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Group Members

We are a group of physical chemists interested in understanding reactivity and energy transfer at a molecular level to develop and refine predictive models. We welcome interested, enthusiastic, graduate students, undergraduate students and postdoctoral associates to join us. 

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Simon W. North

Principal Investigator

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Ashley Moran

Graduate Student

Science Museum Space Exploration

Danielle Krongauz

Graduate Student

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Nick Shuber

Graduate Student

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Taylor Best

Graduate Student

Astronaut

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Madeline Smotzer

Graduate Student

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Megan Fast

Graduate Student

Space Supernova

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Former Group Members

Megan Aardema, Ph.D. 2023, Postdoctoral Associate, University of Colorado

Zachary Buen, Ph.D. 2021, Sandia National Laboratories (Livermore)

Carolyn Gunthardt, Ph.D. 2020, Postdoctoral Associate, University of Michigan 

Colin Wallace, Ph.D. 2018, Thermo Scientific

Josh Winner, Ph.D. 2018, Aerospace Corporation

Wilmarie Marerro-Ortiz, Ph.D. 2017, Intel

Niclas West, Ph.D. 2017, Andor Technology

Wei Wei, Ph.D. 2016, Assistant Professor, Franklin College

Feng Pan, M.S. 2016, University of Wisconsin

Michelle Warter, Ph.D. 2016, Claremont McKenna College

Wade Eveland, M.S. 2018, Sage Environmental

Rodrigo Sanchez Gonzalez, Ph.D. 2012, Assistant Professor, St. Olaf College

Michael Grubb, Ph.D. 2012, Assistant Professor, Fort Lewis College

Justine Geidosch, Ph.D. 2011, Environmental Protection Agency (Ann Arbor)

Buddhadeb Ghosh, Ph.D. 2010, Phillips 66

Andrea Hsu Ph.D. 2009, Aerospace Corporation

Katie Perkins Ph.D. 2009

Kristin Dooley Ph.D. 2009, Assistant Professor, University of Central Arkansas

Erin Tulllos (Greenwald) Ph.D. 2007, ExxonMobil

Hahkjoon Kim Ph. D. 2006, Associate Professor, Duksong Women’s University

Jiho Park Ph. D. 2004, Professor, Korean Open University (Seoul)

Peng Zou Ph. D. 2003, Product Manager JDSU

W. Sean McGivern Ph. D. 2002, Research Scientist, NIST

Laura Ruebush, M.S. 2006, Educational Consultant

 

Runjun Li, Postdoc, R&D Engineer at Arbin Instruments

Qingnan Liu, Postdoc, Scientific Research Specialist at Dakota Consulting

Incorporated

Joseph Stephens: Graduate Student

June Reitz: Graduate Student

Candice Jongsma: Graduate Student

Do Young Kim: Graduate Student

Naa-Kwarley Quartey: Graduate Student

Richard Van Dyke, Undergraduate

Jeffrey Clemens, Undergraduate

C. Daniel Freeman, Undergraduate

Kurt Johnson: Undergraduate

Andrew Tindall: Undergraduate

Jennifer Wallace: Undergraduate

Ian Kissell: Undergraduate

Jacob Dean: Undergraduate

Rick Vinas: Undergraduate

Trevor Makal: Undergraduate

Jeremy Pope: Undergraduate

Jesse Rudy: Undergraduate

Kelly DeCock: Undergraduate

Christina Matz: Undergraduate

Helen Hamilton: Undergraduate

Jennifer Putsche: Undergraduate and NSF-REU Student 2003

Angie Clinkenbeard: Undergraduate

Gary Grubbs: Undergraduate

Mike Ortiz: Undergraduate

Clark Church: Undergraduate

Marc Wilson: Undergraduate

Javier Huertas: Undergraduate

Summer Lax: Undergraduate

Trieu Nguyen: Undergraduate

James Elam: (NSF REU Student 1998)

Tommy Balboa: (NSF REU Student 1998)

Bridget Schmitz (NSF REU Student 2000)

Tracy Niday: (NSF-REU Student 2004)

Elizabeth Johnson: (NSF-REU Student 2005)

Nicole Johnson: (NSF-REU Student 2006)

Nadiezda Fernandez-Oropeza: (NSF-REU Student 2007)

Anna Molina: (NSF-REU Student 2008)

Deirdre Manion-Fischer: (NSF-REU Student 2008)

Lesley Sevcik: (NSF-REU Student 2009)

Wilmarie Marrero-Ortiz: (NSF-REU Student 2010)

Nic West: (NSF-REU Student 2011)

Jordan Wilkenson: (NSF-REU Student 2012)

James Johnstone: (NSF-REU Student 2016)

Dacheng Kuai: Undergraduate

Josiah Day: Undergraduate

Alex Prophet: (NSF-REU Student 2016)

Dallas Freitas: (NSF-REU Student 2017)

Jason Kuzynski: Undergraduate

Madison McIlvoy: Undergraduate

Lilia Koelemay: Undergraduate

Elizabeth Piccirillo: Undergraduate

Marina Garcia: Undergraduate

Nate Davis: Undergraduate

Benjamin Meas: Undergraduate

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