Former Group Members
Where are they now? Find out the exciting places and careers our former members have gone on to.
Ningxin Jiang
Post-doctoral Scholar, member 2022-2025
njiang2@uchicago.edu
Current: Assistant Professor, Nanjing University
Ph.D. Georgia Institute of Technology, 2021
B.S. Nanjing University, 2016
Hometown: Jiansu, China
Sophie Anferov
Graduate Student, member 2019-2024
swhitmey@uchicago.edu
Current: Post-doc in the Copéret Lab, ETH Zürich
Ph.D. University of Chicago, 2024
B.S. California Intitute of Technology
Hometown: Charlotte, North Carolina
Patrick Crossland
Post-doctoral Scholar, member 2021-2024
pcrossland@uchicago.edu
Current: Module Development Engineer, Intel
Ph.D. University of Minnesota, 2021
B.S. College of William and Mary, 2015
Hometown: Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
Joseph Schneider
Graduate Student, member 2018-2024
jeschneider@uchicago.edu
Current: Post-doc in the Hartwig Group, University of California at Berkeley
Ph.D. University of Chicago, 2024
B.S. California Institute of Technology, 2018
Hometown: Lexington, Kentucky
Noah Horwitz
Post-doctoral Scholar, member 2017-2020
Current: Universal Display Corporation
Ph.D. Northwestern University, 2017
B.S. University of Washington-Seattle, 2011
Hometown: Medina, Washington
Mu-Chieh Chang
Post-doctoral Scholar, member 2016-2018
Current: Assistant Professor, National Taiwan University
Ph.D. University of Groningen, 2016
B.S./M.S. National Taiwan University, 2007/2009
Hometown: Taipei, Taiwan
Jorge Martinez
Post-doctoral Scholar, member 2020-2023
Current: Post-doc at PNNL
Ph.D. Indiana University, 2020
B.S. University of Texas-El Paso, 2014
Hometown: El Paso, Texas
Andrew Ritchhart
Post-doctoral Scholar, member 2020-2023
ritchhart@uchicago.edu
Current: Post-doc at PNNL
Ph.D. University of Washington-Seattle, 2020
B.S. University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, 2015
Hometown: Everett, Washington
Ethan Hill
Post-doctoral Scholar, member 2016-2020
Current: Assistant Professor, Auburn University
Ph.D. University of California-Irvine, 2016
B.S. Colorado State University, 2011
Hometown: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Lei Wang
Post-doctoral Scholar, member 2020-2024
leiw1@uchicago.edu
Current: Senior scientist at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ph.D. University of South Florida, 2019
M.S. Lanzhou University, 2014
B.S. Lanzhou University, 2011
Hometown: Xiaogan, China
Andrew McNeece
Graduate Student, member 2015-2020
Current: Scientist II at Los Alamos National Lab
Ph.D. University of Chicago, 2020
B.S. University of California-San Diego, 2015
Hometown: Benicia, California
Airi Kawamura
Graduate Student, member 2015-2020
Current: Consultant at BCG
Ph.D. University of Chicago, 2020
B.S. University of California-Davis, 2015
Hometown: Santa Cruz, California
McKenna Smith
Graduate Student, member 2016-2021
Current: Staff Scientist in Stahl Group, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ph.D. University of Chicago, 2021
B.S. University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2016
Hometown: Madison, Wisconsin
Maggie Kelty
Graduate Student, member 2016-2022
Current: Associate at McKinsey & Company
Ph.D. University of Chicago, 2022
B.S. Northwestern University, 2015
Hometown: Ridgewood, New Jersey
Kate Jesse
Graduate Student, member 2016-2021
Current: Scientist II at Los Alamos National Lab
Ph.D. University of Chicago, 2021
B.S. Claremont McKenna College, 2016
Hometown: Portland, Oregon
Norman Zhao
Graduate Student, member 2017-2022
Current: R&D Process Chemist at Air Liquide
Ph.D. University of Chicago, 2022
B.S. University of Rochester, 2017
Hometown: San Francisco, California
Alexander Sikalov<br />
Graduate Student, member 2021-2023
alexthechemist@uchicago.edu
Current: Graduate Student
M. S. University of Chicago, 2022
BSc. Kiev University, 2016
Hometown: Kiev, Ukraine
Jiaze Xie
Graduate Student, member 2016-2022
jiazex@uchicago.edu
Current: Post-doc in the Schoop Group, Princeton University
Ph.D. University of Chicago, 2022
B.A. Nanjing University, 2016
Hometown: Xi’an, China
Moises Ballesteros
Undergraduate, member 2015-2017
Current: Graduate Student, University of Notre Dame
B.S. University of Chicago, 2017
Hometown: Chicago, Illinois
Bennet Karel
Undergraduate, member 2016-2018
Current: Graduate Student, University of Washington-Seattle
B.S. University of Chicago, 2018
Hometown: Weston, Massachusetts
Noah D. McMillion
Undergraduate, member 2015-2018
Current: Graduate Student, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
B.S. University of Chicago, 2018
Hometown: Arkadelphia, Arkansas
Rachel Conway
Undergraduate, member 2017-2018
Current: Graduate Student, University of Oxford
B.S. University of Edinburgh, 2019
Hometown: Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Amanda Wilson
Undergraduate, member 2018-2019
Current: Capgemini, https://www.capgemini.com/
B.S. University of Chicago, 2019
Hometown: Hinsdale, Illinois
Shutian Jiang
Undergraduate, member 2018-2020
Current: Graduate Student, Princeton University
B.S. University of Chicago, 2020
Hometown: Nanjing, China
Vennela Mannava
Undergraduate, member 2017-2021
Current: Graduate Student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
B.S. University of Chicago, 2021
Hometown: Westford, Massachusetts
Emory Apodaca
Undergraduate, member 2021
Current: Undergraduate Student, University of Chicago
Hometown: Kansas City, Kansas
Omar Salinas
Undergraduate, member 2019-2022
Current: Graduate Student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
B.S. University of Chicago, 2022
Hometown: Chicago, Illinois
Joel Gardner
Undergraduate, member 2020-2022
Current: Graduate Student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
B.S. University of Chicago, 2022
Hometown: Hastings-on-Hudson, New York
Eyob Tewelde
Undergraduate, member 2021
Current: Undergraduate Student, University of Chicago
Hometown: Kansas City, Kansas
Remi Dado
Undergraduate, member 2021-2022
Mya Powers-Nash
Visiting Undergraduate, member 2022
Current: Undergraduate Student Hometown: Chicago, Illinois
Daniel Bourland
Undergraduate, member 2022
Current: Undergraduate Student, University of Chicago
Hometown: Morristown, New Jersey