Current People
Dr. Jon Rienstra-Kiracofe
Dr. R-K specializes in teaching undergraduate chemistry classes (both lab and lecture), with a focus on General Chemistry, Physical Chemistry and Environmental Chemistry. He is leading the process to integrate technology into the General Chemistry laboratory curriculum for Purdue’s new Chaney-Hale Hall of Science. This curriculum makes full use of the state-of-the-art facilities and technologies provided by the building and employ best practices in laboratory teaching.
Kyra Boschet
Hometown: Fort Wayne, IN
Major: Chemistry
Minors: Crop Science and Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
R-K Group Project: Gas Chromatography
Graduation Date: Fall 2025
Olivia Raab
Hometown: Batesville, IN
Major: Chemistry Education
R-K Group Project: Beer's Law Lab
Graduation Date: Spring 2026
Sophia Hackett
Hometown: Nashville, TN
Major: Biochemistry (Chemistry)
Minor: German
Graduation Date: Spring 2025
Former People
Noelle Voglewede
Hometown: Fort Wayne, IN
Major:ACS Biochemistry
Minors: Forensics and Psychology
R-K Group:Development of an online version of CHEM 115 Lab 05, How Can Absorption of Light Be Used to Determine the Concentration of a Compound in Solution?
Graduation Date: Spring 2025
Mackenzie Crum
Hometown: Plainfield, IN
Major: Chemistry
Minor: Spanish
R-K Group: Gas Chromatography
Graduation Date: Spring 2024
Valerie Minnick
R-K Group Project: Researching if burettes and/or graduated cylinders are more accurately read through pictures
Rudan (Sally) Feng
Hometown: Shanxi, China
Major: Chemistry ACS
R-K Group project: Metal Ion Sensor
Graduation Date: Spring 2022
Yiliu Hu
Hometown: China
Major: Chemistry
R-K Group project: Vitamin Analysis using Fluorescence Spectroscopy
Graduation time : 2022 May
Anjali Pursai
Hometown: San Jose, CA
Major: Computer Engineering
Minor: Spanish and Mathematics
Graduation Date: May 2022
R-K Group project: Student Tech Worker
Nur Adilah Rosli
Hometown: Johor, Malaysia
Major: Chemistry
Minor: Statistics
Graduation Date: May 2020
R-K Group project: Integrating Technology with General Chemistry experiments.
Ted Tobias
Hometown: Wheatfield, IN
Major: Chemistry
Minor: Philosophy
Graduation Date: December 2020
R-K Group project: Researching if burettes and/or graduated cylinders are more accurately read through pictures
Zoe Marcus
Hometown: New Palestine, Indiana
Major: Chemical Engineering
Minor: Communication
Graduation Date: Spring 2022
R-K Group Project: Student Tech Worker
Dan Reddy
Hometown: Halifax, VA
Major: 1st year chemistry graduate student, Ramachandran Group
R-K Group project: Certificate of Practice in College Teaching: Electronic Lab Notebooks in General Chemistry
Jian Gao
Hometown: Harbin, China
Major: Chemistry
Minor: Statistics
Graduation Date: December 2018
R-K Group project: Using Beer’s law to determine iron content in cereal.
Matthew F. Hartman
Hometown: Batesville, Indiana
Major: Chemistry (ACS)
Minor: Biochemistry
Graduation date: May 2019
R-K Group project: Using Beer’s law to determine iron content in cereal.