The Team

Daniel Akuamoah [he/him]
Graduate Student (G5)
2022 Sherman Clarke Fellowship
B.S. Chemistry, 2020 — KNUST (Ghana)

Hailemariam Mitiku [he/him]
Graduate Student (G5)
B.S. Biochemistry, 2019 — Bradley University

Vivek G. Pillai [he/him]
Graduate Student (G5)
2023 Weissberger Fellowship
2022 Sherman Clarke Fellowship
BS/MS Chemistry, 2021 — IISER Thiruvananthapuram

Manana Tsiskarishvili [she/her]
Graduate Student (G3)
2025 Lattimore Fellowship
2023 Sherman Clarke Fellowship
B.S. Chemistry, 2023 — SDSU Georgia

Dilmi Samarasekara Witharana [she/her]
Graduate Student (G2)
MS Chemistry, 2024 — Helsinki University
BS Chemistry, 2022 — University of Sri Jayewardenepura

Jin Hyeok Yoon [he/him]
Graduate Student (G2)
2024 Provost Fellowship
2024 Sherman Clarke Fellowship
MS Chemistry (2023) — CSULA
BS Biochemistry (2015) — UCLA

Jessica Navarro Vega [she/her]
Graduate Student (G1)
M.S. Chemical Sciences, 2024
B.S. Chemistry, 2021 — Universidad de Guanajuato

Abhishek Singh [he/him]
Graduate Student (G1)
MSc Chemistry, 2025 — IIT Jodhpur
BSc Chemistry, 2022 — University of Lucknow

Bappaditya Goswami [he/him]
Postdoctoral Researcher
PhD Chemistry, 2023 — IISER Kolkata
With Professors Subhas Samanta & Pradip Kumar Ghorai

Abe Ellenbogen [he/him]
Undergraduate Student Researcher
ACS DOC SURF Awardee (2024)
University of Rochester — Class of 2025

Matthew Gleason [he/him]
Undergraduate Student Researcher
UR Discover Grant Awardee (2024)
University of Rochester — Class of 2026

Zachary Paine [he/him]
Undergraduate Student Researcher
University of Rochester — Class of 2027

Annapurna Chakraborty [she/her]
Undergraduate Student Researcher
University of Rochester — Class of 2027

Cupric & Ferric
Lab Mascots (K9s)
Happy Dog Certificates (2021, 2022)
Young Lion Training & Behavior