PhD/MS Graduates

  • Dr. Daniel Astridge

PhD Applied Chemistry, 2022, Colorado School of Mines. 

  • Mr. Jacob Levin

MS Chemistry, 2022, Colorado School of Mines. 

  • Dr. Joshua Koubek

PhD Applied Chemistry, 2021, Colorado School of Mines. Currently Lecturer, University of Tennessee Knoxville, Department of Chemistry.

  • Dr. Allison Lim

PhD Material Science, 2020, Colorado School of Mines. Currently Post doctoral researcher at UCSD with Prof. Darren Lipomi

  • Mr. Nicolas Walker

MS Chemistry, 2020, Colorado School of Mines. Currently an analytical chemist at Lightwave Logic, a small company in Golden that is developing an electro-optic modulator for the telecom and datacenter markets.

  • Dr. Tracy Schloemer

PhD Applied Chemistry, 2019, Colorado School of Mines. Currently Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellown at Stanford University with Prof. Daniel Congreve.

  • Ms. Amy Kuehlen

MS Materials Science, 2018, Colorado School of Mines. Currently science/chemistry teacher, Legacy High School, Broomfield, CO

  • Ms. Griselda Hernandez

MS Materials Science, 2018, Colorado School of Mines. Currently employed by Emerson Micro Motion, Boulder, CO.

  • Dr. Brett McNichols

PhD Applied Chemistry, 2017, Colorado School of Mines. Currently Chief, Analytical Chemistry. AFRL/RHBBA, WPAFB, Dayton, OH.

  • Dr. Henok Yemam

PhD Applied Chemistry, 2017, Colorado School of Mines. Currently Machine Learning Scientist III, Expedia Group, Seattle, WA.

  • Mr. Ryan Anderson

MS Materials Science & Engineering, 2015, Colorado School of Mines. Currently Laboratory Director, Technology Laboratory, Fort Collins, CO.

  • Dr. Thelese Foong

PhD Materials Science & Engineering, 2010, Nanyang Technological University, Republic of Singapore. Co-supervised with Prof. Hu Xiao. Currently Co-Founder and Director Affiliate Champions Pte. Ltd Republic of Singapore.

  • Dr. Zien Ooi

PhD Chemistry, 2008, Imperial College London/Institute for Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), Republic of Singapore. Co-supervised with Prof. John DeMello. Currently Scientist at the Institute for Materials Research & Engineering (IMRE), Republic of Singapore.

  • Dr. Mui Siang Soh

PhD Chemistry, 2006, National University of Singapore, Republic of Singapore. Co-supervised with Prof. Adrian Yap. Currently Research Scientist Procter and Gamble, Singapore.

  • Ms. Jinhee Park

MS Materials Science & Engineering, 2010, Stanford University. Co-supervised with Prof. Mike McGehee. Currently Engineer Applied Materials, Santa Clara, CA USA.

  • Mr. Pardar Vemulamada

MS Materials Science & Engineering, 2007, National University of Singapore, Republic of Singapore. Co-supervised with Prof. Gong Hao.  Currently Research Associate Bosch Singapore.

Postdoctoral Fellows

  • Dr. Jacob Hoffman

PhD Physical Chemistry, at the University of Notre Dame under Dr. Prashant Kamat in 2017, Sellinger Group Colorado School of Mines 2020-2021. Currently working at CubicPV.

  • Dr. Bruna Bregadiolli

PhD Materials Science and Chemistry, Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour – France under Dr Carlos F. O. Graeff and Dr Roger Hiorns Sellinger Group Colorado School of Mines 2018-2019.

  • Dr. Timothy Gehan

PhD Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst (with Prof. D. Venkataraman) Sellinger Group Colorado School of Mines 2015-2018. Currently Research Scientist at Tandem PV.

  • Dr. Jonathan Tinkham

PhD Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst (with Prof. Paul Lahti) Sellinger Group Colorado School of Mines 2015-2017. Currently Engineer at Qualcomm Denver, CO.

  • Dr. Wasana Senevirathna

PhD Chemistry, Case Western Reserve University (with Prof. Genevieve Sauve) Sellinger Group Colorado School of Mines 2017. Currently Scientist, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Eugene, OR.

  • Dr. Roshan Fernando

PhD Chemistry, Case Western Reserve University (with Prof. Genevieve Sauve) Sellinger Group Colorado School of Mines 2017. Currently Scientist, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Eugene, OR.

  • Dr. Unsal Koldemir

PhD Chemistry, University of Florida (with Prof. John Reynolds). Sellinger Group at Colorado School of Mines/Stanford University 2012-2014. Currently Scientist, Kordsa, Turkey.

  • Dr. Tianlei Zhou

PhD Organic Chemistry Jilin University, China.  Sellinger Group at Colorado School of Mines 2012-2013. Currently at Kaneka US Materials Research Center (KMR), Fremont, CA.

  • Dr. Tommaso Giovenzana

PhD Chemistry Universiti degli Studi di Milano, Italy with Prof. Renato Ugo. Sellinger group at Stanford University 2009-2012. Currently Scientific Research & Business Development at CHEMTEC Srl, Milano, Italy.

  • Dr. Andrew Higgs

PhD Chemistry University of Michigan with Prof. Melanie Sanford.  Sellinger group at Stanford University 2010-2011. Currently Organic Chemistry Lecturer at Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA.

  • Dr. Bogyu Lim

PhD Material Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) in South Korea. Sellinger Group at Stanford University 2010-2012.  Currently Research Scientist at LG in South Korea.

  • Dr. Xu Han

PhD Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Canada with Prof. Steve Holdcroft. Sellinger Group Stanford University 2008-2010.

  • Dr. Khai Leok Chan

PhD Chemistry, Cambridge University, England with Prof. Andrew Holmes. Sellinger Group IMRE Singapore 2007-2008. Currently Scientist at the Institute for Materials Research & Engineering (IMRE), Republic of Singapore.

  • Dr. Evan Williams

PhD Materials Science & Engineering, University of Arizona with Prof. Ghassan Jabbour. Sellinger Group IMRE Singapore 2007-2008. Co-supervised with Prof. Ananth Dodabalapur, University of Texas Austin. Currently Scientist at the Institute for Materials Research & Engineering (IMRE), Republic of Singapore.

  • Dr. Wenjin Zeng

PhD, South China University Technology with Prof. Yong Cao. Sellinger Group IMRE Singapore 2007-2008. Co-supervised with Prof. Ananth Dodabalapur, University of Texas Austin. Currently Research Scientist, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China.

  • Dr. Kian Soon Yong

PhD Chemistry, 2008, National University of Singapore/Institute of High Performance Computing (IHPC, A*STAR), Republic of Singapore. Supervisor: Prof. Xu Guo-Qin. Sellinger Group 2007-2008 IMRE Singapore. Currently Scientist and Team Lead, Analysis & Testing at Essilor Amera Pte, Republic of Singapore.

  • Dr. Catharina Hippius

PhD Chemistry, Wurzburg University with Prof. Frank Würthner. Sellinger Group 2007. Co-supervised with Dr. Peter Erk, BASF. Currently Senior Manager Global Development Ingredients for Home Care at BASF.

  • Dr. Prashant Sonar

PhD Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany with Prof. Klaus Mullen. Postdoctoral Scientist, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich. Sellinger Group IMRE Singapore 2006-2008. Co-supervised with Prof. Ananth Dodabalapur, University of Texas Austin. Currently Associate Prof. Chemistry Queensland University of Technology, Australia.

  • Dr. Samarendra Singh

PhD Physics, India Institute of Technology-Kanpur, Sellinger Group at IMRE Singapore 2006-2008. Co-supervised with Prof. Ananth Dodabalapur, University of Texas Austin. Currently Assistant Prof. Physics, Shiv Nadar University, India.

  • Dr. Christopher Kohl

PhD Chemistry, Max Planck Polymers, Mainz, Germany with Prof. Klaus Mullen. Sellinger Group 2006.

  • Dr. Mohammed Abdul Wahab

PhD Chemical Engineering, Pusan National University, South Korea with Prof. Chang-Sik Ha. Sellinger Group 2005-2007. Currently Research Scientist University of Queensland, Australia.

  • Dr. Sundarraj Sudhakar

PhD Chemistry, Anna University, India. Sellinger Group 2004-2006. Currently Staff Scientist, BASF Singapore.

  • Dr. Thomas Kietzke

PhD Physics, Potsdam University, Germany with Prof. Dieter Neher. Sellinger Group 2004-2005. Co-supervised with Prof. Ananth Dodabalapur, University of Texas Austin. Currently Director Global Market Intelligence and Strategic Planning, Merck Darmstadt, Germany.

  • Dr. Mee Yoon Lo

PhD Chemistry, 2005, National University of Singapore, Republic of Singapore with Prof. Siu Choon Ng. Co-supervised Prof. Chi Bun Ching. Sellinger Group 2005-2007.

 Former Undergraduate Students

  •  Mr. Luis Borrego

BS in Chemistry, Colorado School of Mines, 2021. Sellinger Group 2020-2021. Currently a chemistry graduate student at Oregon State University.

  • Ms. Marina Tobey

BS in Chemistry, Colorado School of Mines, 2019. Sellinger Group 2018-2019. Currently Laboratory Technician at Ellipse Analytics.

  •  Ms. Juliet Mullen

BS in Chemistry, Colorado School of Mines, 2018. Sellinger Group 2017-2018. Currently Pharmaceutical Sciences PhD Student at University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.

  • Mr. James (Everett) Bauman

BS in Chemistry, Colorado School of Mines, 2018. Sellinger Group 2016. Currently graduate student in Chemistry at the University of Washington – Seattle.

  •  Ms. Lisa Gay

BS in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 2017. Sellinger Group 2016.

  •  Mr. Jack Stuntz

BS in Chemistry with a biochemistry emphasis, Colorado School of Mines, 2016.  Sellinger Group 2015.

  • Ms. Courtney Widhalm

BS Chemical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 2016.  Sellinger Group 2014.

  • Mr. Nathan Harvey

BS Chemistry, Colorado School of Mines, 2013.

  • Mr. Tomas Leijtens

BS in Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, 2011. Sellinger Group Stanford University 2009-2011. PhD, Oxford University 2014 with Prof. Henry Snaith at Oxford University. Currently co-founder and research scientist of Swift Solar.

Former Research Associates

  • Mr. Teck Lip Tam

BS Chemistry, National University of Singapore, Republic of Singapore. Sellinger Group IMRE Singapore 2007-2008. PhD student in Materials Engineering with Profs. Andrew Grimsdale/Subodh Mhaisalkar, Nanyang Technological University, Republic of Singapore.  Currently post doc with Profs. Tobin Marks and Antonio Facchetti Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.

  • Mr. Kwan Hang Lam

BS in Materials Science & Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Republic of Singapore. Sellinger Group 2007-2008. PhD Materials Science & Engineering with Prof. Lam Yeng Ming, Nanyang Technological University, Republic of Singapore. Currently at GlaxoSmithKline Singapore.

  • Ms. Eeling Gui

BS and MEng in Materials Science & Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Republic of Singapore. Sellinger Group 2007-2008. Currently PhD student in Materials Science & Engineering with Prof. Subodh Mhaisalkar, Nanyang Technological University, Republic of Singapore.

  • Mr. Larry Dunn

PhD Physics, University of Texas Austin. Sellinger Group 2005-2007. Co-supervised with Prof. Ananth Dodabalapur, University of Texas Austin. Currently Industrial Liaison Officer at the NASCENT Engineering Research Center, Austin, TX.

  • Ms. Elaine Yeo

(Advanced Materials for Micro- and Nano-Systems), National University of Singapore, Republic of Singapore. Sellinger Group 2004-2006. Currently Student Teacher at National Institute of Education (NIE), Republic of Singapore.

Recent Summer Students

  • Ms. Jennifer Delgado (REU summer 2018)

Chemistry student, University of Chicago. Polymer student.

  • Ms. Riley Whitehead (REU summer 2018)

Chemical Engineering student, University of Wisconsin – Madison. REMRSEC student.

  • Ms. Erin Meyers (REU summer 2017)

Chemistry student, Kansas State University. REMRSEC student.

  • Ms. Dakoda Bradley (REU summer 2016)

Chemistry student, Reed College. REMRSEC student.

  • Mr. Robert Johnson (REU summer 2015)

Chemical Engineering student, North Carolina State University. REMRSEC student

  • Ms. Rebecca Pinals (REU summer 2014)

Chemical Engineering student, Brown University. REMRSEC student

  • Ms. Abby Halms (REU summer 2014)

Chemistry student, University of Oklahoma. Polymer REU student

  • Ms. Meredith Sharps (REU summer 2013)

Chemistry student, Emory University, GA. REMRSEC REU student. Currently PhD candidate in Green Chemistry at the University of Oregon

  • Ms. Elizabeth Lecain (REU summer 2013)

Chemistry student, Waynesburg University, PA. Currently PhD student in Analytical Chemistry University of Rhode Island

  • Ms. Cynthia Chen (REU summer 2010)

BS Chemical Engineering, University of Texas-Austin, 2011. Currently a graduate student at UC Santa Barbara with Prof. Rachel Segalman

  • Ms. Kaetochi Okemgbo (REU summer 2009)

BS Chemical Engineering, Yale University. Currently in law school at Duke University.

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