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Maura Wimsatt
Ph.D. Analytical Chemistry; Purdue University, 2026
B.S. Chemistry (ACS), Minor(s): Atmospheric Chemistry; University of Maryland, College Park, 2022
Title of dissertation: Spatially Resolved Mapping of Molecular Mobility in Amorphous Solid Dispersions
Currently at University of Maryland College Park (Lecturer)
Yechan Hwang (Timothy)
Ph.D. Analytical Chemistry; Purdue University, 2026
B.S. Chemistry; Hope College, 2020
Title of dissertation: Generative Adversarial Chemometrics for Spectral Classification and Model Evaluation
Ben Hinz
B.S. Chemistry; Purdue University; 2026
Currently at Midwest Compliance Laboratories
Gwendylan Turner
Ph.D. Analytical Chemistry; Purdue University, 2025
B.S. Chemistry; College of William and Mary, 2020
Title of dissertation: Spectroscopy for Anisotropic and Complex Systems
Currently at NIST.
Alexander Higgins
B.S. Biochemistry (ACS), Minor(s): Biotechnology (Purdue University)
Currently at Gryffyn Life Sciences
Dustin Harmon
Ph.D. Chemistry; Purdue University, 2024
B.S. University of South Carolina, Upstate, 2017
Title of dissertation: Diffusion Quantification in Spatially Heterogeneous Materials
Currently at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Aleksandr Razumtcev
Ph.D. Chemistry; Purdue University, 2024
B.S. St Petersburg University, 2018
Research Interests: Chemically-selective imaging, polarization-dependent nonlinear microscopy and data analysis
Title of dissertation: Development of Fluorescence-Detected Photothermal Microscopy Methods for Mapping Chemical Composition
Currently at Pixelligent
Ziyi Cao
Ph.D. Chemistry; Purdue University, 2024
B.S. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2018
Title of dissertation: Data Driven Techniques for the Analysis of Oral Dosage Drug Formulations
Currently at Bristol Myers Squibb
Jiayue Rong
Ph.D. Chemistry; Purdue University, 2023
B.S. Lanzhou University, 2018
Title of dissertation: Development of Instrumentation and Algorithms for Chemical Structure and Kinetics Analysis in Chemical Imaging
Currently at Biogen
Minghe Li
Ph.D. Chemistry; Purdue University, 2022
B.S. Nanjing University, 2017
Title of dissertation: Developing New Nonlinear Optical Imaging Methods for Pharmaceutical and Biological Material Characterization
Currently at Boehringer Ingelheim
Nita Takanti
Ph.D. Chemistry; Purdue University, 2022
B.S. College of William and Mary, 2018
Title of dissertation: Nonlinear Optical Methods as Applied to Large and Small Pharmaceutical Modalities
Currently at Thermo Fisher Scientific
Youlin Liu
Ph.D. Chemistry; Purdue University, 2021
B.S. University of Science and Technology of China, 2016
Title of dissertation: Machine Learning Methods for Spectral Analysis
Currently at Eli Lilly.
Alex Sherman
Ph.D. Chemistry; Purdue University, 2021
B.S. Montana State University, 2016
Title of dissertation: Dynamic Chemical Imaging and Analysis Within Biologically Active Materials
Currently at Vertex Pharmaceutics
Andreas Geiger
Ph.D. Chemistry; Purdue University, 2021
B.S. Wheaton College, 2016
Title of dissertation: Fourier Transform Fluorescence Recovery after Photobleaching with Patterned Illumination
Currently at Ultra Maritime
Hilary Florian
Ph.D. Purdue University, 2020
B.S. Pennsylvania State University, 2015
Thesis:
Currently at Franklin College.
Scott Griffin
Ph.D. Purdue University, 2020
B.S. Bridgewater College, 2014
Thesis:
Currently at Gryffyn Life Sciences
Casey Smith
Ph.D. Purdue University, 2020
B.S. University of Utah, 2015
Thesis:
Currently at Eli Lilly.
Chen Li
Ph.D. Purdue University, 2020
B.S. University of Science and Technology of China, 2015
Thesis:
Currently at lllumina
James Ulcickas
Ph.D. Purdue University, 2020
B.S. Keene State College, 2015
Thesis:
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 Genentech.
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 Pharmaceutics.
Changqin Ding
Ph.D. Purdue University, 2019
B.S. Tongji University, 2012
Thesis: Polarization-Enabled Multidimensional Optical Microscopy
Currently at Illumina
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
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
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
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
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
Amy Micklos
B.S. Illinois State University, 2003
