People
Current Group Members:
Antonin Marek
Senior Research Associate
Education:
- M.S. Biophysics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University in Prague, 1996
- Research Scholar, Chemistry Department, University of Detroit Mercy 1999-2000
- Research Scholar, Chemistry Department, Cornell University of Ithaca, 2000
- Research Scholar, Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department, Northeastern University, 2000
- Ph.D. Macromolecular Chemistry, Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry of Academy of Sciences, Charles University in Prague, 2006
- Post-doc Fellow, Chemistry Department, North Carolina State University, 2006-2011
Contact: anmarek@gmail.com
Sergey Milikisiyants
Senior Research Associate
Education:
- M.S. Physics, Department of Physics, Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia, 1996
- Ph.D. Physical Chemistry, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland, 2002
- Post Doctoral Researcher, University of Leiden, Leiden, Netherlands, 2004-2008
- Post Doctoral Research Associate, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Troy, NY, 2008-2013
Contact: sergeymilikisiyants@gmail.com
Maxim A. Voynov
Research Assistant Professor
Education:
- BA, Chemistry, Kemerovo State University, Russia, 1995
- PhD, Organic Chemistry, Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russia, 2001
Contact: maxim_voynov@ncsu.edu
Morteza Jafarabadi
Lead Scientist, MAA Laboratories, Inc. Durham, NC
Education:
- BS, Applied Chemistry, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran, 2008
- MS, Nanochemistry, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, 2011
- PhD, North Carolina State University, 2019
Contact: mjafara@ncsu.edu
Melanie M. Chestnut
Graduate Student
Education:
- BA, Chemistry, Hanover College, Hanover, IN, 2014
Contact: mmchestn@ncsu.edu
Vladislav Perelygin
Graduate Student
Education:
- BA, Physics, Moscow State University, Russia, 2016
Contact: vrperely@ncsu.edu
Kianna Jimenez
Graduate Student
Education:
- B.S. Chemistry, Barton College, 2017
- B.A. Mathematics, Barton College, 2017
Contact: kajimene@ncsu.edu
Not pictured:
Erkang Ou
Post-Doctoral Associate
Contact: eou@ncsu.edu
Group Alumni:
Kaleigh Margita
Education:
- BS, Chemistry, Newberry College, Newberry, South Carolina, 2014
- MS, Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 2017
Contact: Kmmargit@ncsu.edu
Le Li
Scientist, Catalent Pharma Solutions, Overland Park, KS, 2017-Present
Education:
- BS, Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China, 2005-2009
- PhD, Chemistry, North Carolina State University, 2009-2014
- Post Doctoral Research Associate, North Carolina State University, 2014-2015
- Post Doctoral Research Associate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 2015-2017
Amir Koolivand
Post Doctoral Research Associate
Education:
- BS, Applied Chemistry, Tabriz University, Tabriz, Iran, 2007
- MS, Nanochemistry, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, 2011
- PhD, Physical Chemistry, NC State University, 2015
- Postdoc, Bioanalytical Chemistry, University of Texas at Arlington (Current).
Contact: amir.koolivand@uta.edu
Saritha Nellutla Assistant Professor, Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, MA; 2014 – Present
- B.S., Osmania University, Hyderabad, India, 1995 – 1998
- M.S., Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology-Mumbai, Mumbai, India, 1998 – 2000
- Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 2000 – 2005
- Post Doctoral Research Assistant and Instrument Manager, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Tallahassee, FL 2005 – 2008
- Post Doctoral Research Associate, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 2008 – 2012
- Visiting Assistant Professor, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY 2012 – 2014