April 2012
At the Petersheim Academic Expo, April 2010:
Graduate Students: Name: |
Status: |
Research Project: |
Gabe Graffius |
Part-time (Merck) |
Pseudomorphic transitions of pore structure of meosporous silicas. |
Kyle Eckenroad |
Part-time (Merck) |
Preparation and characterization of the shell silicas with ordered mesopores. |
Karthik Jayaraman |
Part-time (Bristol-Myers) |
Adsoprtion and wetting study of fluorinated mesoporous silicas. Improving drug solubility through incorporation in mesoporous silicas. |
Margaret Figus |
Part-time (Merk), joined supervision with Dr. Kazakevich |
Fundamental adsorption studies at solid-liquid interfaces. |
Alvin Persad | Part-time (matriculated) | Phase-transition of Drug Polymorphs Incorporated in Nanoporous Silicas. |
Undergraduate Student: |
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Ivanna Khmelynskaya |
Senior |
Characterization of Surface Functionalized Ordered Mesoporous Silicas. |
Ph.D. alumni:
Steve Marcinko, Ph.D. 2004. Best graduate student of the year (Petersheim Award);
Roy Helmy, Ph.D. 2005. Best graduate student of the year (Petersheim Award);
Susan D'Andrea, Ph.D. 2005. Best graduate student of the year (Petersheim Award);
Frank Bernardoni, Ph.D. 2010. Best graduate student of the year (Petersheim Award);
Edwin Vega, Ph.D. 2011. Best graduate student of the year (Petersheim Award).
Group in 2007: