Group Members

Principal Investigator

Postdoctoral Scholars

Graduate Students

Undergraduate Students

Group Alumni

Postdoctoral Scholars

  • Dr. Michael Todt (Beckman Coulter)
  • Dr. Duncan Ryan (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
  • Dr. Li Wang (Research Professor at Chinese Academy of Sciences)

Graduate Students

  • Dr. Luke Salzer, Ph.D., 2024 (Borregaard)
  • Dr. Rachelle Austin, Ph.D., 2024 (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
  • Dr. Justin Toole, Ph.D., 2023 (United States Military Academy West Point)
  • Dr. Michael Van Erdewyk, Ph.D., 2022 (Prieto Battery)
  • Dr. Zach Nilsson, Ph.D., 2021 (Edinburgh Instruments)
  • Dr. Colby Evans, Ph.D., 2021 (National Institute of Standards and Technology)
  • Merranda Schmid, M.S., 2020
  • Travis Varra, M.S., 2019 (Prieto Battery)
  • Christy Cashen, M.S., 2019 (Project Manager at Gravity Diagnostics)
  • Lacey Beck, M.S., 2019 (Customer Success Manager at Kuntze Instruments)
  • Allan Isenberg (Associate chemist at Chevron Oronite)

Undergraduate Students

  • Claire Gervais, 2022-2024 (University of Washington)
  • Cami Christensen, 2021-2024 (University of Wisconsin Madison)
  • Isabella Horcha, REU: Summer 2024
  • Tori Costilow, REU: Summer 2024
  • David Zelibor, REU: Summer 2024
  • Jimena Firo Becerril, MURALS: 2021-2022
  • Ben Bullock, 2020-2021
  • Rebecca Webster, 2020-2021
  • Brian Diamond, 2019-2020 (University of Oregon)
  • Steven Marquez, 2018-2020
  • Trista Punt, (Rocky Vista University School of Medicine)
  • John Ottoson, 2017-2018
  • Austin Ellingworth, NSF REU, Summer 2018: Winona State University
  • Amy Simpson, 2016-2018
  • Hannah Goodman, 2016-2017 (University of Arizona)
  • Dominic Ross, NSF REU  Summer 2017: Ohio State University
  • Lauren Isenhour: NSF REU, Summer 2017, Colorado State University

Group Photos

Fall 2023

From Left to Right: Austin Tews, Luke Salzer, Justin Sambur, Dakota Lorenz, Rafael Almaraz, Cami Christensen, Juniper Morales, Avishek Banik, Rabeya Binta Alam, Dani Lustig, Rachelle Austin

Fall 2022

From Left to Right: Dakota Lorenz, Luke Salzer, Rafael Almaraz, Michael Van Erdewyk, Justin Toole, Rachelle Austin, Dani Lustig, Claire Gervais, Cami Christensen, Justin Sambur

Fall 2021

From Left to Right – Luke Salzer, Rafael Almaraz, Dakota Lorenz, Michael Van Erdewyk, Dani Lustig, Rachelle Austin, Justin Toole, Esther van de Lagemaat, Justin Sambur

Fall 2020

From Left to Right – Merranda Schmid, Rafael Almaraz, Colby Evans, Michael Van Erdewyk, Rachelle Austin, Brian Diamond, Luke Salzer, Esther van de Lagemaat, Steven Marquez, Dakota Lorenz, Justin Sambur, Justin Toole, Dani Lustig, Zach Nilsson

Fall 2019

From left to right – Back row: Rachelle Austin, Michael Van Erdewyk, Merranda Schmid, Zach Nilsson, Li Wang, Colby Evans, Brian Diamond, Travis Varra  Front row: Dakota Lorenz, Luke Salzer, Steven Marquez, Justin Sambur

Summer 2019

From left to right – Back row: Steven Marquez, Michael Van Erdewyk, Zach Nilsson, Li Wang, Colby Evans, Justin Sambur  Front Row: Rachelle Austin, Merranda Schmid, Brian Diamond, Travis Varra

Fall 2018

From left to right – Back row: Colby Evans, Michael Van Erdewyk, Zach Nilsson, Li Wang, Steven Marquez Front row: Justin Sambur, Travis Varra, Christy Cashen, Trista Punt, Lacey Beck

Spring 2018

From left to right – Back row: John Ottoson, Li Wang, Zach Nilsson, Colby Evans, Lacey Beck, Allan Isenberg, Michael Van Erdewyk Front row: Travis Varra, Trista Punt, Christy Cashen, Amy Simpson, Justin Sambur

Spring 2017

From left to right – Back row: Michael Todt, Travis Varra, Zach Nilsson, Allan Isenberg, Colby Evans Front Row: Hannah Goodman, Duncan Ryan, Justin Sambur, Trista Punt, Amy Simpson