Group

Current Members

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Professor Leah Dodson

Principal Investigator

 

Emily Hockey

5th Year PhD Candidate

Matrix isolation spectroscopy, noncovalent complex/radical formation, gas-phase molecule synthesis, quantum chemistry calculations

 

Thomas Howard

Thomas Howard

5th Year PhD Candidate

Cold molecular beams, neutral molecule synthesis, fluid dynamics simulations

 

Dasha Kisuryna

3rd Year PhD Candidate

Ion neutral reaction kinetics, glow discharge, mass spectrometry, ion trapping

 

 

Nathan McLane

2nd Year PhD Student

Matrix isolation spectroscopy, quantum chemistry calculations, novel methods for nuclear spin conversion 

 

 

Sanjana Maheshwari

1st Year PhD Student

Cold molecule spectroscopy

 

Shannon Ganley

Undergraduate Student

Cavity ringdown spectroscopy, cold molecular beams, instrument design

 

LeAnh Duckett

Undergraduate Student

 

Matt Dietrich

Undergraduate Student

 

Santiago Lorenzi

Undergraduate Student

 

Past Members

Melisa Kocak, Undergraduate Researcher (Spring 2023-Summer 2023)

Korina Vlahos (BS), Undergraduate Researcher (Summer 2021-Spring 2023) Currently at University of California, Berkeley working towards a PhD in Chemistry

Dr. Julianna Palotás, Postdoctoral Scientist (Spring 2022-Spring 2023) Currently a postdoctoral scientist at the University of Edinburgh

Trent Khanjar, Undergraduate Researcher (Spring 2022-Fall 2022)

Blake Pierpoint (BS), Postbaccalaureate Researcher (Fall 2021-Fall 2022) Currently working at JHU APL

Jessica Palko (M.Sc.), Masters Student (Fall 2019-Spring 2022) Currently teaching at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School

Kevin Beck, Undergraduate Researcher (Fall 2021-Spring 2022)

Hayden Whitley, Undergraduate Rotation Student (Fall 2021)