Fall 2022
Summer 2021
Dr. Hewitt's Graduation Celebration
Winter 2019
Fall 2018
Summer 2018
October 2017
September 2017
Fall 2016
Research Group
Faculty and Staff
Dr. Suzanne Bart
Principal Investigator
Contact: sbart@purdue.edu
Website: https://www.chem.purdue.edu/activity/public/profile/chem/sbart
Dr. Matthias Zeller
Crystallographer and Manager of the Purdue X-ray diffraction laboratory
Post Docs
Dr. Kelly Gullett
Contact: kgullett@purdue.edu
Education
Project
Experience
Dr. Ivan (Jake) Huerfano
Contact: ihuerfan@purdue.edu
Education
Williams College - Bachelor of Arts with Honors in Chemistry
Indiana University - PhD in Inorganic Chemistry
Project
Uranium-Pnictogen Bonding
Experience
(Undergraduate Research) Christopher Goh. 2014-2015. Synthesis of Bidentate Amine-Ether Ligands and of Their Complexes to Aluminum.
(Graduate Research) Kenneth Caulton / Jeremy Smith, 2016-2022. Multifaceted Approaches to Small Molecule Activation: Surface and Synthetic Strategies for Reductive Transformations
(Postdoctoral Research) Warren Piers, 2022-2024 Development of Electronically Tunable N-Heterocyclic Borates
Graduate Students
Lauren Lopez
Contact: lopez578@purdue.edu
Education
University of Rochester - Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Bachelor of Arts in History
Project
Low-valent uranium-pnictogen interactions with varying sterics and electronics
Neptunium multiple bond synthesis
Experience
(Research) Ellen Matson, University of Rochester, 2020-2022. Synthesis and Characterization of Actinide Dipyrrolide Complexes.
Andrew Mitchell
Contact: mitch468@purdue.edu
Education
University of Missouri-Columbia – Bachelor of Science in Chemistry
Project
Multi-electron redox chemistry with thorium
Neptunium multiple bond synthesis
Experience
(Research) Silvia Jurisson, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2018-2022. Development of bifunctional N2O2 Schiff base ligands for Re and Tc radiopharmaceuticals.
Katherine Kloosterman
Contact: kklooste@purdue.edu
Education
Michigan State University - Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry
Project
CdTe Photovoltaic Separation and Recycling
Ahmed Kangmennaa
Contact: akangmen@purdue.edu
Education:
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)-Ghana - Bachelor of Science in Chemistry
Project:
Separation and recovery of rare earth metals utilizing chelating ligands.
Experience:
(Research) Eric Selorm Agorku, KNUST, 2021-2024. Synthesis and Characterization of Metal Based Nanoparticles for Adsorption and Photocatalytic applications.
MacKenzie Weaver
Contact: weave117@purdue.edu
Education:
Saint Mary’s College - Bachelor of Science in Chemistry
University of Notre Dame - Bachelor of Engineering in Chemical Engineering
Project:
Thorium multiple bond synthesis
Experience:
(Research) Toni Barstis, Saint Mary’s College, 2022-2024. X-Ray Crystallography to Elucidate the Chemical Structures of Famotidine, Cimetidine, Ranitidine, and Their Transition Metal Complexes.
Undergraduates
Landon King
Ushindi Muna
Allison Smolek
Tate Quinn
Post Dog
Moose
Contact: moose_the_dog@purdue.edu
Education
Doggy Daycare
Project
Being too big.
Stealing food from counter and drinking water from the sink.
The affects of big hugs on Bart Group energy states.
Otto (In Doggy Heaven)
Contact: otto_the_dog@purdue.edu
Education
Puppy Kindergarten
Blair Animal Clinic, 2009
Project
The affects of licking and cute faces on Bart Group energy states.
Alumni
Post Doc
Dr. Jerod Kieser
Current position: Research and Development Chemist/ Engineer II, Gentex - Zeeland, MI
Dr. Shane Galley
Current position: Research Assistant Professor, Colorado School of Mines
Dr. Arnab Maity
Current position: Principal Chemist, Ecolab - St. Paul, MN
Dr. Marco Crestani (deceased)
Dr. Adil Mohammad
Current Position: Staff Fellow, Food and Drug Administration
Ph.D.
Dr. Madeleine Uible, 2024
Current postition: Science & Technology Development Program Professional, Owens Corning - Columbus, OH
Dr. Nathan Lin, 2024
Current postition: Wet Process Engineer NVM, Micron Technology - Boise, ID
Dr. Diana Perales, 2022
Current position: Scientist, Boulder Scientific Company - Longmont, CO
Dr. Ramitha Rupasinghe, 2022
Current position: DRAM/ EM Wet Process Engineer, Micron Technology - Boise, ID
Dr. Tyler Collins, 2022
Current position: Post-Doctoral Fellow, West Virginia University - Morgantown, WV
Dr. Matthew Hewitt, 2021
Current position: Process Development Scientist, Millipore Sigma - Sheboygan Falls, WI
Dr. Caleb Tatebe, 2019
Current position: Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Presbyterian College
Dr. Ezra Coughlin, 2019
Current position: Lead Chemist, Ecolab - St. Paul, MN
Dr. Kristen Gettys, 2018
Current position: Assistant Vice President, Indiana Agency Account Manager, Fidelity National Financial - Chicago, IL
Dr. Scott Pattenaude, 2018
Current position: Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Hygiene Officer, Greenville University
Dr. Sara Johnson, 2017
Current position: Chemical Hygiene Officer, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Dr. John Kiernicki, 2016
Current position: Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Drury University
Dr. Christopher Clark, 2016
Current position: Pharma Account Manager, Bruker Daltonics
Dr. Nickolas Anderson, 2016
Current position: Manager, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Dr. Ellen Matson, 2013
Current position: Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of Rochester
Dr. Steve Kraft, 2012
Current position: Director of Slurry Product Development, Entegris
M.S.
Isabella Portal, 2023
Courtney Newberry, 2022
Current position: Technical Editor, ACS (Columbus, Ohio)
Hannah Kline, 2022
Megan Whitefoot, 2021
Current position: Chemist II, Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Dennis Cladis, 2012
Current position: Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Minnesota - MN
Jessica Burkett, 2010
Current Position: Lead Preschool Teacher, St. Paul's Lutheran Church Preschool
Jill Lockhart, 2010
Current position: Southeast Division Manager, B. United International Inc
B.S.
- Ace Rounds
- Eric George
- Michael Schwebach
- Colby Kayrouz
- Dalton Stanley
- Makayla Baxter
- Michaela Bronstetter
- Shannon Ford
- Joe McNaughton
- Shelby Croskey
- Grant Barnett
- Jaron Tong
- Selena Staun
- Stephanie Gonzalez
- Nathan Gignac
- Christopher Kuehner
- Justin Carter
- Mitchell Sheldrake
- Michael Wisthoff
- Derek Jorgensen
- Kyle Davis
- Brian Schaefer