
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.


Simon W. North
Principal Investigator

Ashley Moran
Graduate Student

Danielle Krongauz
Graduate Student

Nick Shuber
Graduate Student

Taylor Best
Graduate Student

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Madeline Smotzer
Graduate Student

Megan Fast
Graduate Student

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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