Former Post Docs
Dr. Bradley M. Chamberlain (January 2000 – August 2001)
Formerly at the University of Minnesota
Ph.D. (1999) with W. Tolman/M. Hillmyer
Currently Professor at Luther College
Dr. Brian Long (2009 – 2011)
Ph.D – University of Texas, Austin 2009
BS – N. Georgia College & State University
Currently Assistant Professor at University of Tennessee
Dr. Christophe Thomas (October 2002 – September 2003)
Formerly at University of Neuchatel
Ph.D. (2002) with G. Suss-Fink
Currently at CNRS-Chemie Paris Tech
Dr. David Laitar (August 2006 – June 2008)
Formerly at MIT with J. Sedighi
Currently at Dow Chemical
Dr. Giang Vo (2010 – 2012)
Ph.D – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2010
BS – Illinois Institute of Technology
Currently at Dupont
Dr. Hansruedi Mürner (April 1997 – August 1997)
Formerly at Universität Freiburg
Ph.D. (1996) with von Zelewsky
Currently at Wella AG
Dr. Hyuk Lee (January 2003 – December 2004)
Formerly at Yonsei University
Ph.D. (2002) with C-H. Jun
Currently at Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Dr. Hyun-jong (Jay) Paik (January 2001 – January 2003)
Formerly at Carnegie-Mellon
Ph.D. (2002) with K. Matyjaszewski
Currently at Professor at Pusan National University
Dr. James Eagan (2014-2017)
PhD – Columbia University, 2014
BS – Emory University, 2009
Currently at Aramco
Dr. Jeung Gon Kim (2009 – 2011)
Ph.D – University of Pennsylvania, PA 2005
BS – KAIST, South Korea 2001
Currently Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Jeonbuk National University, Korea
Dr. John B. Alexander (August 1999 – July 2000)
Formerly at MIT
Ph.D. (2002) with R. Schrock
Currently at Edwards & Angell, LLP
Dr. Joseph A.R. Schmidt (April 2002 – July 2004)
Formerly at UC Berkeley
Ph.D. (2002) with J. Arnold
Currently at Professor at The University of Toledo
Dr. Jun Tian (February 1999 – February 2001)
Formerly Postdoc at the University of Waterloo (1999) with S. Collins
Formerly at the Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry
Ph.D. (1994) with B. Huang
Currently at Baker Petrolite
Dr. Kevin Noonan (2008 – 2011)
Ph.D – University of British Columbia, 2008
BS – Dalhousie University, Halifax 2003
Currently Assistant Professor at Carnegie Mellon University
Dr. Kevin Sun (2021 – 2022)
Ph.D – Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2021
BS – University of Hong Kong, 2016
Currently at Exxon Mobil
Dr. Kristine Klimovica (2017-2018)
PhD – University of Houston, 2016
B Eng – Riga Technical University, Latvia, 2011
Currently at 3M
Dr. Masato Mizutani (2011-2016)
PhD – Nagoya University, 2011
BS – Nagoya University, 2006
Dr. Robert T. Mathers (May 2002 – May 2004)
Formerly at the University of Akron
Ph.D. (2002) with R. Quirk
Currently at Professor at Penn State New Kingston
Dr. Sarah Parke (2019 – 2022)
PhD – University of Alberta, 2019
BS – University of British Columbia – Okanagan, 2014
Currently at Dupont
Dr. Soumya Sarkar (2012 – 2013)
PhD – University of Florida, 2011
MS – Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, 2006
Currently at Momentive India
Dr. Stefan Reinartz (April 2001 – May 2003)
Formerly at UNC
Ph.D. (2002) with J. Templeton and M. Brookhart
Currently at Dupont
Dr. Tim Clark (August 2007 – June 2009)
Formerly at University of Toronto
Ph.D. (2007)
Currently at GreenCentre Canada
Dr. Tulaza Vaidya (2012 – 2014)
PhD – University of Rochester, 2012
BA – Lake Forest College, 2007
Currently at Dow Chemical
Dr. Viswanath Mahadevan (February 2001 – February 2003)
Formerly at Stanford (2001) with D. Stack
Currently at Degussa Admixtures, Inc.
Dr. W. Chadwick Ellis (2010 – 2013)
PhD – Carnegie Mellon University, 2010
BA – Washington and Lee University, 2003
Currently at Phillips 66
Dr. Xiaoran Hu (2021 – 2022)
PhD – Tufts University, 2017
BA – Nanjing University, 2010
Currently Professor at Syracuse University
Dr. Xiawei Zhang (February 2005- August 2007)
Formerly at Rutgers Univeristy (Ph.D.)
Currently at Arkema
Dr. Yuguo Ma (January 2003 – August 2005)
Formerly at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Ph.D. (2002) with S. Zimmerman
Currently Professor at Peking University
Dr. Zengquan Qin (February 2002 – July 2004)
Formerly at the University of Western Ontario
Ph.D. (2002) with R. Puddephatt
Currently at Bridgestone/Firestone Res., LLC