PhD Graduates

  • Dr. Carmen Bria

PhD Applied Chemistry, 2016. Colorado School of Mines. Thesis: Development of Asymmetrical Flow Field-Flow Fractionation for the Characterization of Proteins, Protein Aggregation, and Nanoparticles Currently at PPG Industries

  • Dr. Akram Ashames

PhD Applied Chemistry, 2015. Colorado School of Mines. Thesis: Development of Separation Methods to Produce Uniform Exosomes Subpopulations Using Field-Flow Fractionation Techniques Currently at Ajman University (Pharmacy and Health Sciences), United Arab Emirates

  • Dr. Jifang Cheng

PhD Applied Chemistry, 2014. Colorado School of Mines. Thesis: Self-Assembled Templates and Field-Flow Fractionation for Controlling and Organizing the Sizes of Nanomaterials

  • Dr. Nathan Crawford

PhD Applied Chemistry, 2013. Colorado School of Mines. Thesis: Shear Thickening and Defect Formation in Chemical Mechanical Polishing Slurries Currently at Thermo Fisher Scientific

  • Dr. J. Ray Runyon

PhD Applied Chemistry, 2009,Colorado School of Mines. Thesis: Thermal Field-Flow Fractionation of Polymers with High Molecular Weight and Complex Architectures Currently at University of Arizona and SOLVE Research and Consultancy

  • Dr. Hookeun Lee

PhD Chemistry, 1998, University of Utah. Thesis: Thesis: Development of on-line concentration methods in flow field-flow fractionation Currently at Gachon University of Medicine and Science, South Korea

MS Graduates

  • Mr. Jacob Bell

MS Chemistry, 2014, Colorado School of Mines. Thesis: Surface Functionalization of Silicon Quantum Dots for Energy Sustainable Applications Currently at Stepan Company

  • Mr. Justin Engle

MS Chemistry, 2008, Colorado School of Mines. Thesis: Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry of Low Molecular Weight Polymers Using Metal Substrates Roche Diagnostics; currently founding owner of Town in City Brewing Company, Houston

  • Ms. Rebekah Hartmann

MS Chemistry, 2002, Colorado School of Mines. Thesis: Studying Sample-Membrane Interactions Using Flow Field-Flow Fractionation US Army; currently at University of Saskatchewan

Postdoctoral Fellows

  • Dr. Carmen Bria | 2016-2017

Project: Human plasma lipoprotein separations Currently at PPG Industries

  • Dr. James Oliver | 2014-2015

Project: Developing polymer microstructure and composition separations Currently at University of Western Sydney, Australia

  • Dr. J. Ray Runyon | 2009-2011

Project: FFF and single particle counting for analyzing CMP slurries. Currently at University of Arizona and SOLVE Research and Consultancy.

  • Dr.Claudia Lohmann | 2007-2008

Project: Thermal FFF separations of polymers. Currently at Waters Corporation

  • Dr. Dean Lee | 2004-2007

Project: Chromatographic and FFF separations of polymers. Currently at Dow Chemical

  • Dr. Leonardo Cinque | 2007-2008

Project: FFF and single particle counting for analyzing CMP slurries

  • Dr. Ilyong Park | 2006-2007

Project: FFF and single particle counting for analyzing CMP slurries. Currently at Korea Institute of Geoscience & Mineral Resource

  • Dr. Galina Kassalainen | 2001-2003

Project: Coupling FFF and MALDI TOF mass spectrometry

  • Dr. Hookeun Lee | 1999-2001

Project: Nonviral vectors for gene therapy Currently at Gachon University of Medicine and Science, South Korea

 Recent Undergraduate Students

  • Kevin Bierbaum, B.S. | 2017

Project (2015-2017): Developed new analytical methods for polymer microstructure and composition, Currently at Centers for Disease Control

  • Patrick Skelly, B.S. | 2016

Project (2014-2016): Composition, size, and shape determination of human plasma lipoproteins, Currently at University of California, Santa Cruz, Ph.D. Chemistry

  • Catherine Jimenez, B.S. | 2014

Project (2012-2014): Purification of Pyrenebutanol-Capped Silicon Quantum Dots Using Asymmetric Flow Field-Flow Fractionation, Currently at University of Illinois Medical School

  • Jeffrey Jones, B.S. | 2014

Project (2012-2014): Determine contribution of solvent thermophoresis to measured polymer thermal diffusion coefficients and Protein Aggregation Kinetics, Centers for Disease Control; Currently at University of Notre Dame, Ph.D. Chemistry

  • Seamus McMullen, B.S. | 2013

Project (2011-2013): Determine contribution of solvent thermophoresis to measured polymer thermal diffusion coefficients and Protein Aggregation Kinetics, US Army Chem Corp

  • Daniel Gradisar, B.S. | 2013

Project (2011-2013): Simulations of polymer thermal diffusion in different channel designs, Currently at Hach Company

  • Nychelle Bowles, B.S. | 2012

Project (2010-2012): The role of nanoparticles separations in life cycle performance measurements

  • Adam Goering, B.S. | Chemical Engineering 2011

Projects (2009-2011): Preparation of Narrow Dispersity Gold Nanorods Using Asymmetrical FFF and Investigation of Size versus Surface Plasmon Absorbance & An all Optical Method for Lab-on-a-Chip Temperature Measurements, Currently at Mitosciences

Recent REU Summer Students

  • Rees Sloan | 2016

Project: Poly (N-isopropylacrylamide) Brushes to Reduce Membrane Fouling in Field-Flow Fractionation

  • Anastasia Sledgianowski | 2014

Project: Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Brushes to Reduce Membrane Fouling in Field-Flow Fractionation, Currently at Microchip Technology Inc.

  • Curtis Martin | 2013

Project: Synthesis of Stimuli-Responsive Polymer Brushes on Cellulose Membranes for Reduction of Protein Fouling on Membranes used in Flow Field-Flow Fractionation, Currently at Purdue University, PhD Chemical Engineering

  • Blaire Sorensen | 2011

Project (2013): NMR Analysis of Passivated Silicon Quantum Dots, Currently at Cornell University, PhD Chemical Engineering

  • Cameron Frisby | 2009

Project: Developing Higher Resolution Field-Flow Fractionation Techniques, KAUST, graduate program Mechanical Engineering