Emrick Research Group

People

Emrick Group

Back row (l-to-r) Todd Emrick, Dr. Zhefei Yang, Dr. Jianxun Cui, Krishna Murthy, Conny Meissner, Sydni Wilson, Jordan Varma, Eva Morgenthaler, Grace Leone, Marcel Brown, Carla Steppan Front row (l-to-r) James Pagaduan, Deborah Cassaro-Snyder, Hong-Gyu Seong, Le Zhou, Brian Montz, Chris Cueto

Student


Deborah Cassaro-Snyder
Student

Education:
BS, Chemistry, Univ Minnesota Twin Cities, 2018

Contact:

djsnyder@mail.pse.umass.edu

Office: A627

Christopher Cueto
Student

Education:
BS, Chemistry, Juniata College, 2018

Contact:

ccueto@mail.pse.umass.edu

Office: A627

Isha Farook
Student

Education:
MS—BS, Chemistry, Indian Institute of Scienc Education and Research Kolkata, 2022

Contact:

ifarook@mail.pse.umass.edu

Office: A422

Dupyo Jeon
Student

Education:
MS, Chemical Engineering, Pusan National University, 2023
BS, Polymer Science & Engineering, Pusan National University, 2021

Contact:

dupyojeon@mail.pse.umass.edu

Office: A536

Kyoungwon Lee
Student

Education:
BS, Chemical Engineering, Inha University, 2019

Contact:

kyoungwonlee@mail.pse.umass.edu

Office: A536

Grace Leone
Student

Education:
BS, Chemistry, University Pittsburgh, 2020

Contact:

gleone@mail.pse.umass.edu

Office: A627

Cornelia Meissner
Student

Education:
BS, Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg-UniversitŠt Mainz, Germany, 2019

Contact:

cmeissne@mail.pse.umass.edu

Office: A323

Brian Montz
Student

Education:
BS, Composite Materials, Winona State University, 2016
Research Interests:
Drug delivery and biological applications, conjugated polymers and oligomers, and educating and controlling the morphological structure of polymers

Contact:

montz@mail.pse.umass.edu

Office: A632

Eva Morgenthaler
Student

Education:
BS, Biomedical Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg-Universitat Mainz, Germany, 2019

Contact:

emorgenthale@mail.pse.umass.edu

Office: A632

Imani Page
Student

Education:
BS, Chemistry, Spelman College, 2023

Contact:

ipage@mail.pse.umass.edu

Office: A622

Hong-Gyu Seong
Student

Education:
BS, Chemical Engineering, Inha University, 2017

Contact:

hseong@mail.pse.umass.edu

Office: A530

Carla Steppan
Student

Education:
BA, Chemistry, Art History, Washington University, 2016
MS, Colloids, Polymers & Surfaces, Carnegie Mellon Universiy, 2021

Contact:

csteppan@mail.pse.umass.edu

Office: A622

Carolyn Telfer
Student

Education:
BS, Chemistry, Pennsylvania St Univ Univ Prk, 2022

Contact:

ctelfer@mail.pse.umass.edu

Office: A535
NONEJordan H Varma
Student

Education:
BS, Chemistry, Univ Mississippi, 2021

Contact:

jvarma@mail.pse.umass.edu

Office: A622

Postdoc

NONEKrishnamurthy Munusamy
Postdoc

Education:
PHD, Chemical Sciences, University of Madras, Chennai India, 2020

Contact:

kmunusamy@umass.edu

Office: A626

Alumni

Dylan Barber, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2022, Harvard University
Irem Bolukbasi, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2015, 3M
Rebecca Boudreaux, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2009, Oberon Fuels
Kurt Breitenkamp, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2009, NanoGraf Corporation
Marcel Brown, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2022, Celanese
Chia-Chih (George) Chang, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2017, National Chiao Tung University Taiwan, Hsinchu, Taiwan
Sirinya Chantarak, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2014, Prince of Songkla University
Marcus Cole, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2020, E Ink Corportation
Beth Cooper, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2010, The Dow Chemical Company
Kenneth Ellzey, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2004, Matrix Research, Inc.
Genevieve Fein, M.S. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2006, Newton County Day School
Dina Feith, M.S. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2004, Tarveda Therapeutics
Aleksandr Gerasimenko, M.S. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2012, Vitro
Elizabeth Glogowski, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2009, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Polina Gokun, M.S. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2013
Brenton Hammer, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2013, California State University, Northridge
Yunxia Hu, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2011, Tianjin Polytechnic University
Hyunki Kim, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2020, 3M
Katrina Kratz, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2012, Celanese
Jimmy Lawrence, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2015, Louisiana State University
Cheol Hee Lee, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2014, LG Chemical, KOREA
Rachel Letteri, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2016, University of Virginia
Caroline Miesch, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2014, Dow Chemical
James Pagaduan, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2023, DOW Chemical
Samantha Page, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2014, Cantor Colburn LLP
Zachariah Page, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2015, The University of Texas at Austin
Bryan Parrish, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2006, Clorox
Cristiam Santa Chalarca, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2019, Glasst Innovation Company
Ashlin Sathyan, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2021, Dupont
Ryan Selhorst, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2019, UES, Inc.
Kevin Sill, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2006, BW Therapeutics
Habib Skaff, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2005, Florida Carpet and Pad Recycling
Matthew Skinner, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2018, Tender Food
Elizabeth Stubbs, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2022, DuPont
Ravisubhash Tangirala, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2009, Sila Nanotechnologies
Phillip von Tiedemann, M.S. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2015, BASF
Hsin-Wei Wang, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2016, Intel
Sarah Ward, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2021, Cornell University Center for Technology Licensing
Qingling Zhang, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2008, BASF Automotive OEM Coating
Le Zhou, Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, 2023, Dupont

Postdoc Alumni

Delphine Chan-Seng, Postdoc (2007 - 2011), CNRS
Xiangji Chen, Postdoc (2008 - 2011), Medtronic Inc
Umesh Choudhary, Postdoc (2015 - 2017), Entegris, Inc
Jianxun Cui, Postdoc (2021 - 2022)
Gaojie Hu, Postdoc (2013 - 2015), Evonik
Aabid Mir, Postdoc (2013 - 2016), Entegris
Sangram S. Parelkar, Postdoc (2007 - 2014), UMass Medical School
Abhijit Paul, Postdoc (2015 - 2016), EEStor. Corporation
Emily Pentzer, Postdoc (2010 - 2013), Case Western Reserve University
Egle Puodziukynaite, Postdoc (2013 - 2015)
Thangamani Ranganathan, Postdoc (2005 - 2009)
Hemali Rathnayake, Postdoc (2006 - 2009)
Ravindra Revanur, Postdoc (2004 - 2008)
Banishree Saha, Postdoc (2016 - 2018), University of Massachusetts Medical School
Debasis Samanta, Postdoc (2006 - 2009)
Angela Sauers, Postdoc (2010 - 2012)
Madhu Sheri, Postdoc (2016 - 2019), University of Massachusetts Amherst
Pallikkava Sudeep, Postdoc (2006 - 2010), Cabot Microelectronics
Yun Lu Sun, Postdoc (2016 - 2019), The University of Texas at Austin
Megan Szyndler, Postdoc (2013 - 2015)
Zhefei Yang, Postdoc (2017 - 2023), Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Ying (Richard) Ying (Richard) , Postdoc (2013 - 2007), School Materials Science and Engineering at Sun Yat-sen Universi
Seunghoo Yoo, Postdoc (2002 - 00/0)
Jing Zhao, Postdoc (2018 - 2021)