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 led 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.
He also serves as the Associate Dean for Undergraduate STEM Education at Purdue’s Indianapolis Location.
Olivia Raab
Hometown: Batesville, IN
Major: Chemistry Education
R-K Group Project: Beer's Law Lab
Graduation Date: Spring 2026
Aditi Magesh
Sophia Hackett
Hometown: Nashville, TN
Major: Biochemistry (Chemistry)
Minor: German
Graduation Date: Spring 2025
Former People
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
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.