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Graduate Students

Yechan Hwang (Timothy)

Yechan Hwang (Timothy)

B.S. Chemistry; Hope College, 2020

Research Interests: Pharmaceutical and Computational Chemistry

hwang215@purdue.edu

Gwendylan Turner

Gwendylan Turner

B.S. Chemistry; College of William and Mary, 2020

Research Interests: Instrumentation and Analytical Methods in Optical Systems

turne366@purdue.edu

Caitlin Dunlap

Caitlin Dunlap

B.S. Chemistry (ACS); Butler University, 2022

Research Interests: Instrumentation and analytical method development in optical systems with a focus in photothermal imaging

dunlap21@purdue.edu

Kevin Murati

Kevin Murati

B.S. Chemistry and Math; Saint Louis University, 2022

Research Interests: Instrumentation and analytical method development in polarization-dependent systems with a focus on chiral media

kmurati@purdue.edu

Patrizia Polichetti

Patrizia Polichetti

B.S. Chemistry (ACS);  University of California, Davis, 2022

Research Interests: Second-harmonic generation (SHG), SHG-guided Raman 

ppoliche@purdue.edu

Maura Wimsatt

Maura Wimsatt

B.S. Chemistry (ACS), Minor(s): Atmospheric Chemistry; University of Maryland, College Park, 2022

Research Interests: Fluorescence based techniques for diffusion imaging, data analysis, and pharmaceutical stability

mwimsat@purdue.edu

Carly Clisham

Carly Clisham

B.S. Chemistry (ACS), Minor(s): Biology, Math; University of Mississippi, 2023

Research Interests: Instrumentation and analytical method development in polarization-dependent systems with a focus on chiral media

cmclisha@purdue.edu

Camryn Gietl

Camryn Gietl

B.S. Chemistry; Marian University, 2024

Research Interests: Instrumentation and analytical methods in optical systems, fluorescence-based techniques, pharmaceutical analysis

cgietl@purdue.edu 

Isabela Capelozi de Freitas

Isabela Capelozi de Freitas

B.S. Chemistry (ACS); Western Michigan University, 2023

Research Insterests: Instrumentation and analytical methods in optical systems, fluorescence-based techniques, pharmaceutical analysis

ifreita@purdue.edu

Alexander Litts

Alexander Litts

B.A. Chemistry, Minor(s): Latin; Wabash College, 2024

Research interests: Instrumentation and Analytical Methods in Optical Systems

alitts@purdue.edu

Kristine Maxwell

Kristine Maxwell

B.S. Chemistry; Truman State University, 2024

Research Interests: Biochemistry, instrumentation, spectroscopy

maxwel44@purdue.edu 

Maggie Milligan

Maggie Milligan

B.S. Chemistry (ACS), Minor(s): Math; Saint Mary's College, 2022

Research Interests: Instrumentation and analytical methods in optical systems

milligm@purdue.edu

 

Undergraduate Students

Alex Higgins

Alex Higgins

Senior - Class of 2025

Research Interests: Instrumentation and analytical method development in optical systems with a focus in photothermal imaging

Ben Hinz

Ben Hinz

Junior - Class of 2026

Research Interests: Fluorescence based techniques, data analysis, pharmaceutical analysis

Charlie Mask

Charlie Mask

First year - Class of 2028

Research interests: Still searching!

Declan Vasil

Declan Vasil

Sophomore - Class of 2027

Research Interests: Analytical method development, pharmaceutical analysis