Group Alumni  

Aleksandr Razumtcev

B.S. St Petersburg University, 2018

Research Interests: Chemically-selective imaging, polarization-dependent nonlinear microscopy and data analysis
arazumtc@purdue.edu

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Currently at

Ziyi Cao

B.S. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2018

Research Interests: Data analysis in micrograph, imaging of pharmaceutical crystallization.
cao296@purdue.edu

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Currently at Bristol Myers Squibb

Jiayue Rong

B.S. Lanzhou University, 2018

Research Interests: Instrumentation and data analysis.
rong10@purdue.edu

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Currently at Biogen

Minghe Li

B.S. Nanjing University, 2017

Research Interests: SHG imaging and data analysis.
li3098@purdue.edu

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Currently at Boehringer Ingelheim

Nita Takanti

B.S. College of William and Mary, 2018

Research Interests: Instrumentation and imaging of pharmaceutical crystallization.
ntakanti@purdue.edu

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Currently at Thermo Fisher Scientific.

Youlin Liu

B.S. University of Science and Technology of China, 2016

Research Interests: Data analysis in chemistry, computer algorithms used in SHG imaging.
liu1935@purdue.edu

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Currently at Eli Lilly.

Alex Sherman

B.S. Montana State University, 2016

Research Interests: Data analysis methods for automated instrumentation, and applications of machine learning in the fields of imaging and chemistry.
sherma10@purdue.edu

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Currently at

Andreas Geiger

B.S. Wheaton College, 2016

Research Interests: Instrumentation and data analysis.
geiger15@purdue.edu

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Currently at

Hilary Florian

Ph.D. Purdue University, 2020
B.S. Pennsylvania State University, 2015

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Currently at Franklin College.

Scott Griffin

Ph.D. Purdue University, 2020
B.S. Bridgewater College, 2014

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Currently at

Casey Smith

Ph.D. Purdue University, 2020
B.S. University of Utah, 2015

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Currently at Eli Lilly.

Chen Li

Ph.D. Purdue University, 2020
B.S. University of Science and Technology of China, 2015

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Currently at .

James Ulcickas

Ph.D. Purdue University, 2020
B.S. Keene State College, 2015

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Currently at Northrop Grumman.

Sreya Sarkar

Ph.D. Purdue University, 2019
M.S. Indian Institute of Technology Madras, 2014
B.S. University of Calcutta, 2012

Thesis: Nonlinear Optical Microscopy for Pharmaceutical Formulation Development

Currently at Vertex.

Zhengtian Song

Ph.D. Purdue University, 2019
B.S. Peking University, 2014

Thesis: Second Harmonic Generation Microscopy and Raman Microscopy of Pharmaceutical Materials

Currently at Vertex.

Changqin Ding

Ph.D. Purdue University, 2019
B.S. Tongji University, 2012

Thesis: Polarization-Enabled Multidimensional Optical Microscopy

Currently at Argonne National Laboratory.

Julia White

Currently working on BS.

Jerald Martin

M.S. Purdue University, 2018
B.S. Purdue University, 2010

Thesis: Hyperspectral Imaging of Chemical Composition

Happily married.

Shijie Zhang

Ph.D. Purdue University, 2018
B.S. Nanjing University, 2012

Thesis: Advanced Imaging Techniques for Point-Measurement Analysis of Pharmaceutical Materials

Currently at Takeda Pharmaceuticals

Max Deng

Ph.D. Purdue University, 2018
B.S. University of South Carolina, 2013

Thesis: Multidimensional Nonlinear Optical Imaging

Currently at Boston University

Janny Dinh

M.S. Purdue University, 2017
B.S. California State University, Los Angeles, 2014

Thesis: Using Nonlinear Optical Methods to Investigate Pharmaceuticals and Dynamic Systems

Currently at George Washington University

Nicole Scarborough

Ph.D. Purdue University, 2017
B.S. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2012

Thesis: Nonlinear Optical Imaging Methods for Protein Crystal Detection and Characterization

Currently at Northrop Grumman Corp

Azhad Chowdhury

Ph.D. Purdue University, 2016
B.S. York College, 2011

Thesis: Understanding and Evaluating Crystal Polymorphism by Second Harmonic Generation Microscopy

Current at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Dr. Paul Schmitt

Ph.D. Purdue University, 2016
B.S. Hillsdale College, 2012

Thesis: Coupling Qualitative and Quantitative Analyses of Pharmaceutical Materials Enabled by Second Harmonic Generation Microscopy

Curently at Wabash College

Dr. Justin Newman

Ph.D. Purdue University, 2016
B.A. Knox College, 2011

Thesis: At the Intersection of X-ray Diffraction and Nonlinear Optics

Currently at Merck

Dr. Ximeng You Dow

Ph.D. Purdue University, 2016
B.S. Wuhan University, 2012

Thesis: Nonlinear Optical Methods for the Analysis of Protein Nanocrystals and Biological Tissues

Currently at Merck

Anne Do

B.S. Purdue University, 2016

Curently at University of Notre Dame

Nicholas Pogranichnyi

B.S. Purdue University, 2016

Currently at University of Colorado Boulder

Dr. Shane Sullivan

Ph.D. Purdue University, 2015
M.S. University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2010
B.S. University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2008

Thesis: Design and Development of Non-linear Optical Microscopy, Data Acquisition and Analysis Techniques

Currently at Riverside Research

Dr. Emma Kerian

Ph.D. Purdue University, 2015
B.S. Illinois State University, 2010

Thesis: Polarization Dependent Nonlinear Optical Microscopy Methods of Crystals and Biological Tissues

Currently at University of Alberta

Randy Hsu

B.Eng. Purdue University, 2015

Currently at Purdue University

Lin Sun

B.S. Purdue University

Dr. Scott Toth

Ph.D. Purdue University, 2014
B.S. Benedictine University, 2009

Thesis: Nonlinear Optical Imaging of Pharmaceutical Formulations

Currently at Alcami Corporation

Dr. Christopher Dettmar

Ph.D. Purdue University, 2014
B.S. California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, 2009

Thesis: Second Harmonic Generation for Probing Nanoscopic Order within Biological Systems

Currently at California Polytechnic State University

Dr. Ryan Muir

Ph.D. Purdue University, 2014
M.S. Purdue University, 2008
B.S. Purdue University, 2006

Thesis: High Throughput X-Ray Diffraction and Second Order Nonlinear Optical Imaging of Crystals

Currently at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Greg Snyder

M.S. Purdue University, 2014
B.S. University of Kentucky, 2011

Thesis: Applications of Calculated Second Harmonic Generation Tensors on Monomolecular and Bimolecular Systems

Currently at Lincoln Land Community College

Richard Closser

B.S. Purdue University, 2013

Dr. Levi Haupert

Ph.D. Purdue University, 2012

Thesis: Predicting Second Harmonic Generation from Crystals

Currently at Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU)

Dr. David Kissick

Ph.D. Purdue University, 2012

Thesis: Second Order Nonlinear Optical Imaging of Chiral Crystals: Instrumentation and Application to Protein Crystallization

Currently at GM/CA@APS, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Lab

Dr. Jeremy Madden

Ph.D. Purdue University, 2012

Thesis: Multiphoton Instrumentation and Applications for Protein Crystal Detection

Dr. Victoria Begue

Ph.D. Purdue University, 2011

Thesis: Second Harmonic Generation as a Method for Probing Order in Crystalline Systems

Currently at Eastman Chemical Company

Sarah Harden

M.S. Purdue University, 2011

Thesis: Inkjet Printing to Trap Transient Polymorphs Described by Ostwald's Rule and Observed by Second-Order Nonlinear Optical Imaging of Chiral Crystals

Currently at University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Dr. Debbie Wanapun

Ph.D. Purdue University, 2011

Thesis: Second Order Nonlinear Optical Imaging of Solid State Crystallization

Currently at Pfizer

Dr. Ellen Gualtieri

Ph.D. Purdue University, 2010

Thesis: Nonlinear Optical Imaging of Membrane Protein Crystals

Currently product manager at Formulatrix

Dr. Nathan Begue

Ph.D. Purdue University, 2009

Thesis: Polarizatio Analysis in Nonlinear Optics and Multiphoton Microscopy

Currently at Eastman Chemical Company

Dr. Chris Dehen

Ph.D. Purdue University, 2009

Thesis: Discrete Retardance - Nonlinear Optical Ellipsometry and Polarization Analysis of Macroscopic Assemblies

Currently at MED Institute, West Lafayette, IN
cdehen@medinst.com

Nick Ingram

B.S. Purdue University, 2009

Dr. Kyle Jacobson

Ph.D. Purdue University, 2008

Thesis: Electrodynamic Cavitation with Nanoscale Control

Dr. Ron Wampler

Ph.D. Purdue University, 2008

Thesis: Second Order Nonlinear Optical Activity of Biomolecular Assemblies

Currently at University of Utah

Scott Goeken

M.S. Purdue University, 2008

Thesis: Ultrasensitive Chiral Specific Detection of Small Molecule Assemblies

Currently at Pfizer

Dr. Ryan Plocinik

Ph.D. Purdue University, 2007

Thesis: Nonlinear Optical Ellipsometry

Steve McCoy

B.A. Franklin College, 2006

Dr. Al Hilton

Ph.D. Purdue University, 2006

Thesis: Dielectrophoretic Force Microscopy

Currently at NIST

Dr. Brian Lynch

Ph.D. Purdue University, 2006

Thesis: Nanoscale Dielectrophoretic Spectroscopy of Cells in Solution

Currently at Dowell Baker, P.C.

Dr. Andy Moad

Ph.D. Purdue University, 2006

Thesis: Polarization Effects in Nonlinear Optics

Currently at NIST

Dr. John Perry

Ph.D. Indiana University, 2012
B.S. Purdue University, 2005

Currently at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Ramsey Research Group

Beth Faust

B.S. Purdue University, 2006

Dr. Brian Burke

Ph.D. Purdue University, 2002

Dr. Sally Wasileski

Ph.D. Purdue University, 2003

Thesis: Electrochemical Vibrational Spectroscopy: Fundamental Insight From Density Functional Theory Calculations

Currently at the University of Virginia

Mark Polizzi

B.S. Purdue University, 2004

Carl Murphy

B.S. Bradley University, 2003

Chris Ashmore-Good

B.S. University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, 2001

Chris Dailey

B.S. Purdue University, 2004

Katelyn Bryll

Matt Giacomelli

Yi Xue

Rachel Ispas

B.S. Purdue University, 2005

Currently at CSL Behring

Amy Micklos

B.S. Illinois State University, 2003

Tian Shen

B.S. University of Science and Technology of China, 2003