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Brent S. Sumerlin

George Bergen Butler Professor
Department
of Chemistry
University of Florida

Address:

Department of Chemistry

University of Florida

PO box 117200

Gainesville, FL 32611-7200

PH: (352) 392-0563

Email: sumerlin@chem.ufl.edu

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Kaden Stevens

Education:

Visiting Assistant Professor, Chemistry

University of Florida 

Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin     

             

Ph.D. in Molecular Engineering

University of Chicago (2023)

Advisor: Prof. Matthew Tirrell

B.S. in Polymer Science

University of Southern Mississippi (2018)

Advisor: Prof. Charles McCormick

Email: kadenstevens@ufl.edu

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Lucca Trachsel

Education:

Post-doctoral Researcher, Chemistry,

University of Florida 

Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin     

             

PhD in Polymer Chemistry and Biomaterials Engineering,

ETH Zürich (2020)
Advisor: Prof. Marcy Zenobi-Wong &

Dr. Edmondo M. Benetti

BSc. & MSc. in Biomedical Engineering,

ETH Zürich (2016)
Advisor: Prof. Nicholas D. Spencer

Email: lucca.trachsel@ufl.edu

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Krisada Auepattana-Aumrung

 

Education:
Visiting Student, Chemistry

University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin

Graduate Student, Materials Science and Engineering,
Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology (VISTEC)
Advisor: Assoc. Prof. Daniel Crespy

 

B.S., Chemistry

Mahidol University (2016)
Advisor: Asst. Prof. Manthana Jariyaboon

 

Email: krisada.auepatta@ufl.edu

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Lauren Bishop


Education:                   
Graduate Student, Chemistry,

University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin
                  
B.S., Chemistry,

University of Massachusetts, Amherst (2020)

Advisor: Prof. Todd Emrick

Email: lauren.bishop@ufl.edu

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Won Joon Choi


Education:                   
Graduat
e Student, Chemistry,

University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin
                  
B.S., Chemistry

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Advisor: Prof. Jeffery S. Moore

Email: wjchoi@ufl.edu

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Cabell Eades


Education:                   
Graduate Student, Chemistry,

University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin

 

B.S., Nanoscience, B.A. Chemistry,

Virginia Tech (2020)

Advisor: Prof. John B. Matson

Email: ceades@chem.ufl.edu

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Rhys Hughes

Education:                   
Graduate Student, Chemistry,

University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin


B.S., Chemistry,

Cardiff University (2020)
Advisor: Dr. Ben Ward


Email: r.hughes@ufl.edu

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Thi Le


Education:                   

Graduate Student, Chemistry,

University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin
                  
M.S., Biotechnology

International University (IU)-VNU-HCM

Advisor: Prof. Khoi Tan Nguyen

B.S., Chemistry

International University (IU)-VNU-HCM

Advisor: Prof. Khoi Tan Nguyen

Email: thi.le@chem.ufl.edu

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Lauren Mann 

Education:                   

Graduate Student, Chemistry,

University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin

B. Sc., Chemistry

University of North Florida (2020)


Email: laurenmann@ufl.edu

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Ariana Tamura

Education:                   

Graduate Student, Chemistry,

University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin
                  

M.S., Chemistry

California State University, Polytechnic Ponoma

Advisor: Prof. Thomas Osberger

B.S., Chemistry

University of California, Los Angeles

Advisor: Prof. Yi Tang


Email: atamura@chem.ufl.edu

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Jared Bowman


Education:                   

Graduate Student, Chemistry,

University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin
                   
B.S., Polymer Science,

University of Southern Mississippi (2019)
Advisor: Prof. Yoan C. Simon

Email: 

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Noah Cyr


Education:                   
Graduate Student, Chemistry,

University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin
                  
B.A., Chemistry,

Florida Gulf Coast University (2019)
Advisor: Dr. Daniel H. Paull

Email: ncyr@chem.ufl.edu

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Cullen Davidson


Education:                   
Graduate Student, Chemistry,

University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin
                  
B.S., Polymer Chemistry & Political Science,

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2018)
Advisor: Prof. Frank Leibfarth

Email: 

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Lily Diodati


Education:                   
Graduate Student, Chemistry,

University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin
                  
B.S., Chemistry,

University of North Georgia (2018)

Advisor: Dr. Aimeé Tomlinson

Email: ldiodati@chem.ufl.edu

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Graham Gilchrist

Education:                   
Graduate Student, Chemistry,

University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin


B.S., Chemistry, Economics

Wesleyan University (2023)
Advisor: Dr. Ben Elling


Email: graham.gilchrist@ufl.edu

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Blanch Khouri Sader

Education:                   

Graduate Student, Chemistry,

University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin
 

B.S., Biology                 

Nova Southeastern University (2021)
Advisor: Prof. Patricia Calvo

Email: bkhourisader@ufl.edu

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Debabrata Konar


Education:                   

Graduate Student, Chemistry,

University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin
                   
M.S. (Pharm.), Medicinal Chemistry,

National Institute of Pharmaceutical

Education and Research (NIPER),

Mohali (2015)
Advisor: Prof. Vipin A. Nair

Email: dkonar@chem.ufl.edu

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Sofia Goodrich

Education:                   
Graduate Student, Chemistry,

University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin

 

M.S. Materials Science and Engineering
University of Florida (2021)

B.S., Chemistry,

University of Hartford (2017)
Advisor: Dr. Laura E. Pence

B.S., Engineering Science & 

East Asian Language & Literature,

Smith College (2013)
Advisor: Dr. Borjana Mikic & 

Dr. Sujane Wu

Email: sl.goodrich@chem.ufl.edu

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Megan Lott

Education:                   

Graduate Student, Chemistry,

University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin
                  
B.A., Sociology

University of Florida
Advisor: Dr. George Christou
                  

Email: m.lott@ufl.edu

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Tanmoy Maity

Education:                   

Graduate Student, Chemistry,

University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin

 

Junior Research Fellow (Project),
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Kolkata
(2022-2023)
Advisor: Prof. Priyadarsi De


M.S., Chemistry,
Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore (2022)


Email: tanmoymaity@ufl.edu

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Minu Mathew

Education:                   

Graduate Student, Chemistry,

University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin
                  
M. Phil., Chemistry

Christ University, Bangalore, India

 

M. Sc., Chemistry

Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India

B. Sc., Chemistry

Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India

  
Email: mathew.minu@ufl.edu

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Gunzi Otgonjargal

Education:                   

Graduate Student, Chemistry,

University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin
                  

B.A., Chemistry,

Kalamazoo College (2023)

Advisor: Dr. Blakely Tresca
 

Email: gotgonjargal@chem.ufl.edu

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Kevin Stewart

Education:                   

Graduate Student, Chemistry,

University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin
                   

B.S., Biochemistry,

University of Colorado

Colorado Springs (2014)
Advisors: Prof. Allen Schoffstall;

Prof. Scott Iacono

Email: 

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Alex Wong

Education:                   

Graduate Student, Chemistry,

University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin
                  

B.S., Chemistry and Exercise Science

Grand Valley State University (2017)
Advisor: Prof. Matthew Hart and

Prof. Stephen Glass

Email: wonga1@chem.ufl.edu

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James Young

Education:                   

Graduate Student, Chemistry,

University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin

B. A., Chemistry,

University of San Diego,

San Diego (2019) 

Advisor: Prof. Peter M. Iovine

Email: jamesyoung@chem.ufl.edu

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Jacqueline Anatot

Education:                   

B.S. Candidate, Biochemistry,

University of Florida

Email: jacquelineanatot@ufl.edu

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Danyella Cabrera

Education:                   

B.S. Candidate, Microbiology and Chemistry,

University of Florida

Email: danyellacabrera@ufl.edu

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Anna Carter

Education:                   

B.S. Candidate, Biology

University of Florida

Email: annacarter@ufl.edu

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Jason Hillman

Education:                   

B.S. Candidate, Chemical Engineering

University of Florida

Email: jasonhillman@ufl.edu

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Jack Moerschel

Education:                   

B.S. Candidate, Applied Physiology & Kinesiology

University of Florida

Email: jackmoerschel@ufl.edu

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Maddie Ross

 

Education:                   
B.S. Candidate, Biochemistry,

University of Florida

 

Email: madison.ross@ufl.edu

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Victoria Thompson

 

Education:
B.S. Candidate, Chemical Engineering

University of Florida

Email: vthompson2@ufl.edu

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Isabella Zastrow

Education:
B.S. Candidate, Biochemistry

University of Florida

Email: Isabellazastrow@ufl.edu

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