Current Members at NC State
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Group Photo February 2024
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Ryan Chiechi
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry & Organic and Carbon Electronics Cluster
North Carolina State University
email: [email protected]
BS: University of Oregon - Michael Haley
PhD: UCLA - Fred Wudl
Postdoc: Harvard - George M. Whitesides
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Varsha Verma
Varsha Verma
Graduate Student
email: [email protected]
Department of Chemistry
Current: North Carolina State University
Master's: Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi, India
Undergraduate: University of Delhi, India
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Berend van den Assem
Berend van den Assem<
Graduate Student
email: [email protected]
Current: Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University
Bachelor: Sustainable Chemistry and Energy at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Master's degree: Nanoscience at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Hobbies: Board and card games, reading, swimming, gaming
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Emily Piner
Emily Piner
Graduate Student
email: [email protected]
Current: Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University
Bachelor: Chemistry, University of North Carolina - Wilmington
Master's degree: Forest Biomaterials, North Carolina State University
Hobbies: playing piano, playing video and board games, knitting, and hanging out with my dogs
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Thusharika Muthumali
Thusharika Muthumali
Graduate Student
email: [email protected]
Current: Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University
Undergraduate: University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
Masters degree: Sam Houston State University
Hobbies: walking, traveling, watching movies, cooking
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Jackson Mills
Jackson Mills
Undergraduate Student
email: [email protected]
B.S. Materials Science and Engineering: Nanomaterials Concentration
Hobbies: Reading, video games, board games, and listening to music.
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Kara Musteikis
Kara Musteikis
Undergraduate Student
email: [email protected]
B.S. Chemistry, North Carolina State University
Hobbies: crocheting, baking, playing soccer, listening to music, and watching movies
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Anna Willard
Anna Willard
Undergraduate Student
email: [email protected]
B.S. Chemistry, North Carolina State University
Hobbies: playing chess, playing video games, listening to music, watching Youtube videos, scrolling on Tiktok, and binging TV shows
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Devi Nandita Argi
Devi Nandita Argi
Undergraduate Student
email: [email protected]
B.S. Chemistry, North Carolina State University
Hobbies: drawing/painting, reading, listening to music, riding motorcycles
Spring 2022
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Spring 2020
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Spring 2018
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