Tew Research Group – People
See bottom of page for group member contact information, past and present
2011 PSE Holiday Party
(l to r): Back Row-Melissa Lackey, Yongping Zha, Alper Canyaka*, Greta Becker*,
Cathy Walker, Prof. Greg Tew; Front Row-Joel Sarapas, Jun Cui, Madhura Pawar,
Katie Gibney, Brittany deRonde, Hitesh Thaker (*Mainz University, Germany).
2011-2012 Semra Colak's Dissertation Defense
(l to r): Back Row-Abhi Som, Raj Maddikeri, Yongping Zha, Trouble Erin Mandeson,
Mike Lis, Ke Zhang, Melissa Lackey, Yan Li, Cathy Walker, Prof. Greg Tew; Front Row-
Fede Sgolastra, Hitesh Thaker, Semra Colak, Brittany deRonde, Jun Cui, Ozgul Tezgel,
Katie Gibney.
Tew Group Members enjoy a summer picnic (2010)
(l to r): Back Row-Hitesh Thaker, Abhi Som, Ke Zhang, Jun Cui, Cathy Walker, Melissa
Lackey, Semra Colak, Yan Li; Front Row-Yongping Zha, Nidhi Kumar, Jing Jiang, Prof.
Tew, Fede Sgolastra, Katie Gibney, Dr. Min "Crystal" Chen
2010-2011 Group Members celebrate Jeremy Rathfon's Dissertation Defense
(l to r): Semra Colak, Dr. Jing Jiang, Hitesh Thaker, Michael Lis, Trouble Mandeson,
Raj Maddikeri, Dr. Jeremy Rathfon, Yongping Zha, Dr. Abhigyan Som, Cathy Walker,
Jun Cui, Melissa Lackey, Katie Gibney, Dr. Ke Zhang, Ozgul Tezgel, Dr. Yan Li, Prof. Tew
2008-2009 Group Members
Back row (l to r): Dr. Ke Zhang, Dr. Jing Jiang, Michael Lis, Yongping Zha, Dr. Ahmad
"Mack" Madkour, Jeremy Rathfon, Melissa Lackey, Dr. Abhigyan Som, Prof. Tew;
Middle row: Hitesh Thaker, Josh Grolman, Jun Cui, Anika Reuter, Arife Ozgul Tezgel,
Desiree Weller, Nidhi Kumar; Seated: Semra Colak, Raghevendra "Raj" Maddikeri,
Dr. Karen Lienkamp, Office Mgr. Trouble Erin Mandeson
Graduate Students
- Jun Cui (email) (joint w/Prof. Crosby)
- Arife Ozgul Tezgel (email)
- Hitesh Thaker (email)
- Yongping Zha (email)
- Michael Lis (email)
- Melissa Lackey (email)
- Katie Gibney (email)
- Cathy Walker (email)
- Brittany deRonde (email)
- Joel Sarapas (email)
- Madhura Pawar (email)
- Dr. Abhigyan Som (email)
- Dr. Ke Zhang (email)
- Dr. Federica Sgolastra (email)
Former Members
- Raghavendra Maddikeri, SABIC Innovative Plastics, Evansville, IN
- Dr. Yan Li (email), seeo.com
- Semra Colak (email) 3M, St. Paul,MN
- Kushi-Nidhi Kumar (email) PPD, Richmond, VA
- Joshua Grolman (email) University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- Dr. Jing Jiang (email) Dow Corning, Midland, MI
- Dr. Jeremy Rathfon (email) Post-doc, University of Louisville
- Dr. Ahmad Madkour (email) Dow Chemical Co., Midland, MI
- Dr. Karen Lienkamp (email) University of Freiburg, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
- Dr. Raja Shunmugam (email) Indian Institute of Sci Educ & Research, Kolkata, India
- Dr. Greg Gabriel (email) Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA
- Dr. Morris Slutsky (email) Botulinum Research Center, UMass-Dartmouth
- Jeff Dabkowski (email) Northeastern University, Boston, MA
- Dr. Sterling Alfred (email) Post-doc, Chilkoti Group, Duke University
- Dr. Zoha AL-Badri (email) Ashland Hercules Water Technologies, Wilmington, DE
- Dr. Naomi Sanabria-DeLong (email) W.L. Gore, Newark, DE
- Sarah Lyon (email) Massachusetts College of Pharmacy/Health Sciences, Worcester, MA
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Dr. Khaled Aamer (email) National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Cartney Smith (email)TransForm Pharmaceutical
- Dr. Lachelle Arnt (email) Clorox
- Dr. Tony Tang (email) Polymedix, Radnor, PA
- Dannon Stigers (email) University of New Hampshire
- Tatyana Shalapyonok (email) New England School of Optometry
- Katelyn Spillane (email) University of California, Berkeley, Dept. of Chemistry
- Jack Peters (email) Ionics
Past Visiting Scholars
- Professor Ji-Young Chang (email)
- Sang Hyuk Seo
Back row (l to r): Arife Ozgul Tezgel, Dr. Jing Jiang, Jun Cui, Yongping Zha, Dr. Zoha
AL-Badri, Raghavendra "Raj" Maddikeri, Josh Grolman, Hitesh Thaker, Dr. Ahmad
"Mack" Madkour, Semra Colak, Casey Kimball; Seated (l to r): Jeremy Rathfon, Naomi
Sanabria-DeLong, Dr. Raja Shunmugam, Dr. Gregory "Gee" Gabriel
Back row (l to r): Christoph Kins, Henning Schaefer, Yongping Zha, Casey Kimball,
Jeff Dabkowski, Prof. Tew; Middle row: Dr. Greg "Gee" Gabriel, Ozgul Tezgel, Jun Cui,
Erin Mandeson, Dr. Sterling Alfred, Josh Grolman, Hitesh Thaker, Dr. Morris Slutsky; Front
row: Dr. Karen Lienkamp, Jeremy Rathfon, Naomi Sanabria-DeLong, Raghavendra
"Raj" Maddikeri, Semra Colak.
TewGroup Toasts Ticora Jones after a successful Dissertation Defense, June 2006
Back row (l to r): Chris Nelson, Jason Rennie, Dr. Morris Slutsky, Jason Philips, Prof. Tew, Dr. Ahmad "Mack" Madkour, Dr. Jing Jiang; Middle row: Sterling Alfred, Yoen Choi, Dr. Abhigyan Som, Yamalia Roberts, Louis Perez, Dr. Khaled Aamer, Katelyn Spillane, Dr. Raja Shunmugam, Jeremy Rathfon; Front row: Sarah Lyons, Ticora Jones, Naomi Sanabria-DeLong, Dr. Greg "Gee" Gabriel.
