Principal Investigator:
C. Rose Kennedy, PhD [she/her]
James P. Wilmot Distinguished Assistant Professor of Chemistry (July 2024–present)
Assistant Professor of Chemistry (2020–present)
University of Rochester
email: c.r.kennedy@rochester.edu
Full CV
Graduate Students:
Daniel Akuamoah [he/him]
Graduate Student (G5)
2022 Sherman Clarke Fellowship
B.S. in Chemistry, 2020
KNUST (Ghana)
Hailemariam Mitiku [he/him]
Graduate Student (G5)
B.S. in Biochemistry, 2019
Bradley University (US)
Vivek G. Pillai [he/him]
Graduate Student (G5)
2023 Weissberger Memorial Fellowship
2022 Sherman Clarke Fellowship
BS/MS in Chemistry, 2021
IISER Thiruvananthapuram (India)
Manana Tsiskarishvili [she/her]
Graduate Student (G3)
2025 Lattimore Fellowship
2023 Sherman Clarke Fellowship
BS in Chemistry, 2023
San Diego State University – Georgia
Dilmi Samarasekara Witharana [she/her]
Graduate Student (G2)
MS in Chemistry, 2024
Helsinki University (Finland)
BS in Chemistry, 2022
University of Sri Jayewardenepura (Sri Lanka)
Jin Hyeok Yoon [he/him]
Graduate Student (G2)
2024 Provost Fellowship
2024 Sherman Clarke Fellowship
MS in Chemistry, 2023
California State University – Los Angeles (US)
BS in Biochemistry, 2015
University of California – Los Angeles (US)
Jessica Navarro Vega [she/her]
Graduate Student (G1)
M.S. in Chemical Sciences, 2024
B.S. in Chemistry, 2021
Universidad de Guanajuato (Mexico)
Abhishek Singh [he/him]
Graduate Student (G1)
MSc in Chemistry, 2025
IIT Jodhpur (India)
BSc in Chemistry, 2022
University of Lucknow (India)
Postdoctoral Researchers:
Bappaditya Goswami [he/him]
Postdoctoral Researcher (PD)
PhD in Chemistry, 2023
IISER Kolkata (India)
w/ Prof.s Subhas Samanta & Pradip Kumar Ghorai
Undergraduate Students:
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
Lab Mascots:
Cupric & Ferric
Lab Mascots (K9s)
Happy Dog Certificates, 2021/2022
Young Lion Training & Behavior