Current Members at NC State

Spring 2023


Group Photo May 2023

Varsha Verma
email: [email protected]
Graduate Student
Department of Chemistry
Current: North Carolina State University
Master's: Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi, India
Undergraduate: University of Delhi, India

Berend van den Assem
email: [email protected]
Graduate Student
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

Emily Piner
email: [email protected]
Graduate Student
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

Anna Willard
email: [email protected]
Undergraduate Student
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


Devi Nandita Argi
email: [email protected]
Undergraduate Student
B.S. Chemistry, North Carolina State University
Hobbies: drawing/painting, reading, listening to music, riding motorcycles


Thusharika Muthumali
email: [email protected]
Graduate teaching assistant
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
University of Groningen

Spring 2022


The Group in Groningen
While we build up the lab at NCSU, the Groningen lab is still going strong!

Spring 2020
Spring 2018

Ryan Chiechi