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Current Members at NC State

Winter 2024

Group Photo February 2024

Ryan Chiechi

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


Graduate Students

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


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


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


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



Undergraduate Students

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.


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


NCSU Alumni

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



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




University of Groningen

Spring 2022

Spring 2020

Spring 2018