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