita Clemente
Undergarduate Student, Chemistry, ISUMark Bertolami
Undergarduate Student, Chem. & Animal Ecology, ISURyan Dreher
Undergarduate Student, Chemistry, ISUMeet Patel
Undergarduate Student, Chemistry, ISUZeina Miari
Undergarduate Student, Chemistry, ISUNoah Balta
Undergarduate Student, Chemistry, ISUVittal Kamal
Undergarduate Student, Chemistry, ISURae Earnest
Undergarduate Student, Chemistry, ISUContact: Hach Hall, Office 2110, Lab 2221 Chemistry Department Iowa State University Ames, IA 50011-1021 yzaikina@iastate.edu