Porter Lab - Lab Alumni

Graduate Students                                   

  • Lai Kwan Chau (Ph.D., 1990) Staff Scientist at Department of Chemistry, University of Arizona with N. Armstrong                   

  • Thomas P. Jones (Ph.D., 1990) Department of Chemistry, Carroll College, Waukesha, WI                   

  • Scott M. Stole (Ph.D., 1990) Staff Scientist, Nalco Co., Chicago, IL                   

  • Chinkap Chung (Ph.D., 1990) Professor, Department of Chemistry, Kyemyung University                   

  • Earl L. Smith (Ph.D., 1992)                    

  • Darwin D. Popenoe (Ph.D., 1992) Procter & Gamble, Caracas, Venezuela                    

  • Carla A. Alves (Ph.D., 1992) Topometrix, Inc. Chicago, IL                    

  • Randall S. Deinhammer (Ph.D.,1994) Procter & Gamble, Cincinnati, OH                  

  • Chien-Ching Wu (Ph.D., 1994) Taiwan                    

  • Brian D. Lamp (Ph.D., 1995) Assistant Professor, Truman State University, Kirksville, MO                    

  • Man Kit Ho (Ph.D., 1995) Barr Lab Inc., Ponoma, NY.                    

  • Nina Tani Woods (M.S. 1996) Cryovac Division, W. R. Grace, Duncan, SC                   

  • John-Bruce D. Green (Ph. D., 1996) Asst. Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada                   

  • Bikas Vaidya (Ph.D., 1997) Lynntech, College Station, TX                    

  • En-Yi Ting (Ph.D., 1997) Member, Technical Staff, Union Carbide Corp., South Charleston, WV                    

  • Neal Simmons (Ph.D., 1997) Richmond, VA                    

  • Stephanie Syverson (1997) Analytical Chemist, Thermo King Corporation, Bloomington, MN                    

  • Jianhong Wang (Ph.D., 1997) Array BioPharma, Inc., Boulder, CO                    

  • Li Deng (M.S., 1998) Barr Lab. Inc., Ponoma, NY                    

  • Songjie Wang (M.S., 1998) Barr Lab. Inc., Ponoma, NY                    

  • Sze-Shun Wong (Ph.D., 2000) Lynntech, College Station, TX                    

  • Janese O'Brien (Ph.D. 2000) Procter and Gamble, Cincinnati, OH                    

  • Jing Ni (Ph.D. 2000) Predicant Biosciences, South San Francisco, CA                    

  • Robert Brush                    

  • Bin Lin (MS, 1998, Ph.D. 2000), EMC Corp., Hopkinton, MA                    

  • Jeremy Kenseth (Ph.D. 2000) CombiSep, Ames, IA                    

  • Jennifer Harnisch Granger (Ph.D. 2001), University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT                    

  • Brent Dawson (Ph.D. 2001) Assistant Professor, North Carolina-Greensboro, Greensboro, NC                    

  • Carey Stickfort                    

  • Andrew Pris (Ph.D. 2003), General Electric, Niskayuna, NY                    

  • Daniel Gazda (Ph.D. 2004), Wyle Laboratories, Johnson Space Center/NASA, Houston, TX                    

  • Lisa Ponton (Ph.D. 2004), Elon University, Elon, NC                    

  • David Keller (Ph.D. 2005), Albany, NY                    

  • Rachel Millen (Ph.D. 2005), Hach, Loveland, CO                    

  • Hye-Young Park (Ph.D. 2005), National Institute of Technology, Korea                    

  • Salma Rahman (Ph.D. 2005), Dow Chemical, Midland, MIU                    

  • Grant Edwards (Ph.D. 2006), Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY                    

  • Jeremy Driskell (Ph.D. 2006), University of Georgia, Athens, GA                    

  • Nikola Pekas (Ph.D. 2006), McGill University, Montreal, CN, post doctoral researcher                    

  • Adam Bergren (Ph.D. 2006), NINT, Alberta, CN, post doctoral researcher                    

  • Betsy Yakes (Ph.D. 2007), US Food and Drug Administration, College Park, MD                    

  • Karen Kwarta (Ph.D. 2007), Sigma-Genosys                    

  • Jill Uhlendamp (Ph.D. 2007), University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, post doctoral researcher                    

  • John Nordling (Ph.D. 2007), Hutchinson Technologies, Hutchinson, MN                    

  • Sebastian Donner (Ph.D. 2007), Iowa State University, Ames, IA                    

  • April Hazen-Bosveld (Ph.D. 2007), Penn State University, State College, PA, post doctoral Researcher                    

  • Gloria Pimienta (Ph.D. 2010), Troy University, Troy, AL, associate instructor                    

  • Brian Ehlert (M.S. 2010)                    

  • Christina Demke (M.S. 2010)                    

  • Melissa Bradley (M.S. 2010), ARUP Laboratories, Salt Lake City, UT                    

  • Jennifer Williams (M.S. expected 2011), ARUP Laboratories, Salt Lake City, UT                    

  • Anatoly Andreyko (M.S. expected 2011)             

                 

Scientists                     

  • Guojun Liu (1994-1998)                    

  • Chuan-Jian Zhong (1994-1998) Associate Professor, SUNY, Binghamton, NY                    

  • Ruth Shinar (1999-2002), Microelectronics Research Center, Institute for Physical Research & Technology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA                    

  • Hajime Takano (2001-2002), Scientist, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA                    

  • Robert Lipert (ICD Staff Scientist; Ph.D., Yale, 1990)                    

  • Robert Doyle (Carver Laboratory Supervisor, Ph.D. Iowa State University, 2001)                    

  • David Schmidt (Keck Laboratory Supervisor; M. S. Iowa State University, 1999)                

                 

Visiting Scientists                    

  • Professor Katsuaki Shimazu (1990) Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan                    

  • Professor Duane Weisshaar (1991-1992 & 2000-2001) Department of Chemistry, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD                    

  • Assoc. Professor Jerzy Zak (1992-1994) Department of Chemistry, Silesian Technical University, Gliwice, Poland                    

  • Dr. Monzir Abdel-Latif, Fulbright Fellow, The Islamic University, Gaza                    

  • Professor Robin McCarley (1999), Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA                    

  • Assoc. Professor Hung-Gi Hong, (2001-2002) Department of Chemistry, Sejong University, Seoul, Korea                    

  • Professor Masami Shibukawa (2004), Kyoto University, Japan                 

                 

Post-Doctoral Associates                   

  • Cindra A. Widrig (1988-1990) I-Stat, Princeton, NJ.

  • Mary M. Walczak (1990-1995) Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, St. Olaf College.

  • Christie A. McDermott (1993-1995) Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

  • Mark T. McDermott (1993-1995) Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

  • Hong Xu (1994-1995) Seagate, Minneapolis, MN.

  • Masato Tominaga (1996-1997) Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science Research Fellowship.

  • Vivian W. Jones (1996-1998) 3M Corp, St. Paul, MN.

  • James D. Burgess (1998) Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University, Chemistry Department, Cleveland, OH

  • Bikas Vaidya (1997-2000) Lynntech

  • Zhongmin Hu (1998-2000) Semi-Tool, Kalispell, MT

  • Hajime Takano (1998-2001) Scientist, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

  • Michael Granger (1999-2002), Research Scientist, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

  • Desiree Grubisha (2000-2002)

  • Heather Bullen (2002-2004), Assistant Professor, Northern Kentucky University

  • Neil Dias (2003-2005), Schering-Plough Corporation, Union, NJ

  • Gabriela Blagoi (2004-2005), Post-Doctoral Associate, Technical University of Denmark

  • Erik Cox (2004-2005), Research Scientist, Institute for Materials Research & Engineering, Singapore

  • Radha Narayanan (2005-2008), Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI

  • Eric Dufek (2007-2010), Research Scientist, INEEL, Idaho Falls, ID

  • Mohan Vattipalli (2009-2010), Post doctoral researcher, Wichita State University

  • Heeyon Park Wampler (2008-2010)

  • Undergraduates:

  • Danette Bohm 1987-1988

  • Linda Szabo 1989

  • Kristine Wolfe 1989

  • William J. Deninger, 1990-1992                                                             

  • Saji Debgun, 1991-1992                                                                           

  • John Rotole, 1993-1994

  • Teri Freeburg, 1992-1994

  • Chee Seng Lee, 1993-1995.

  • Sarah Asch, Summer 1997                                                                      

  • Peter Aarestad, Summer 1997

  • Shinobu Tsuruta, Summer 1998-1999

  • David Bierman, Fall 1998

  • Noah Korba, Spring 2000

  • Doug Knigee, Summer 2001

  • Brian Ehlert, Summer 2008

  • Yixin Ying, 2009-2010

Porter Research Group

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Last Updated: 3/14/13