Former Group Members
Where are they now? Find out the exciting places and careers our former members have gone on to.
![Mu-Chieh Chang](https://andersonlab.uchicago.edu/files/2019/09/MuChieh.jpg)
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
![Noah Horwitz](https://andersonlab.uchicago.edu/files/2019/09/Noah-H.jpeg)
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
![Ethan Hill](https://andersonlab.uchicago.edu/files/2019/09/Ethan.png)
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
![Jorge Martinez](https://andersonlab.uchicago.edu/files/2019/04/Jorge.jpeg)
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](https://andersonlab.uchicago.edu/files/2019/04/Andrew-Ritchhart.jpg)
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](https://andersonlab.uchicago.edu/files/2019/04/Lei.jpg)
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](https://andersonlab.uchicago.edu/files/2019/09/Airi.jpg)
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
![Andrew McNeece](https://andersonlab.uchicago.edu/files/2019/09/Andrew.jpg)
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
![Kate Jesse](https://andersonlab.uchicago.edu/files/2019/09/Kate.jpg)
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
![McKenna Smith](https://andersonlab.uchicago.edu/files/2019/09/McKenna.jpg)
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](https://andersonlab.uchicago.edu/files/2022/07/Maggie.jpg)
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
![Jiaze Xie](https://andersonlab.uchicago.edu/files/2019/09/Jiaze.png)
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](https://andersonlab.uchicago.edu/files/2019/09/Norman.jpeg)
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 />](https://andersonlab.uchicago.edu/files/2019/04/Alex.jpg)
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](https://andersonlab.uchicago.edu/files/2019/09/Joseph.jpg)
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](https://andersonlab.uchicago.edu/files/2019/09/Moises.jpg)
Moises Ballesteros
Undergraduate, member 2015-2017
Current: Graduate Student, University of Notre Dame
B.S. University of Chicago, 2017
Hometown: Chicago, Illinois
![Bennet Karel](https://andersonlab.uchicago.edu/files/2019/09/Bennet.jpg)
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](https://andersonlab.uchicago.edu/files/2019/09/Noah.jpg)
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](https://andersonlab.uchicago.edu/files/2019/09/Rachel.jpeg)
Rachel Conway
Undergraduate, member 2017-2018
Current: Graduate Student, University of Oxford
B.S. University of Edinburgh, 2019
Hometown: Edinburgh, United Kingdom
![Amanda Wilson](https://andersonlab.uchicago.edu/files/2019/09/Amanda.jpg)
Amanda Wilson
Undergraduate, member 2018-2019
Current: Capgemini, https://www.capgemini.com/
B.S. University of Chicago, 2019
Hometown: Hinsdale, Illinois
![Shutian Jiang](https://andersonlab.uchicago.edu/files/2019/09/Shutian.jpg)
Shutian Jiang
Undergraduate, member 2018-2020
Current: Graduate Student, Princeton University
B.S. University of Chicago, 2020
Hometown: Nanjing, China
![Vennela Mannava](https://andersonlab.uchicago.edu/files/2019/09/Vennela.jpeg)
Vennela Mannava
Undergraduate, member 2017-2021
Current: Graduate Student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
B.S. University of Chicago, 2021
Hometown: Westford, Massachusetts
![Emory Apodaca](https://andersonlab.uchicago.edu/files/2019/04/Emory.jpg)
Emory Apodaca
Undergraduate, member 2021
Current: Undergraduate Student, University of Chicago
Hometown: Kansas City, Kansas
![Omar Salinas](https://andersonlab.uchicago.edu/files/2019/09/Omar.jpg)
Omar Salinas
Undergraduate, member 2019-2022
Current: Graduate Student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
B.S. University of Chicago, 2022
Hometown: Chicago, Illinois
![Joel Gardner](https://andersonlab.uchicago.edu/files/2020/12/Joel.png)
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](https://andersonlab.uchicago.edu/files/2019/04/Eyob.jpg)
Eyob Tewelde
Undergraduate, member 2021
Current: Undergraduate Student, University of Chicago
Hometown: Kansas City, Kansas
![Remi Dado](https://andersonlab.uchicago.edu/files/2019/04/Remi.jpg)
Remi Dado
Undergraduate, member 2021-2022
![Mya Powers-Nash](https://andersonlab.uchicago.edu/files/2019/11/20191029_075516.jpg)
Mya Powers-Nash
Visiting Undergraduate, member 2022
Current: Undergraduate Student Hometown: Chicago, Illinois
![Daniel Bourland](https://andersonlab.uchicago.edu/files/2019/04/Daniel-1.jpg)
Daniel Bourland
Undergraduate, member 2022
Current: Undergraduate Student, University of Chicago
Hometown: Morristown, New Jersey