Severin T. Schneebeli, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator

Kyle J. Colston, Ph.D.
Post Doctoral Researcher

Ke Xu, Ph.D.
Post Doctoral Researcher

Brenson Jassim, Ph.D.
Post Doctoral Researcher

Kyle T. Faivre
Chemistry Ph.D. Candidate

Anthony G. Mena
Chemistry Ph.D. Candidate

Zahraa M. Alawadly
PULSe Ph.D. Candidate

Daijing Nie
IMPH Ph.D. Student

Alaa Hussein
Chemistry Ph.D. Student

Nils A. Balegamire
IMPH Ph.D. Student

Bazil M. Sathar
Chemistry Ph.D. Student

James E. Funk
IMPH Ph.D. Student

Ahmed Soliman
Chemistry Ph.D. Student

Spencer B. Gregar-Skillman
PharmD Student

Margaret Rossi
PharmD Student

Erwin Luu
Undergraduate Researcher

Aiden M. Fernandes
Undergraduate Researcher

Levi M. Johnson
Undergraduate Researcher

Isabella A. Marker
Undergraduate Researcher

Ian Chiu
Undergraduate Researcher

Former Postdocs

Dr. Mona Sharafi (2019–2021)
NIH T32 Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA

Dr. Sinu C. Rajappan (2018–2020)
Postdoctoral Fellow, USM, Hattiesburg, MS

Dr. Beijun Cheng (2018–2020)
Assistant Professor, Qilu University of Technology, People’s Republic of China

Dr. Xiaoxi Liu (2014–2015)
Research Fellow, Harvard’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA

Former Graduate Students

Dr. Nicholas B. Hamilton (2018-2024, PhD)

Postdoctoral Associate at Pledge Therapeutics, Inc., Boston, MA

Mica E. Schenkelberg (2020-2023, MS)

Graduate PhD. Student, Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center, Aarhus University, Denmark

Dr. Olav Vestrheim (2018-2023, PhD)

Postdoctoral Scholar, Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center, Aarhus University, Denmark

Dr. Dillon R. McCarthy (2016–2022, PhD)
Postdoctoral Scholar at Johnson & Johnson, Inc., Philadelphia, PA

Dr. Kyle T. McKay (2016–2021, PhD)
Research Scientist at Johnson & Johnson, Inc., Philadelphia, PA

Dr. Jessica L. Bocanegra (2015–2020, PhD)
Lecturer, Emmanuel College, Boston, MA

Dr. Kyle E. Murphy (2014–2019, PhD)
Assistant Professor, Tennessee Tech, Cookeville, TN

Dr. Mona Sharafi (2014–2019, PhD)
NIH T32 Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA

Dr. Joseph P. Campbell (2014–2019, PhD)
Scientist at Integrity Industrial Ink Jet Integration, LLC, Lebanon, NH

Lizhen Chen (2015–2016, MS)
Researcher working on Belt & Road Projects, People’s Republic of China

Former Post Baccalaureate Researchers

Long Vuving (2022-2023, PharmD student)

Shea Bellino (2019)
Medical Student, Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine, University of Vermont

Former Undergraduate Researchers

Santiago Correa Monsalve (2024-2025)

Ph.D. Student, Department of Industrial and Molecular Pharmaceutics, Purdue University, Lafayette, IN

Sho Amagai (2023-2024)

Mia C. May (2023-2024, BS)

Pharmacy Technician, CVS Pharmacy, Lafayette, IN

Beiyun Wang (2023-2024, BS)

Medical Student, M.D. College of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Daniel W. Zou (2022-2024, BS)

Fabrication Engineer at Intel, Inc., AZ

Mariana Benavides (Summer SURF Scholar, 2023)

Patrick T. Van Gheem (2022-2023)

Undergraduate Research Assistant, Low Lab, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

Holly E. Bohlin (2022-2023, BS)

Research Technician and Lab Manager, Cottrell Lab, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

Qingsheng Dai (2020–2022)
Chemistry Summer Research Fellowship Recipient

Mirabella Vulikh (2021–2022)
UVM Summer Research Fellowship Award Recipient

Richard Abbott (2019–2022)
Chem Scholar & Chemistry Summer Research Fellowship Recipient

Huiming Liang (Visiting Undergraduate Researcher, Summer 2021)
Chemistry PhD Student at MIT, Boston, MA

Ona Ambrozaite (2019–2020, BS)
Chemistry PhD Student at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

Kassondra Little (2018–2020, BS Hons)
Medical Student, Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine, UVM, Burlington, VT

Reilly Osadchey Brown (2018–2020, BS Hons)
Chemistry PhD Student at Boston University, Boston, MA

Katharine Hoi-Yan Chau (2016–2019, BS)
Lab Technician at the UVM Medical Center, Burlington, VT

Natavan Dudkina (2017–2018, BS Hons)
Chemistry PhD Student at Yale University, New Haven, CT

Tyler J. Jaynes (2015–2018, BS Hons)
Chemistry PhD Student at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

Ian M. Cohen (2015–2017, BS)
QC Specialist at Haemtech Biopharma Services, Essex Junction, VT

Alexander Olson (2015–2017, BS)
Research Technician at the Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA

Zackariah E. Weinert (2014–2016, BS)
Chemist at Arkema Chemical Company, Exton, PA

Former High School Researchers

Isabel M. Owens (Sumer 2024)

Mason Cutler (2020–2021)
Essex High School, Essex, VT

Jason A. Hanna (Summer & Fall 2020)
Essex High School, Essex, VT

Brandon Lee (2015–2016)
Undergraduate Student in Electrical Engineering, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT

Finley Killeen (2015–2016)
Undergraduate Student in Product Design, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA