SUSLICK GROUP MEMBERS

Chemical Effects of Ultrasound
Bioinorganic Chemistry of Heme Proteins
Undergraduate Research Assistants

Table of All Suslick Group Members

 

Chemical Effects of Ultrasound, Sonoluminescence, & Mechanochemistry:

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Oleg Abramov

Professor, Russian Academy of Sciences;
Director of Research, Institute for Inorganic and General Chemistry.
Visiting Professor, UIUC, 1994.

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Jin-Ho Bang

B.S., M.S. Seoul National University, 2001. Ph.D., UIUC, "Nanostructured Materials Prepared with Ultrasound", 2008.
Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Notre Dame (P. Kamat), 2008 - .

Rachel Campbell

Rachel Campbell

B.S., Austin Peay State University,2007.
M.S., UIUC, 2010.
Instructor, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL.

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Dominick J. Casadonte, Jr.

B.Sc., Case Western Reserve University, 1980.
Ph.D., Purdue University, 1984 (D. McMillin).
Postdoctoral Associate, UIUC, 1984-1986.
Professor, Texas Tech University.

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Seok-Burm Choe

B.Sc., Seoul National University, Korea.
Ph.D., Kansas State University (K. Klabunde).
Postdoctoral Associate, UIUC, 1987-8.
Professor, Kei-Mgung University, Taegu, Korea.

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Richard Jun-Hong Chou

B.S., National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, 1982.
Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1995.
Staff Scientist, Merck Pharmaceuticals

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Andrzej A. Cichowlas

Postdoctoral Associate, UIUC, 1991-1994.
Research Scientist, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw.

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Gennady Dantsin

B.S., State Univ. of New York, Binghamton, 1996. Ph.D., UIUC, "Ultrasound Mediated Synthesis of Catalytic and Polymeric Materials", 2001.
Staff Scientist, Air Products, NJ

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Arul Dhas

B.S., Madurai Kamaraj University, 1988.
Ph.D., Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 1994.
Postdoctoral Associate, Bar-Illan University, Israel, 1995-1998. Postdoctoral Associate, UIUC, 1998-2001.
Staff Scientist, Novellus Systems, San Jose, CA

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Elizabeth Dibbern

B.S., Univ. of Nebraska, 2002.
Ph.D., UIUC, "Core-Shell Microspheres for Biomedical Applications", 2007.
Staff Scientist, Tate and Lyle Corp., IL

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Yuri Didenko

B.S., M.S., Moscow State University, 1970-75.
Ph.D., Moscow State University, 1985.
Head of Laboratory, Pacific Oceanological Institute,Vladivostok, Russia. Postdoctoral Associate, Visiting Professor, UIUC. 1999 - 2005.
Founder, UT Dots, Champaign, IL.

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Steven J. Doktycz

B.Sc., UIC, 1984.
Ph.D., UIUC, "Effects of Ultrasound on Solid-Liquid Reactions," 1989.
T. S. Piper Thesis Research Prize, UIUC, 1989.
Staff Scientist, Dow Chemical Co.
Chief Financial Officer, ANGUS (Dow subsidiary), 1999 - .

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Theodore Dolter

B.Sc., St. Louis University.
M.S., University of Illinois.
Professor, Southwestern Illinois College

Scott Dunkle

Scott Dunkle

B.S., TCU, 2006.
M.S., UIUC, 2009.
Teacher, Dubiski Career High School.

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Nathan Eddingsaas

B.S., University of Wisconsin, 2003.
Ph.D., UIUC, "Mechanoluminescence & Sonoluminescence from Acoustic Cavitation", 2008.
Postdoctoral Research Assoicate, California Institiute of Technology
Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology

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Arash Ekhtiarzadeh

B.S., University of Scranton, 1997. Ph.D., UIUC, "Synthesis, Characterization and Evaluation of Sonochemically Generated Materials", 2001.
Staff Scientist, Bettis National Laboratory, Pittsburgh

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Mingming Fang

B.S., M.S., Beijing University, 1987-1990.
Ph.D., UIUC, "Catalytic and Magnetic Properties of Nanostructured Materials Generated by Ultrasound," 1995.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Pennsylvania State University (Mallouk). Staff Scientist, Cabot Corp.

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David Flannigan

B.S., University of Minnesota, 2001.
Ph.D., UIUC, "Physical and Chemical Conditions During Single Bubble Sonoluminescence" 2006.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, California Institute of Technology (Zewail).

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Edward B. Flint

B.Sc., Kenyon College, 1983.
Ph.D., UIUC, "Spectroscopic Studies of Sonoluminescence," 1989.
Postdoctoral Associate, Professor H. Suhr, Tubingen, Germany.
Professor, Bradley University.

Maria Fortunato

Maria Fortunato

B.S., Penn State, 2006.
Ph.D., UIUC, "Ultrasound Assisted Synthesis and Processing of Carbon Materials," 2011.

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Chanchal K. Ghosh

B.Sc., M.S., University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1975.
Ph.D., University of Alberta, 1989.
Staff Scientist, Fabric & Hard Surface Technology, Procter and Gamble Company.

Jinrui Guo

Jinrui Guo

B.S., Jilin University, 2009.
Ph.D., UIUC, 2014
Staff Scientist, Advanced Materials

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Mark W. Grinstaff

A.B., Occidental College, 1987.
Ph.D., UIUC, "The Sonochemical Synthesis of Inorganic and Biological Materials," 1992.
T. S. Piper Thesis Research Prize, UIUC, 1991.
NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, H. G. Gray, California Institute of Technology.
ACS Nobel Laureate Signature Awardee, 1994.
Professor, Department of Chemistry, Boston University.

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Lev Grundel

Ph.D., M.S., Moscow University, 1983
Postdoctoral Associate, UIUC, 1991.
Staff Scientist, Great Lakes Analytical, Chicago.

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David A. Hammerton

B.Sc., Southern Connecticut State College, 1981.
Ph.D., UIUC, "The Site and Nature of Sonochemical Reactivity," 1987.
Staff Scientist, Rohm and Haas, Inc.
Technical Manager, UCB Chemicals.

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Shin-ichi Hatanaka

B.S., M.S., Nagoya University, 2013.
Asst. Prof., University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo.

Richard Helmich

Richard Helmich

B.S., University of Florida, 2005.
Ph.D., UIUC, "Aerosol Synthesis of Energetic Materials," 2010.
Staff Scientist, U.S. Dept. of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration.

Jordan J. Hinman

B.S., Bradley University, 2013.
Ph.D., UIUC, 2018, "Control of Micro- and Nanostructure: I. Polymer Gas Chromatography Microcolumns; II. Applications of Ultrasound"
Staff Scientist, Intel Corp.

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Stephen D. Hopkins B.S., Washington and Lee, 2000.

Ph.D., UIUC, "Exploring the Limits of Cavitation", 2006.
Staff Scientist, Intel Corp.

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Kathleen A. (Kemper) House

B.Sc., M.S., Illinois State University, 1989.
Ph.D., UIUC, "Sonoluminescence As a Probe of Cavitation", 1994.
Professor, Illinois Wesleyan University.

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Taeghwan Hyeon

B.S., M.S., Seoul National University, 1991.
Ph.D., UIUC, "Nanostructured Catalytic and Magnetic Materials: Sonochemical Synthesis and Characterization", 1996.
T. S. Piper Thesis Research Prize, UIUC, 1996.
Posdoctoral Research Associate, Northwestern University (W. Sachler), 1996-97.
Professor, Seoul National University, Korea.

Brandon Ito

Brandon Ito

B.S., Franklin & Marshall College, 2009.
M.S., UIUC, 2011.
High School Instructor, Boston, MA.

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Robert E. Johnson

B.Sc., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1977.
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1981 (L. Dahl).
Postdoctoral Associate, UIUC, 1983-84.
Staff Scientist, HOECHST Celanese Inc.


Howard Kim

Howard Kim

B.S., Hanyang U., 2000; M.S., Pohang Inst. Sci. & Tech., 2002.
Researcher, Samsung SDI Co., 2003-7
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,"Ultrasonic Synthesis of Materials for Energy Conversion Devices", 2012.
Researcher, Samsung SDI Co.

Hyo Na Kim

Hyo Na Kim

B.S., M.S., Ewha University, 2012.
Ph.D., UIUC, 2017, "Sonocrystallization and sonofragmentation"

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Kenneth Kolbeck

B.S., University of New Mexico, 1991.
Ph.D., "Biomedical Applications of Protein Microspheres", University of Illinois, 1999.
M.D., University of Illinois, 2000.
Radiology Resident, Dartmouth Medical School, 2000- .

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Keith S. Kostecka

B.Sc., Illinois Benedictine College, 1982. M.S., UIUC, 1985.
D.Ed., UIUC at Chicago, 1990.
Professor, Columbia College, Chicago.

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Gregory Kufner

B.S., Illinois Wesleyan, 1995.
Ph.D., "Production and Surface Modification of Protein Microspheres," University of Illinois, 2000.
Staff Scientist, Abott Pharmaceuticals.

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Dong-Kyu Lee

Professor, Department of Industrial Chemical Engineering, Chungbuk National University, South Korea
Visiting Scholar, UIUC, 2003.

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Cathy Lee

B.S., Seoul National University, 2005. M.S., UIUC, 2007.

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William B. McNamara III

B.S., University of California, Santa Barbara.
Ph.D., UIUC, "Spectroscopic Studies of Multi-Bubble and Single-Bubble Sonoluminescence " 2002.

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Millan M. Mdleleni

B.Sc., University of Fort Hare (S. Africa), 1987.
Ph.D., Univ. of California at Santa Barbara, 1995.
Postdoctoral Associate, Univ. of Illinois, 1995-98.
Staff Scientist, Sasol Industries, S.A.

Yurun Miao

Yurun Miao

B.S., Nanjing University, 2012.
Ph.D., UIUC, 2017, "Mechanochemistry of Metal-Organic Frameworks under Compression"
Postodoctoral Associate, Johns Hopkins University

Nitin Neelakantan

Nitin Neelakantan

B.S., U.C. Irvine, 2012.
Ph.D., UIUC, 2017, "Functionalized Silicone Composites: Omniphobic Coatings, Microspheres and Plastic Explosives"
Director of Product Development, Algenesis Materials

John Overcash

John Overcash

B.S., Duke University, 2008.
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2013, "Microstructured Materials Synthesis via Salt-Assisted Ultrasonic Spray Pyrolysis"
Lecturer, University of Illininois at Urbana-Champaign, 2013 - 2016.
Assistant Professor of Chemistry at The University of Tennessee at Martin, 2016 - .

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James D. Oxley

B.S., Texas Christian University, 1998.
Ph.D., UIUC, "Environmental Applications of Ultrasound", 2003.
Research Scientist, Southwestern Research Institute.

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Christian Petrier

Ph.D., Laboratoire de Photochemie U.S.M., Grenoble, 1982
Postdoctoral Associate, UIUC, 1988-89
Professor, ESIGEC/Universite de Savoie, France.

Sandra Cabañas Polo

Sandra Cabañas Polo

Ph.D., Instituto de CerĂ¡mica y Vidrio, CSIC, Madrid, 2011.

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Tanya Prozorov

M.S., Bar-Ilan University, 1998.
Ph.D., UIUC, "Applications of High Intensity Ultrasound for Advanced Materials," 2004.


Darya Radziuk

Darya Radziuk

B.S., Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus, 2004.
Ph.D., Max-Planck Inst. of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany (Prof. Helmuth Möhwald), 2007-2010.
Postdoctoral Research Associate, UIUC, 2011-2013.
Staff Scientist, Max-Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany.

Jackie Rankin

Jackie Rankin

B.S., Kansas State University, 2011.
Ph.D., UIUC, "Silicone Microspheres and Disposable Separation Technology for Gaseous Analytes,"
Technical Manager, Materials Engineering, Honeywell FM & T.

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Annabeth Ryder

B.S., Indiana University, 2002.
M.S., UIUC, "Properties of Sonochemically Producted Oxidative Dehydrogneation Catalysts", 2006
Staff Scientist, Owens-Corning Corp.

John Sander

John R. G. Sander

B.S., North Dakota State University, 2006.
Ph.D., University of Iowa, 2013.
Postdoc, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2013 - 2014.
Asst. Prof., Simpson College.

Maryam Sayyah


Maryam Sayyah


B.S., Sharif Univ. of Technology, Tehran, 2007.
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2014.
Research Scientist, AD-AES.

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Sara Skrabalak

B.A., Washington Univ., 2002.
Ph.D., UIUC, "Porous Materials Prepared by Ultrasonic Spray Pyrolysis", 2007.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Washington (Y. Xia)
Asst. Prof., Indiana University, Bloomington, 2009 - .

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Paul F. Schubert

B.Sc., University of Arkansas, 1978.
Ph.D., UIUC, "Sonochemistry of Some Metal Carbonyl Complexes," 1982. First Group Thesis!
Vice-President of Research & Development Syntroleum Corp., Tulsa
Chief Operating Officer, Velocys, Inc.,Columbus, OH

Zhi Su

Zhi Su

Ph.D., Nanjing University, 2010.
Postdoc, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2010-2012 (Martin Newcomb)
Postdoc, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2012 - 2017.
Asst. Professor, Nanjing Normal University

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Won Hyuk Suh

B.S., M.S., Seoul National Univ., 2002.

Ph.D., UIUC, "Nanoparticles and Microspheres with Ultrasonic Spray Pyrolysis" 2007).
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of California Santa Barbara (G. Stucky)

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Gregory Szewczyk

B.A., Northwestern University, 1995.
Ph.D., "Disulfide Crosslinking in Protein Microspheres", University of Illinois, 2000.
Staff Scientist, Colgate-Palmolive, N.J.

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Farah Jean-Jacques Toublan

B.S., M.S., SUNY-Stony Brook, 2000.
Ph.D., "Methods to Tailor Protein Microspheres for Biomedical Applications", UIUC, 2005.
Staff Scientist, General Electric Corporate Research, N.Y.

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Hau H. Wang

B.Sc., National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, 1975.
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1981, (L. Pignolet).
Postdoctoral Associate, UIUC, 1981-83.
Staff Scientist, Argonne National Laboratory.

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Mike Wong

B.S., University of Tulsa, 1991.
Ph.D., Univ. of Illinois, "Sonochemically Produced Proteinaceous Microspheres," 1996.
V.P. of R&D, Henkel Chemicals.

Hangxun Xu

Hangxun Xu

B.S., University of Science and Technology of China, 2006.
Ph.D., UIUC, "Chemical & Physical Effects of Ultrasound: Sonoluminescence and Materials" 2011.
Postdoc, UIUC, John Rogers, MatSE, 2012-2013.
Asst. Prof., University of Science and Technology of China.

Sizhu You


Sizhu You


B.S., Wuhan University, 2009.
Ph.D., UIUC, 2015, "Ultrasonic Hotspots in Solids"
Sr. Resarch Engineer, Saint-Gobain Corp.

Yinan Zhang

Yinan Zhang

B.S., Fudan University, 2011.
Ph.D., UIUC, "Colorimetric Sensor Array for Identification of Fungi & Ultrasonic Spray Synthesis for Supercapacitor Materials," 2015.
Process Engineer, Applied Materials

Brad Zeiger

Brad Zeiger

B.S., Western Washington University, 2007.
Ph.D., UIUC, "Bubbles and Crystals: Time-Resolved Sonoluminescence, Sonocrystallization, and Sonofragmentation" 2012.
Senior Scientist, Intel Corp.


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Colorimetric Sensors and the Bioinorganic Chemistry of Heme Proteins & Metalloporphyrins:

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Francis V. Acholla

B.Sc., University of Nairobi, Kenya.
Ph.D., University of Kansas, 1985 (K. B. Mertes).
Postdoctoral Associate, UIUC, 1985-86.
Assistant Professor, University of Nairobi, 1985-91.
Senior Research Chemist, Rohm & Haas.

Jon Askim

Jon Askim

B.S., Western Washington University, 2008.
Ph.D., UIUC, 2015, "Portable Colorimetric Sensor Array Technology"
Staff Scientist, NIST

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Mark D. Ball

B.S., Purdue University, 1982.
Ph.D., Iowa State University, 1987 (J. A. Olson).
Postdoctoral Associate, UIUC, 1988-90.
Professor of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering,
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.

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Jie Bai

B.S., Beijing University, 2002.
M.S., UIUC, "Colorimetric Sensor Array for Analysis of Coffee", 2004.

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David Benson

B. A., Goshen College, 1990.
Ph.D., UIUC, "New Intermediates of Cytochrome P450" 1997. (with Steve Sligar)
Postdoctoral Associate, Duke University.
Asst. Professor, Wayne State University.

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Puttaiah Bhyrappa

B.S., M.S., Bangalore University, 1986
Ph.D., Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 1991.
Postdoctoral Associate, Univ. So. Cal., , 1991-93.
Postdoctoral Associate, Univ. of Illinois, 1994-97.
Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.

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Mala Bhyrappa

B.S., M.S., Bangalore University, 1991
Ph.D., Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 1996.
Postdoctoral Associate, Univ. of Illinois, 1997.

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Chin-Ti Chen

B.S., Tamkang University, Taiwan, 1978.
M.S., National Taiwan University, 1982.
Ph.D., UIUC, "Porphyrins & Metalloporphyrins as Field Responsive Materials," 1992.
Postdoctoral Associate, S. Marder, California Institute of Technology.
Research Faculty, Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taiwan.

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Homer Chou

B.S. University of Chicago, 1989.
Ph.D., UIUC, "Porphyrins as Second Order Nonlinear Optical Materials," 1995.
T. S. Piper Thesis Research Prize, UIUC, 1995.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Northwestern University.
Staff Scientist, Cabot Corp., Aurora

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Bruce R. Cook

B.S., Hope College, 1981.
Ph.D., UIUC, "Shape Selective Oxidation of Hydrocarbons," 1986.
Staff Scientist, Exxon Research and Engineering.

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Daniel R. English

B.S., Ohio State University, 1979.
Ph.D., UIUC, "Synthetic Fe Porphyrins as Models for Heme Proteins" (w/ D. N. Hendrickson), 1984.
Unit Director, Eastman Kodak Company.

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Ming Fang

B.S., Jilin University, 1998.
M.S., Jilin University, 2001.
Ph.D., UIUC, "Synthesis and Coordination Complexes of Bis-Pocket Siloxyporphyrins and a Four Coordinate Fe(III) Porphyrin", 2008.
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Irvine

Liang Feng

Liang Feng

B.S., Wuhan University, 2000.
Ph.D., Wuhan University 2005.
2005-2007, UIUC, Postdoc. Res. Assoc.(Paul C. Lauterbur)
Assoc. Prof., Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics

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Mary M. Fox

B.S., Indiana University-Evansville, 1978.
Ph.D., UIUC, "A Bis-Pocket Porphyrin," 1983.
Staff Scientist, Procter & Gamble Corp, retired.

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Philip Gorlin

B.S., University of Texas at Austin, 1989.
Ph.D., UIUC, "Metalloporphyrin Sandwich Complexes," 1994. (with Greg Girolami)
Staff Scientist, Colgate Palmolive

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Christopher L. Hein

B.S., University of Colorado at Boulder, 1992.
Ph.D., UIUC, "Photosynthetic Reaction Center Analogs", 1997 (with Greg Girolami)
Staff Scientist, General Electric Corp.

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David Huffman

M.S., Illinois State University, 1988.
Ph.D., UIUC, "Oligopeptide-Heme Complexes," 1993.
NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, T. O'Halloran, Northwestern University, 1993-1997.
Staff Academic Professional, Northwestern University, 1997-2000. Assoc. Professor, Western Michigan University

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Amy Hribar

B.S., UIUC.
Ph.D., UIUC, Libary Science, 2002
Librarian, Cell Biology & Neuroscience, Montana State University

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Crystal Ingison

B.A., Albion College, 2003
M.S., UIUC, 2006, "Colorimetric Array Sensing: Detection of VOCs, TICs, and Bacterial Metabolites"
Mayo Clinic

Minseok Jang

Minseok Jang

B.S., Harvey Mudd College, 2008.
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, "Colorimetric Sensor Arrays with a Pre-Oxidation Method for Gaseous Analytes", 2012.
Research Scientist, LG Chemicals, Korea.

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Michael Janzen

B.S.,University of Manitoba, 1996.
Ph.D.,Univ. of Western Ontario, 2001.
Postdoctoral Associate, UIUC, 2003-5.
Apotex Fermentation Inc., Winnipeg, Manitoba

Wei Jiang

Wei Jiang

B.S., M.S., Jinlin University, 2004.
Ph.D., University of New Mexico, 2009.
Postdoc, UIUC, 2010.
Postdoc, Stanford University, 2011- .

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Vijay K. Joshi

B.Sc., Punjab University, 1969. M.Sc., University of Jodhpur, 1971.
Ph.D. and Postdoctoral Associate, SUNY Buffalo, 1987 (J. H. Wang).
Postdoctoral Associate, UIUC, 1987-8.
Staff Scientist, Reheis Chemical Co.

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Warren A. Kaplan

B.S., Brandeis University, 1984.
Ph.D., UIUC, "Ligand Binding to Ni Porphyrins and F430," 1989.
Staff Scientist, Shell Corporate Research.
Research Chemist, Stepan Company.

Jonathan Kemling

Jonathan Kemling

B.S., Michigan Tech, 2006.
Ph.D., UIUC, "Artificial and Mammalian Olfaction", 2011
Staff Scientist, 3M

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Michael G. Kinnaird

B.S., Guilford College, 1979. Ph.D., University of North Carolina, 1983 (D. Whitten).
Postdoctoral Associate, University of Kyoto, 1984 (I. Tabushi).
Postdoctoral Associate, UIUC, 1984-86.
Staff Scientist, BASF Chemical Co.

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Margaret E. Kosal

B.S., University of Southern California, 1996.
Ph.D., UIUC, "Porphyrin Network Materials," 2001.
Staff Scientist, Office of the Deputy Assisteant to the Secretary of Defense, Pentagon.


Maria LaGasse

Maria LaGasse

B.S., St. Johns University, 2011.
Ph.D., UIUC, 2016, "Colorimetric Sensor Arrays: Development and Application to Art Conservation"
Senior Scientist, Novation iQ Corp.

Zheng Li

Zheng Li

B.S., Nanjing University, 2012.
Ph.D., UIUC, "Applications of a Hand-Held Optoelectronic Nose,"
Asst. Professor, Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University.

Sung H. Lim

Sung H. Lim

B.A., Northwestern University, 1997.
Ph.D., UIUC (Peter Beak), 2002.
Senior Res. Scientist, LG Chem, Daejeon, S. Korea, 2002-2006
Postdoctoral Associate, UIUC, 2007-2009.
iSense LLC, Palo Alto

Hengwei Lin

Hengwei Lin

B.S.,Zhengzhou University, 1999.
M.S., Changchun Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2002.
Ph.D., University of Siegen, Germany, 2007.
Postdoctoral Associate, Stanford University, 2007-2008.
Asst. Prof., Ningo Institute of Materials Technology & Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Morteza Mahmoudi

B.S., University of Tehran, 2002.
M.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran. Ph.D., Institute for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at Sharif University of Technology, 2009.
Postdoctoral Research, Pasteur Institute of Iran, 2009-2010. Visiting Scholar, UIUC, 2012-2013. Director of NanoBio Interaction Laboratory at Tehran University of Medical Science

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Stanley N. Milam

B.S., University of Texas at Austin, 1984.
Ph.D., UIUC "Actinide Porphyrin Chemistry," ( with G. Girolami) 1989.
Staff Scientist, Shell Chemical Co.

Chris Musto

Chris Musto

B.S., U. West Florida, 2006.
Ph.D., UIUC "Colorimetric Sensor Arrays for the Detection of Aqueous and Gaseous Analytes" 2010.
Staff Scientist, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

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Shirley Nakagaki

B.S., University of São Paulo, 1985; M.S., 1993.
Professor, Univ. Fed. do Paraná, Curitiba, 1992-.
Visiting Scholar, UIUC, 2002-2003.

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Saad N. Nemeh

B.S., University of Applied Chemistry, Syria, 1976.
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, 1984 (W. Kaska).
Postdoctoral Associate, UIUC, 1984-5.
Staff Scientist, Millennium Inorganic Chemicals, Baltimore.

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Bimal R. Patel

A.B., Occidental College, 1990.
Ph.D., UIUC, "Porphyrin Liquid Crystals," 1996.
Director, Global Color Technology, Sabic Innovative PlasticsGeneral Electric Corp., Evansville.

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Alicia Paterno

B.S., Ithaca College, 1996.
Ph.D., UIUC, "Supramolecular Porphyrin Assemblies: Photosynthetic Reaction Center Analogs and Porphyrin Networks", 2001.
Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Pittsburgh

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Neil Rakow

B.S., Colorado School of Mines, 1996.
Ph.D., UIUC, "A Metalloporphyrin-Based Colorimetric Nose: Smell-Seeing", 2001.
Staff Scientist, 3M, Minneapolis.

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Jennifer Beck Ralph

B.S., Ph.D., University of Queensland, Australia, 1983, 1987.
Postdoctoral Associate, UIUC, 1987-9 (joint with S. G. Sligar).
Research Scientist, Australian National University.

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Thomas J. Reinert

B.S., Iowa State University, 1979.
Ph.D., UIUC, "Mechanistic Probes of Heme Proteins" 1987.
Professor, Linfield College, Oregon.

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Michael Rosenblatt

B.S., Towson State University, 1992. Ph.D., UIUC, "Myoglobin Microspheres and Metalloporphyrin-Peptide Complexes", 2000. Postdoctoral Associate, U. Penn., W. DeGrado, 2000-03.
Director, Biotechnology Center, U. Penn.

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Avijit Sen

Ph.D., Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 1991.
Postdoctoral Research Associate, UIUC, 1999-2001.
Principal Scientist, Platypus Technology, Inc.

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Cynthia A. Smith

B.Sc., Kenyon College, 1978.
M.S., UIUC, 1981.
Regulatory Consultant, Lorton, VA.

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Dennis Smithenry

B.S., University of Illinois, 1989.
Ph.D., "Robust Microporous Metalloporphyrin Framework Solids", UIUC, 2004
Postdoctoral Associate, Stanford University

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Shawne Van Deusen-Jeffries

A.B., Occidental College, 1987.
M.S., UIUC, 1991.
Research Scientist, Eli Lilly.
Chemist, AMTX Products, Division of XEROX Inc.

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Jiangyun Wang

B.S., University of Science and Technology of China, 1998.
Ph.D., UIUC, "De Novo Hem Protein: Design, Synthesis, and Characterization", 2003
Postdoctoral Associate, Scripps Institute.
Prof., Academia Sinica, Beijing.

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Randall A. Watson

B.Sc., Indiana State University, 1986.
Ph.D., UIUC, "Photochemistry of Metalloporphyrins" 1990.
Section Head, Beijing Technical Center, Procter and Gamble Company.

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Jeremy J. Weaver

B.A., Gustavus Adolphus College, 2000.
Ph.D.,California Institute of Technology, 2005.
Visiting Lecturer, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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Jennifer Wilson Ponder

B.S., Ball State University, 2000.
Ph.D., UIUC, "Colorimetric Sensor Array" 2006.
Staff Scientist, Procter and Gamble Company.

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Chen Zhang

B.S., Peking University, 1999.
Ph.D., UIUC, "Colorimetric Sensor Arrays for Aqueous Analysis" 2006.
Staff Scientist, Schering-Plough Pharmaceuticals.

Yagang Zhang

Yagang Zhang

B.S.,Lanzhou University, 2000.
M.S., Xinjiang Technical Institute, CAS, 2003
Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 2010.
Postdoctoral Associate, University of Illinois, 2010-2013.

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Christopher Ziegler

A.B., Bowdoin College, 1992.
NSF Predoctoral Fellow, 1993-1996.
Ph.D., UIUC, "Ligand Studies of Group 8 Triad Metalloporphyrins," 1997.
Postdoctoral Associate, MIT, Steve Lippard.
Professor, University of Akron.


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Undergraduate Research Assistants:

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Eva Agha

B.A., Mt. Holyoke College, 2009

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Daniel P. Bailey

B.Sc., UIUC, "Artificial Olfaction by Colorimetric Sensor Arrays", 2006.
Graduate Student in Chemistry, Northwestern University.

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Jocelyn Bautista

B.Sc., UIUC, "Photochemistry of Manganese, Iron, and Chromium Porphyrin Oxoanion Complexes by Matrix Isolation" 1991.
M.D., Washington University, St. Louis, 1995.
Resident Doctor, Yale New Haven Hospital.

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Ann Burkybile

B.Sc., UIUC, "Synthesis and Characterization of Discotic Macrocycle Liquid Crystals," 1995.

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James Corbett

B.Sc., UIUC, 1982.
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1987.

Alberto Comazzi

Alberto Comazzi

B.S., University of Milan, 2012.

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Jennifer Cormack

Undergraduate Research Assistant, UIUC, Summer 1993.
B.Sc., California Institute of Technology, 1995.

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Peter Dorhout

B.Sc., UIUC, 1985.
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1989.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Iowa State University, 1989-91.
Professor, Colorado State University.

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Joann Eisenhart

B.Sc., UIUC, "Synthesis and Characterization of a "Bis-Pocket" Porphyrin, 1981.
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1986.
VP-HR, Pfizer.

Katy Filson

Katy Filson

B.S., UIUC, 2011.

Rachel Forman

Rachel Forman

B.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2013.

Samantha Fuchs

B.S., UIUC, 2015.

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Julie Katzenberger

B.Sc., University of Illinois, "The Synthesis of 5, 10, 15, 20-Tetrakis- (2, 4, 6-Triphenylphenyl) Porphyrin and the Effect of Hydrogen Bonding on FeTPP(1, 2-Me2 Im) (Co), 1984.
M.S., Colorado State University, 1995.
Technical Librarian, Colorado State University.

Hyunho Kang

Hyunho Kang

B.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2014.
Ph.D. candidate, University of Minnesota

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Melissa Lucarelli

B.Sc., UIUC.
M.D., University of Wisconsin.
Family Practice Resident, St. Mary's Hospital, Milwaukee.

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Eugene Mueller

B.Sc., UIUC, "Linkage of Bisporphyrin Complexes to Generate an Eight Coordinate, Chiral Molecule," 1987.
Ph.D., Harvard University.
Professor, University of Delaware.

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Kristin Musgrave

B.Sc., UIUC, "Special Pair Models: Bisporphyrin-Sandwich Quinone Complexes," 1995.
Graduate Student, Stanford Unversity.

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Shannon Nebolsky

B.Sc., UIUC, "A Novel Synthesis of 5, 10, 15, 20-Tetrakis- (2, 4, 6-Triphenylphenyl) Porphyrin: The "Bis-Pocket Porphyrin" 1987.
Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1995.
J.D., Northwestern University, 1996.
Patent Attorney, Welsh & Katz, Ltd., Chicago.

David Park

David Park

B.S.,University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2013.

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Erwin Park

B.S., UIUC, 2007.
Chemist, PPG, Inc., Pittsburgh

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Jennifer Plaszczynski

B.Sc., UIUC, "Polymeric Microspheres," 1994.
Graduate Student in Pharmacy, UIC.

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Dimitrii Rassokhin

B.Sc., Moscow Lomonosov State University, Dept. of Chemistry, 1983-88.
Non-matriculated Student, UIUC, 1995.
Ph.D., Moscow Lomonosov State University, 1996.

Tovah Schwartz

Tovah Schwartz

B.S., UIUC, 2012.

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Nicole Stewart

B.S., UIUC, 2002.
M.M.S., Physcian Asst., Midwestern University, 2005.

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Ben Suslick

University High School, Class of 2010.
B.S., California Institute of Technology, 2014.
Ph.D. candidate, University of California, Berkeley.

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Anita Yu

B.Sc., UIUC, "The Synthesis, Characterization and Photochemistry of Oxo(5, 10, 15, 20-Tetraphenylporphyrinato)Chromium (IV), 1989.
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1986.
Senior Scientist, Parke Davis Co.

Qifan Zhang

Qifan Zhang

B.S., University of Illinois, 2013.
Ph.D. candidate, MIT.


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Honorary Group Den Mother (retired):

Nasrin Gahvari

Nasrin Gahvari

B.A., Tehran University.
M.B.A., Cal State Northridge.
Suslick Group Administrator, 2007-2016

 

 




THE SCIENCE

THE GROUP THE MAÎTRE D' LAGNIAPPE:
A  LITTLE  EXTRA
Overview Suslick Group
Members
Full CV
List of Publications
with PDFs
Words of
Humor and
Wisdom
Research
Group
Description
Group
Photo
Galleries
Most
Cited
Publications
A Chemist
Meets Hollywood
Executive
Summary:
Sonochemistry
"The Seminar
on
Seminars"
A Chemist
In Court
Time Flies
Like a Banana
Executive
Summary:
Smell-Seeing
Safety
Resources
"Chymistes:
The Distillers
of Waters"
Laws of
the Universe
Introduction
to
Sonochemistry
Construction
of CLS
Expert Witness
& Consulting
Cartoons of
Humor and
Wisdom
Executive
Summary:
Metalloporph.
Press
Clippings
Publication
Cover Art
Sculpture
and
Masks

 

 

Message to
Former Group Members

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Nature Cover 2002


Science Cover 1990


Science Cover 1991


Accounts Cover 2018


MRS Cover 1995


Supramolecular Chemistry 1998


The Journal of Physical Chemistry 2006
 
Nature Cover 2002


Science Cover 1990


Science Cover 1991


Accounts Cover 2018


MRS Cover 1995


Supramolecular Chemistry 1998


The Journal of Physical Chemistry 2006