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The Keating Research Group, December 2012
From top to bottom, left to right: Ben Smith, David Cacace, David Kirby, Erica Frankel,
Brad Davis, William Aumiller, Chris Strulson, Chris Keating, Sarah Boehm, Kristi Liddell, Dan Dewey
Previous group photos: 2000 I 2001 I 2003 I 2004 I 2005 I 2006 I 2008 I 2009I 2011
Principal Investigator
Graduate Students
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Bill Aumiller Hometown: McClure, PA Education: B.S., Chemistry, Juniata College (Huntingdon, PA) Awards: PSU Roberts Fellowship (2008-2009), Chemistry Department Travel Award (2011) Research Area: The study of enzyme kinetics and reaction pathways on particles Hobbies: Board games, Wii, racquetball Favorite Links: PostSecret, YouTube, Wikipedia Email: wma111 *at* psu.edu |
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David Cacace Hometown: Gulf Breeze, FL Education: B.S., Chemistry, philosophy minor, University of North Florida (Jacksonville, FL) Awards: Outstanding Undergraduate Research in Chemistry (2007), PSU Roberts Fellowship (2007-2008), Chemistry Department Travel Award (2011) Research Area: Aqueous two-phase systems for enzyme compartmentalization and localization of CaCO3 precipitates. Hobbies: Gaming, reading, cooking, biking Favorite Links: I Can Has Cheezburger? Email: dnc135 *at* psu.edu |
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Brad Davis Hometown: McClellandtown, PA Education: B.S., Forensic Chemistry, Waynesburg University (Waynesburg, PA) Awards: PSU Roberts Fellowship (2009-2010) Research Area: Construction and kinetic characterization of artificial multienzyme complexes. Hobbies: Hockey, soccer, NASCAR, country music, staying busy --- Lets Go Pens!!! Favorite Links: The Pensblog, Space.com Email: bwd119 *at* psu.edu |
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Daniel Dewey Hometown: New Freedom, PA Education: B.S., Chemistry, York College of Pennsylvania Awards: PSU Ruberts Fellowship (2007-2008), Chemistry Department Travel Award (2011) Research Area: Development of lipid encapsulation methods for siRNA via aqueous two-phase seperation. Hobbies: Ultimate frisbee, cutlery maintenance, cooking, painting, biking Favorite Links: SMBC, vladstudio, accuweather Email: dcd162 *at* psu.edu |
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David Kirby Hometown: Summerhill, PA Education: B.S., Chemistry, St. Francis University (Loretto, PA) Awards: PSU Roberts Fellowship (2009-2010) Research Area: Detection of small molecules, nucleic acids, and proteins using nanowire-based and on-chip systems. Hobbies: Tennis and archery Favorite Links: phdcomics, slashdot Email: djk291 *at* psu.edu |
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Kristi Liddell Hometown: Barker, NY Education: B.S., Chemistry, with a concentration in biochemistry, St. John Fisher College (Rochester, NY) Awards: PSU Roberts Fellowship (2008-2009), Dan H. Waugh Memorial Teaching Award (2009-2010), Chemistry Department Travel Award (2011), Dow Travel Award (2011) Research Area: Toward on-chip electrical cancer diagnostics: assembly and integration of bio-probe-coated nanowires Hobbies: Cooking, softball, traveling, being outdoors Email: klb456 *at* psu.edu |
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Benjamin David Smith Hometown: Waunakee, WI Education: B.A., Chemistry, Lawrence University (Appleton, WI) Awards: Northeast WI ACS Outstanding Senior Award in Chemistry, PSU Roberts Fellowship (2007-2008, 2011-2012), PSU Incoming Class New Graduate Student Award (2008), NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program honorable mention (2009), Pennsylvania Space Grant Consortium Fellowship (2009-2011), Chemistry Department Travel Award (2011), Rustum and Della Roy Innovation in Materials Research Award (2011) Research Area: Investigations of the self- and controlled assembly of Email: bds255 *at* psu.edu Favorite Links: Movember |
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Sarah J. Boehm Hometown: Long Island, NY Education: B.A., Chemistry, Minor in Physics College of the Holy Cross (Worchester, MA) Awards: ACS Undergrad Analytical Chemistry Award (2010), PSU Roberts Fellowship (2011) Research Area: On-chip biosensing using functionalized nanowires Email: sjb340 *at* psu.edu Hobbies: Coffee, crochet, skiing, hiking |
Postdoctoral Fellows:
Dr. Bo He
Dr. Ann-Sofie Cans, Chalmers University of Technology (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Dr. Marcus Helfrich, Department of Agriculture, State of North Carolina
Dr. Clint Jones, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Mercyhurst College (Erie, PA) (website)
Dr. Ramazan Kizil, Istanbul Technical University (Istanbul, Turkey)
Dr. Mahnaz El-Kouedi, Manager of Strategic Projects, Tufts University (Medford, MA)
Graduate Students:
Dr. Meghan Andes-Koback, Senior Research Chemist, DOW Chemical (Philadelphia, PA)
Dr. Jackie Keighron, Postdoc, Ewing/Cans Group, University of Gothenburg (Gothenburg, Sweden)
Dr. Stacey Dean, Senior Research Chemist, Dow Chemical (Midland, MI)
Dr. Kristin Cederquist, Scientist, nanoRETE, (Lansing, MI)
Dr. Sarah Brunker, Postdoc, Walt Group, Tufts University (Medford, MA)
Dr. Thomas Morrow, Scientist, Alcon Laboratories, Inc., (Ft. Worth, TX)
Dr. Lisa Dominak, Postdoc, Cleveland Clinic (Cleveland, OH)
Dr. Lisa Quimby, Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Skidmore College (Saratoga Springs, NY)
Dr. James Sioss, Research Chemist, BASF (Ossining, NY)
Dr. Rebecca Stoermer, Visiting Scientist, Oxonica, Inc. (Mountain View, CA)
Dr. M. Scott Long, Postdoc, Wirth Group, University of Arizona (Tuscon, AZ)
Dr. Glenn Goodrich, Nanospectra Biosciences (Houston, TX)
Dr. Shawn Mulvaney, Naval Research Laboratory (Washington, DC)
Dr. Sheila Nicewarner-Pena, Postdoc, Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine, George Mason University (Manassas, VA)
Dr. David Pena, Northrop Grumman (Lorton, VA)
Dr. Brian Reiss, Cabot Corporation
Dr. Lin He, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC)
Paola Torre, visiting graduate student, University of Trento, Centre for Integrative Biology
Rosie Molden, M. S., graduate student, University of Pennsylvania
Francis Reyes, M.S., graduate student, Batey Group, University of Colorado at Boulder
William Charette, M.S.
Lauren Mangeney-Slavin, M.S.
Jihye Kim (graduate student, Asbury Group, Penn State)
Julie Brennan
Undergraduate Students:
Glesmarie Ortiz Zaya, REU student, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus
Pedro Rivera Pomales, REU student, Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico
Katelyn Cohen, REU student, Temple University
Erica Gundermann, Temple University
Claudia Luiggi, REU student, Universidad de Puerto Rico en Mayaguez
Isamar Ortiz-Rivera, REU student, Universidad de Puerto Rico en Cayey
Pedro Gonzalez, REU student, Universidad de Puerto Rico en Cayey
Karla Santos, REU student, Universidad de Puerto Rico en Cayey
Matthew Borgia, Biomaterials & Bionanotechnology Summer Institute, Penn State University
Justin Minnion, Penn State University
Greg Hild, REU student, Texas A&M Corpus Christi
Julianna Deakyne, Penn State University
Alex Okert, Penn State University
Sean McFarland, Biomaterials & Bionanotechnology Summer Institute, Clarion University
Darimar Hernandez, REU student, Universidad de Puerto Rico en Cayey
Gene Cozza, Penn State Universty
Karrera Djoko
Mark Etherton
Danielle Perry
David Bush
Martin Schierhorn, graduate student, University of California, Santa Barbara
Honorary Group Members:
Dr. Nate Siegfried, graduate student, Bevilacqua Group. Postdoc, Weeks Group, UNC Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC)
Dr. TJ Mullen, graduate student, Weiss Group. Postdoc, Liu Group, UC Davis (Davis, CA)
