Current Student's Biography
Joe Bailey
Undergraduate Institution: York College of Pennsylvania
Degree/Major/Year: B.S. / Forensic Chemistry / 2006
Research: My research centers on developing biofouling / fouling release platforms for marine applications based on hybrid xerogels and dendrimeric catalysts.
Randi Cattoi
Undergraduate Institution: Daemon College
Degree/Major/Year: B.S. / Chemistry / 2008
Research: My research explores the relationship between analyte structure and their effect on the surface chemistry and photoluminescence from porous silicon.
Heather Clark
Undergraduate Institution: Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
Degree/Major/Year: B.S. / Chemistry, Minor Biology / 2008
Research: My research seeks to develop the chemistry to tailoring porous silicon surfaces to create phosphate- and phosphonate-responsive sensors.
Caley Caras
Undergraduate Institution: Muhlenberg College
Degree/Major/Year: B.S. / Chemistry/ 2009
Research: My research explores the uniformity and spatially dependent oxidation of porous silicon surfaces.
Ian Horner
Undergraduate Institution: Canisius College
Degree/Major/Year: B.S. / Chemistry / 2008
Research: My research aims to develop analyte-responsive sensors based on porous silicon and class II ORMOSILS.
Nadine Kraut
Undergraduate Institution: Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
Degree/Major/Year: B.S. / Chemistry / 2006
Research: My research efforts focus on fabricating reagentless sensors, developing improved environmentally friendly chemistry, and novel instrumentation.
Justin Reynard
Undergraduate Institution: University at Buffalo
Degree/Major/Year: B.A. / Chemistry / 2009
Research: I am focused on understanding the photophysics of porous silicon and the effects of volatile analytes and surface chemistries.
Ka Yi (Kelly) Yung
Undergraduate Institution: Rochester Institute of Technology
Degree/Major/Year: B.S. / Chemistry /2007
Research: My research aims to develop chemical and biochemical sensor arrays based on sol-gel processing technology and ionic liquids.