People

Postdoctoral Research Associates

Emmanuelle Schué

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Education:

Post-doctoral Researcher, Chemistry,

University of Florida 

Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin     

Ph.D. in Chemistry,

Humboldt Universität zu Berlin (2020)
Advisor: Prof. Hans G. Bornër

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M.S., B.S. in Chemistry,

University of Bordeaux (2015)
Advisor: Prof. Sébastien Lecommandoux

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Email: emmanuelle.schue@ufl.edu

Lucca Trachsel

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Education:

Post-doctoral Researcher, Chemistry,

University of Florida 

Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin     

PhD in Polymer Chemistry and Biomaterials Engineering,

ETH Zürich (2020)
Advisor: Prof. Marcy Zenobi-Wong &

Dr. Edmondo M. Benetti

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BSc. & MSc. in Biomedical Engineering,

ETH Zürich (2016)
Advisor: Prof. Nicholas D. Spencer

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Email: lucca.trachsel@ufl.edu

Graduate Students

Jared Bowman

Education:                   

Graduate Student, Chemistry,

University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin
                   
B.S., Polymer Science,

University of Southern Mississippi (2019)
Advisor: Prof. Yoan C. Simon

Email: 

jared.bowman@chem.ufl.edu

John Garrison

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Education:                   
Graduate Student, Chemistry,

University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin

                   
B.S. Chemistry & Biochemistry,

University of Minnesota (2013)

john.garrison@chem.ufl.edu

Email: 

Debabrata Konar

Education:                   

Graduate Student, Chemistry,

University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin
                   
M.S. (Pharm.), Medicinal Chemistry,

National Institute of Pharmaceutical

Education and Research (NIPER),

Mohali (2015)
Advisor: Prof. Vipin A. Nair

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Email: dkonar@chem.ufl.edu

Becky Olson

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Education:                   

Graduate Student, Chemistry,

University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin
                   
B.S.E, Macromolecular Science and Engineering,

Case Western Reserve University (2016)
Advisor: Prof. Stuart J. Rowan

Email: 

rao29@chem.ufl.edu

Kevin Stewart

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Education:                   

Graduate Student, Chemistry,

University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin
                   

B.S., Biochemistry,

University of Colorado

Colorado Springs (2014)
Advisors: Prof. Allen Schoffstall;

Prof. Scott Iacono

Email: 

kevinstewart@chem.ufl.edu

Cullen Davidson

Education:                   
Graduate Student, Chemistry,

University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin
                   
B.S., Polymer Chemistry & Political Science,

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2018)
Advisor: Prof. Frank Leibfarth

Email: 

cullen.davidson@chem.ufl.edu

Sofia Goodrich

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Education:                   
Graduate Student, Chemistry,

University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin

B.S., Chemistry,

University of Hartford (2017)
Advisor: Dr. Laura E. Pence

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B.S., Engineering Science & 

East Asian Language & Literature,

Smith College (2013)
Advisor: Dr. Borjana Mikic & 

Dr. Sujane Wu

Email: 

sl.goodrich@chem.ufl.edu

Angie Korpusik

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Education:                   

Graduate Student, Chemistry,

University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin
                   
M.S., Materials Science and Engineering,

niversity of California, Berkeley (2018)
Advisor: Prof. Phillip Messersmith 

              
B.S., Polymer Science and Engineering,

Case Western Reserve University (2015)
Advisor: Prof. Stuart Rowan

Email: 

akorpusik@chem.ufl.edu

Digvijayee Pal

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Education:                   

Graduate Student, Chemistry,

University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin
                   

B.Tech., Chemical Engineering,

University of Calcutta (2017)
Advisor: Dr. Debajyoti Goswami
                   
B.S., Chemistry,

University of Calcutta (2014)

Email: 

dpal@chem.ufl.edu

Junxia Wang

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Education:                   

Graduate Student, Chemistry,

University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin
                   

B.S., Chemistry,

Jilin University (2018)
Advisor: Prof. Jun Liu

Email: junxiawang@chem.ufl.edu

Lily Diodati

Education:                   
Graduate Student, Chemistry,

University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin
                  
B.S., Chemistry,

University of North Georgia (2018)

Advisor: Dr. Aimeé Tomlinson

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Email: ldiodati@chem.ufl.edu

Rhys Hughes

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Education:                   
Graduate Student, Chemistry,
University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin

B.S., Chemistry,

Cardiff University (2020)
Advisor: Dr. Ben Ward

Email: r.hughes@ufl.edu

Swagata Monal

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Education:                   

Graduate Student, Chemistry,

University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin
                   
M.S., Chemistry,

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (2018)
Advisor: Dr. Beeraiah Baire n
                   
B.S., Chemistry,

Scottish Church College,

University of Calcutta (2016)
 

Email: mondalswagata@chem.ufl.edu

Brooke Sabin

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Education:                   

Graduate Student, Chemistry,

University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin
                   

B.S., Chemistry,

Florida State University (2020)
Advisor: Prof. Justin Kennemur
                   

Email: sabinb@chem.ufl.edu

Alex Wong

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Education:                   

Graduate Student, Chemistry,

University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin
                  

B.S., Chemistry and Exercise Science

Grand Valley State University (2017)
Advisor: Prof. Matthew Hart and

Prof. Stephen Glass

Email: wonga1@chem.ufl.edu

James Young

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Education:                   

Graduate Student, Chemistry,

University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin

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B. A., Chemistry,

University of San Diego,

San Diego (2019) 

Advisor: Prof. Peter M. Iovine

Email: jamesyoung@chem.ufl.edu

Undergraduate Students

Lily Alperstein

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Education:                   

B.S. Candidate, Biochemistry,

University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin

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Email: lilyalperstein@ufl.edu

John Rynk

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Education:                   

B.S. Candidate, Material Science and Engineering,

University of Florida
Advisor: Prof. Brent Sumerlin

Email: rynk.john@ufl.edu