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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
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/0000-0002-8755-1926Postdoctoral Scholars
Dr. Abhijit Bera
co-advised with Prof. Matthew Panthani (CBE, ISU)
Ph.D. in Chemical Sciences, AcSIR, CSIR-National Chemical laboratory, Pune, India (2014 - 2021)
M.S. in Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, Chennai, India (2011 - 2013)
abhijitb@iastate.edu
Graduate Students
Aishwarya Mantravadi
5th year Graduate Student
B.S. in Chemistry, University of Mumbai, India (2015)
M.S. in Chemistry, University of Mumbai, India (2017)
amantra@iastate.edu
Sandita Das
1st year Graduate Student
B.S./M.S. in Chemistry, IISER Mohali, India (2020)
sandita9@iastate.edu
Willie (William) Josul
1st year Graduate Student (co-advised with Prof. Aaron Rossini)
B.S. in Materials Chemistry, Winona State University, Winona, MN (2022)
wjosul@iastate.edu
Undergraduate Students
Rae Earnest
Undergarduate Student, Chemistry, ISU
expected graduation date: May 2024
Group Alumni
Dr. Volodymyr Gvozdetskyi
Postdoctoral Researcher (2018-2021)Dr. Tori Cox
Ph.D. in Chemistry (November 2022)Dr. Adedoyin (Nife) Adeyemi
Ph.D. in Chemistry (July 2022)Brittany Courteau
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
Thomas Seymour-Cozzini
3rd year Graduate Student
B.S. in Chemistry, San Jose State University (2019)
tcozzini@iastate.edu
Paul Oftedahl
1st year Graduate Student
B.S. in Chemistry, B.Mus. in Organ, Arizona State University, AZ (2022)
oftedahl@iastate.edu
Mahmudul Islam Rain
1st year Graduate Student
B.S. in Chemistry, Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh (2021)
mrain1@iastate.edu
Vittal Kamal
Undergarduate Student, Chemistry, ISU
expected graduation date: May 2025
Bradyn Weaver
Undergarduate Student, Chemistry, ISU
expected graduation date: Fall 2025
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, ISUContact: Hach Hall, Office 2110, Lab 2221 Chemistry Department Iowa State University Ames, IA 50011-1021 yzaikina@iastate.edu