Graduate Students
| Name | Position | Notable Awards, Distinctions, and Training |
|---|---|---|
| Alex Van Grouw | Ph.D. student 2020-2025 | -Lake Louise Tandem MS Workshop Travel Award (2023) |
| Dmitry Leontyev | Ph.D. student 2020-2025 | |
| Jada Gray | M.Sc. student 2022-2024 | -SMART Fellowship Semifinalist |
| Carter Asef | Ph.D. student 2019-2024 | -North American Mass Spectrometry Summer School (2021) -ISIMS Dave Atkinson Student Travel Award (2022) -Top Oral Presentation, SoCB Graduate Retreat (2023) |
| Alexis Pulliam | Ph.D. student 2019-2024 | |
| Markace Rainey | Ph.D. student 2019-2024 | -Best Poster Award at MANA (2020) -William Emerson Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award (2021) -CTL GTA Award (2023) |
| Emily Phillips | M.Sc. student 2021-2023 | -Skyline Workshop Travel Award (2022) |
| Samyukta Sah | Ph.D. student 2018-2023 | |
| Kaira Mayberry | M.Sc. student 2021-2023 | |
| Swapna Kannan | M.Sc. student 2020-2022 | |
| Kristin McKenna | Ph.D. student 2016-2021 | -CHEM Graduate Research Symposium Runner-Up Award (2021) -William Emerson Outstanding Graduate Student Service Award (2021) |
| Stephen Zambrzycki | Ph.D. student 2015-2021 | |
| Eric Gier | M.Sc. student 2019-2021 | |
| Danning Huang | Ph.D. student 2014-2021 | -1st Annual North American Mass Spectrometry Summer School, Travel award |
| Scott Hogan | Ph.D. student 2012-2019 | -Co-advised with Michele LaPlaca |
| David Donndelinger | M.Sc. student 2017-2018) | |
| Sam Moore | M.Sc. student 2016-2018 | |
| Xiaoling Zang | Ph.D. student 2012-2018 | -O’Hara Scholarship (2017) |
| JazzLynn Murphy | M.Sc. student 2014-2016 | |
| Joel Keelor | Ph.D. student 2010-2016 | -2013 GTIRC Travel Award Winner |
| Eric Parker | Ph.D. student 2012-2016 | -2017 ACS Astrochemistry Outstanding Dissertation Award -2014 Astrobiology Winter School Fellowship Winner -2013 GTIRC Fellowship Winner -NAI Fellowship for “Origins of the building blocks of life)-2012, Spain -NASA Planet Biology Internship |
| Ezequiel Morzan | Ph.D. student University of Buenos Aires 2012-2015 | -Co-advised with Prof. Mabel Tudino |
| Jose Perez | Part-time M.Sc. student 2007-2016 | |
| Christina Jones | Ph.D. student 2009-2015 | -2013 GTIRC Travel Award Winner -Facilitating Academic Careers in -Engineering and Science Fellowship (FACES, 2009-2015) -First employed at Hollings Marine Laboratory, NIST |
| Rachel Bennett | Ph.D. student 2010-2015 | -2013 GTIRC Travel Award Winner -Molecular biophysics trainee (2010) -Best poster award at origins of Life GRC-2012 -First employed at Coca-Cola |
| Glenn Harris | Ph.D. student 2007-2011 | -Awarded 2008 NSF Graduate Fellowship Honorable Mention -Awarded Outstanding Second Year Seminar Award at CHEM/GT. -Awarded 2009 Best Poster at GT Homecoming Award -First employed as postdoc in Caprioli group, Vanderbilt. Now at 908 Devices. |
| Carrie Pierce | Part-time Ph.D. student 2005-2011 | -Employed at the CDC |
| Mark Kwasnik | Ph.D. student 2004-2010 | -Advanced to candidacy in 2006 -First employed at Solvay |
| Arti Navare | Ph.D. student 2005-2010 | -Advanced to candidacy in 2006 -Awarded 2007 FACSS Student Poster Award -First employed as postdoctoral researcher in the Katze Group, UW. |
| Leonard Nyadong | Ph.D. student 2005-2009 | -Awarded US Pharmacopeia Graduate Fellowship (2006-2007 and 2007-2008) -Accepted to the 4th Annual Interfacial and Condensed Phase Chemical Physics Summer Research Institute (SRI) hosted at EMSL/PNNL -First employed at NHMFL, Tallahasee, FL with Prof. Alan Marshall. |
| Christina Hampton | Ph.D. student 2004-2009 | -Advanced to candidacy in 2006 -Molecular biophysics trainee (2005-2008) -Awarded best presentation at the 2007 Atlanta AAMSDG meeting -Student travel stipend award to the 2007 ASMS Fall Workshop -Pfizer travel award to attend PITTCON 2008 -First Employed as postdoc at SLAC, Stanford University |
| Deanna Snyder | MSc. student 2009-2011 | |
| Dana Hostetler | M.Sc. student 2008-2011 | |
| Krystyn Alter Hall | M.Sc. student graduated 2005 |
Postdoctoral Researchers
| Name | Position | Notable Awards, Distinctions, and Training |
|---|---|---|
| Olatomiwa Bifarin | 2021-2025 | -President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship, Georgia Tech (Aug. 2023-Jul. 2025) -Research Faculty High-Impact Communication Award, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry (Apr. 2022) -Best Research Talk, College of Sciences, 7th Annual Georgia Tech Postdoctoral Research Symposium (Mar. 2022) |
| Xin Ma | 2020-2024 | |
| Daniel Vallejo | 2021-2024 | -Best Lightning Talk Overall, 7th GT Annual Postdoctoral Research Symposium -Carl Storm Underrepresented Minority (CSURM) -Fellowship to support participation in the 2022 GRC on Scientific Methods in Cultural Heritage Research -Robert N. Nerem Travel Award (2022) -High Impact Communication Award (2023) -ASMS Waters Early Career Award (2023) |
| Ziad Mahmoud | 2022-2024 | |
| Clint Alfaro | 2019-2020 | -2019 ASMS Asilomar Conference Travel Award |
| Marcos Bouza-Areces | 2017-2020 | |
| Yafeng Li | 2018-2020 | -MSACL Young Investigator grant |
| Molly Soper-Hopper | 2015-2018 | |
| Sandra Blair | 2016-2017 | |
| Chaevien Clendinen | 2015-2017 | |
| Anyin Li | 2015-2017 | -ASMS 2016 Asilomar travel award -ASMS 2016 Asilomar best poster highlight award |
| Mathew Bernier | 2014-2016 | |
| Jay Forsythe | 2014-2016 | |
| Martin Paine | 2014-2016 | -ASMS Postdoctoral Award 2015 |
| Julia Culzoni | 2012-2013 | |
| Asiri Galhena | 2008-2011 | |
| Manshui Zhou | 2007-2009 | -Co-advised with Prof. McDonald |
Research Scientists
| Name | Position | Notable Awards, Distinctions, and Training |
|---|---|---|
| David Gaul | 2013-Present | Research Faculty Teaching Fellows Fall 2021/Spring 2022 |
| Sam Moore | 2015-Present | |
| Ying Liu | 2018-Present | |
| Li Li | 2016-2018 | |
| Jennifer Pitman | 2014-2015 | |
| Rosana Alberici | 2013-2014 | Visiting from UNICAMP |
| Prabha Dwivedi | 2011-2014 | |
| Maria Eugenia Monge | 2012-2014 | |
| Manshui Zhou | 2010-2013 | |
| Chaminda Gamage | 2012-2013 |
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