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Past Members

Past Postdoctoral Researchers

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Dr. Angelique Greene
Postdoctoral
​associate
8/2016 - 10/2018
Angelique landed an awesome job at Scion in New Zealand working on 4D printing hydrogels. 

​Congrats Angel!


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Dr. Faheem Solangi
Postdoctoral ​
associate
​4/2018 - 2/2020
Faheem is moving on to be an Assistant Project Scientist with Dr. Ben Wu at the UCLA
​School of Dentistry.
Congrats Faheem!  
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Xuesong Li
Postdoctoral associate
​9/2016 - 4/2020
Xuesong moved to Northwestern University to be a postdoctoral research associate in Professor Fraser Stoddart's research group.
​Congrats Xuesong!
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Lei Li
Postdoctoral ASSOCIATE
2/2019 - 4/2020
Lei accepted a position as a Research Assistant Professor in Professor Marek Urban's group at Clemson University.
Congrats Lei!


Past Graduate Students

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Mark Nosiglia
​(Ph.D.)

​GRADUATE STUDENT

​​01/2018 - 09/2022
Mark graduated from the Barnes group with a PhD in Chemistry in August of 2022. In October, he started a postdoc position in Prof. Frank Leibfarth's group at the University of North Carolina. Mark was an integral member of team catenane and his work ethic and professionalism will be missed! 

Congrats Mark on earning your PhD and best of luck at UNC!
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Ruihan Li
​(Ph.D.)

​GRADUATE STUDENT

​01/2018 - 02/2022
​​Ruihan graduated from the Barnes group with a PhD in Chemistry in February of 2022. In March, she started a postdoc position at Harvard/Boston Children's Hospital in Cambridge, MA. Ruihan is the group's third PhD graduate and her intellect and drive will sorely be missed!

Congrats Ruihan on defending and for being  a model citizen in the group!
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Nathan Colley
(Ph.D.)

GRADUATE STUDENT

​01/2017 - 12/2021

Nate graduated from the Barnes group with a PhD in Chemistry in December of 2021. In January, Nate will start as a Research Scientist at Eurofins EAG Materials Science, LLC, in St. Louis, MO . Nate was the group's second PhD graduate and a master of all trades in the lab. 

Congrats Nate for completing an amazing PhD and setting the bar high for your fellow labmates!
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Abigail Delawder (Ph.D.)
Graduate student
nsf grfp fellow 
01/2017 - 06/2021
​Abby graduated from the Barnes group with a PhD in Chemistry in June of 2021. She immediately accepted an offer as a Research Scientist for Immunophotonics, Inc. in St. Louis, MO shortly thereafter. Abby was the group's first PhD graduate and a true leader during her time at WashU. 

Congrats Abby on defending and quickly landing a job in industry!
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Kevin Liles
​(M.S.)
​GRADUATE STUDENT
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01/2017 - 04/2019​
Kevin graduated from the Barnes group with his Master's degree in December of 2018 and is now working for a formulations company in Columbia, MO.  Kevin was one of the first graduate students to do research in the Barnes group and
will be missed. 
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Congrats to Kevin on his new position!
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Past Undergraduate & High School Students

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​Alia Thomas
UNDERGRADUATE
​RESEARCHER
​01/2021 - 5/2022
 Alia plans to attend graduate  school after WashU.

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Best of luck Alia!​
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Mason Wong
UNDERGRADUATE
​RESEARCHER
01/2021 - 5/2022
Mason plans to attend medical school after WashU.

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Best of luck Mason!​
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​Lucas Cruz (A.B.)
UNDERGRADUATE
​RESEARCHER
01/2019 - 5/2021
Lucas will attend WashU Medical School this fall on a full merit-based scholarship.
​

​Congrats Lucas!​
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​Max Gruschka (A.B.)
UNDERGRADUATE
​RESEARCHER
6/2019 - 5/2021
Max is headed to UC Santa Barbara for graduate school to work in the group of Professor Craig Hawker.

Congrats Max!​
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​Tiana Saak (A.B.)
UNDERGRADUATE
​RESEARCHER
1/2019 - 5/2021
Tiana will attend Columbia Medical School this fall on a full merit-based scholarship.

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Congrats Tiana!
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​Anna Vaclavek (A.B.)
UNDERGRADUATE
​RESEARCHER
1/2019 - 5/2021
Anna is applying to medical schools while taking a gap year.


​
Best of luck Anna!​​​
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Christy Chang (A.B.)
UNDERGRADUATE
​RESEARCHER
5/2017 - 5/2020
Christy graduated with honors and is headed to medical school.

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Congrats and best of luck Christy!
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Abdul-Haq Alli
Visiting HIGH SCHOOL RESEARCHER
5/2019 - 7/2019
​​Abdul will be heading to WashU as a pre-med major.
​


​Best of luck Abdul!
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Emma Whiting (A.B.)
UNDERGRADUATE
​RESEARCHER
9/2018 - 5/2019
Emma is applying to medical schools while taking a gap year.


​
Best of luck Emma!​
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​Anusree Natraj (A.B.)
UNDERGRADUATE
​RESEARCHER
​9/2016 - 5/2019
Anusree will begin her graduate career in Chemistry at Northwestern University in the fall of 2019.

​Congrats Anusree!
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​Jeremy Fischer (A.B.)
UNDERGRADUATE
​RESEARCHER
​1/2017 - 5/2018
Jeremy is headed to graduate school (Chemistry) at Northwestern University. 


​Congrats Jeremy!

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​Troy Kincaid ​(A.B.)
UNDERGRADUATE
​RESEARCHER
​9/2019 - 5/2018
 Troy is headed to medical school at the University of Colorado.
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​Congrats Troy!​
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​Andrew Wellen (A.B.)
UNDERGRADUATE
​RESEARCHER
​9/2016 - 12/2017
Andrew will be headed to medical school after he graduates from Wash U.
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Best of Luck Andrew!

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​Josh Chartock (A.B.)
UNDERGRADUATE
​RESEARCHER
​9/2016 - 5/2017
Josh is now a post-baccalaureate researcher at Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine.
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Best of Luck Josh!
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​​Cari Shearer
Young Scientist Program:
​Summer focus researcher

6/2017 - 8/2017
 Cari returned for her Senior year at Marquette High School.

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Best of Luck Cari!
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​​Derek Leong
visiting
​Undergraduate researcher

​5/2017 - 8/2017
Derek returned to Truman State University to complete his Senior year.

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Best of Luck Derek!
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