Former Group Members

Where are they now? Find out the exciting places and careers our former members have gone on to.

Mu-Chieh Chang

Mu-Chieh Chang

Post-doctoral Scholar, member 2016-2018

muchiehchang@uchicago.edu

Current: Assistant Professor, National Taiwan University

Ph.D. University of Groningen, 2016
B.S./M.S. National Taiwan University, 2007/2009
Hometown: Taipei, Taiwan

Noah Horwitz

Noah Horwitz

Post-doctoral Scholar, member 2017-2020

noah.horwitz@gmail.com

Current: Universal Display Corporation

Ph.D. Northwestern University, 2017
B.S. University of Washington-Seattle, 2011
Hometown: Medina, Washington

Ethan Hill

Ethan Hill

Post-doctoral Scholar, member 2016-2020

ethanah@uchicago.edu

Current: Assistant Professor, Auburn University

Ph.D. University of California-Irvine, 2016
B.S. Colorado State University, 2011
Hometown: Colorado Springs, Colorado

Jorge Martinez

Jorge Martinez

Post-doctoral Scholar, member 2020-2023

jlmartinez16@uchicago.edu

Current: Post-doc at PNNL

Ph.D. Indiana University, 2020
B.S. University of Texas-El Paso, 2014
Hometown: El Paso, Texas

Andrew Ritchhart

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

Lei Wang

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

Airi Kawamura

Airi Kawamura

Graduate Student, member 2015-2020

airimk@uchicago.edu

Current: Consultant at BCG

Ph.D. University of Chicago, 2020
B.S. University of California-Davis, 2015
Hometown: Santa Cruz, California

Andrew McNeece

Andrew McNeece

Graduate Student, member 2015-2020

amcneece@uchicago.edu

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

Kate Jesse

Kate Jesse

Graduate Student, member 2016-2021

kjesse@uchicago.edu

Current: Scientist II at Los Alamos National Lab

Ph.D. University of Chicago, 2021
B.S. Claremont McKenna College, 2016
Hometown: Portland, Oregon

McKenna Smith

McKenna Smith

Graduate Student, member 2016-2021

mgoetz2@uchicago.edu

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

Maggie Kelty

Graduate Student, member 2016-2022

mlkelty@uchicago.edu

Current: Associate at McKinsey & Company

Ph.D. University of Chicago, 2022
B.S. Northwestern University, 2015
Hometown: Ridgewood, New Jersey

Jiaze Xie

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

Norman Zhao

Norman Zhao

Graduate Student, member 2017-2022

normanz@uchicago.edu

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 />

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

Joseph Schneider

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

Moises Ballesteros

Moises Ballesteros

Undergraduate, member 2015-2017

mballesteros5934@uchicago.edu

Current: Graduate Student, University of Notre Dame

B.S. University of Chicago, 2017
Hometown: Chicago, Illinois

Bennet Karel

Bennet Karel

Undergraduate, member 2016-2018

bennetkar@uchicago.edu

Current: Graduate Student, University of Washington-Seattle

B.S. University of Chicago, 2018
Hometown: Weston, Massachusetts

Noah D. McMillion

Noah D. McMillion

Undergraduate, member 2015-2018

mcmillion@uchicago.edu

Current: Graduate Student, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

B.S. University of Chicago, 2018
Hometown: Arkadelphia, Arkansas

Rachel Conway

Rachel Conway

Undergraduate, member 2017-2018

rconway@uchicago.edu

Current: Graduate Student, University of Oxford

B.S. University of Edinburgh, 2019
Hometown: Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Amanda Wilson

Amanda Wilson

Undergraduate, member 2018-2019

awwilson@uchicago.edu

Current: Capgemini, https://www.capgemini.com/

B.S. University of Chicago, 2019
Hometown: Hinsdale, Illinois

Shutian Jiang

Shutian Jiang

Undergraduate, member 2018-2020

shutianj@uchicago.edu

Current: Graduate Student, Princeton University

B.S. University of Chicago, 2020
Hometown: Nanjing, China

Vennela Mannava

Vennela Mannava

Undergraduate, member 2017-2021

vmannava@uchicago.edu

Current: Graduate Student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

B.S. University of Chicago, 2021
Hometown: Westford, Massachusetts

Emory Apodaca

Emory Apodaca

Undergraduate, member 2021

emoryapodaca@uchicago.edu

Current: Undergraduate Student, University of Chicago

Hometown: Kansas City, Kansas

Omar Salinas

Omar Salinas

Undergraduate, member 2019-2022

osalinas@uchicago.edu

Current: Graduate Student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

B.S. University of Chicago, 2022
Hometown: Chicago, Illinois

Joel Gardner

Joel Gardner

Undergraduate, member 2020-2022

joelgardner@uchicago.edu

Current: Graduate Student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

B.S. University of Chicago, 2022
Hometown: Hastings-on-Hudson, New York

Eyob Tewelde

Eyob Tewelde

Undergraduate, member 2021

etewelde33@uchicago.edu

Current: Undergraduate Student, University of Chicago

Hometown: Kansas City, Kansas

Remi Dado

Remi Dado

Undergraduate, member 2021-2022

rdado@uchicago.edu

B.S. University of Chicago 2022

Hometown: Los Angeles, California

Mya Powers-Nash

Mya Powers-Nash

Visiting Undergraduate, member 2022

Current: Undergraduate Student Hometown: Chicago, Illinois

Daniel Bourland

Daniel Bourland

Undergraduate, member 2022

dbourland@uchicago.edu

Current: Undergraduate Student, University of Chicago

Hometown: Morristown, New Jersey