The Lab!

Of course, the people who do the work in the lab are the most important ‘ingredient’ in our program.  Below are those who are currently in the group, along with a list (and some photos) of those who graced us with their presence in the past.

Mr. Qin Lou

Graduate student.  Developing new copolymers for photolithography applications & photovoltaic devices.

The research group (Summer 2011)

Front: Kate Murphy, Lily Dayter, Olivia Durham

Middle: Brianne Kiliman, Katie Poetz, Victoria Vasso

Back: Khrystyna Dilia, Qin Lou, Devon Shipp, Nicole Traphagen

Research Group of Prof. Devon A. Shipp

Polymers @ Clarkson University

Prof. Devon A. Shipp

Professor and Group Leader.

Curriculum Vitae

Former Group Members

(and immediate place of employment/study after graduating from Clarkson)

 

Graduate Students

Xiang Yu (MS July 2003) - PhD student at Virginia Tech

Stacey Reeder (MS July 2004) - Aquatrols, Inc, NJ.

Kamel Omrane (MS July 2006) - Intel, Oregon

Nuha Salem (PhD July 2007) - Visiting Assistant Professor Clarkson University

Vidyasagar Malepu (MS August 2007) - Lockheed Martin

Ryan McBath (MS in Chemical Engineering, June 2009) - Clarkson University

Brodie Rutherglen (MS July 2010) - MD at University of British Columbia Med School

Pavan S. Chinthamanipeta (PhD March 2011) - IBM

 

Undergraduate Students (and immediate post-CU employment/studies)

Sarah Ebeltoft* (BS 2001) - Albany Molecular Research Inc.

Carolynn Mosenteen (BS 2002) - MS (Education) student at SUNY Potsdam

John Paige (BS 2002) - Pfizer Pharmaceuticals

Krista Granger* (BS 2002) - PhD student at Boston College

S. Dayana Argoti* (BS 2002) - PhD student at Northeastern University

Jenn Eppstein (BS 2002) - Wyeth Pharmaceuticals

Justin Richards (BS 2003) - Albany Molecular Research Inc.

Mark Skasko (BS 2003) - PhD student at U. of Rochester

Kirsten Griffiths* (BS 2003) - PhD student at UCLA

Brendan Farrell (BS 2004) - PhD student at Clarkson University

Adam Labaff (BS 2004) - MS student at Clarkson University

Brent Whitehead (BS 2005) - Albany Molecular Research Inc.

Alexis Bohrer (BS 2005)- Boston Analytical, Salem NH

Kellie Vercoe* (BS 2005) - AMRI

Matthew Kishpaugh (BS 2006) - Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, NY

Halimatu Mohammad* (BS 2006) - PhD student at Carnegie Mellon University

Danielle Petko (BS 2006) - GE Global Research, Albany NY

Peter Coneski (BS 2006) - PhD student at U. of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Christy Petruczok (BS 2008) - PhD at MIT (Chemical Engineering)

Sara Stahley (BS 2009) - PhD at Emory University, GA

Jessica Terrell (BS 2009) - PhD at University of Maryland

Kate Murphy* (BS 2009) - PhD studies at Clarkson University

Chris McQuinn (BS 2009) - MD at SUNY Upstate Medical Center

Sara Zorn (BS 2009) - MS in Nutrition Sciences at New York University

Karyn Cioppa* (BS 2009) - MS Education at Binghamton University

Elizabeth Stairs (BS 2010) - Lonza Biologics

Anastasia Scangas (BS 2011) - PhD studies at Northwestern University

Yu Ling Huang (BS 2011) -

Garrett Liddill (BS 2011) -

Gwen Burkey (BS 2011) - PhD studies at the Ohio State University

Victoria Vasso* (BS 2011) - PhD studies at the University at Buffalo

 

= Clarkson University Honors students

* = Senior Thesis students

 

Summer Research Students (McNair, REU or NIH Scholars)

Magdalena Reyes (2000) - from Jefferson Community College (NY)

Justin Philippi (2001) - from Clarkson University

Adil Ahmed (2002) - from Housatonic College (CT)

Matthew Kishpaugh (2004) - from Clarkson University

Tu Trinh Tran (2004, 2005) - from Clarkson University

Dustin Phillips (2008) - from Louisiana State University

Yu Ling Huang (2009) - from Clarkson University

Bianca Garcia (2010) - from Texas A&M Kingsville

 

 

Postdoctoral Research Fellows (and immediate post-CU employment)

Mustafa Dolaz (2010) - visiting fellow from Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam

                                       University, Turkey

Drazen Pavlovic (2007– 2009) - University of Bordeaux, France

Dalia Abdallah (2006-2007) - ADCO, Abu Dhabi, UAE

Tianxi Zhang (2004-2005) - Postdoctoral position, Washington State University

Hanying Zhao (2002-2003) - Faculty position, Nankai University, China

Ho-Cheol Kang  (2002) - Postdoctoral position, Clarkson University

Li Liu (2002-2003) - Faculty position, Nankai University, China

Summer 2000 (from left to right):

Devon Shipp, Carolynn Mosenteen, Magdalena Reyes, Sarah Ebeltoft, and Krista Granger.

Fall 2001 (from left to right):

 Xiang Yu. Dayana Argoti, Stacey Reeder, Devon Shipp, Krista Granger and Jenn Eppstein.

Spring 2003 (from left to right):

Brent Whitehead, Brendan Farrell, Kirsten Griffiths, Justin Richards (kneeling), Stacey Reeder, Devon Shipp, Xiang Yu, Hanying Zhao.

Summer 2004 (from left to right):

Matt Kishpaugh, Brian Lowes, TuTrinh Tran, Danielle Petko, Devon Shipp, Nuha Salem and Mahesh Thopasridharan (missing are Halimatu Mohammed, Tianxi Zhang and Kamel Omrane)

 

Spring 2006 (l to r): Pavan Kumar, Sagar Malepu, Hali Mohammed, Devon Shipp, Kamel Omrane, Danielle Petko, Dalia Abdallah

Ms. Kate Murphy

Graduate student.  Developing new high Tg polymers from thiol-ene polymerizations.

Spring 2007 (l to r): Pavan Kumar, Sagar Malepu, Devon Shipp, Nathan Porter, Dalia Abdallah, Chris McQuinn, Christy Petruczok, Soujanya Reddy (Sara Stahley is missing).

Ms. Olivia Durham

Graduate student. Synthesis of degradable particles using thiol-ene polymerizations.

Ms. Katie Poetz

Graduate student. Developing new biodegradable polymers.

Undergraduate Students

Stephanie Fralick (Senior Thesis)
Emma Bonan (Senior Thesis)
Lily Dayter (Honors Program)
Nicole Traphagen (Honors Program)
Brianne Kiliman (Directed Study)
Aidan Zebertavage (Directed Study)

Fall 2008: (l to r): Lauren Chaby, Drazen Pavlovic, Pavan Kumar, Brodie Rutherglen, Karyn Cioppa, Devon Shipp, Ryan McBath, Kate Murphy, Chris McQuinn, Anya Scangas, Qin Lou, Jessica Terrell, Sara Zorn

Copyright © Devon A. Shipp

Spring 2010: (l to r): Pavan Kumar, Garrett Liddil, Liz Stairs, Kate Murphy (front), Qin Lou, Gwen Burkey, Devon Shipp, Brodie Rutherglen.