Principal Investigator
Jennifer L. Schaefer
Shaheen Family Collegiate Associate Professor, University of Notre Dame, 2023 - present
Associate Professor, University of Notre Dame, 2021 - 2023
Assistant Professor, University of Notre Dame, 2015 - 2021
NRC Postdoctoral Research Associate, NIST, 2014 - 2015
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Cornell University, 2014
M.Eng, B.Ch.E., Chemical Engineering, Widener University, 2008
B.S., Chemistry, Widener University, 2008
Postdoctoral Associate
Govinda Devkota
Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, Miami University (Ohio), 2023
M.S., Chemistry, Tribhuwan University, 2016
Graduate Students
Lingyu Yang
M.S., Polymer Science, Case Western Reserve University, 2019
B.S., Chemistry, Sichuan University, 2017
Jizhou (January) Jiang
B.Eng., Polymer Materials and Engineering, Sichuan University, 2020
Piyush Deshpande
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, 2021
Jordan Smith
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Howard University, 2022
Undergraduate Students
Current as of October 2023Sam Chen, ’24
Peter Schimpf, ‘24
Katherine Zinkan, ’25
Natalie Norman, ’25
Bridget Freczko, ‘26
Nathan Theodore, ‘26
Carter Dauenhauer, ‘26
Former Group Members
PhD Graduates
dr. jiacheng liu, phd ‘23
Dr. Jiacheng Liu, Ph.D. ‘23
dr. peng he, phd ‘22
Dr. Peng He, Ph.D. ‘22
Exponent
Dr. Bumjun Park, Ph.D. ‘22
Dr. Bumjun Park, Ph.D. ‘22
Idaho National Laboratory
Dr. Hunter Ford, phd ‘21
Dr. Hunter Ford, Ph.D. ‘21
Naval Research Laboratory
dr. laura merrill, phd ‘19
Dr. Laura Merrill, Ph.D. ‘19
Sandia National Laboratories
Visiting Graduate Students
David Sundermann, Ph.D. ‘21 from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Dr. Buket Boz, Ph.D. ‘21 from University of Brescia, Italy - Austrian Institute of Technology
Dr. Tanmay Dev, Ph.D. ‘21 from University of Brescia, Italy
Chuanchuan Cui, M.S. from Shandong University of Technology
Former Postdoctoral Associate
Dr. Sunil P. Upadhyay - Midwest Biomedical Research Foundation, Department of Veterans Affairs
Former ND Undergraduate Researchers
Natalia Carrasco-Munoz, ’24
Nathaniel Moller, B.S. '23 - HB Fuller
David Webster, B.S. '23 - Boston Consulting Group
Edward Zornow, B.S. '23
Hannah Collins, B.S. '22 - Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
Josiah Viitala, B.S. '22
Andrew Scott Manning, B.S. '22 - Sandia National Laboratories
Emma Kerr, B.S. '22
Tara Senn, B.S. '22
Cara Kilmartin, B.S. '22
Emily Doyle, B.S. ‘21 - Ph.D. student in the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago
Seancarlos Gonzalez, B.S. ‘21 - Ph.D. student in the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington
Sophia Rodriquez, B.S. '21
Peter Giannini, B.S. ‘21
Devon Ngo, B.S. ‘21
Loyal Murphy, B.S. '20 - Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Auburn University
Pedro Navarro, B.S. '20 - Bresco Investimentos
Jacob Thilman, B.S. '20 - Aon
Olivia Garcia-Velez, B.S. '20
Morgan Seidler, B.S. '19 - Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
Colin Brankin, B.S. '19 - Proctor and Gamble
Clay Elmore, B.S. '19
Daniel Hardiman, B.S. '19
Connor Tomshack, B.S. '18 - Special Power Sources
Ryan Meder, B.S. '18
Visiting undergraduate researchers
Kutemwa Musafa, Xavier U. of LA
Adora Goodluck, Xavier U. of LA
Nila Beamon, Xavier U. of LA
Ayssia Crockem, Xavier U. of LA
Jiadiao Zhou, U.C. Davis, B.S. ’21
Ebrima Komma. U. Miss., B.S. ’20
Jizhou Jiang, Sichuan U., B.Eng. ’20
Shichen Wu, Zhejiang U., B.S. ’20
Blair Fuchs, IUPUI, B.S. ’21
Hannah Himes, Purdue U., B.S. ’20
Yuting Xia, Sichuan U., B.S. ’20
Alisha Agrawal, IIT Delhi, B.S./M.S. ’18
YaChen Qin, Tsinghua U., B.S. ’17
November 2022
December 2021
dr. buket boz, Phd ‘21 from the university of brescia, italy
May 2020
April 2019
December 2018
August 2018